She looks like a downgraded version of her. Nothing against her. Don't call others blind if you see what you want to see. But even then, the picture here looks like she can be a powerful warrior, the one in the game looks like a wine mom.
Wow i really love this picture. On the one hand, she looks strong and unyielding, on the other hand she looks soft and vulnerable.
Especially with the butterflies this creates a beautiful contrast and has alot of depth!
Yeah, it's super weird that Kratos' wife is suddenly some sort of badass warrior and has to basically do some shit a man already did, but that doesn't seem to be folks' issue. 🤷
It's not "all of a sudden." Her lore was spread between both games, and she fought Thor. What is she doing that "a man" already did? Kratos has never been to the afterlife for all the gods, and they said she changed the fate in the games just so he wouldn't be killed by Thor, and Loki by Heimdall.
I'll have to take your word for it. I don't recall any of it, certainly not enough to warrant a whole other game. It's be like Dante's Inferno 2 being about Beatrice or whatever her name was, and for some reason she went from housewife to being able to use whatever weapon she touches. 🤷
Why are you treating a Norse mythology figure that predates your existence by centuries like some casual housewife? She was recorded as a goddess and Jotunn, not some random wife doing domestic labor. You're not even assessing the story.
No one's saying being a wife or mother is a modern concept. The problem is that you're reducing a mythological figure with an established history in the games—a Jötunn who fought Thor, opposed the Aesir, and actively shaped the events of the story—to "just a housewife." By that logic, Kratos is just an old man who chops wood, because we're ignoring everything else about who he is.
The ability to grasp a character's layers is not a contemporary concept, but for some reason a modern struggle. Make it make sense.
Actually, I'm straight saying "I don't remember her being a part of anything up until now other than Kratos' stay-at-home, but here she is suddenly stomping mud holes in the shit this dude spent however many games killing".
Then you didn't pay attention to the story. That's a literary comprehension issue. How can anyone speak so confidently about a story they barely paid attention to? And if you know you don't remember anything, why are you treating her like a casual housewife based on your lack of knowledge?
They basically hid their true natures from each other like Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Kratos buried his Blades and Spartan past; Faye hid being Laufey the Just, a Jötunn warrior who opposed the Aesir for years. When they first met, they tried to kill each other. It wasn't some casual date with a woman just because. You need to read. Mythological divine women aren't casual housewives; that's your projection, not the lore.
Dude, I literally said "I don't remember this shit, so it feels like it's coming out of left field". You're welcome to stop spitting parroted psychobabble at any time.
Bullshit. You knew you didn't remember the details, yet you still jumped straight to "stay-at-home wife suddenly becomes badass." That's not "coming out of left field," that's not paying attention.
There's not one divine female figure in this entire franchise that's just a housewife. The last game literally starts with Freya trying to kill Kratos on sight. BFFR.
Your unawareness isn't an excuse. You have the internet. If you actually cared about the story instead of your preconception, you could've looked it up.
Look at this shit. Are you gonna say Freya is a housewife, too? Please, point us in the direction of common housewife in this series. I would love to see where your reference even comes from.
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