tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post9070598616828768671..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Odin and LBJchris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-10329938633625209342014-10-21T09:34:23.140-04:002014-10-21T09:34:23.140-04:00Relevant?
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/0...Relevant?<br />http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/12/george-will-confirms-nixons-vietnam-treasonLonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-37463797992767205972014-10-20T16:14:45.850-04:002014-10-20T16:14:45.850-04:00SQUEEEE! That was great!SQUEEEE! That was great!Lonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-39397584177565862902014-10-20T10:36:07.360-04:002014-10-20T10:36:07.360-04:00"Contrary Advisor", and the sequel "...<a href="http://archiveofourown.org/series/22143" rel="nofollow">"Contrary Advisor", and the sequel "Show Your Work"</a>, by "Oak".<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/theleaveswant/pseuds/Oak" rel="nofollow">Oak has also written</a> two other MCU fics, which are both short fluffy pieces which import bits of Norse myth into the MCU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-69827931846908080862014-10-20T09:52:23.462-04:002014-10-20T09:52:23.462-04:00Via ten minutes of googling and wild-assed guessin...Via ten minutes of googling and wild-assed guessing, I have come up with: They are both psychopomps, they are associated with inspiration/eloquence/poetry, they have trickster qualities, they do magic and are called on by magicians, they are associated with travel and knowledge-seeking, and they are associated with the third day of the week. Also they are both associated with commerce...<br /><br />And I have learnt about a statue with phalli in place of noses, so clearly it was ten minutes of googling well spent.Lonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-30980843039966724832014-10-20T08:48:06.447-04:002014-10-20T08:48:06.447-04:00Have you a link to that, Paul A.? (I guess it cou...Have you a link to that, Paul A.? (I guess it could be like in American Gods, where Odin has different manifestations in different parts of the multiverse, and they diverge over time...)Lonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-10446479283829183492014-10-19T23:21:12.256-04:002014-10-19T23:21:12.256-04:00There's an MCU fanfic on AO3, written shortly ...There's an MCU fanfic on AO3, written shortly after The Avengers came out by someone who's clearly familiar with Mythological-Odin, in which a lowly SHIELD analyst starts thinking about certain details of the recent events and comes to the conclusion that Nick Fury literally <em>is</em> Odin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-23297542597441316112014-10-16T15:56:37.056-04:002014-10-16T15:56:37.056-04:00I can't say much about either of these two. I ...I can't say much about either of these two. I just learned more about LBJ than in my entire life before that and Odin... well, from what I have read of him outside the MCU he seemed intriguing and somewhat scary at the same time.<br />But after reading this a somewhat unrelated question popped up in my head and from your blog it seems to be in the proximity of your area of expertise, so if I may ask: Do you know why the Romans identified Odin with Mercury?Photonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12737705025897805522noreply@blogger.com