Sometimes I’m just sitting at work, being an ordinary person in this world, and then I think about the fact that Thor let Loki start the apocalypse–like Thor specifically tasked Loki with this very important thing–like he trusted him to do the thing–knowing that the thing would be something Loki would relish, due to him being the God of Mischief and being so skilled at creating chaos–like Thor really honored Loki’s nature with this decision–like Thor just balls-out gave Loki permission to be himself and by successfully being himself the prophecy was fulfilled and the culture was saved–and Loki probably felt so fucking included and valued in this moment–and honestly even though I’m just a person, I swear I could power the entire planet for I dunno at least five minutes with the fucking light that courses through my entire being as I contemplate this moment in the film.
“It’s not the words ‘I’m here’ that tell him; those are late to the party. It’s the faint clap of the bottle stopper hitting the palm of Loki’s hand, then the softer echo of his fingers closing around it.
“Thor doesn’t even know whether he’s surprised or not; he can hardly tell what he feels. But he is a god and a king and a man of his word, so he opens his arms.”
Jumping on the post-Ragnarok hug fic bandwagon with you, @incredifishface and @raven-brings-light… and I’ve kept it gen for now, too. Gotta get the feelings out of my system first.
How did the philosophy reference get in there, you may ask? I dunno, man. These things just happen.
for a moment I was really afraid about that Zeno’s paradox, because I happened to remember this one, and i thought OH NAY YOU DOTH NOT!
i need you to make them sit down and talk for hours about their Odin and Hela feels and thoughts for 40k words YOU HEAR?!? GET TO IT!!
(sorry was that too bossy. I just get excited you see)
Well, I did actually have them talk about their Odin feels quite extensively in a fic that’s no longer canon-compliant… I guess I just can’t resist the hugging and crying. (And a lot of what they say is still current, except for my clearly incorrect Hela-related speculation about how Loki got off Svartalfheim alive.)
Day 1 without Mjolnir: Thor throws a remote at his brother.
Day 2 without Mjolnir: Thor throws his brother at some guards.
2 weeks without Mjolnir: Thor throws increasingly improbable items about desperately hoping to find one that returns to him. Utter destruction lies in his wake.
It occurs to me to add: Loki is actually very much like Mjolnir. Not only is he an effective projectile weapon, but no matter how far he strays, he’ll always come back to Thor.
Loki is the Philosopher King 