“Fuck the gods” is a sentiment that feels like it’s everywhere right now, from the more literal interpretation of Netflix’s Kaos to the variety of “eat the rich” narratives tapping into the simmering anger at the present growing inequality. Ragnarök, the mythological end of many of the gods in a fit of brutal battle and vengeance, is exactly the sort of thing that can speak to how fitfully unfair and end times-adjacent modern life can feel at the moment. Particularly if, like in Twilight of the Gods’ rendition, there’s a mortal who is suffering grave offense at the hands of the deities.
You don’t have to have been a bride to understand that if Thor showed up in the middle of the ceremony and killed your whole family, it’d be upsetting. Twilight of the Gods’ Sigrid (Sylvia Hoeks), however, doesn’t have to imagine; after journeying home to marry her one
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