shine-of-asgard replied to your post “foundlingmother:
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@Philosopherking1887 it’s a very interesting take on the situation, but I must say that the original take is quite unsurprising as well. One-sided shipping of a “good” character with a “to be fixed” or “won” one is quite common. The second character usually lacks any agency and is seen a an object. In love triangles, the girl almost always is treated like this. Quite unsurprising that Loki would be treated similarly.
@shine-of-asgard – wait, really? I mean, I kind of get shipping a good character with a villain or anti-hero who is to be “saved,” but I think in that situation the shipper still finds something compelling about the to-be-saved character. In fact, I get the impression that in such ships (e.g., Harry/Draco, Snape/Hermione, Kylo/Rey) the villainous character to be saved is the primary object of the shipper’s interest, and the saving character is often either an afterthought or a kind of stand-in for the shipper.
The idea of shipping a character you love with someone you think is bad or needs to be “fixed” (which I take to be more passive and to preserve less of the character’s original personality than being “saved”) just strikes me as bizarre. In both of my main MCU ships (Thor/Loki and Steve/Tony) there’s certainly one character I like better than the other (Loki > Thor, Tony > Steve), and I’ll admit to finding the other character interesting primarily for his relationship with the first, but I wouldn’t want the less interesting character to change fundamentally, beyond showing more respect and affection for my favorite; after all, my favorites clearly love and respect the people I ship them with for who they are now.
Loki is the Philosopher King 