Jan 26, 2022
the thing about athelstan being haunted by his unwilling belief in the norse gods and ragnar being haunted by his unwilling belief in the christian god is like—you think the voice you hear in your head is the voice of your beloved’s gods but really it’s the voice of your beloved who, to you, has become god
#hc.#ragnar.#like in a very not cute way do we get it#like athelstan is naturally prone to worship but i think it#might actually be /harder/ for ragnar than for him for#that reason like ragnar is used to exchanging w/ gods#which is sort of what he does with athelstan like the#currency of loyalty and affection and then the relaization#that even after you've harvested you cannot go without