Victorious girl-friend / by fennishjournal (NC-17)

Title: Victorious girl-friend
Author: fennishjournal aka Shimi
Fandom: Mythology
Pairing: Loki/Sigyn
Genre: Romance, Character Piece, Awesome women
Length:  Short (Words: 3,759)

Author's Summary:
If there ever was a man who could hold her interest, she thinks, it would be him.

From the original sources we know exactly 5 things about Sigyn:
She is a goddess
She is Loki's wife
She gives birth to two sons, one of whom is later turned into a wolf and kills his brother
Her kenning is incantation-fetter
Loki is described as the burden of Sigyn's arm

She is often regarded as the paragon of loyal, nurturing femininity but I can't help but feel that any woman who can love Loki must have more to her than that. This is my attempt at giving Sigyn some backstory and agency.

Review:
Loki's become a very popular character in all sorts of myths and stories lately but this does wonderful things with Sigyn's underdeveloped and often ignored character.  (This story can be appreciated with just basic knowledge of Loki's Norse roots and the information the author has provided about Sigyn.)  It's also a story about gender and women's roles in Norse mythology and a bit about Loki's identity as a shape-shifter.  These are already good reasons to read this fic, but there's also the character-building, the romance, and the lyrical quality of the storytelling that make this a great read. 

Victorious girl-friend (on AO3)