tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post9212659678299345603..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: The Role of Ratatoskr in that story that I might someday get around to writing.chris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-79360015224506513132016-01-22T20:26:17.727-05:002016-01-22T20:26:17.727-05:00Especially since he seemed to have nothing but goo...Especially since he seemed to have nothing but goodwill toward them at the start.<br /><br />Besides which, a lot of stuff involves prophecy that can't be averted, so maybe they couldn't prevent Fenrir from growing up to have his particular role in Ragnarok regardless of how they acted, but they can control how <i>they</i> act in the now and they could have been moral.<br /><br />If they'd been nice to him then when the end came they could at least take solace in the fact that they'd acted well and been <i>good</i> people.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-76554163583489858552016-01-22T19:48:00.668-05:002016-01-22T19:48:00.668-05:00I love hearing that you too thought the binding of...I love hearing that you too thought the binding of Fenrir was bullshit! As a child with a lot of empathy with animals -- to the point that I got along better with them than with people at that time in my life -- I remember my shock at reading of the binding: "did no one think to just be *nice* to him?!"Kali Dancing!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10298316369625071579noreply@blogger.com