Master of Ragnarok and Blesser of Einherjar

[David Johnston]

Thoughts.

Why all the references to the Norse when they are on the cusp between
the Bronze Age and the Iron Age?

At least in this show they are using the magic smartphone in a smart way.

Irritating harem bullshit.

[Bobbie Sellers]

Post by David Johnston
Thoughts.
Why all the references to the Norse when they are on the cusp between
the Bronze Age and the Iron Age?

Well after the Norse and other cultures adopted iron the Alfar had to
stay away from humans(this is a common trope in many fantasy stories).
I don't know the shows you are talking about but I have
read a lot of Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction when there were no
fresh Science Fiction novels to read.

Post by David Johnston
At least in this show they are using the magic smartphone in a smart way.
Irritating harem bullshit.

Some love this sort of wish-fulfillment fantasy, i.e. so called harem
themes.

bliss

[David Johnston]

Post by David Johnston
Thoughts.
Why all the references to the Norse when they are on the cusp between
the Bronze Age and the Iron Age?

    Well after the Norse and other cultures adopted iron the Alfar had
to stay away from humans(this is a common trope in many fantasy
stories). I don't know the shows you are talking about but I have
read a lot of Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction when there were no
fresh Science Fiction novels to read.

What I was talking about was that in Master of Ragnarok and Blesser of
Einherjar is that the protagonist is revolutionizing warfare on the
world of Yggdrasil by introducing the phalanx, chariots and iron. It's
all very Alexander the Great (including the climate they're operating
in) and I find it to be an odd combination with all the references to
6th century Nordic religion.

Post by David Johnston
At least in this show they are using the magic smartphone in a smart way.
Irritating harem bullshit.

    Some love this sort of wish-fulfillment fantasy, i.e. so called
harem themes.
    bliss

[Nick Roberts]

Post by David Johnston

Post by David Johnston
Thoughts.
Why all the references to the Norse when they are on the cusp
between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age?

    Well after the Norse and other cultures adopted iron the Alfar
had to stay away from humans(this is a common trope in many
fantasy stories). I don't know the shows you are talking about but
I have read a lot of Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction when there
were no fresh Science Fiction novels to read.

What I was talking about was that in Master of Ragnarok and Blesser
of Einherjar is that the protagonist is revolutionizing warfare on
the world of Yggdrasil by introducing the phalanx, chariots and
iron. It's all very Alexander the Great (including the climate
they're operating in) and I find it to be an odd combination with
all the references to 6th century Nordic religion.

Chariots aren't very Alexander the Great. By the time he has doing his
thing, the chariot was well gone (for hundreds of years) apart from
some behind-the-times holdouts like Britain.

I dropped those series very quickly (they didn't appeal), and if they
are mixing phalanxes and chariots I think I did myself a favour to drop
them before the full ahistorical horror hit me.

[David Johnston]

Post by Nick Roberts

Post by David Johnston

Post by David Johnston
Thoughts.
Why all the references to the Norse when they are on the cusp
between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age?

    Well after the Norse and other cultures adopted iron the Alfar
had to stay away from humans(this is a common trope in many
fantasy stories). I don't know the shows you are talking about but
I have read a lot of Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction when there
were no fresh Science Fiction novels to read.

What I was talking about was that in Master of Ragnarok and Blesser
of Einherjar is that the protagonist is revolutionizing warfare on
the world of Yggdrasil by introducing the phalanx, chariots and
iron. It's all very Alexander the Great (including the climate
they're operating in) and I find it to be an odd combination with
all the references to 6th century Nordic religion.

Chariots aren't very Alexander the Great.

Right, and he probably didn't introduce chariots. In the first episode
which is, what the start of the fourth book, he talks about having
taught them phalanxes and his tribe appears to be the only ones who have
iron weapons because he's telling his blacksmith that she'll have to
make them for the new tribe he added to his own.