iamanartichoke:

allfathers:

I love you, my sons.

This is such an interesting contrast in reactions between Loki and Thor with the context of Odin’s quote, because you can tell that while Loki is taken aback, shocked, and even saddened by these words, Thor is still reeling from the revelation of Hela and impending Ragnarok and it doesn’t seem like Odin’s words even really register to him. He knows and has always known that Odin loves him; he’s never been made to doubt it and he has no reason to react with anything other than the barest acknowledgement while his head is still spinning with this new truth he must face. 

Loki, however, is much more preoccupied and consumed with the verbal acknowledgement of Odin’s love, and the issue of Hela is little more than a footnote to the conversation for him. He knows much better than Thor how deceptive Odin is, and while initially he’s somewhat surprised by the reveal of Hela, he’s not bowled over in astonished shock the way Thor is. 

Loki expects Odin’s lies and is far more bewildered by Odin’s love, while Thor expects Odin’s love and is stunned by Odin’s lies. There’s something incredibly straightforward in that, expressed in each of their reactions, that really just drives home the dichotomy between Thor and Loki in general. 

mastreworld:

talxns:

the fact that thor just idly massages loki’s shoulder and loki looks completely at ease with this further proves just how normalized physical affectionate was in their relationship

Personal headcanon: Loki loves physical touch and affection, but is very selective in who he accepts it from. 

benevolentgodloki:

I love the thought that sometime between 2013-2014 in the MCU when everyone was too busy dealing with varying human science experiments, no one noticed the Bifrost poof out a nondescript (but elegant) man pushing his dad in a wheelchair to a care home. At the least he probably grabbed a coffee and laughed at the news.

mikkeneko:

You know what I like about Hela?

She’s a straight-up villainous character who isn’t “crazy” at all.

And I mean that both in the real sense of having mental dysfunctions and in the Hollywood sense of “evil, but irrational and senseless about it.”

Everything  Hela is and does makes perfect sense for her and for the world she was raised in. She was born into a bloodthirsty society and was raised to be Daddy’s little warmonger. She was Odin’s executioner and she helped him conquer and destroy and empire-build. And when the day came when Odin decided he’d had enough blood and wanted to stop, Hela shrugged her shoulders and said, “Nah, I’m good as I am.”

That she then raised her banner against Odin when he tried to suppress her should really have come as no surprise to Odin or anyone. Hela is exactly what he raised her to be, and nothing about her is irrational or senseless any way. It’s merely that her priorities and values – all perfectly internally consistent – happen to be utterly inimical to our heroes, the civilians of Asgard, and the rest of the universe.

just-banner:

I just saw Ragnork for the 3rd time and this was all I could think of during the scene when Loki and Thor are in New York looking for Odin:

Presumably, Tony and the other Avengers are keeping an eye out for sightings of Thor and Hulk. Scanning the internet, news, social media etc for any sign that their friends are alive/back on earth. So imagine how confused they are when 1 selfie of Thor in casual clothes on a random New York street pops up on twitter with no explanation.