seidrade:

thehumming6ird:

‘I suppose what’s interesting is, I don’t really look like him… And so when people meet me, they are confronted by my shattering ordinariness, and realise there’s absolutely nothing that resembles anything divine or archetypal. I’m just a, sort of like, overgrown ginger kid from Wimbledon!’

Listen Tom. There is literally NOTHING ordinary about you!

I actually do appreciate his point (though he’s intending to be humble, whereas I’m here to sing his praises.)

Tom truly disappears into Loki— which is interesting to me particularly because he’s such a notable actor at this point (which for me can make it more difficult to see the character first.) Yes, he has different hair and a distinctive costume which adjusts his appearance quite a bit, but what I find most interesting is that Loki’s face is incredibly exposed and open.

There’s no hair or beard or even much makeup to hide behind— and yet, to me, Loki’s face appears so incredibly different from Tom’s, even when Tom is clean shaven.

It’s Loki’s bearing, his mannerisms and expressions that do the bulk of the lifting. Seeing Tom in Loki’s wig and costume when he’s out of character straight up looks like cosplay to me.

I think that’s why when I picture Loki as I’m reading fanfiction, or when I attempt to draw him, I don’t necessarily envision him as looking exactly like Hiddleston— Tom has made Loki into such a distinct entity of his own that, ironically, I think of Tom more as inspiration for the idea of Loki rather than the literal embodiment.

So, good job Tom. You’re too good at acting and now you’ve made yourself redundant. You shatteringly ordinary fellow.