Look, I’ve seen people say Loki looks confused when Grandmaster starts flirting with him, but…the way he looks at Thor? That’s literally the universal look of He’s Hitting On Me But I’m With Family And Can’t Respond
I met with Kevin Feige in LA a month before we began shooting […] and one of the first things he said was about my favorite moment in this film, Loki’s return. Of course, Loki does it in the most grandiose, egomaniacal way—which is helmet on, cape on, arms outstretched, ‘your savior is here.’ — Tom Hiddleston
Thor Ragnarok AU where Waitit straight up made it an indie roadtrip film
“ I look at the story of Thor in terms of an indie film. It’s about a guy trying to get home because there’s someone in his house, and he’s got to sort that out. And along the way he’s got his annoying brother, a drunk chick, and some bipolar kid with him. And he’s just trying to get home. “ – Taika Waititi
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He’s trying to get home before his girlfriend leaves. He’s always away on, like, business trips or following bands or something, and she’s about to head off to a prestigious university job/doctoral position in Norway. He needs to tell her how much he loves her before she goes, but he tells his friends he’s trying to win her back so they’ll help him.
yes good. tell me more.
At one point, Val and Loki hit on the same woman at a bar. It could turn into a competition, it could turn into a bar fight. Instead the woman gets a “phone call” and you never see her again (until they’re leaving- she’s still outside on the phone).
Half the movie takes place in a smallish town controlled by Grant Masterson, the villain. The town hosts some kind of annual amateur wrestling competition.
Hela is a cutthroat business mogul who refuses to help, but nevertheless takes Thor’s phone calls so she can offer constructive advice in the meanest way.
Thor is a music journalist.
Bruce wins the amateur fight, which is how they escape the town.
😍😍😍
go oooon…
Korg (et al) is either the small town mechanic or a passing rock band that Thor makes friends with.
Loki is an emotional wreck, and he still flirts with e v e r y b o d y.
Bruce is partially on the trip because his divorce was just finalized, and he doesn’t know what to feel about it.
Val is a mystery. Maybe she’s a groupie they’re giving a lift. Maybe she’s Hela’s wayward wife. Maybe she’s one of Thor’s old college friends. We never find out.
Loki is the typical younger child who needs to prove himself. He did everything “right” – went to college, got his MBA, was on the fast-track to a high-paying corporate executive job.
And then the company he worked for was caught up in some kind of corporate fraud/insider trading deal. Maybe he was involved a little, maybe he wasn’t. No matter what, he was the scapegoat, his name was in the headlines when it all went south. So he was turfed unceremoniously, while the real scummy higher-ups all got golden parachutes. Long story short, he has a really nice car, still behaves like the self-assured flirt he always was, but the repo man is on his tale, and he can’t admit his real name. He’s hoping his brother will help him out. And he can help out his brother when it comes to dealing with Hela’s cutthroat business mogul, because he has inside info.
So, I firmly believe that Thor would have absolutely kicked Loki’s ass if Hela hadn’t shown up and interrupted him. Because in that moment, Thor blames Loki for Odin’s death; Thor’s come back to Asgard after years away to find his brother lied to him, and now his father is dead, and he’s reeling and 100% going to lash out because a big portion of Thor’s problem-solving skills rely on hitting things.
The two of them have a knock-down, drag-out fight on that cliffside, probably crumbling part of it and ending up down on the beach below. Loki fights back viciously to start, but then it all catches up to him and he just… breaks down:
Because Loki didn’t want Odin dead. He had the chance to kill him, but didn’t; didn’t even torment him – he left him in a Midgardian home for the elderly, when the old man would perhaps suffer a blow to his dignity, but not be in any true peril or pain. Because Loki lost his mother, and his brother abandoned him, and he couldn’t bear to kill another father and lose any more of his fractured family.
Thor stops hitting him and, still furious, holds Loki close. The both of them wind up weeping on the seaside; they’re orphans now, and Loki is all the family Thor has left, however furious he might be with him.
Thor summarily gives Loki a good solid bitching out for faking his death and making Thor think he was dead again, and leaving him to fight off Malekith alone.
This gets Loki’s hackles up and you left my corpse to rot, you abandoned me! Left me to bleed–
…Bleed?
Loki’s armor was torn in the fight. He folks his arms protectively, but Thor pulls at his tunic just enough to catch a glimpse of gnarled scar tissue on his chest–
Another bone-crushing hug ensues.
They end up walking to a coastal village for lunch, and talk. Loki remarks on how boring kingship is, while Thor mocks him a little for his indulgence with the statue, etc. Loki shrugs: if there’s anything he’s learned from Thor, it’s that Loki is much better loved when he’s dead. Thor gets quiet about that.
Thor explains that he’s been searching for the infinity stones. Loki points out that, well, the Aether is safe, the Tesseract is in the vault, the mind stone was in his scepter, and that miserable second-rate sorcerer had one around his neck–
And they double back to Bleeker St. and then end up going on a brotherly infinity stone road trip instead of all this Ragnarok stuff.
fuckin write this i dare you! id pay to see this movie omg
Loki is the Philosopher King 