Norse mythology fails to convey the sense of terror that must have hung over Asgard every time Loki was gone for longer than eight months and three weeks
#okay but imagine the betting pool#is it gonna be half undead?#horse with too many legs?#a giant fuck off snake?#who knows! ( @much-ado-about-mothing)
Loki, holding up the newest baby Lion King-style: IT’S!!!!! A WOLF!!!”
underneath the rock: *dozens of creatures from all over Nine Realms muttering quietly, exchanging money*
#you fools #wolves gestate for only 2-3 months #and horses can be pregnant for over a year! #there is no period of time that they can relax for #literally any time he’s out of their immediate supervision #he might be coming back with another harbinger of ragnarok #bundled up in nappies [X]
Also you know that Loki regularly just…brings back random baby animals. That he found in the woods. Claims he gave birth to them. And people believe him every time.
#norse mythology#loki#is a serial adopter tbh#he just really loves kids okay?#like he rolls into asgard one day with a polar bear cub and is just like ‘this is my daughter and i love her’#and somebody actually gets up the nerve to ask if he found a motherless bear cub or if that’s actually his daughter#and loki just glares and says ‘yes’#and it’s only later they realize they still don’t…actually know whether he birthed this bear or not#but like…it’s a bear#so the only question for the aesir is whether it’s a sign of ultimate cosmic doom#or just the everyday kind of doom because /it’s a fucking bear/#fic in tags (via @fialleril)
honestly if you don’t think this is the best post, you’re wrong, and thats a fact
He ends up riding said bear into battle and that doesn’t really clear anything up for anybody.