
Originally posted by
NotAPretender
It just occurred it to me that was part of the theme in the book and movie called: "The American Gods". It's about a war between the 'new' American Gods, digital entities and the old pissed off gods that had been left behind in the old world for the sake of the gods having favored the New World. Odin is the great master of all gods but is in deep conflict with the digitals. He and several other elite gods set up an apparent war between the old and new gods for their very survival. But in the end, the real motivation is just general destruction to clear the way for Odin to regain ascendancy. In the end, nobody gets what they want, not even Thor who has been cast as powerful but relatively clueless (The name Thor, heir apparent, is never metioned and the character is portrayed as a moral former military assassin). He just fades into the sunset with the metaphorical walk down the dusty road.
One of the interesting side notes regards a rabble rousing brawler who is actually an old world Leprechaun. Of course, he tangles with the 'Thor' who is now the human form Odin's bodyguard and they pretty much have an epic brawl with Mr. Bodyguard emerging as the kinda winner. This 'Leprechaun' is over 6'5" and an obvious tongue-in-cheek character. The dialogue ruminates on why Leprechauns only appear in Ireland? The answer is because when they leave Ireland they lose their traditional appearance and don't appear as classic Leprechauns but as morphed 'whatevers'. In this case, the Leprechaun assumes the identity of the typical Irish drunken brawler. There is a lot buried in the tale.