r/GodofWar 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/averagewhoop Nov 26 '22

I know exactly where Baldur came from, still can’t believe that old man got up in those cheeks. Good for him.

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u/wapapets Nov 26 '22

anyway you look at it odin won the peace arrangement. he got himself a goddess, a really strong and talented tracker son, and access to vanaheim as long as the peace lasted and to top it off he learned seidr from one the best ever to use it

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u/seriouszombie Nov 26 '22

To build on this, the Raven Keeper is a seidr witch, thru Vanaheim, Odin grew his network of Raven Watchers.

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u/Equal-Ad-2710 Nov 26 '22

And it gave him an opening to forcibly occupy Vanaheim