Ma there's a weird fucking lizard outside

Reading hammmer of thor and we got to Hearth's house and um..

ALDERMAN IS SO FUCKING MEAN

@catsaresassy22 I KNOW YOU SAID HE WAS AN ASSHOLE BUT GODS ABOVE AND BELOW.

Its like he's trying to speedrun being a dick to as many groups as he can.

He's already racist, ableist and probably homophobic too.

I wanna bite him. Not in a cute 'he's my blorbo' way but in a vicious 'I want his blood to stain my teeth like sweet pomegranate juice' way.

Also Blitzstone (is that the ship name?) seriously Rick they better become a couple.

Getting back into the Magnus Chase books means that I get to remember the absolute beauty of Blitz and Hearth. Two lovely men who are rejected by their families for being different.

Blitzen is a brilliant artist who cannot survive in the sunlight, whereas Hearthstone is a talented rune mage who can’t survive in darkness. And yet, they are inseparable.

Hearth is known for not showing a significant amount of emotion, yet any time Blitz shows up after being separated from him, Hearth practically launches himself at the dwarf.

Blitz is unendingly protective over Hearth; always there to catch him when he feints, never missing a chance to defend the elf’s abilities.

They’re casually and non sexually intimate all the time. Whether they are queer platonic, romantic, or a secret third thing, they’re absolutely devoted to one another.

And I think that’s beautiful.

they’re husbands your honor

Just remembered something I wanted to put up here about the third mgca book The Ship of The Dead. After Magnus's flyting with Loki, the next day when everyone is on the ship together.

"The next day, Blitzen and Hearthstone went into nurturing mode, making sure everybody had food, everybody was warm enough, nobody was alone if they didn't want to be."

These two have SO much love to give. Whether it's their love for each other or the love for their friends, their family. They love every one of them so much and would do anything and everything for them. I love how they go out of their way to make sure that everyone is ok. If someone needs company or someone to talk with, they're there.

Heathstone and Blitzen have been through so SO much. And now they've finally found their real family in each other and the rest of their friends.

And they'll do everything they can to not lose it.

Credits to green446004 for the Blitzen character design. Happy 2024! 🎉

Hearth warm up 🥹

Hearthstone's family forcing him to sleep in a completely dark room in Alfheim while Blitzen creates him a tanning bed so he can sleep in a bed of light...

quick hearth doodle

wait guys has anyone made the inumaki toge and hearthstone alderman connection before. powerful little blonde guys who speak in sign language who are gamers. a scarf is key to their personality

Despite each relationship involving very different people Blitzstone and Fierrochase are both the same at their core

I just saw a post on Pinterest claiming that Inge and Hearth is canon PFFFTT WHAT, DUDE HVE YOU EVER SEEN BLITZSTONE??? CUZ I'M SURE AS HECK YOU WON'T BE GOING AROUND WITH THAT BULLSHIT IF YOU HAVE

OKAY GUYS SO. *slaps on clown makeup* I think I know why Blitzstone was never made canon.

*begins pacing* we all know that blitzstone is a side ship, unlike fierrochase, so we never really got an in-depth look into this ship because it’s from magnus’s pov. Rick dedicated HoT to JRR Tolkien, who apparently introduced him to norse mythology. Therefore we can assume that he’s read lotr. Hearth annd Blitz are an elf and a dwarf who’re very close to each other. Who in lotr are an elf and a dwarf who’re also very close to each other? Legolas and Gimli, obviously. SO we can assume from here that Rick modelled Hearth and Blitz on them. It’s up for debate over whether gigolas was a thing, though it seems to be implied- KEEPING IN MIND our theory that Rick based Blitz and Hearth’s relationship on them, it follows that blitzstone was never made canon because gigolas was never made canon.

*paces furiously* do you see. DO YOU SEE.

Wergild

QUESTION

When reading Magnus Chase, did you read Inge's name as "(h) inge" or "in geh"? I've always read it the first way but a while back I was listening to the audio book version of it in YouTube and the person I was listening to said it the second way. I had never heard it that way and I had no clue who he was talking about for a second.

Same question for Hearthstone. Do you say "Harth-stone" or "Hearth-stone" I've heard both but I've always said "Harth"

I NEED ANSWERS

Rugs, Not Carpets

I have a headcannon that Hearthstone, fresh out of the Alderman household, fostered a deep hatred for rugs. Not carpets, but rugs specifically. And I imagine that Blitzen witnessing this hatred out of context is hilarious- especially if he hadn't yet progressed with ASL much. Hilarious, but slightly painful, too.

Blitzen comes home from the grocery store or some place and something looks a little different. The apartment is spotless- the usual, ever since the curious little elf moved in, but it was also very... bare? And that's when he realizes all the rugs are gone, rolled up and stuffed away in some silly little corner. Even the ones under tables and chairs.

At first, he is rather irritated. After all, the creator had worked so hard on those rugs, put their entire heart into it, and that pesky elf won't appreciate them?

They might end up negotiating, or just confronting one another, but either way, Hearthstone will instantly read the irritation written like words in Blitzen's body language and he will back down, afraid to anger Blitz. Quietly, he will tack on a couple more coins of debt.

But he is also spiteful, petty Hearth, and soon Blitz notices that the elf simply does not step on the rugs. He will not interact with them, does not look at them, nothing outside of the occasional redecoration to shield it from his view. The cold shoulder he gives the rugs is simultaneously perplexing and silly to Blitz.

As time winds on, however, Blitz's ASL progresses, and Hearth grows more comfortable with his new housemate. The odd questions begin around this time.

Where did these rugs come from? signs Hearth. Where did you get them? What beast did they come from?

And Blitz finds it all hysterical. He is not even angry anymore, it's just ridiculous. But when he finds out later on, the two of them roll the rugs up again, putting them away and opting for socks instead, and Hearth is okay.