Fic, Vidar Goes Shopping. Vidar, Loki, 12

[fredbassett]

Title : Vidar Goes Shopping
Author : fredbassett
Subject: Norse Mythology
Genre : Humour.
Rating : 12 (Unless you consider god!fic to be inappropriate, in which case, please don’t read at all!!!)
Characters : Loki, Vidar
Summary : After helping the gods out of yet another fix, Loki gave birth whilst in horse form. No, don’t worry, this isn’t full-on m-preg!!!  Just a very brief aftermath fic.
Warning : No sex, nope, none at all, but does contain a brief and entirely canon mention of m-preg
Written for Grondfic.  Does this class as grocery!godfic, do you think?

“Why is there never any food in your halls?”

Vidar sighed. Loki was in a cranky mood. Again.

“Because you eat it all? Because you’re a lazy bugger and never replace anything you do eat?”

“You’re getting at me. Don’t get at me when I’ve got post-natal depression, it’s not fair.”

“You haven’t got post-natal depression. You had that after the Triplets, but right now you’re just hung over and grousy.”

“I‘m hungry, not hung over.”

“I give in.  What do you want?”

The Lord of Mischief brightened visibly. “Venison. Lots of it. Just don’t get pork. I never want to eat pork again.”

“I’ll remind you of that when you’re chasing Saehrimnir around the halls with a knife yelling nice piggy.”

“And no apples.  I hate apples. I never want to see an apple again as long as I live.”

Vidar chuckled.  That was probably a justifiable reaction. Loki had somewhat of a history where apples were concerned. Coupled with that, the inhabitants of Asgard were somewhat uncreative when it came to treats for expectant fathers. 

“All right, no apples.” He headed for the door, commenting over his shoulder, “While I’m out, remember to change and feed the baby. And do try to stop him crapping on the furs for once.”

The door swung shut, and a satisfied grin spread over Loki’s face. Vidar succumbed to his whining every time.  The grin slid into a smile as his eyes fell on Sleipnir. The foal was struggling up onto unsteady feet, grey coat gleaming in the firelight. Loki was fond of all his children, but he had to admit that this one was the prettiest by far at this stage.

If four legs were good, eight were certainly better. And cuter.

Comments

[grondfic.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks!

I'll have to unearth the song lyrics; they're on soft disk, and I don't have - ahem - the equipment to deal with it right now.

[fredbassett]

Well, it had to be written, didn't it ?!? *grins*

Great, whenever you have a mo, but don't let it distact from Will/Barney !!

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

*sniggers*

That Loki - what a manipulative little sod!

[fredbassett]

Gotta admire the guy's style, though!

And this is the nearest you'll get me going to m-preg, that's for sure :)

[earlybird42.livejournal.com]

Lovely fic, I can just imagine Loki whining like that. Now why did I think that Sleipnir only had six legs? Maybe the story in my book has it wrong, but I'll have to go back and check it anyway lol.

[fredbassett]

Yea verily it was eight! But I'll admit to running off to the sources to double check I hadn't mucked up LOL.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed grocery!god!fic!

[earlybird42.livejournal.com]

My bad. I went and checked and I was getting my legends confused. The reference I was thinking of was actually a Russian story involving a six legged horse, the only reference to Sleipnir doesn't specify how many legs he has so I stand corrected.

[fredbassett]

ooh, I don't know that one! I read a commentary somewhere ages ago that tried to explain the multi-legged steeds in the context of death-gods and the carrying of bodies by a combination of 3 or 4 people. Not sure I was convinced, but it just popped back into my head when you mentioned 6.

[earlybird42.livejournal.com]

The story is called Argelius and the Flame King. My version is in volume 1 of a series called The Golden Pathway, which as I mentioned was a series intended for boys *checks* doesn't have a publishing date, but I would imagine sometime in the 1920s. I should think you might find it online somewhere.

[fredbassett]

Thanks, I love books like that! I'm going to take a myth related trawl through abebooks soon and I'll add this to this list. I feel a major myth-fest coming up. I was re-reading Ellis Davidson's Gods and Myths of Northern Europe last night and I'd forgotton a)how good it is and b) how much I loved the whole subject. I just need something to spark my Greek Myths phase back and I will have looped right back to my first childhood love LOL. Is it the first signs of senility when you go that far back? *grins insanely*

[earlybird42.livejournal.com]

EEEEK I hope not, I do that all the time .. *gibber*

I hope you find the book, if not, the story might be online somewhere. Abebooks is one of my favorite sites, I've found loads of stuff on there.

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

hehe. Those two sound just like an old married couple. I'm still trying to work out which one is wearing the trousers though!

[fredbassett]

LOL.

Pork and apples seems to be an LJ theme right now, I've just had a wholly unconnected excahnge with Entangled_Now regarding exploding pigs heads, and we've now reached the apple stage of the discussion. (It started with last night's Robin Hood and wet on from there!)

[m-buggie.livejournal.com]

Oh Loki...you charmer of a con, you.

That last line is pure gold, by the way.

Love it.

[fredbassett]

Ah, you found the clean one first *grins*

Glad you liked it :) I've loved these two since I was a kid.

[dr-zook.livejournal.com]

By now I'm asking myself, why I granted Sleipnir with an extra leg and asking you: what? Only those two fabulous tales? Do you want me to bribe you into writing more snarky Vidar/Loki - after, what? Two years, in fact?

I love their dialogue: “You’re getting at me. Don’t get at me when I’ve got post-natal depression, it’s not fair.” - “You haven’t got post-natal depression. You had that after the Triplets, but right now you’re just hung over and grousy.”

<3

[fredbassett]

Thanks for stopping by and commenting! You've just reminded me how much I love this pair. I think I could very well fancy writing more. Two years? Bloody hell, time does seem to fly.

[dr-zook.livejournal.com]

Yay, I would so love to read some more about them! Tell me, if you need somebody to spur/blackmail/spank you. I could also offer something in exchange. *puppy eyes*

[fredbassett]

LOL, how can I refuse an offer like that? Being a dog, I'm a sucker for puppy eyes. OK! I shall delve back into the poems and see if I can find another incident to base something on for these two. But I'd better wait and see if I can deliver before I ask for anything in exchange! And feel free to keep poking me!

[canadian-jay.livejournal.com]

Lulz! Again, loved it. And I rather agree with Loki about Sleipnir, on all counts.

(And of course, Vidar wins too... but Loki's still my fave)

[fredbassett]

Sleipnir as a foal would have been a real little cutie.