Devoured by Flame

11 July: What offerings do you like to make to Loki? Is there anything that you consider ‘not traditional’ among the community? If so, what is it?

Our relationship has become so not formalized that specifically stating “offering” has become more along the lines of me glancing up across the table to see Him salivating over whatever food He is eyeballing. He tends not to ask for things that aren’t within my diet but will occasionally make requests that are outside of it (I.e. He asked for ribs of all things yesterday and I cannot eat ribs let alone order it at a Denny’s).

He has requested for shitty whiskey or Fireball (though He will throw hands if you tell Him that it’s shitty and ask why He likes it and offer to get Him not shitty whiskey because His taste is shit and yeah just don’t go there). He will also go to town on a good beer that isn’t bud lite or some shit. I think He said He prefers ales or stouts. IPAs are a “maybe” and sours are a “yes, of course.”

He likes extremely sweet ciders and of course, mead. I do tend to spoil Him with nicer mead and cider as those are the two beverages I drink most frequently anyway. Specifically (and I highly recommend it) Rekoderlig which is a Swedish brand of cider but I don’t think I’ve had anything better.

He also, of course, likes baked goods. But I realized even there He has preferences after I offered Him a fresh gooey chocolate chip cookie bar and He wanted the side pieces because apparently He is the guy who likes the edges of brownies. He went into further detail about why since I argued His opinion is wrong but you know. There’s no winning those kinds of battles. Especially not with Loki when it comes to food and drink. He likes what He likes.

Other offerings that I suppose aren’t so traditional just tend to be sharing experiences. He will go to the movies, or hike, or shop. It is my understanding that spending time and specifically “making space” is His highest priority when it comes to receiving offerings especially when the budget is tight or the spoons are low in regards to food. Like, I’m not going to offer Him my low spoons comfort food (ramen or Mac and cheese) unless He asks but usually He doesn’t.

There’s also random circumstances where He will point something out at the store if He knows that I am fine money-wise and knows that I’m a sucker for Him. It depends, really, as I don’t tend to buy things I can’t enjoy considering my diet is… restrictive at best. And my budget for smaller things is kind of not awesome as of yet but we’re getting there. Mostly, if He finds something that’s kind of tucked away in stuff I never touch that He thinks is cool He will request it to be placed on His altar. Like, He has toys, games, random shiny things, feathers, jewelry. That kind of shit.

Regardless, He is spoiled beyond all repair and knows I’ll do a lot for Him (or a little upon telling me my “a lot” is too much). He usually is fairly reasonable or at least can reason out His own lack of reason such that He makes a fair argument you can’t back out of. But… it makes Him happy and He makes me happy so I don’t think there’s any problem here.