Everything Loki said and/or did in the opening sequence of Infinity War makes very little sense. Yes, we can pull out some meaning out of it but in actuality, none of it makes sense as a whole. When you put all of his words and actions together, it seems like they were throwing darts at an idea board and going with whatever came up. That could ultimately mean two things: 1) They didn’t know what they were doing with Loki or 2) There are reasons why he said and did those things which need to be explained at a later date, with multiple clues suggesting that Loki has a plan of some sort. I’m thinking about how Strange let Thanos win, too. Loki has a lot of the same powers as Strange, and a lot more than that. It wouldn’t be two weird for the both of them to come to the same conclusions about how this will end in this timeline. Still, my faith in the MCU as a whole has been wavering a bit and I don’t know how much I should read into anything because of that.
I feel it was lazy writing and not knowing the character of Loki or not caring about him. Marvel has shit on Thor and Loki since the first movie, for some strange reason. Maybe because they didn’t expect those two characters to get as popular as they did, sometimes over shadowing their “babies” of Iron Man and Capt America.
It was very uncharacteristic of Loki to do what he did. Especially after seeing him do multiple fight scenes in the other movies. Which again leads me to think either bad writing or them not caring about the character.
He better come back in the next Avengers because how he was taken out was shitty, cheap and a low blow by Marvel and the writers/directors.
After several movies of not knowing how to deal with Loki’s unplanned popularity they finally sacrificed him as a launchpad for King!Thor. Which also 100% appeased the fanboys with their “characters won’t stay dead” complaint. So Loki was doubly sacrificed: in-story and as a fourth wall shout out (no resurrection this time).
As for the writing, Marvel shrouded the entire thing in “ambiguity” (not even Loki’s main characteristic) and ended up making a mess.
It was an artless mess. I have no idea who these fanboys are, they are attempting to appease. But their time might be better spent watching Adam Sandler movies. Or Mall Cop.
Oh, the Reddit fanboys (and fanboys in general) hate Loki. There is a black hole around his name that is wildly suspicious. Even in discussions where a mention of Loki would be completely pertinent, there is no said mention. Korg? Awesome. Heimdall? Great guy. The warriors 3? Still remembered. Loki? Who dis. I’m not sure what aspect of his makes them clutch their pearls and overcompensate trying to hide it, but they are wildly threatened.
And that’s the demo Marvel is actively trying to cultivate.
I know exactly what aspects threaten them: he isn’t a conventionally masculine power fantasy, and more women are into him than are into the male power fantasies. I think TR was trying to make him less threatening by making him a ridiculous gay stereotype, before IW took him out altogether.
Loki is the Philosopher King 