Small Pieces – gaslightgallows (hearts_blood) – Thor (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

gaslightgallows:

Small pieces play large parts, and small lies create large problems.

@portraitoftheoddity sent me this fantastic prompt:

Loki disappears for quite a while after “we have a hulk.” And we know his illusions have grown more and more advanced since the first movie – and he’s had the Tesseract, which radiates power, all this time… Fix-it where his last ditch effort is less of a suicide charge, and more part of an elaborate scheme?

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Philosophy in “Infinity War” Part I: Thanos vs. Ultron

philosopherking1887:

As promised, I’m going to start talking about some of the philosophical issues raised in Avengers: Infinity War, and this first one gives me an opportunity to discuss something I’ve meant to for a while: why I find Ultron so interesting. Spoilers and long discussion are under the cut.

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Popular opinion: Markus and McFeely are dimwitted hacks. Unpopular opinion: if Marvel wanted to delve into philosophical issues and create a villain who was interesting and compelling without necessarily trying to make him sympathetic… they shouldn’t have pissed off Joss Whedon.

Tagging some folks who might be interested: @foundlingmother, @fuckyeahrichardiii, @seidrade, @imaginetrilobites

pennie-dreadful:

More Infinity War thoughts

Something occured to me. When Thanos kills Loki, he says something like “there will be no resurrection this time”. So…does that mean that in TDW, Loki didn’t just barely survive getting the shit stabbed out of him, but actually died and was brought back to life? Or is that line a reference to when he (or his lackeys, whatever) found Loki in the void? Did he actually succeed in killing himself and Thanos somehow brought him back? 🤔

He might mean “resurrection” figuratively. Loki’s return from apparent death is much like a resurrection in the minds of those who thought him dead.