When my ILLs come in I will be drowning in Norse mythology.

[rayemars]

Reading the opening essay of the Saga of Burnt Njal, I found this:

Thus it was the father's right to rear his children or not at his will. As soon as it was born, the child was laid upon the bare ground; and until the father came and looked at it, heard and saw that it was strong in lung and limb, lifted it in his arms, and handed it over to the

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[edmondia]

You, being attacked by a giant pile of books? Well I never.

...yep, he rather is, innit he. Thor, otoh, is doing it totally right.

[rayemars]

I showed restraint, even. There were more I could've demanded, but the bookshelf is only so big.

Suddenly Thor's constant "brother!"s make sense. "BROTHER. Being adopted makes you EVEN MORE MY KIN why don't you get thiiiiiiiiiiis."

Loki: Talk to the scepter.

Speaking of which, at the end of Avengers, what happened with the scepter? Did it go back to Asgard along with Loki and the Tesseract, or did it just fall off the radar? iirc it wasn't in that shot, but I'm hoping I'm wrong

[edmondia]

Clearly you must first get through the starting pile, then collect more.

That is a good question about the scepter! As far as I remember Thor and Loki were only hanging onto the Tesseract, not anything else.

[rayemars]

Yeah, I was afraid of that. I got halfway through that drabble before recalling it wasn't in the scene, and then went "Eff it whatever."