Alot of time was spent building up the threat, building up the character, showing how strong and dangerous he was. But, at the end of the day, I think the thing that makes it work is Tom. He breathes alot of life into Loki. – Joss Whedon
As said before:
Tom was the one who made Loki actually Loki.
Even Feigie had to admit that “what Tom has done with Loki is beyond our wildest expectations”.
And you know what? Joss Whedon – unlike Taika Waititi, Markus & McFeely, and the Russos – knew how to use Loki’s character depth and Tom’s acting ability.
Well, I tried to picture his emotions through the movies and I came to think that I really don’t like his prince appearance at all because he lacked of character in that time. (Or maybe I just drew him bad)
I think Prince!Loki was very good at keeping his emotions under wraps, which is why his face appears so neutral, even bland. Then after what happened in Jotunheim, his facade pretty decisively cracked (along with some other things).
Bruce: When I moved in, he insisted on funding all of my research. Except, you know, ever since The Incident, all my work’s been theoretical. It’s not actually that expensive. I’ve started just spending all the extra on fruit pies, just to see if he was keeping track. He isn’t. There are a lot of unused rooms in this building, and at least three of them are stacked floor to ceiling with fruit pies. He hasn’t said a word.
Natasha: It turned out Pepper and I both speak French. Tony doesn’t. Now, whenever he walks in, we just start whispering in French and giggling. Half the time we’re just exchanging recipes. He pretends not to be eavesdropping, but the other day I caught him asking JARVIS what ‘des oeufs’ meant.
Clint: I bought this big bag of little plastic flies, right? And whenever he’s not paying attention, I throw them into his drink. Half the time he doesn’t even notice and just drinks the damn things, but the other half? He starts checking all the house filtration systems, the exterminators, the works. He can’t figure out where all these flies are coming from. He’s fumigated three times in the last month.
Thor: I attempted to provide assistance with a project, but Stark assured me that it was ‘very technical’, and that I would not understand the intricacies. I can see why he would think so, as I am a mere Prince of Asgard, taught such basic engineering when I was a child and his ancestors could not yet walk. It has been five weeks, and he still has not corrected the misaligned condenser coil causing the problem.
Steve: I don’t know what Howard taught that kid, but he seems to be under the impression that homosexuality was invented in 2000. He keeps leaving magazines and pictures lying around like the sight of two men holding hands is going to give me a heart attack. I don’t have the heart to tell him about the Greeks.
Interviewer: So how are things in Avengers Tower?
Tony: How are things? I have no idea. I really don’t. There’s some kind of insect infestation in the vents and I think a spy is trying to seduce my girlfriend into moving to France. I tried to prank Captain America with gay porn, but him and Thor just started trying to reverse-engineer workout routines. The other day I went into one of the spare rooms, and I found some kind of one-armed sex hobo sitting on a throne of empty fruit pie boxes. I just walked out and closed the door. I don’t even wanna know.
God I love this! I very much appreciate how feral Loki looks here, and it suits his arrival through the Tesseract because, hey, if some purple idiot just tortured you and whirled you through space to the other end of the universe, I would be damn feral and animalistic upon arrival as well!
Loki is the Philosopher King 