@juliabohemian replied to your post “@foundlingmother replied to your post “Ugh, I really don’t like it…”

I consider Ragnarok Thor to be woefully inconsistent with other films. My analysis of Ragnarok Thor is based on the premise that the film is intended to be part of a continuous narrative -despite its failure to be so. All of my analysis is based on my study of human behavior/child development & has zero to do with who I do or do not ship. I do not mind you disagreeing with my views & continue to enjoy your discourse. But I do not wish to be misunderstood.

No, I didn’t think it was a consequence of your not shipping Thorki; sorry for giving that impression. If anything it would be the reverse: Loki fans who have a darker view of Thor to begin with are unlikely to ship him with a character they love. (That doesn’t really explain the Thor*-stanning Thorki shippers who seem to believe that Loki has absolutely no redeeming characteristics, maybe beyond physical attractiveness… but then I don’t really expect consistency from people who don’t seem to know what it is.)

Thanks for clarifying on the issue of continuity of character. I’m operating on the assumption that the creators of Ragnarok honestly didn’t give a shit whether the narrative and/or characterization was continuous. In fact, I think they were banking more on the assumption of continuity with Loki than with Thor: they were trying to remove or forestall people’s sympathy for Loki by reframing everything he had ever done as merely an expression of his asshole-ish trickster nature, while they made it pretty clear that they were “reinventing” Thor.