I am a picky watcher as most cinema creations leave me untouched (or worse — annoyed and wondering about the evil role entertainment industry plays in the human society). Sometimes, however, the most unlikely things can click, and I am suddenly interested. That happened with Ragnarok series even though some parts of it were a bit of a high school drama. If the show was made here, it would be the deciding factor NOT to watch because there is something incredibly irritating about most Hollywood-made teenage films.
Ragnarok wasn't like that at all. Small town Norway and different mentality (plus watching in the original language) made it different even with some symbolic add-ons of what teenage life is supposedly about (provocative music, “hanging out”, drinking, popularity, rebellion, etc.).
The two main characters — Magne and Laurits — are perfectly different, and both remind me of the polarities which exist within my own self. I guess Ragnarok would be good even without the mystery/supernatural element of it, but I am very much interested in Norse mythology, so the story of Ragnarok happening in the modern-day world hidden from the eyes of “normal people” was one of the main points that made me want to keep watching.
I study the Futhark runes. I practice meditation and read books. I have lucid dreams and visions.I believe that even the most unlikely sources can potentially hold valuable insights, and this includes various products of the modern entertainment industry, no matter how much I despise it as a whole.
Anyways… I was surprised to learn that the ending of this Ragnarok series left many folks utterly disappointed. That’s because supposedly in the very last episode of the whole beautiful thing we learn that the main character, Magne, didn’t have any “Thor” in him. According to this theory, the boy has imagined it all. He was schizophrenic, psychotic, delusional, stressed, or all of these things, and this whole Jutun vs. Gods standoff was playing out in his imagination, fed by some facts and real happenings in real life.
I disagree.
I don’t see where the watchers get this idea. To me, the last episode tells us that Magne has lucid visions of the bloody Ragnarok battle which would take place IF he and the other gods didn’t reach the truce agreement with the giants.
As a human and a spiritual being, he was sitting at that stupid high school graduation ceremony and having visions of what could have happened if they didn’t make peace. Those weren't his delusions, imaginations, craziness… He had an actual vision of an alternative development of events which would have taken place in a different “layer” of reality.
If you’ve watched Ragnarok, please let me know how YOU interpreted the last episode. To me, everything shown in the first seasons is absolutely real. Magne hasn’t imagined it. But we have to also keep in mind that gods and other “supernatural” creatures can manifest themselves in regular humans, but then go dormant when they aren’t needed. Once gods made truce with the giants, Thor, Freya, Loki, and other gods could have gone into so-called hiding… that is, become inactive in Magne and other people until the time comes to fight again.