iamanartichoke:

juliabohemian:

There is something about first Thor film that struck me as rather odd, upon my first viewing. Although I admittedly didn’t ponder it too much upon further viewing. And that was the fact that Thor had

Mjölnir

. Thor has been gifted this amazing tool that was forged inside a dying star. The entire narrative revolves around his worthiness of possessing it.

His brother, Loki, has no such tool, and is subject to no such measurement of worthiness. Why? Why would you give one son this amazing thing and then give the other nothing even comparable to at least imply a superficial sort of equality between them? I find it baffling that this could be the case and Loki’s parents would be completely unaware that he might feel slighted in some way. Certainly the public would think of him as less, if he saw him being treated as such by his own family. They might even feel validated in their dislike or distrust of him, if they observed him being treated differently by his own parents.

Yes, Loki had his magic. But that was a craft that he had to work long and hard to perfect. It wasn’t a magic artifact that was just placed in his hands.

“This is my son, Thor! I have gifted him a magical hammer!”

“Who is that other kid?”

“Oh, that’s just Loki. His job is to stand next to Thor.”

“This is my son, Thor! I have gifted him a magical hammer!”

“Who is that other kid?”

“Oh, that’s just Loki. His job is to stand next to Thor.”

Damn.