Am I the only one who assumed the “stabbing” in the snake story was with, like, some kind of practice or toy weapon? That’s not to say it couldn’t have hurt a lot, but even before seeing all of this fandom interpretation of it (I’m new around here), I was definitely picturing the stabbing part happening with like a non-lethal weapon… I just find it so bizarre to see people seizing on that as some kind of proof that Loki is evil and always has been??

makerofrunevests:

lokiloveforever:

I think that story was intended to put an image in our minds of Thor being sensitive, thoughtful and gentle, and long-suffering at the hands of Loki, who we’re supposed to see as just a mean little shit who ran around randomly stabbing Thor for kicks and lols. Tom Hiddleston made the comparison between Thor and Loki to a son who was the star quarterback jock and the other son who was the sensitive artist. He and Rene Russo even created together Loki and Frigga having this sensitive, artistic relationship. Ragnarok tried to make Loki out to be like Draco Malfoy, always dark and “emo”, lurking, scheming his next attack on his brother, for no apparent reason. Just because. But that’s not how it was, and that’s not how he was. Loki was bright, funny, quick witted and full of hope, and highly intelligent. People who are that intelligent are very sensitive. And lonely. Maybe he did stab Thor, but I don’t think it was for no other reason than he just wanted to hurt him. I’m sure Loki could tell stories about things Thor did to him as well. But anyway, people seem to think it makes a good meme, and people love memes, right?

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This is how he was. He adored Thor and Odin, and just wanted to be seen in their eyes.

My headcanon is that he stabbed Thor because he was startled that somebody picked him up suddenly, and didn’t even realize that it was Thor–a headcanon based on how my sensitive, intelligent, introverted little brother used to react to being startled by yelling furiously and running straight at whatever had startled him.

I don’t even try to justify it via headcanon. If it happened, it was a pair of scissors, and melodramatic little boy Thor blew it out of proportion. But I think @lokiloveforever is exactly right about the abrupt, nonsensical retcon of the characters. It’s probably best to dismiss most of the movie’s dialogue as bullshit and retain the bare bones of the plot, at most, for fanfiction and continuity. Or just pretend none of the MCU movies made after 2015 exist except “Homecoming” and “Black Panther,” which is what I often do.