“So glad to see you well
Overcome and completely silent now
With heaven’s help
You cast your demons out
And not to pull your halo down
Around your neck and tug you off your cloud
But I’m more than just a little curious
How you’re planning to go about
Making your amends to the dead
To the dead
Recall the deeds as if
They’re all someone else’s
Atrocious stories
Now you stand reborn before us all
So glad to see you well”
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Another graphic for A Perfect Circle’s “The Noose”. This one focusing on Thor and his struggles/failures, versus his relationship with Loki. I really loved this picture because he just looks so defeated. The mighty Thor down upon his knees, mourning, almost, while the world around him, quite literally, comes crashing down. It shows his vulnerability and, I don’t want to really say weakness, but perhaps more of his imperfection.
Sure Thor has done many wonderful things, but as stated before he is not flawless. I hate that Thor has this stereotype with him that he is just some perfect, arrogant, pompous asshole, which, yeah, he comes across that way sometimes, and he is that way sometimes. However, I really do think Thor tries his damnedest to keep his personal life, his family life, his realm, all the realms at peace even though he knows it’s impossible. Not to mention you need someone who is confident, charismatic, not too arrogant, but a little bit, to be a leader. Does he overdo it sometimes? Sure. But the whole point of this graphic and the other is to highlight the fact that he makes mistakes.
The Norse gods are all imperfect. They know their world will come crashing down and they will all die, yet they go on celebrating the world and their lives in it. This is what makes them great.