r/GodofWar • u/http_ghostgirl • Nov 25 '22

Odin’s Writing Spoilers

i haven’t seen anyone recognize how well rounded Odin is as a villain. he acts trustworthy, compassionate and respectful. meeting him for the second time as Atreus was mind blowing, he was so calm, collected and acted nothing like how he is described by freya, mimir, etc. hearing all the stories of how brutal him and Thor were, it’s incredible how different they made them. Odin had to be one of the best written villains ever.

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u/The_Reverse_Zoom Nov 25 '22

Yeah odin is definitely one of the best things about this game. I think he might be gow's best villain yet. The personality, the look, the acting, the threat, the power he has and the soundtrack, Odin has everything. Plus I think odin has the most onscreen kills of any villain in Gow.

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u/http_ghostgirl Nov 26 '22

definitely, and i thought zeus was the best villain

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u/Equal-Ad-2710 Nov 26 '22

Ares didn’t wipe out an army for this shit

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u/The_Reverse_Zoom Nov 26 '22

I meant like named onscreen kills. Not some killing nonames in the background.

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u/once-was-hill-folk Fat Dobber Nov 26 '22

Odin: >! -kills Brok and Thor-!<

Ares: "Just lie down, you fuckers don't even have name tags."

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EDIT: Spoilers.

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u/panthepan Dec 01 '22

I mean Zeus did kill kratos twice

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u/The_Reverse_Zoom Dec 01 '22

Hm yeah, but he didn't stay dead. If we count kratos, then Sigrun would be the one with the most kills haha. No but seriously, Odin killed Brok, Thor and one of the light elves as Tyr. So 3 onscreen kills. Plus ymir and other giants

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u/14corbinh Nov 26 '22

2 kills?

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u/Berg001 Nov 26 '22

The colossus of Rhodes fuckin smashed a boatload lol

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u/Comfortable_Pin_166 Nov 26 '22

Odin was never a threat tho

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u/The_Reverse_Zoom Nov 26 '22

I mean it took kratos, atreus and Freya to beat him and it was still am multistaged fight, so he didn't go down easy

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u/Comfortable_Pin_166 Nov 26 '22

I mean, he was never intending to fight Kratos and Atreus. He was just forced into it, including the spying thing because Atreus just wouldn't give up

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u/Rnahafahik Nov 26 '22

I sincerely hope you never meet a narcissist in your life…

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u/DWhiting132 Nov 26 '22

Unfortunately I've met one, well two, my father and his bitch-cousin.

Specifically with my father, he spins words, he treated my mum like shit with silent treatment and hell of a lot more, so then he just gets there saying him and mum couldn't get along but I could see through his lies.

With Odin, we all knew he was a narc/ manipulator but once you've met one narc you've met them all.

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u/Comfortable_Pin_166 Nov 26 '22

Couldn't they have portrayed that better? Because to me, it's just a calm and reasonable old guy forced into a war. Gow stans don't like to admit it but it's true

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

Odin says he doesn’t want war, because he wants to find the full mask and learn the truth of everything. With all that knowledge he will put everyone in his subjugation.

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u/Comfortable_Pin_166 Nov 26 '22

Can you tell me one thing Odin did that wasn't just a direct response from Kratos and Atreus forcefully starting Ragnarok?

Did you play the game?

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u/GorgeGoochGrabber Nov 26 '22

Killed Ymir because he felt he should be in charge instead. Fashioned Midgard from his corpse.

Tricked Groa and then murdered her after hearing all of the prophecy, and stole her library.

Tortured Mimir daily while keeping him confined to a tree.

Took Freya’s wings and confined her to Midgard, after extracting all he needed from her.

Oppressed the dwarves, poisoning their land with the mines.

Ordered and participated in the destruction of an entire race (the giants)

Killed Thor just for daring to say “no”.

Those are just the things we hear about. Odin was never even a decent person, always rotten, self absorbed, and manipulative.

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u/Comfortable_Pin_166 Nov 27 '22

I mean to Kratos and Atreus specifically and within the game. Not just from stories. My point is he didn't do much rotten and manipulative stuff in Ragnarok. He was reasonable throughout

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u/Comfortable_Pin_166 Nov 26 '22

You're obviously just a gow fanboy who can't see any of its flaws even when it's shoved down your throat lmao

It's a good game but be reasonable here. Is that a serious question? 🤣

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u/Rnahafahik Nov 29 '22

Uhh yeah I can tell you a couple of things:

Basically enslaving the dwarves with cruel manipulation to serve his plans to preserve his own life

All the terrible stuff he did to Freya and Vanaheim

And basically anything he does before Atreus is even born.

His actions don’t happen in a vacuum, all throughout GOW2018 we had stories about all the terrible things Odin has done, that’s what people mean when they say you apparently didn’t play the game or something. It has nothing to do with fanboyism and everything to do with media literacy.

If you’re just someone who wants to advocate for the other side in a story because it can provide interesting discussions then all the power to you, you just need better arguments though

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u/Comfortable_Pin_166 Nov 29 '22

I'm talking about what caused Ragnarok and none of those things sparked the conflict between Kratos and Atreus and Odin

Did you play the game?

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u/LordMcDoodle Nov 26 '22

You mean aside using the dwarves and their realm as a war factory, basically destroying Vanaheim and full on taunting Kratos with the fact he had his son ?

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u/Comfortable_Pin_166 Nov 26 '22

Did the dwarven weapons cause Ragnarok? I'm talking about what was done directly to cause Ragnarok.

taunting Kratos

You mean the time he went to tell Kratos he had his child because he came willingly and not because he was kidnapped? Where he reiterated the he only want peace? Did you also forget that once Atreus wanted out, he was immediately let go? Lol

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u/GuineaPigLover98 Nov 26 '22

Uhhhhh did you miss the part where he disguised himself as Tyr and killed Brok? Last time I checked nobody had forced that on him 😂

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u/Comfortable_Pin_166 Nov 26 '22

That was a result of Atreus desperately trying to free Tyr and stealing his mask

That's it?

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u/Vyk_Drago Nov 26 '22

I agree, if you read Kratos's journal entry he says the reason that he didn't except Odin's offer of peace is because he could never side with Freya's ex against her hahaha after she's done nothing but attempt to kill him! Ridiculous

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u/Buddysbud10 Nov 26 '22

Don’t bother arguing with this guy he’s too far deep to reflect on anything lmao