Top: Ragnarok by Tyrine Carver and Wil Woods of Musetap Studios
Bottom: Smile, Brother! by Tyrine Carver of Musetap Studios
So we had two strong but contrasting reactions upon watching Ragnarok . One was that it is beautiful and fun with badass fight scenes and a myriad of new awesome characters. The other is that Asgardian brotherly love is hilarious and should be the focus of more movies.
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A commission for the lovely @beastlybeverages “Home sweet home” with Thor and Loki + Tea time 8) It was so much fun to draw it thanks so much for commissioning me!!
Don’t be concerned, dear anon. It’s not just you. It’s not a great idea to make anything when you don’t really care about your characters’ problems.
Loki he doesn’t care a fig for. He literally mentions Loki’s biggest issue, being jotun, and dismisses it in a scene where Thor’s written to be in the right. He paints Loki solidly with the narcissist brush. Lucky me I’ve found meta that explains Loki’s behavior in Ragnarok within the context of his actual character and those identity struggles.
Not having so much luck with Thor. I think he likes the idea of Thor, but found his unhappiness and thoughtfulness boring. Oh gosh, a kind and thoughtful male protagonist who wants to negotiate before hitting something… impossible! It’s so damn boring to have a man who cares about the only family he’s got left, and who keeps hoping that family will be redeemed.
(Actually, I’m cool with Thor pretending to not care about Loki’s behavior anymore. I think it’s a smart tactic given the information Thor possess, and there’s no reason he couldn’t have come up with it. However, there are points in the movie where he seems genuinely callous towards Loki, and I can’t picture Thor ever feeling that way. There’s no way that Thor doesn’t become terribly affectionate after what we get to see of the hug scene.)
Yes, welcome, Anon! And while we’re at it, here are links to the rest of my postsbitching about how Taika Waititi clearly doesn’t give a shit about the characters he was making a movie about.