You know you’re a badass motherfucker when even the Kursed doesn’t want to let you out.
I love this so much, because the Kursed is like the ultimate evil the bad guys can muster, and even he’s like “hell no this guy is something, I’m not getting involved”. And Loki just stares him down like “Yeah you run you little bitch.”
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I’m not sure I agree Loki ever really wanted the/a throne, even after he discovered his entire life was a lie. The throne is more a symbol or a means to achieve what Loki actually wants at any given moment.
In the latter half of Thor, that’s acceptance and validation from Odin. He works so hard to keep Thor away because, as regent, Loki has the power to defeat the Frost Giants without costing Asgard anything. He thinks that defeating this enemy will prove he’s worthy, and that he belongs on Asgard. That he’s not one of those monsters…
In Avengers, Loki says he wants to rule Midgard, but it seems far more likely that he’s trying to hurt Thor, embarrass Odin, and above all free himself from Thanos. Others will argue that Loki’s trying to lose. Either way, he doesn’t actually want to rule Midgard. At the same time, this is when he begins repeating that he was the rightful King of Asgard, that he was promised a throne, etc. But, again, it’s not the throne Loki cares about, it’s the injustice of being promised something no one ever had any intention of giving him. Being promised his father’s approval, his people’s acceptance, worthiness (or the opportunity to receive it, at least), only to discover that what you are is entirely incompatible with everything you ever wanted. So he harps on about a throne–about that part of the lie–because it allows him to appear detached. He’s much less vulnerable demanding power than he is demanding acceptance, especially when he doesn’t even believe he’s worthy of that acceptance (internalized racism is a bitch).
The deleted scene from TDW contributes to that idea. The fantasy isn’t about ruling or holding power, it’s about the people celebrating him (the way they do Thor). It’s about being worthy. Loki does get the throne again at the end of TDW, but he usurps it because he wants freedom and safety, and he can get that by masquerading as Odin. And even then he offers it to Thor. He might have anticipated that Thor would reject, but he still offered the choice.
I thought it was established that it was actually squashed-currant juice on his foot, @nuggsmum …
I know.
I just want to be his nurse. I neeeeed to nurse this dramatic fuck back to health.
Fruit or not.
Why must all you people ruin my dreams.
He definitely has emotional wounds there. You can do like Jesus and wash his feet.
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….wasn’t it supposed to be blood on his foot? I thought the berries were added in post production because the thought of displaying any wound that close to the pain of stepping on a lego was just. too. graphic.
I’d also heard that the berries were added because there’s a limit to how much blood you can show in a PG-13 movie. Not that it’s a lot of blood, but… they were using their blood allowance for other things, I guess, and the strong suggestion of at least negligent self-harm might have been too much.
I don’t accept the berries. Han shot first and that’s blood on Loki’s foot from stepping on broken glass and/or shards of furniture.
Loki is the Philosopher King 