Tag: loki

burdenedwithgloriousassbutt:

Tom Hiddleston on Loki

You know one of the things I love about Tom Hiddleston? Sometimes Tom is all like :

“He is a combination of mercurial intellectual ability, emotional ambiguity, charisma and provocative wit. He has a wicked inclination to mischief, underneath which is a well of spiritual pain. Both these aspects are central to his depth as a character : his unashamed and perverse delight in creating chaos and his capacity for raw emotional expression.”

Then sometimes Tom is all like :

“Loki is loco. Completamente loco. People go loco for Loki. Livin’ la vida Loki.”

That may just be the difference between Tom demonstrating his mastery of English and running up against the limits of his Spanish.

iamanartichoke:

thelightofthingshopedfor:

I just stumbled across a pagan site (well, the Google preview of one, because most religious sites are blocked at work) saying that Actual Norse God Loki likes offerings of really sweet things, like Pez and other types of candy, which a) is hilarious because Funko just released their first few Pez dispensers and Loki’s one of them, and b) makes me feel weirdly vindicated for my headcanon about MCU Loki having an enormous sweet tooth

I have the Loki sweet tooth headcanon too and this is marvelous information. 

sigridlaufeyson:

icy-mischief:

Okay this face makes me want to rant. People joke constantly about how Loki was lying to Thor about everything, even the fact that he loves his brother, because he always thirsted for the throne. Aside the fact that he SAID “I never wanted the throne, I only ever wanted to be your equal" to Thor in the heat of candid emotion, look at this face.  

He makes this face WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING.

WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING.

WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING.

It is in EARNEST.  When the audience sees Loki making faces in moments like THIS, be they evil faces or sad faces, the writer and director are using a rhetorical device called DRAMATIC IRONY: the audience has insight into character feelings, motives, and actions that no other character has.  There are three moments of Dramatic Irony in Thor: 

1) When Loki facepalms at Thor wanting to go to Jotunheim and succeeding in convincing the Warriors 3 to join him.

2) THIS moment, in this gif, and also when Thor is cast out and Loki reacts behind Odin’s back in shock and hurt—as well as in nervous vigilance when Mjolnir is cast out as well.  

3) Much later, after things have escalated, when Loki lies to Thor that Odin is dead, turns away, and we see him smirking triumphantly that Thor has bought the lie. 

ERGO:

—Loki did not plan for it to go this far.

—Loki is contrite that it went this far.

—Loki is also unwilling to stop its trajectory (although he DOES try once, before Odin silences him). 

Almost anything else about events leading up to this is arguable, except that Loki a) loves Thor, b) is jealous of Thor, c) is conflicted about his own role in the family dynamic. And he did NOT want Thor banished. And he DID NOT anticipate that Odin would banish Thor. He just wanted Thor DISCREDITED as a leader to Odin so that Loki would have the time to prove HIMSELF a worthy heir (even though, as he himself SAID, it wasn’t even a title he ultimately wanted).

I find that people constantly argue that Loki planned for everything that happened to Thor in the first half of the movie. I deeply believe that this is inaccurate.  I believe that Loki was an excellent deceiver but that his Achilles’s Heel has ALWAYS been to get in over his head.  He thought the three Jotun guards would mess up Thor’s coronation.   He thought Thor and Odin would argue and Odin would berate Thor for being “arrogant and reckless" (Loki’s words).  He did not care about Aesir collateral, although he didn’t anticipate that either (because he thought Odin would get there faster, and didn’t realize Odin was tired and headed for an Odinsleep).  And that’s it.  He DIDN’T expect Thor to ever REACH Jotunheim (again, he overestimated Odin’s capacity to come stop them when he tipped off the guard), and I even argue he didn’t want Thor to even TRY (because he already got what he wanted, Odin is already furious at Thor, and also, because Loki facepalms, again, when NO ONE IS LOOKING, in EXASPERATION, he doesn’t triumphantly smirk the  way he does after he’s lied to Thor that Odin is dead).  And when they got there, and battled, and Fandral was wounded, and Odin took them all home, he DIDN’T expect Odin to banish Thor OR to cast Mjolnir out with him.  THEN it happened. THEN the confession of Loki’s Jotun heritage happened.  THEN Loki decided he’d go after Mjolnir and keep Thor exiled indefinitely.  THEN Sif and the W3 disobeyed his mandate. THEN Loki panicked and sent the Destroyer to kill Thor.  You see how things were not entirely planned out to the last detail, or rather they were, but anytime something on the chessboard shifted, so did Loki?  Things snowballed.  

People need to remember two facts:

a) Loki gets in over his head, because he’s playful and likes the thrill of danger. 

b) Loki changes his plans 180 degrees with every new contingency. He is resourceful and capricious. 

This!

@latent-thoughts @mastreworld

King Loki Headcanons

foundlingmother:

lucianalight:

foundlingmother:

That Nobody Asked For

The way they did Loki as Odin in Ragnarok dissatisfied me (big shocker, I’m sure). It’s not that I don’t believe Loki would write a play about himself, or invest in the arts, or sit around in a bathrobe eating grapes. I just don’t think he’d do it because he’s a hedonistic narcissist. Trump’s a narcissist. He’s got a high opinion about himself, loves when his ego is stroked, and throws a fit when it isn’t. Loki thinks that he’s a monster, expects everyone to agree, and grows bitter and spiteful because of it. That’s not the same thing. Think of Blood Brothers. Loki says that Thor was the only one who ever loved him, and he’s killing him because he stopped. He doesn’t attack those that never loved him. Now, Loki is a bit of a hedonist. He’s absolutely easily bored (intelligent people are often bored by mundane routine). I’ve no doubt he’d hate almost everything about ruling. I just don’t think that would make him a shit ruler. So, I’ve written a few headcanons about Loki’s time ruling Asgard. I think they’re a nice balance of intelligence, laziness, self-care, and planning for the future. Feel free to disagree or add your own.

I’ll tag a few people… @philosopherking1887, @kaori04, @lucianalight, @latent-thoughts, @mastreworld, @seidrade, and @icyxmischief (Sorry if you didn’t want to be tagged in this sort of thing!)

  • Loki dismisses his father’s council (made up of wealthy lords and ladies with little practical knowledge), and forms a new council with younger members, some of them nobility, but many of them common. Their unifying trait is that they are all super competent in the area they’re overseeing. He delegates his kingly duties (the daily grind) to many of them. Loki finds the day to day requirements of being a king tedious, but he’s got a vested interest in everything running smoothly, and he’s not an idiot. To explain why he delegates more duties, he claims his years are catching up with him, and that Frigga’s death drained him. People respect that.
  • Loki spends time researching the Infinity Stones. He does so covertly, so as not to attract the attention of Thanos or any of his people. He specifically studies the Tesseract in secret.
  • Loki doesn’t bother to send armies to the other Realms. One, their in chaos because puppet governments are falling apart. Loki’s not one for order, particularly not Odin’s order, so he lets the revolutions run their course. Two, he wants to bolster their army for Thanos’ inevitable appearance.
  • To that end, he allows rapid advancement among the ranks based on skill (he does away with any nepotism that occurs). It’s not out of a sense of justice. It’s about practicality. Everyone’s got a shot based on their merit. Considering the natural strength of the Asgardian forces compared to other alien races, nepotism likely ran wild. Odin meant to appease the nobles. I imagine Hogun, a Vanir, only got as far as he did because he had Thor’s support. (He does deserves it. I’m not saying he doesn’t. I’m saying the opposite. Like Sif, he had to fight tooth and nail to get respect in Asgard.)
  • Loki increases the demand for practitioners of seiðr. He diverts resources to training interested Asgardians.
  • If Loki had anything to do with the other Realms, he traded with them (both the puppet governments and the rebels). In effect, he prolonged the instability in other Realms in order to increase Asgard’s treasury.
  • The theater, complete with statue in front, isn’t dedicated to himself, but Frigga. The statue is of her.
  • He does write plays. However, Loki’s elequent, artistic, and he’s read countless books and plays. He isn’t a bad writer. The play is well written. It is also well acted, since Loki would not be satisfied with such shitty acting. Essentially, watching Loki’s play is every bit as emotional and dramatic as watching the scene in TDW, if not more so. That’s one of the best, most emotional scenes in that movie (and Hemsworth’s best performance in the MCU), and mocking it pisses me off.
  • He takes a lot of baths with bubbles and scented oils. It’s very relaxing.
  • The paperwork he can’t avoid he does in Frigga’s gardens. He hires the best people to tend to the gardens. Not only does sitting in the gardens make him long for Frigga, it also makes him miss Thor. Being all about the fertile earth, Frigga encouraged him to walk through the gardens and reinvigorate her plants. The gardeners just can’t achieve that loveliness. (This one’s very inspired by one of @raven-brings-light‘s headcanons about Thor.)

And now, for my wildest headcanons. My Frost Giant stan headcanons:

  • Odin never told Jotunheim who attacked them using the Bifrost, either because he didn’t see a reason to or because Loki did it. If they discovered one of Odin’s sons did, they’d demand the crown pay.
  • Loki uses that fact to his advantage. He’s aware the Frost Giants are a match for the strength of Asgard (they’re a legitimate threat in a fair fight). He goes to their king, one of his brothers, and reveals who he is. In small ways, he helps them rebuild, and earns their trust. He never exposes that he’s currently ruling Asgard, and therefore could give them the Casket at any point. He does all this to facilitate his escape plan should Thor return. He doesn’t want to live in a ruined Realm (hence why he’s fixing it up a bit), but Jotunheim’s a good place to hide from the people who want to see him dead/tortured/imprisoned. If he escapes there, Thor won’t follow. He’d risk war. Loki would grab the Casket on the way out to make extra sure Thor wouldn’t risk it. Thanos’ minions won’t get far facing an army of Frost Giants with ice powers. It’s the safest place for him to hide after Asgard.
  • I also love this headcanon because imagine how pissed Thor would be to discover that Loki told his Frost Giant brothers he was alive, but didn’t tell Thor. The amount of trouble Loki would be in for that….
  • If he’d had to enact this plan, Loki would have grown depressed, and he would often sneak back into Asgard disguised as another Asgardian or an animal.

Thank you for tagging @foundlingmother ! Great headcanons! I love all of it! Certainly better and makes more sense than what they did in the movie. I totally agree with your headcanons except the one about Frost Giants. As much as I love it and I like to read it in a fic, I think it’s a bit of a strech. I don’t think he’s ready for sth like that or even entertain the idea of contacting Frost Giants. Because I remember his face when he said he is from Jutonheim in TDW. Imo he still doesn’t believe that he belongs anywhere. Not Jutonheim, Not even Asgard. That stupid play kind of hinted it. Blue baby, not Juton baby. Asgard’s savior, not Asgardian. I believe when Thor said “Asgard is not a place, it’s a people” was the moment Loki realized that he belonged in Asgard. I think he just needed to hear it from Thor.

Yes, I agree. They’re very much a stretch. That’s why I set them apart. The other headcanons feel 100% possible, while that one’s more a product of my wishing the Frost Giants could get some love.

I also have a headcanon for how he and Thor approach them post-IW (because everyone lives go away Marvel you’re not welcome anymore). Jotunheim possesses vast untapped resources that could help the Asgardians (and Midgardians) rebuild. Nidavellir does, too, but they’re dealing with a civil war, and the Asgardians have nothing to trade with them. They do, however, have something to trade with/give the Frost Giants. (Not that I think this would be easy–they’d be bargaining with a stolen object, and that would exacerbate the legit animosity that the Frost Giants feel towards the Asgardians.)

This headcanon requires that I also headcanon Loki grabbed the Casket, which I do. I headcanon he grabbed any of the artifacts he could. Seems a waste not to. They’re right there and could be useful.