Tag: loki in the avengers

(Reply to The Neck Thing) I get why you would see it that way, that the gesture scared him because it threatened the mission. I always interpreted the longing look in his eyes to mean that the nostalgia of the touch made him consider taking up Thor’s offer: to stop everything and come home. That little laugh and head shake he does afterward always made me think that he was pushing the thought from his mind because he feels he can’t stop, because he feared Thanos or whatever reason he had.

Oh, absolutely. As I’m sure you know, because I talk about it a lot on my blog (it’s easier for me to point people to it than rewrite it on Tumblr as meta, but people usually aren’t interested…), I have written a fic, The Abyss Gazes Also, speculating about how exactly Thanos got Loki to the point where he was willing to go to Earth to fetch the Tesseract for him. It’s now reached the events of The Avengers, which I’m telling from Loki’s POV, and the most recent chapter deals with that conversation with Thor, including Loki’s conflicted feelings about Thor trying The Neck Thing on him (twice!).

re: ragnarok – can we talk about how Thor seems chill wearing casual clothes when he visits Earth but Loki always seems to dress in a suit? What do you make of that? Something about him needing to look authoritative and in control?

lunariagold:

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monitoroutside:

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veliseraptor:

yes! we can talk about this!!!

I think it’s two things – first of all, I do think Loki just genuinely likes dressing up and looking nice. I mean, in Thor we see him change clothes a few times where others (if I recall) don’t, and in this movie he had at least two thematic costume changes (not including the black suit). it’s part of his Aesthetic, and Loki is very much about the Aesthetic. 

(more seriously: he’s very appearance-conscious in basically every way and that includes, of course, clothing.)

so then on Earth – Thor can dress down, I think because Thor is more comfortable on Earth generally (where for Loki it’s not a place he particularly wants to be) and also because Thor doesn’t feel the same need Loki does to project a specific image – an image, like you say, of authority, control, and status. three things Loki is never going to want to relinquish.

and it does fit in with what we’ve seen Loki wear when he comes to Earth before, which. it definitely is a lot of style choice. (and it’s such a good style.)

Costume meta!!!! YESSSS.

Loki is always as *covered* and buttoned up as possible, with which I’m obsessed. (It shows up in a lot of fanfiction and meta, so it’s not just me.) It reflects his closed off wariness and it’s always a sort of emotional armor, I think.

He’s so, so insecure, our Loki, that he hides behind this armor and yes, it absolutely projects an air of authority and confidence that he needs desperately to perform. I could talk for HOURS about his costuming.

I felt actually punched in the face when the first trailers were released and we saw him *not* wearing his signature green and black and gold.

That outfit, though, is in the Grandmaster’s colors. It reinforces the “ownership” of people the Grandmaster assumes on Sakaar. It’s a very Sakaar ensemble and in context I love it. Loki’s ingratiated himself to the most powerful being and his schemes have schemes.

Thor, of course, is often seen half-naked, sleeveless, and in casual clothing on Midgard. He’s more open, egregious, and straightforward. The contrast is beautiful between the brothers’ attire.

Tagging my costume obsessed @philosopherking1887 @lunariagold and @raven-brings-light (I’m not sure if you’re this fixated on costumes, Raven, but I know you appreciate the Suit Porn.)

(Luna I keep forgetting to ask you what you thought of the costuming after seeing the movie!)

Amazing points about Loki’s attire. 

Ah, well they are definitely not just my observations. I’m sure part of this comes from @philosopherking1887 (OMG her story The Abyss Gazes Also has an incredible cool explanation for Loki’s Avengers outfit) and there are SO many others who’ve written great observations about Loki’s clothing.

Regarding the costumes themselves as outfits, I’m a bit divided. None of Loki’s outfits were as beautiful and elegant as his TDW armour in my opinion (except maybe the black suit in terms of elegance but… it’s a suit not really a costume). But I do like the fact that they are bound to be easier to recopy: The metal armour bits aren’t as ornate, there are less metallic parts altogether, the leather looks like cheaper pleather, the patterns in general are less complex… So they are more cosplay-friendly.

I absolutely love that this helmet allows for both the horns AND the hair to show. This makes it BEST HELMET ❤

I think my fave Loki costume out of Ragnarok is the one when they fight on the bridge (cape and helmet mmmm)

I agree, regarding the costumes looking cheap and pleather-y. I was concerned about that when the first photos showed up, but I thought maybe they’d look better onscreen… and I guess they looked somewhat better, but still not great. And FFS, give the poor man a modesty flap.

On one level I agree with you about the helmet… but it also just looks completely useless as a piece of armor. It’s completely decorative, but also looks kind of cheap and plasticky. I think the helmet from The Avengers wins, because it’s an effective helmet but you can also still see his hair. Even though the way it makes the back of his head pointy does look a little silly.