I’ve reblogged some salty commentary, but I don’t think I’ve given a straightforward statement of my view. So here it is: I’m not getting my hopes up. After Ragnarok and Infinity War, I don’t trust any of the schmucks at Marvel as far as I can throw them, and I’m tiny with a terrible arm. I trust Tom to try not to let it get fucked up, but there’s only so much he can do. (I don’t think he was happy with what was done to his character in TR and IW, but obviously he had limited power to advocate for himself and for Loki.)

I am VERY cynical about Disney’s motivations for doing this. Starting a separate streaming service so people need to pay for something else on top of Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Prime and whatever else they’re already paying for is incredibly obnoxious, and they’re using Loki’s popularity to rope in a guaranteed audience. In the movies, they catered to the fanboy hatred of Loki (surely motivated by dismayed resentment over how many women find Loki more attractive than the standard male power fantasies); but they’re more than happy to keep taking our money in a new medium.

Will I buy the streaming service? I don’t know yet. I’ll see what else is on it. I’m also waiting to see what happens with Loki in Avengers 4. I’m not above pirating things. I still haven’t watched Ant-Man and the Wasp, and when I do, it will be either on a service I’m already paying for or illegally.