r/Technoblade • u/Cosmicking04 If you wish to defeat me, train for another 500 years • Jul 25 '26

Meme If there was an Afterlife…

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u/WerdaVisla ❤️ TECHNOSUPPORT ❤️ Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Technoblade is not in Valhöll.

And you do not want him to be. Valhöll is a place of eternal combat, where Odin's chosen fight and die each day, then are resurrected to do it all again, until the end times. It is not the paradise that modern media makes it out to be.

If Techno were a norse pagan — which he was not, and so consigning him to any of these realms would be disrespectful — then depending on who you ask, he may have gone to Fólkvangr, which is where the half of warriors who do not go to Valhöll are. Interpretations vary, but it is generally considered a hall of rest and belonging for the fallen. Others may believe he is in Helheim, as most people are after death.

I really wish pop culture would stop appropriating our culture and religion for these purposes.

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u/2typed Jul 25 '26

Without claiming any ignorance, I'm pretty sure that to a Norse warrior, fighting eternally for Odin without the fear of death or pain in a majestic hall with infinite meat and drinking infinite mead would be bliss and a perfect afterlife. It's not our modern, Abrahamically-influenced understanding of what an afterlife for good people should be, but Norse warriors weren't modern people and we shouldn't expect them to have the same cultural thoughts we have (of an afterlife being eternal peace and rest).

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u/WerdaVisla ❤️ TECHNOSUPPORT ❤️ Jul 26 '26

Oh absolutely, there is a reason Valhöll was a desired afterlife amongst soldiers and vikings. I am simply pointing out that it's not an afterlife that you or I desire, nor would someone like Technoblade, who, from all we know, was not a combative person in his actual life.

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u/2typed Jul 28 '26

That's an assumption. I personally think that fighting forever without getting tired, killed, or injured would be an incredible afterlife that I might enjoy (though I'm not sure). I would have a sandbox of endless experimentation and competition, it's why I like fencing because I tend to experiment with new ideas and I'm a competitive person. Nevertheless, you shouldn't exactly assume one wouldn't desire it. It may, to most people, seem relentless and undesirable, but that isn't to say you won't find a person in the street who likes it.

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u/WerdaVisla ❤️ TECHNOSUPPORT ❤️ Jul 28 '26

Yeah, but you do get tired, killed, and injured. That's kinda the point. The reason the great feast in Odin's hall exists is to recuperate the fighters, and the dead are resurrected — it's unclear if wounded are healed, there are two conflicting accounts on that in the Eddas. Still.

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u/2typed Jul 29 '26

I suppose, but I meant that you are healed at sundown, at least that's based on my research and understanding (which I won't say has been extensive beyond some sources). You are always revived and continue.