Just a thought

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In the MCU, Asgardians are thousands of years old, yet there are relatively very few children. Even Odin and Frigga only had one natural, legitimate, recognized heir in their thousands of years of marriage. If the line to the throne is familial, that is a politically unstable situation. And yet, no one thought it was odd.

Is it that Asgardians have very effective birth control measures in place, are they very infertile, or is sex something that happens much less often than in our culture? I mean, if it was great birth control, there would probably be some Asgardian version of the Duggers, who thought so highly of their own DNA that they had 2,000 kids. Right?

Thor’s attitude about kissing Jane at the end of the first Thor movie and Loki’s excessive jealousness about Thor finding a woman, would lead me to believe the latter.

If we accept the wild assumptions that we make about Loki’s sex life (because tbh Loki being some avid Lothario just feels right), then that would have made him even more of an outcast,

No, I don’t really have a point. Just random thoughts.

Discuss.

Well, this all seems fairly logical and I’ll add a few random thoughts you’ve sparked…

I’ll point out there were some children amongst those trying to escape Hela’s ascension. So they do happen… somehow?

They’ve probably got some fertility issues. And living on a magical floating landmass disc instead of a full blown planet that’s probably wise for potential overpopulation of such long lived creatures whether by biologic design or ridiculous decree.

I’ll further agree with the thought that Loki was othered throughout his lifetime in Asgard because he obviously embraced his position as second prince and probably banged romanced every willing partner that caught his fancy. (People need to stop slutshaming the boy)

Whilst poor, honorable Thor had to keep his dalliances respectably discreet in both frequency and partner choice, lest he procreate an unapproved heir or have suitors thinking sex means keys to kingdom in any capacity.

Also Volstagg. He seems an outlier with a large collection of children even greater than his appetite.

Well, of course Volstagg. And I know there are children, but if people have a few thousand year fertility window, it just seems like there should be…. more people.They could have 10 or 12 generations living at the same time easily.

Maybe there’s a life force(fertility) restriction because of the Odinforce. Where people can only become pregnant during release of that restriction because there have been deaths, whether due casualties, old age, or accident.

I’m sort of inclined to think Odin would do this kind of shitty thing.

And since Volstagg generally travels with Thor he knows to immediately take his missus to bed upon returning when the opportunity presents itself. Thus fortunate bragging rights on his large family….

Aaaaand I kinda just head canoned myself into thinking Volstagg might straight up murder somebody cause his wife wants another child and likes being pregnant. How could he say no to that? He loves children and that guy insulted Thor anyway.

Just keep scrolling. Idek anymore. I’m sorry.

DOn’t you DARE be sorry. That was awesome head canon.Keep going.

I hate to butt in RIGHT HERE but I just had to say that as much as I may joke about Loki being ‘promiscuous’ compared to the rest of Asgard and as much as myth!loki backs up a very sexually open-minded and…ACTIVE…Loki, I still actually don’t see mcu!Loki as someone who would embrace sex and/or reproduction any more than anyone else in Asgard. 

But what I really wanted to say was how much I like the observation that Thor and Loki were the only two viable heirs for Odin in a society where people live for so long! Even including Hela, there’s a 5000 year lifespan here you’d think there would be many many children. I honestly never thought about that in a canon sense but it’s such a legit thing to notice. I’m gonna go with the idea that they have very effective and maybe even enforced birth control rules and methods. If a people lives naturally for that long, you HAVE to have such a thing just for things to stay in control.

This also tickles me because of how much I love my ‘very fertile Loki’ tropes in fanfics lol. Despite how I actually think

mcu!Loki may feel about sex and reproduction, in fic I still love my Loki and/or Thorki trope where Loki can get pregnant if you breathe wrong in his direction.

I kind of like the idea of restricted fertility windows. Like, the Asgardian menstrual cycle is really long and most of it is kind of a dead zone. Maybe there are a few days every ten years when an Asgardian with a uterus can get pregnant. The window passes, they have a period (Asgardian PMS is either really intense or not a problem at all, given their constitution), and then worry-free sex for the next 10 years. Or extreme frustration if you’re actually trying to get pregnant.

Yeah, everything you just said has been my base assumption about Asgardian fertility. It’s just really hard for an Asgardian to get pregnant even if they’re trying, and illegitimate babies are extremely rare.

Maybe the Asgardians with uteruses are 100% fertile at all times, but Asgardians with sperm are only virile certain times.

Thor (etc) shoots blanks 90% of the time, but during his time-of-the-century, he’s got competent sperm.
Whereas the uterused Asgardians never have menstruation or menopause or anything because they constantly have a certain hormone level of “sure, babies are fine” and the egg just sits there indefinitely until it gets fertilized or it gets absorbed back into the body and recreated every single day.