#and I actually have to aim with Loki's shit

[miakwat]

I understand why people get competitive in Rivals matches, but why are people so mean at bronze level??

[lokiinmediasideblog]

Can I say that I tend to get annoyed by how some parts of this fandom turns up their noses at darker portrayals of family dynamics as anti-intellectual?

I also find it ANNOYING when someone posts a whumpy Loki HC, and someone chimes in to give some "nuance." Like fuck off. We want whump over here! Don't try to smooth it out by bringing some unrelated bullshit to soften it up and make it cute and cozy about Loki and Mama Frigga or decent dad Odin. READ THE FUCKING ROOM!

[riririnnnn]

To know that Sae doesn't think he is having any kind of fight with Rin and he, in fact, watches BLTV too makes me think that this post of mine wasn't that far from the tracks.

Yes, of course, he might not be watching BLTV solely for Rin and the reasons might also be Isagi, Shidou, Kaiser, and maybe even Lorenzo, Charles, Loki, and Noa. However, I just like to believe that he never stopped looking out for his little brother, Rin. And in a very strange way, I think he was looking out for Rin in that Snowy Night too.

First thing first, something was wrong with Sae in that flashback.

As the saying goes, "Eyes are the window to one's soul," he looks so worn out—miserable, in fact. And I highly think that around the time of this flashback, it hadn't been that long since he lost his dream—or maybe got his dreams crushed. And I got two reasons to think this way:

To repeat my words, he looks miserable, which is a given when you lose a dream, compared to his later appearance like in the U-20 match. And judging by the timeline, the flashback and U-20 match have 1 year-ish gap which is an ample amount of time to cope up and get a hold of yourself.

Rin kept close tabs on Sae through news and all. The younger Itoshi would definitely be the one, if not the first, to know that Sae was now aiming to be the best midfielder instead of the best striker. But..

...Rin didn't know shit.

Now, you might be wondering why in the world I'm focusing so much on the timeline, right? Like, Sae got his dreams crushed, then he return to Japan and confronted Rin—what's the big deal about it even if these events happened in a short amount of time?

...

And that's where you'd be wrong if you think this way.

We all keep forgetting that to be the world's greatest striker was Sae's dream first before he decided to share it with Rin. Sae has been playing this sport since he was one year old. Soccer, probably, came into his life before Rin did. Rin gave his teen years to this game, but Sae has nearly given his whole life to this dream.

Now imagine yourself in Sae's position. Imagine devoting your whole childhood and teen years to something only to not be able to achieve it in the end. Won't you be devastated? Won't you be a mess? Won't you need some time to collect yourself together? Now do you understand why the timeline matters so much? And why the timeline is such a big deal? Hm?

Secondly, Sae has never been a visibly sweet person, even to Rin.

Yes, Sae took care of Rin, but did we ever see him go, "Aww! My lil baby bro Rinnie! Cutie patootie! My baby bro <333333" Did we? He had always been rather.. emotion-less and blunt. After the above panel, too, his words were, "You can be the most amazing, after me."

He just has been like that.

Always.

That's why I have always believed that he never changed as a person, even after Spain. He has been like this from the start, which is also why I think that his harsh words in that Snowy Night was just another way of him looking out for Rin because guess who has known soccer longer? Who has gone out of Japan and seen the outside world's soccer with his own eyes?

Yeah.

In a way, Sae's dream had more weight than Rin's. The older Itoshi had soccer in front of his vision, meanwhile the younger one had his Nii-chan in front of his eyes. Despite being so focused in this sport, Sae just couldn't be it, so what makes you think Rin could've made it when his sole focus was his Nii-chan instead? Wouldn't have Rin struggled so much in the outside world with this kind of mentality?

And this is something, I think, Sae knew too—on that Snowy Night, he actually realised what Rin's real mindset was like and immediately knew that it just wasn't going to fly in the world stage. Sae was just saving Rin from the hardships he himself must've went through during his time in Spain—Sae was just looking out for Rin.

"What about those mean things he said to Rin?" you may ask, and that's exactly where the timeline comes into play—Sae was just a mess, and Rin's words were the breaking point for him.

"What words?" you may ask now, and these are the words:

Repeating myself, eyes are the window to one's soul:

Sae never broke his promise—Sae never stopped looking out for Rin.

[darkficsyouneveraskedfor]

Forget-Me-Not 5

Warnings: non/dubcon, and other dark elements. My username actually says you never asked for any of this.

My warnings are not exhaustive but be aware this is a dark fic and may include potentially triggering topics. Please use your common sense when consuming content. I am not responsible for your decisions.

Characters: Loki

Summary: You return to your childhood home to put the past to rest.

Part of the Backwoods AU

As usual, I would appreciate any and all feedback. I’m happy to once more go on this adventure with all of you! Thank you in advance for your comments and for reblogging.

You walk out of the bank, tempted to have your lunch at The Horn. You're certain they'd serve it up nice and foamy in a pint. Never the matter, you were never a drinker. Sins of the mother and all that.

You get into the front seat and sit for a minute, contemplating what to do. If you leave the land as it is, burn that shitheap down, drive off into the sunset, well, who will care about what some dead crone owed the bank? That's not how it works. You might think little of shared blood but a name is a name to the powers that be.

You shove your key in the ignition and turn. Your engine cranks and sputters but doesn't roll over. You frown. You just had it serviced before you drove out here. Oils filled, everything was tiptop, so the mechanic said. No lights, no dinging. You try again, twisting harder, but it doesn't catch. You let go as the car quiets.

A slap on the roof makes you jump and you look out the window at the figure right outside. Thor Odinson bends, grinning at you through the glass as he gives a wink. You don't believe in coincidences, especially not in Hammer Ford. You ignore him and give it another go; third time is the charm.

Nothing. Just a puff of exhaust and rattle. Fuck!

"Ah, don't worry, sweetheart," Thor raises his voice so you can hear him through the glass, "I'll take you 'round Vol's--"

"Fuck off," you hit the switch, ensuring the locks are down.

He laughs, "you know, I don't think I ever heard you speak before."

You shake your head and scowl, peering around. Several people watch but quickly put their heads down and continue on their way. Just like it always was. Fucking cowards.

"I see why he likes you--"

"Piss off!" You flip two fingers up in his direction, "now!"

"What? I'm tryna help you out. Sounds like your transmission," he taunts, "or maybe... you got some gravel in the gas tank. Shit, you know, that'll ruin your lines--"

"God! Would you just leave me alone?" You roar as you hit the steering wheel, "you and your fucking family."

"My mother gave me this cheque..." he reaches in his pocket and unfolds a slip, "has your name on it... and would you look at that? She left the amount blank."

You ignore him and grit your teeth. They think you're that girl who could be sold for a sixer and a couple bills. They don't know anything. They don't know you.

You reach over to the glove box and pop it open. You reach inside and take out the bottle of glass cleaner you keep there. You flip the lock up and he steps back, a victorious hum as you open the door just a hair. You aim the nozzle up and spritz him in the eyes.

"Is that clear enough for you!?" You snap the door shut again and thump the lock down with your fist.

He cries out and wipes his eyes furiously. You sneer as you watch him growl and his. He pulls his shirt up to mop at his face and finally stands, blinking furiously. He sends his fist into the glass, shattering it as you yipe. You shield yourself, reading for the next one, but he merely stumbles away.

"You've done it now," he snarls, "just you fucking wait."

"I will be," you holler, "just you come around and see."

He staggers away, groaning as he continues to fuss with his eyes. You watch him in the rearview before you lean back and stare at the lifeless meters in the dashboard. Rest in peace, mom, you left me a whole lot of shit, didn't you?

🏚

You grab the tire iron and leave your car behind. You have no other choice but to make the long trek back to your mother's shack. You get a few looks from passerbys on the main strip, their eyes lingering on the heavy tool in your hand. You're not stupid or weak like them. You're ready to fight back.

You keep your eyes set ahead of you as you crest the first hill. You always hated how this village only ever seemed to be up. You weave around the country roads and turn off into the trees as the sun dips below the treelines. You're tired and sore but not done. You still have a ways to go.

As you come through the canopy that opens to your mother's house, you feel the coolness in the air tingling in your fingers. The chill in your spine is from more than the late cast of a spring afternoon. You grip the iron tight as you stare up at the open door.

You swing around at the kick of a pebble. The iron meets only air as you twirl all the way around. No one's there. You back up, searching the trees. No, someone is there.

A snicker rolls up through the forest. It's him. He's watching you. You won't back down, not this time. You squint into the shadows. Where is that snake?

"Oh my, are we scared?" Loki's hiss crawls up your spine.

You spin again to find another void.

"Don't you remember our game..." he taunts. "Perhaps this time, you might win..."

"Go away!"

"Ten..." He calls out, "nine..."

Your heart races as your eyes tinge. You remember that girl, lost in the trees, listening to him count down, to his pursuit rustling through the leaves behind her. You feel the crash of the ground against your chest and the river water flooding into your mouth. You can't breath as you're trapped beneath another, rutting and ramming, snarling as he snickers in your ear.

"three..." you come back to the present, "two..." you whip around, "one!" You spin the iron and jab it backwards around your side.

He grunts and staggers back as you stumble forward away from his grasp. Loki falters as he grasps his stomach, a clot of red blooming on the inside.

"Shit..." he spreads the fabric, showing the gash. Not deep enough. You hold the iron tighter and raise it again. He chuckles and shakes his head as he looks up at you, "oh darling, you should know by now..." he smirks, "I don't play fair."

Suddenly, you're taken off your feet from behind, a thick arm around your neck and another around your middle. You thrash with tire iron only to be thrown away from the body behind you, hitting a tree so hard you're left breathless. You drop the iron as Loki moves to sweep your feet from under you and Thor brings his foot down onto your chest. You cough as you stare up at the brothers.

Everything stays the same in Hammer Ford.

[abby118]

It makes me so happy to see I’m not alone here. Honestly the Loki fandom is so fucking isolating, and I feel like if you say you prefer Pre-series Loki/Loki Prime whatever….you get shit flung at you. This fandom has done a really good job at making me scared to share my opinions. (Hell, I can’t even criticize the TVA without “UWU THE TVA ARE SMOL ANGST BLORBOS WITH TRAUMA! THEY’RE LOKI’s WHOLESOME FOUND FAMILY WHO HELPED HIM!!!”) It’s helped me a little bit to remember Loki in the series is a variant of our boy, because like…he’s literally nothing like Loki in the slightest and no offense to the fans, but it feels like a majority of them haven’t even TOUCHED the previous films. (Literally saw a post calling them old and outdated.)

Thank you for this blog. 🥺

Ooh yes, mhm. It can be isolating, for sure, but I also think we're fortunate that it did split into pre and post ragnarok eras of the fandom because some fandoms die when its source material gets retconned. I definitely relate to the opinion aimed towards the new "fans"; they're one of the most disrespectful and meanest people I have had the displeasure of interacting with in fandom spaces and I've been on this site for a while now.

And no, the character in the series is not a variant of Loki. The *only thing they share is a name, which has been stolen from the original character it rightfully belongs to, with the intent of cashing in on the fans. I refuse to refer to him as the same character. *They do share the same actor too, and as much as it hurts to say it, because Tom Hiddleston has been my favourite actor since I can remember - I was literally 9 when I joined the fandom when T1 came out..(for context, I'll be turning 22 this year), I no longer relate to how he views, or seems to view, Loki. And don't get me wrong, he will always be the person who played my favourite character, that will not change, but I do not see his interpretation of Loki as my own anymore. It doesn't even match his old one. And I know I'm not alone in feeling like this.

The TVA is a topic I don't have the energy to get into but it is beyond problematic. I'll just say that, I'm sure we all know what I'm getting at there. And I wouldn't even say it "feels" like the newer people haven't touched the movies. I have spoken to a few of them and it is an actual thing, apparently. Some of them started with ragnarok...which does explain a lot...and never bothered to check the original ones. And then they complain about feeling unwelcome among the fanbase, I wonder why that is, huh? - "I feel like if you say you prefer Pre-series Loki/Loki Prime whatever….you get shit flung at you. This fandom has done a really good job at making me scared to share my opinions."

Don't listen to them. Block them. They are not interactions that would bring you enjoyment or any sort of positive feeling and that's not what fandoms are supposed to be like, trust me. If you genuinelly feel upset about people's takes and opinion aimed towards you, you have every right to avoid them. Tumblr has no algorithm and blocking is nothing but curating your experience, you don't owe anything to these people. I, myself, have done this, including filtering tags, and it is so much more peaceful than when I rejoined (beacuse I changed blogs). Still, no longer being able to go to the main tag is incredibly sad.

Find a group of people you can interact with, follow the tags that are more specific and avoid what doesn't benefit your fun here. And thank you for being here, really. Especially for reaching out 💚🖤 I'm very glad you like my blog. I'm just doing my own thing, which in my case, means trying to stay true to the fandom I loved and enjoyed (and still do) from years ago, regardless of the notes or what people say. Because, at the end of the day, all that matters is your own enjoyment. I'm trying not to post too much negativity towards post2013 despite having a lot to say because there are blogs who do that, and do so well (thank you guys), and we need one that's focused on the good things too, but sometimes it really is needed. So thank you for the opportunity.

[of-goldenminds-and-poetichearts]

DPS BOYS AND WHO THEY MAIN IN MARVEL RIVALS!!!

(Note: this is for the funsies and bcs my brain wants to merge my two current hyperfixations teehee do NOT take this seriously)

Todd = Mantis

I have no reason for this other than it just feels right

Soft spoken boy mains the cheerful empathetic alien that heals and buffs the team ofc

I also feel like it kinda helps with his anxiety?

Like, Todd has bad social anxiety, and Mantis is an empath that's literally her power, so I feel like in a sense Todd could relate to that

But anyways he's a BEAST while playing Mantis

Oh he’d be supporting your team alright, he's supporting it by killing the other team

Headshots all around and he knows how to properly use Mantis’ self buff ability and would not let it go to waste

But then he'd be like “oh sorry do you need heals come here pls don't be mad 😥”

Neil = Starlord

Theatrics. Need I say more?

Loves to shout “LEGENDAAARRRYYY!!” when using ult

No thoughts, just gun go pew pew

Contrary to Todd, he's shit at aiming

Most of his kills come from his AoE move and his burst

He absolutely loves doing Starlord’s dodge ability

Todd heals him more than the others bcs why not

Father issues :)

Charlie = Spider-Man

Swings around the map and is generally just a nuisance and a menace

Would be the type of Spider-Man player that I hate bro STOP TARGETING ME ISTG

Would solo ult just to spite you

“Bro where's my heals healer diff” he says as he's across the map and far away from where healers could get to him

When I catch you istg... It's on sight…

But he will protect the supports completely if needed, always looking out for the little guys like he did to Todd in the movie

Jokes around constantly

Meeks = Doctor Strange

Very calculated

The portals he places are always so conveniently positioned

Always in the front line

You bet your ass he memorized every health pack location

Does not get kills

He tried the portal in front of the enemy spawn trick, it worked once, and now he always tries it

It doesn't always work

Unironically does the anime glasses thing no you cannot change my mind

Cameron = Loki

Snarks his teammates every chance he gets

You never see bro in major fights because he always dips and is always overlooked

Drops his clones and calls it a day

“MF GET IN THE HEALING ZONE ISTG”

Nobody listens to him

Loki’s ult being able to copy anyone he wanted says a lot about Cameron’s personality

Always gets called a villain when sometimes he's not, and every small good thing he does, nobody even notices

Pitts = Groot

Get it? ‘Cause Pitts is tall and trees are tall and Groot is a tree— okay I'll stop

He's so awkward so endearing

Places down walls like it's Fortnite

If the match is a domination match, then those walls are so useful

Loves it when Jeff or Rocket climbs on his shoulder bcs it's so wholesome :DD

Knox = Cloak and Dagger

He finds the two lovers so sweet

Resident lover boy mains one of the best Marvel relationships

Yearns for that type of connection

Maybe not in the literal sense tho lol

He's actually a pretty good supporter, but people think he's a gooner because he plays Cloak and Dagger

[senblades]

hi! i love fftsr and i really enjoy the dynamics between everyone and their personas so i wanted to ask how you decided to characterise the personas/their dynamics and if you had envisioned how the other thieves interact with their personas as well?

sorry if this question is weird 😭 keep up the good work!!

interesting question...

(uhhh I didn't think this would happen with this question but SPOILERS FOR UP TO CHAPTER 46 OF FFTSR)

To be honest, the ony dynamic that I put a real degree of thought into is the Akechi & Robin & Loki dynamic- I wanted neither persona to be entirely good or rational, or one side representative of 'being evil' or whatever. Akechi's problem, is that his thoughts, feelings, and ideas so often contradict eachother, and he is entirely unable to reconcile that. So even when Robin and Loki do agree, Akechi is more likely to ignore them than take thier advice.

Of course, just because I didn't put too much thought into it doesn't mean I'm pulling all the other dynamics out of my ass lmao:

Sumire takes second place for "Persona who talks the most"- Ella, for the most part, is a supportive force that also isn't afraid to call Sumire on her bullshit. Whether or not Sumi listens is another matter entirely. This sort of stems from how Sumire's third awakening is her final resolve to stand on her own, to reject Maruki's reality despite all it could give her, to be unapolagetically Sumire for the rest of her life- So her persona is a force to remind her of that vow, when she starts slipping into her anxieties and her tendency for avoidance.

Haru doesn't get a lot of POV scenes, but her awakening was very fun for me to write. Since I've taken Haru in a direction that is distinctly angry, I wanted Milady's words to reflect that anger at her circumstances, and the need to break from it.

Ren doesn't chat with Arsene often enough for me to remember much of what he says HAHA- he doesn't have the same influence on Ren's character the same way that Akechi and Sumire's persona's do. When he does talk, however, it's usually to quip or be a smartass- a trait which I've quietly yoinked from how people tend to characterise Arsene/Shadow Ren- as, simply, the essence of Joker.

And, now that Ren has also resolved the whole Crow situation, his dynamic with Metatron is pretty much that Metatron is a forceful reminder of the kind of thinking that got Ren to make poor descisions in the first place. Metatron often speaks up any time that Ren tries to justify taking Maruki's deal, spoken with all the snark and fury of the real Akechi.

Most of the PT haven't had POV scenes, but Futaba and Makoto certainly have!

For Futaba, any time Necronomicon speaks up is usually when Futaba is trying to avoid something. Stemming from her awakening, Futaba's vow to never allow lies to decieve her again is reflected in her persona, and especially when she tries to decieve herself.

For Makoto- I actually can't remember if Johanna has spoken in a previous chapter, or if she's going to speak in an upcoming one, but Johanna's shtick also stems from Makoto's awakening. Makoto's vow was to not be trampled by authority, to ensure that she can be herself even in a society that aims to push her in a box. Johanna will speak up if Makoto is becoming complacent, if she tries to take the easy way out.

Uhh that's pretty much it! For the other PT's personas, I would similarly draw from their awakenings to decide what I would want them to say. For the most part, though, everyone's personas start getting chatty when their wielders aren't being true to themselves.

FUCK I FORGOt about Maruki. HAHA I wrote Azathoth as being a cryptic peice of shit, mostly. That kind of 'cult leader talk' is the kind of shit he pulls in canon, and I saw no reason to change that.

Shadow Maruki, on the other hand, is a more true reflection of the man himself- an echo of who he was in the original timeline. Shadows and personas are two sides of the same coin, but how they present themselves does vary. They're archetypes, rather than a 1:1 of their wielder's personality.

aaand that's all I got! ty for the ask! <3 <3 <3

[smolvenger]

A Court of Mischief and Purpose Chapter Twelve (Loki x fem! Reader Hiddlesverse Crossover Series)

Series Summary: Based on Sarah J Mass's A Court of Thorns and Roses series with the Tom Hiddleston characters. You are a woman of 1880's in Aldwinter in Essex, England, dying of tuberculosis. Never to be married to the local Lusty Vicar. When Loki appears to you and offers to heal you...if you spend a week of every month with him

Chapter Summary: In which there is the Starfall Ball of Asgard

Word Count: 4K (blessedly short for what I have been writing lately, so enjoy!

Chapter Warnings: Brief mentions of babies, insecurity, jealousy and one guy being an asshole to Sif, but overall a very fluffy chapter!

Series Masterlist

A03//My Ko-Fi//My Etsy Shop//Masterlist//Wattpad

Taglist: @asgards-princess-of-mischief @jennyggggrrr @five-miles-over @fictive-sl0th @ladycamillewrites @villainousshakespeare @holdmytesseract @eleniblue @twhxhck @lokisgoodgirl @lovelysizzlingbluebird @raqnarokr @holymultiplefandomsbatman @michelleleewise @wolfsmom1 @cheekyscamp @mochie85 @fandxmslxt69

A/N: A nice fluffy breather before the chapter when shit goes down! I have no life outside of this, so Enjoy!

The weeks flew by. Though you were worried about the slowness. Thomas and Jonathan were struggling through the spellbook, even with the translation. Loki had to be allowed in to help with certain words. Then not only was the spellbook but the intricate creation of the dagger. Then not only the dagger but the tracking invention of Thomas to where sometimes he had little burn stains on his fingers.

Yet…you enjoyed the repetition again. The normality. You now progressed with Loki to where changing light around helped! It wasn’t useful, but it was something. Objects could be used sensed and moved. The fire was now controlled from your hands to hit where you aimed. Even Sif-Sif-though you could never beat her, you got very close to once!

But now, all that people seemed concerned with- well, openly concerned with, was the Starfall ball. After frequenting the shops, you and Stella were wide-eyed at what beauty and bizarreness lay in the boutiques of Asgard. Yet you grew to appreciate it, be drawn to it. How silly both of you would look wearing frilly bustles amidst all of them! So you both picked your dresses after trying multiple ones from multiple shops.

The day before, you never saw so much bustle as the palace did. Not since the Coronation. Servants ran to and fro. Many ask the AllFather and AllMother questions.

Their footsteps and a crash distracted you in training where you looked away and hit a flame away from the target towards a duplicate of Loki’s.

You turned and saw the copy cowering in a corner.

“Oh, I am so sorry!” you cried

“At least it wasn’t actually me,” the god quipped.

Then it came to physical training You all were training to where you were sweating outside under the sun. Yet there was the delicious smell of the roast meats they carried through the halls. It made your stomach rumble as Jonathan asked for which punches. The curiosity of how food was made nearly got your mind off when trying swords with Hal.

Once it ended, Loki led you, Jonathan, and Robert to see the kitchens right after. The others said they would be occupied until the ball with other concerns. You walked down to see the herbs hanging from the ceiling. You heard a roaring fire. So many servants it was crowded. Then you turned to see Sif, leaning against a wall and folding her arms as she observed…which meant…

You turned your head and there in an apron on a table, kneading wet dough was none other than Stella.

“Why, what are you doing?” you asked.

“Merely baking! One of the servants needed some time away-she just had a baby. So I offered to help!” She answered.

Robert let out a laugh, smiling as he folded his arms to look. Sif gave him a warning glare to keep his mouth shut. Jonathan merely looked at her, the blonde hairs loose from her braid from movement. Yet her face was bright from the warmth and her smile genuine. He swallowed lightly.

“My dear, you are a guest here, you have no need to do anything,” Loki said.

“Oh no, I want to help! I want to show my appreciation! I want to be of use, to pay back everything all of you have done for me- what they all have done for me. Brigit here always makes my breakfasts from the day I arrived-” she gestured to a red-faced, stout woman with her grey hair in a bun putting dough over the fire- “so why not help her back?”

Robert looked at the flour that caked her hands, her apron, dress, and even some on her face.

“Do you want to get dirty?” Robert asked.

“She has another dress!” you laughed.

“Yes, and I’ll have plenty of time to change and prepare. Brigit will dismiss me in time, they know,” she reported.

Part of you felt a little guilty. Already so used to the servants doing everything. Back home, you always washed your own dishes and folded your own clothes. Here these people were making sure you had to never lift a finger for your own needs…Stella was right.

“Is there anything we can do to help? We are down one servant after all!” you said.

Stella nodded. Brigit walked over with her hands over her wide hips. She then handed over baskets full of silver flowers.

“The main hall could use more flower decorations. Seglinde always did that, but now she’s nursing her little one, AllMother bless her-they always need more hands there.”

“I have a gift of moving things around! I can put them in higher places- we all will be glad to!” you agreed.

The other seemed fit. Though Loki showed slight hesitation- he was their prince after all - he found a mere wave of his hand helped every flower be where it should be.

Two hours until the ball began. You and Stella both gathered in her room to prepare. She sat on a chair with a vanity and mirror that was in your room. Her face was washed and a blue shawl over her undershift, she combed through her hair. She now had a comb made of silver, little stars around the line then descending into the bristles. She then lifted, twisted, and set the strands into a bun. You kept handing her the pins to keep it in place. Just a few strands you curled to fall off her face. It didn’t take too long since her hair was only several inches past her shoulders.

“My, how nervous I am!” she confessed.

She walked over to hand you your necklace, helping you seal it from the back. A golden one that seemed like a shell on its strand.

“I am too- nervous but excited!” you agreed.

You glanced at the vase where it sat on a table. The blue flowers are still fresh and cared for. If it was Stella’s care for them or Loki’s magic that still made them look so vibrant, you didn’t know.

Once your necklace was good, you turned back to her. A naughty smile on your lips.

“May I guess it’s a certain fellow named Mr. Pine who is the cause of these nerves? The very gentleman I see you sometimes walking and talking with in the garden?!” you teased her.

She folded her hands, quiet for only a few seconds before she replied.

“Mr. Pine is- is a gentleman. He has been very kind to me this past month.”

Stella absent-mindedly just swiped at the few strands that snuck out.

“And he certainly is handsome!” you cut in, bursting into laughter. You began to undo the buttons of your own earth-toned day dress. You set it down on the bed, neatly next to the book both of you were currently reading.

“He…he is,” she agreed.

You got to the last button, moving to undo the bustle behind you.

“Oh, you’re besotted with him, Stella! Admit it!” you teased.

She turned over to you.

“But what of you being besotted?” she nudged with a smile.

You paused. The bustle is still on you.

“What do you mean?” you asked.

She had a small smile, her voice still quiet and soft, though her words, prodding.

“Whenever there’s training and Loki must fight with someone, you keep ogling him!”

You gave her a light swat on her arm and she laughed. You finally took off the bustle, leaving your own corset, shift, and last petticoats only on.

“Well, are you besotted for him?” she asked further.

Taking in a deep breath, you looked at her. A hand fluttered up to your neck, your mouth felt dry.

“He is a handsome man too like Jonathan, like all of them are. He certainly is…nicer than I thought at first. Not as villainous as I took him to be. A decent leader. He’s not perfect, though. He is vain and jealous of his brother so much that he makes poor choices. He has a devious streak and is fond of doing all sorts of things to get what he wants. But…but…oh, Stella, I don’t know what I think about him…” you sighed out.

“Well, you have time to figure it out,” Stella assured you. “I’m sorry if I asked-”

“Oh no! Don’t be! I just don’t know about him lately. He is a handsome man, and he can be pleasant…but no more,” you said.

She looked at the two dressing screens in the room.

“Alright…let us change to look like Asgardian ladies…” Stella said.

Finally, you both went behind each screen to dress. You hesitantly took off your layers of clothes- but when in Rome, do as the Romans do as they say. There was a shorter underskirt and shift without sleeves to wear under.

Then there was your dress-long and flowy and in a lovely shade of your favorite color. It was quite simple to get on. Quick, even. Such a nice material that felt soft to the touch. It had something like a belt in the middle made of the same material. The sleeves were off the shoulders. It is lovely and exposed, especially for the necklace. Long, drapelike sleeves that fell down from your arms like cascades. The skirts themselves both had layers that fell diagonally and then met the underskirt onto the floor. You found it was very swishy and twirly, perfect for dancing in. Then simple flat shoes- comfortable for the night of celebration.

“Are you ready?” Stella called out.

“Yes I am!” you announced. “Now three…two…one!”

Both of you walked out of the screens to see each other and then in the mirror. Bursting into more giggles and gasps of delight.

Stella’s was blue without question. Hers had no sleeves and exposed shoulders but a belt of gold and little embellishments down the skirt. Both of you stood amazed in the mirror. Both of you added whatever little touches needed to be done (“You must wear this necklace, Stella!”). So different. No petticoats or stockings but…you both looked like real Asgardian ladies now.

You complimented each other, and then with a big breath in, you headed out in time for the party to begin. Down so many flights of stairs you lost count and breath. Through the marble halls and out into the large courtyard. Flowers draped everywhere over the palace, on each column and corner.

The Starfall ball was beautiful. It was an open space with the stone floor and the sky above you. The skyline of the city was visible. Lights were floating in the air with magic. There was chatter and laughter. Servants brought on platters of delicious food and wine. You even noted a table had the bread your friend baked herself. Court musicians played with strings and harps- such beautiful music like you never heard. People sipped at their wines and ales politely. It was early for drunkenness (you would have to keep an eye on Hal). All were thrilled just to be invited to Valaskjalf.

How comfortable it was kept. You didn't feel like you wanted to escape inside from the chill. It was warm and comfortable- for it was a night one had to be out of doors. People wanted to be out and see the stars. To admire each other in their finery. Already there was a hall near the sky where there were dances. So many people clasped hands. Sometimes kissing cheeks lightly. It was so lovely and warm and special. Despite the jewels that seemed to drip from the bodices of several women, they seemed relaxed. You and Stella were awed by it.

Many people chatted like chimes. What did the people of Asgard do at balls? You didn't know if there would be a cigar room or a card table for the men like the dance hall back home? But so far, people were enjoying dinner, and getting partners. Musicians began the first dance as they went out to the courtyard. You sat down, far too hungry to think about dancing with such food.

But you noticed Stella excuse herself to go over somewhere.

Sure enough, you found your first friend. Dressed in blue Asgardian finery, Jonathan sat quietly in a corner sipping his drink. Watching, but stiff in his posture. Even for him.

"Why, what are you doing here, Mr. Pine?" Stella asked.

"I've never been one for parties- large ones. Sometimes I'd rather spend an evening with a good book,” he said.

"What kind of books? Do you have a favorite?" asked Stella.

He smiled, the tension in him relaxing.

"I have a few working through my old collection of them at last. When there's time. I am reading The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. It wasn't published in your time, but would you like to know what it is about?"

"Please do. Mr. Pine, what are books from the future like? What is the story?" she questioned eagerly.

"I shall tell you Stel-er, Miss Harris- I'm sorry..."

She shook her head, a small laugh in her voice.

"No, you can call me Stella now. We've met for long enough,” she assured.

He gave her a certain look, his small smile and focused eyes. You saw Stella’s breath hitch and her stop in place as he spoke.

"After I tell you what it is about- would you like to dance?"

"I'd be delighted,” was her reply.

Jonathan told her all about it. She listened to him with a focused, calm face. Deeply interested in every word he said. She only glanced at you when they went out to dance, you giving her a large smile.

Sif was already drinking wine as she walked out of the table. Some fellow with a toothy smile, greasy red hair, and leering eyes, said "Why, hello there, Sif! How about a dance?"

She gave him a gesture you were certain was vulgar. Then walked away. Drowning her wine before she gave it to a servant.

Still, he kept being at her tail, begging her. Deaf to her refusals. She kept got out her knife kept to her leg beneath her Navy blue dress, the slit fashing out and showing the blade. You could tell it was everything in Sif not to murder him right there and then. Even if she would be sent to prison that minute.

She then hurried over to Robert. He was swaying to the music, dressed in grey Asgardian wear. Sipping away at a drink. "Hey! Doctor! Dance with me! Please! Thor already has several in line and he won't leave me!" Sif demanded.

Robert nearly choked out his drink.

"Are you certain?" he asked.

"Yes! Please!"

She grabbed his hand, leading him to the floor as the next one began. It seemed to work- the fellow left Sif alone. Though you had to admit- they did dance naturally well together.

Indeed Thor was surrounded by many hopeful and ambitious princesses and someday queens to be. But he loved the attention and was smiling at it. It seemed he already had his dance partners for the whole evening planned out. Though at one point he did dance with Sif, and she smiled at him tenderly, gently. He smiled at her- with the same smile he gave to everyone. But as he left for the next girl, there was something of…sadness in Sif’s eyes.

Thomas even danced with you and you were amazed at how good he was, his black clothes with golden embellishments. All of you took a few lessons before the ball. The Baronet was the quickest to master them. Smooth, efficient, sweeping. He was born with wings on his feet like Hermes.

“Why, Miss, you were such a pleasant partner! It was a pleasure indeed!” he praised you.

Hal enjoyed the party but he was not a good dancer. He was inches away from stepping on your toes and apologized every time. You noticed his red clothes had a wine stain on them.

“Please forgive me, my lady,” he sighed.

“Oh- it’s alright Hal! As long as you have fun, it’s the point!” you said as they returned back to the party.

“Though, my lady- when indeed do these stars fall prettily as the good folk speak?” Hal asked.

From the party, Loki emerged. Decked in his signature color of green, though with bits of what seemed like gold armor. The finest Asgardian leather. Even if he wasn’t heir to a crown, no one would doubt his connection to the family.

“It’s in about five minutes,”

“Why, where have you been?”

“Making sure all was well with Mother and Father. There are some potential princesses and even princes Father thought I should at least be introduced to.”

You felt yourself get tight on the inside. You fought back the sour feeling.

“Though…I have missed all of your company. Why, YN Darling…would you like the next dance?” he asked.

You gave him a smile, though your stomach fluttered.

"Yes, I would,” you answered.

He opened his hand and you accepted it.

As he led you through the opening movement as the strings picked up, something hit you. You knew the steps but with Loki, it felt…natural. Easy. Free…youcould look into his eyes and keep doing it and not miss a step.

At one point you had to move like a waltz…and this meant him sweeping your arm in a half embrace as you kept a hand on his shoulder. You felt his touch and the warmth of his breath. He said nothing…but nothing needed to be said. You did look into his blue eyes. Just like Hal’s, Roberts, Jonathan’s, and Thomas’s. But his look on you was...soft, sweet even. Your own heart is racing. You start to feel a little dizzy, a little out of your body. Yet you kept dancing. You wanted to keep dancing with him.

That familiar light-headedness and ache settled inside you. You never wanted to stop dancing with him. It was all happening so quickly in time, but your mind was racing miles ahead.

Your mental shield flew up. You know you couldn’t give in to this feeling. It's infatuation at most, nothing more. Just what dancing with a good-looking and charming man will do to you. But no more, you told yourself.

The few minutes of bliss that will bring on so many months of torment. The little, cruel voice in your head, wiggling out in the corner of the beautiful dance.

You aren’t good enough for him. For anyone, it said. You hated that voice. You hated you felt this way. Hated that you hated it. That everything was so confusing at least…and frightening at most.

But for now...the little cruel could be dim. The movements of your body had to shut it out, making you move rather than dwell.

Yes, give in a little bit for now. Just a few minutes of happiness...nothing more. And then it will be done. The moment will be over. And you will not have this again, ever...so enjoy it. He is a friend to me, and nothing more, you told yourself, only half believing your own lies.

"You look as lovely as the stars above us,” was what he said as you went back to continue the next round of the dance.

"Thank you,” was all you could say.

All of a sudden there were gasps and points. The dancers on the floor all halted. Their chins lifted up above. Both of you paused your dance, despite the continuing music, and looked up.

The stars were finally falling through the sky. Many of them shone, leaving their dust as a path. So many- that it seemed the night was even brighter than the moon could ever make it. Their light sparkles dust through the reaches of the inky black sky like a ballgown. And so many of them! More than you could count, or even imagine!

You glanced over at Loki next to you. Starlight illuminated, everyone. And him. How beautiful everyone looked with the silver light overall. Including him.

The AllMother applauded and the others followed suit. Her eyes went over to the crowd, barely stopping at which faces she knew.

“Well- you all know the tradition. If we want luck until the next Starfall, you must keep dancing! So dance! All of you! Keep dancing!” she said with a smile.

"Now- if you wish good luck, keep dancing!" advised Loki in a hiss.

You gave him a nod, and you kept dancing.

Everyone poured onto the floor, even the AllFather and AllMother danced together. Stella opened her hand for Jonathan and she led him down as they picked up with the others. Thor was with a beautiful woman with dark hair and a triumphant smile like a cat that got the cream. He accepted it and she led him onto the floor. Sif and Robert were already dancing. You heard her mutter "shit! Keep dancing!" and before Robert could process it, their dance continued forcibly continued.

“I could use my magic to have it rain spiders on everyone and listen to them scream!” Loki teased.

“Don’t.”

“Or…” he continued.

You raised an eyebrow at him.

“Or…what else could you do?”

With his magic, he made it seem as if a few of those little stars fell down. Twinkling their lights, their glittering path of stardust through the crowd. They circled through, all delighted. One went around you, circling over your skirt. You held it and twirled it out and laughed- you heard him laugh too.

People reached out their hands. The glittering stardust a path through the air as they went through before they vanished like fireworks.

“That was stunning!” you said.

“You’re welcome…but we should keep dancing.”

As the stars swirled about lightly in the courtyard and above the sky, you danced with him. Light illuminating from above. Music guides your every step. Your limbs felt so light, and you were a little breathless. You felt the corners of your face lift up in an easy smile, and you saw one on Loki too.

Everyone paused a moment when the dance ended to admire the stars as they glittered and decorated through the sky. Shooting forth and falling through all sorts of patterns. All of the party guests couldn’t help oooing and ahhhing.

You had never seen anything so beautiful in your life. To think, after everything you went through...you could see this. This beauty. It made you glad to be alive, to be here.

Then, after some time, they paused and settled in the sky like normal. Applause broke out, even if the far galaxies could not hear them.

You stayed the length of the ball. Both you and Stella were bleary-eyed and your feet felt weary, your steps heavy from all the dancing. But both of you were so tired you broke into silliness, fits of giggling, and recalling everything that happened. She had a servant bring a cot and you both slept in the same room, recalling everything. The buzz of excitement wore through until it ran its course and sleepiness took its place. You both drifted off to sleep at a late hour.

You had never had a nicer time, the more you thought about it.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── It seemed everyone had slept in. It was the afternoon when Hal and Robert insisted on an emergency meeting. All of you went into the secret meeting room. The two had a book. “We were curious…and tired of sitting around and waiting. Guilty even. So we both researched what could help Thomas’s tracker…so here! We finally found a key to Thomas’s invention!” Robert announced.

All of you gathered forward as Hal brought the book forth and opened it. They went to a certain page. It showed an orb glowing in a bright, light blue. Then next to it an illustration of the cabin.

“Twas Loki who said only certain magic may assist the invention. And this certain magic has revealed himself as an orb,” Hal said, pointing to the pictures.

“The orb came from the cauldron- the very one we suspect Grendel had that revived him and kept him alive. It said here…if asked for, it will call out to the cauldron and give a signal. And the cauldron will respond,” Robert finished a triumphant smile on his face.

“And where, on the other hand, is this orb?” Loki asked.

“The Aevi cabin that resides in Jotunheim,” Hal answered.

Robert lifted up a finger in warning.

“But there’s a catch…” he said.

Robert pointed to the text. You began to feel tingly all over, despite the slight weariness from the late night.

“It says here that the cabin will reject all those who don’t have magic. Perhaps the being was a spellcaster who wanted to use it and only wanted it for themselves. And most Frost Giants aren’t magic wielders…so it was placed there. Those who cannot use magic will be blocked out, unable to enter…”

There was a pause. All eyes went to you and Loki. You both took in a breath as the trickster god's eyes met yours. Then he released it in his usual smile and half laugh like an exhale.

“Well, my dear, it seems as if the two of us are headed to Jotunheim.”

[blindtaleteller]

MCU Asgard Canon Observation Research [Part 1]

Firstly and before I even start in on the subject, keep in mind that this is what it says: a collection of research into actual Canon Lore from the Marvel Cinematic Universe: not the comics, or the Nordic lore twice removed from it.

Secondly and alongside that, also keep in mind that even back at the start of the MCU as a long term project, while the MCU is based on the Marvel comics universe: the creators made a point of making it a completely different universe: for many varying reasons, including the spaces lacking continuity in the comics over the years that the MCU as a project wanted to pursue from it's first conception.

This is a large part of why there are phases and why they were numbered from it's creation. (And yes also why my tags recently mentioning counting phases are what they are elsewhere, but that's a whole other post.. or set of them.)

These are important to remember because, I would like to avoid previous iterations of people wasting their time trying to insert comics-universe lore and more excessively into or onto this requested post purely for the sake of, well; being argumentative or just trolling:as much as possible. I do try to take some time to respond to comments and reblogs as much as possible, but I can and will ignore or yes, at times point out people unable to manage these things.. and respond as necessary.

I normally wouldn't bother to mention this except yes, that has happened before so: consider this your disclaimer.. I ain't dealin' with you if you're gonna be a trolly shit disrespectful enough of the time effort and willingness to share what research and observations I have, by shitting on it or me in your pursuit of whatever flimsy excuses might be given for any inhuman reactions posted passive aggressive or worse.

More frankly: be respectful on my posts or get lost. I don't tolerate harassment on my blog whether it's aimed at me or others. Passive aggressive or otherwise. I'll discuss stuff, am happy to have any valid references I might miss added to and pointed out. Just don't be an asshat about it, and you'll get the same from me. That's how basic-bitch Karma, and I; both work: you'll get what you give along those lines, while in my space.

The necessary now out of the way... Next!

More as a side note with that mentioned; while I may mention some meta/theory in the form of the most probable (as that's how my meta in particular is formed) it is again: based on the facts of the canon lore and contexts confirmed presented in it; visually, in dialogue, and out of the mouths of the very people who made all that themselves, at the time that lore was given to us on screen: and will be mentioned as the theory and supposition that is 'meta' rather than 'canon'. I have gone out of my way as a fan of world, universe, and character building as a part of the creative process in particular: to watch, rewatch, rewatch again and again, and hunt down all this stuff (often lol purely out of my own curiosity.) All in all Meta is theory, Canon is story/film-established fact; and I do try to keep a clear line between the two of them. The early world and character building in the MCU has always been interesting enough to me alone, to do all that with my free time.

And that's especially true with Asgard in particular, as a main story driving force in one form or another as far back as 2010 when both Thor and CA: tFA's scripts were being filmed and their sets/settings picked out and created.

Final few bits before we get into it..? As Asgard lore (and even a lack of it's presence at times) is directly and appropriately attached and or in relation to the lore of several races, species, and massive events in the entirety of the MCU's first three phases.. I will be touching some of those cultures and places too, where important. Probably not in this particular part, but yeah. It's gonna happen.

As with the research post into Loki and his year of absence prior to Avengers 2012: (yes that's a link to an ask that contains a good chunk of info and years of interviews on that particular subject) this might not be an entirely complete compilation: for the same reasons. As I said, i didn't just watch, I rewatched repeatedly from differing personal mental angles: not just three or four times, but and as I wrote my own fanfiction.. I would also re-watch once or twice just prior to fleshing out an outlined story of my own to refresh my memory, seek out interviews official and otherwise from the creators and actors who made that lore and put it on screen for us to enjoy as part of the stories we enjoyed (or not, depending lol) and well.. the resulting organization of the whole outside of this post is less than comprehensive for anyone else. You can see the explanation for how that happens in the foreword of that thread if you're curious.

As a result, I may or may not exclude the actual interviews if this gets too long. Much of the visual in this first part especially are pretty self explanatory, as I did find some of my dissection pics too.

All said (I think? Gods I hope so that was a lot wasn't it? XD) and as suggested/requested recently in discord?

This one is gonna be expansive.. and hellaciously so: so grab your drinks and your snacks and still be prepared for this series of posts to be going for while (not kidding, may be compiling this properly between jobs for weeks) so yeah..

Here we go again!

The major forgotten fact of Asgard's depiction in the MCU is this:

We the audience are only shown a very tiny fragment of Asgard as another separate planet in space, and: they do show us we're missing as much, from the very first film.

That gif directly from the movie I used at the top? I'm using it again, because...

..look at that.

With topography, perspective and size in mind.

That tiny golden triangle in the middle is the Palace at the center. The little golden bar along that tiny portion to either side? Is the city attached to it proper, with the Bifrost, and as far as we've seen the 'Heroes Road' (as soem are calling it) and city walls cupping the Bifrost Bay directly facing the camera.

This is a space shot (of course,) and that tiny itty bitty moving spec that is still shrinking as it gets further from our perspective and closer to Asgard at the bottom, is the Bifrost in use.

And, they do give us a few views of that as early as five to six minutes into the first movie in 2011, as seen in the first clip below. I've set it to share at the first view of Asgard itself.

Hopefully that works. If not, the timestamp you're looking for is 2:04.

I recommend shutting off the audio, as it's a bit distracting. Trust me, we will get back to the very interesting audio from a world builder's perspective, when we get to the History and Relations section of Asgard's break down.. there are several tons, of that and in that opener alone, to examine later.

IMPORTANT!! When looking at any of these images or videos, keep in mind and look at the scale. Not just in the scene on screen at that moment, but also in reference to previous shots. Distance is a thing. The size of trees and people are a thing. This place in the MCU is much more massive than where it's very cloistered story parts take place.

This is not a city-planet like and for comparison: Coruscant, from Star Wars... though I am very aware that some people will throw out Asgard's concept art to try and 'debunk' that (yes its' been done and proven pointless in other threads).. that does also bring us to another couple of facts that slip by in their context.

In fact, you know what? I'll throw it in here right now myself:

This concept art: does still apply, if slightly adjusted with the topography and likely under ground portions taken into account.. because Asgard is the name of both the planet AND the city as separate entities of the same locale.

In other words, the concept art is VERY valid as a map of the city itself: but not the outlying locations outside of Asgard as a Capital City Proper, of Asgard as a disk planet.

And again.. they do show us this, and not just in the first film: although that first shot going into the city says as much too, being that..

A. Asgard is established as a society greatly more advanced than Earth and most others, and;

B. there are whole swaths of land (and especially mountain they like to build into) without structure between the edge panned through and the City itself. (see still image below: not the best quality but it's also in the video.)

Which.. we'll touch again a little more in a bit (and probably the biggest lol) part of this breakdown set; digging at History, Culture, and Relations.. as the fact they do prefer to build INTO their environment much more than on top of it is also shown in the shot of the canyons and canals on which not only that city is built, but even what buildings are shown outside of it on that panning-in shot.

We can see in the one above though: that while they did redirect some of the water through canals in the lower shot; they also kept and built into the natural(?*) lay of the river canyons below.

This theme is kept even before we get into the city though with the first part of the shot above the water.

Want a more visual view of the breakdowns as I do them?

Here you go, here's one example from out of my crazy folders and docs, that I made in paint back in 2013 (LOL yes I know. XD) while once again re-watching that same scene.

I would highly suggest clicking on it, as tumblr does downsize images making text on them hard to read otherwise. Crappy in-motion quality screen cap but, it was made more for breaking down the visual elements on screen for what it told us about the land, and more; on it.

----[?*] As a set of side/foot notes to that last bit and the image..

A. the top left corner yes: does reference some of where I use certain observations of canon in my own fics; and how they would have grown or evolved depending on that story. In this case, and at the time: the pink text is making note to utilize those observations in outlining Hvedrungr (Loki from Uni 0) and Flykra's (Loki from Vesti1 Uni 14) universes in particular: both of which return to Asgard at VERY different times and in different situations: while the history and culture I've been able to glean and expand on in some cases is still part of their and the location's background. As I don't have the patience to remove the text from an old paint shop cut.. I thought I would at least explain it's presence left there. These things are, ultimately connected by the culture that originated on and created them on that planet after all.. and why there's an entire section dedicated to the varied aspects of Asgard's presented Cultural, Relations, and History lore. B. The '?' at the 'natural' mention in parenthesis above, also takes into account that Asgard is much older than Earth's culture and has to be: if only because as only three generations have come and gone over the passage of what to us is five thousand years! (see the next installment Thor the Dark World: Bor and Darkalfheim, or just watch the movie with info gathering in mind.) In other words, between Bor's War, and Odin's Asgardian Great Wars: we cannot be certain whether or not 1. those canyons are actually natural or the now aged result of one of many previous interplanetary wars, or 2. whether Asgard at this stage of it's showing timed at 2011 more than a millennia later, has even always been this size, given their advancement in technology and study of magic as presented OR left in question, either. For my part, as there's no conclusive dialogue from that era to state otherwise in the MCU or it's interviews that I know of, and knowing the context of Malekith and Darkalfheim's familiarity with Asgard itself during their raid to reclaim the infinity stone: I tend to veer towards a mixture of the two. While it's very likely at least some of the canyons are indeed natural; the great age of the culture and planet both, along with the nature of Bor and Odin's rules alone as we've seen them: leaves a HUGE and LONG period of time and opportunities for some of those nasty fights to come directly to them... or even their predecessors. Which would also explain why they had that shield for the palace too. You don't build and more importantly upkeep something like that without a very good set of reasons or examples experienced, to do so after all. Much of that is meta though, however based on canon fact it may be: and as many of the creators were not asked publicly during that era, and have been dismissed or moved on to other projects since.. it's hard to know if we'll ever see a *genuine* answer from the people who actually made it all starting sixteen years ago.

Anyway, let's look at a few more shots of Asgard with that breakdown going. Some of these are all old, from as far back as about ten years ago when I first started writing outlines for the varied universes in my Lokiverse Project: but they do still hold up. theer are some from TDW in this bunch too. I heavily dissected these scenes knowing I was going to do whole chapters in multiple differing universes, and wanted to have the presented layout and feel laid out in my head, before I started adding in locations on the planet not yet shown on film. And given my first Book was already going to be DREAMS.. where Asgard has been blown to bits post Endgame? I really wanted to get it right so I could deconstruct it as many times as I and the muses wanted to. Laufeyson (Universe 10 Loki) was pretty insistent too with the opening chapters on his end focusing partially on that chase with Abell through Asgard's blown apart ruin

Sorry for the ramble of an explanation, but that's how it is and how it works over here...? XD

..uhmmmm. Yeah lol! When I said I watch and re-watch from differing mental perspectives..? That's what I mean. I don't usually share those at all... only the unedited pics. Genrally I will take caps or take existing raw caps and pick out piece that catch my eye. I've been told they do help put your brain in the right mode for those who have difficulty processing them in that way, like I do when in that mode. Also yes, trees and fish ...bruh. lol!

It's there, has been for years in some cases; and I'm not messing with it now.

That basic bit out of the way (doesn't sound so basic does it.) Let's backtrack a bit, specifically to Asgard's shape and the placement of it's location and the locations on it.

As I first write this, I don't have the talks I had with a few wild meteorologists and geologists back then directly on hand (as this is a part I still don't focus on too much; but:) shaped as it is, those I did talk to theorized that between the shape and placement of planets as well as the nebula they're partially inside, that Asgard may be shaped and in rotation as it is because of its' placement in it's system: or because of late interference by Asgard's inhabitants to keep it stable.

^ That one scene in particular from Thor 2011 really made my eyes pop. Not because of what's going on in it so much as trying to answer the whys and hows and what the actual fricks man: because..

Can you imagine, the conversation: trying to pitch that spinning death ball to the King there OR anywhere else on the planet before Bor or even his great grandfather?

Or, trying to talk the royalty down from the idea of putting it anywhere NEAR the palace, or other people's homes?

How about testing that house sized death-by-velocity-alone gilded mess? (Yes I still laugh thinking about that. Some poor scholar/engineer type trying to dissuade Bor's grand-daddy from building what would definitely become a giant pinball of death in the canyons and canals, if that thing ever came off it's anchors even once in the city. Good gods! lol!) Who knows; maybe that was when people started moving to Vanaheim... XD! Just (mostly) kidding.

Cray-cray thoughts of high velocity gilded pinball hell that was probably somewhere way back in the Bifrost's likely development and evolution as tech/normie science boosted by magic, and or vice versa, aside:

You probably notice I've mentioned the nebulae and the planets in their rotation more than once. And with good reason.

Backing up a bit; Asgard is interesting well before you hit her shores.

Not only is she a top-shaped disk-planet: but with the way the sky is shown: Asgard has a very interesting rotation if she has any left at all. There's very little we know, but what we do know is she is not alone in her systematic rotation either way.

(Asgard's sky from Thor's personal Hall in Thor: the Dark World)

In fact and as seen in the screen caps above: Asgard has an incredibly close relation to at least three planets in her nebulous solar system. At least one of which is absolutely massive: massive enough that it's close proximity is theorized as being pretty likely to be the only way Asgard experiences night cycles as seen in Thor: the Dark World... mainly through eclipsing the nebulous sun by passing between it and Asgard as a planet.

Which is both cool -and- scary when you take things like degrading orbits, space debris and projectiles like comets and other space science into account.. but also very, very interesting.

It also begs the question either way: why didn't Asgard at their earlier establishment of a greater technological level, colonize or move to those planets sooner? Of course.. the first obvious answer is.. they probably couldn't, at first. And even more probably were past trying by the time the Bifrost was built, prior to Bor's time (I say prior because we have seen Bor use it in Thor the Dark World: and on a massive scale moving whole armies, the same as his son Odin. See some of the scenes from Bor's seizure of the Aether below.)

But yeah, Asgard is a pretty unique place even before you get to the water fall's edge: or questioning what kind of condensed mass it has to retain gravity at it's very small size.

Or, whether that gravity and the shape is in fact generated in some form or another after millennia upon millennia of just the Wars we do know about in their history.

(At current we know about Darkalfheim and the series of Wars including Jotunheim and Muspelheim that they call the Great Wars. While they are definitely aware of the extensive millennia of intergalactic war between the Xandarian based Nova Corps and the Kree Empire put front and center in GotG.. there hasn't been any actual confirmation as to whether Asgardians fought in that war on either side: only that they are at that stage at least loosely allied with Asgard.. if not a more separated protectorate being considered among the nine realms in the MCU.)

Why do I keep pointing out trees, and perspective; or teh size of the city in that first little gif again?

Because.. that is our repeated visual evidence of just how much of Asgard as a planet; the story did not take place in.. huge parts of the place we haven't seen. And that makes sense.

Power plants or generators, smithys, and even schools can be easily placed in the city proper, at this stage.

But what about BEFORE, they got to this stage.. because that is a thing in the MCU in regards to Asgard: and a major plot point for three movies of script running, from 2010 all the way to 2015 when Taika Waititi was hired (unfortunately, for those of us who know the root of what happened there.)

What about food, for thousands of 5000 year lifespans and their kids. And their grandkids. And.. the food for the livestock, or the wild game

Or the bilgesnipes and dragons--well we can guess what happened to the dragons of Asgard in particular actually. If they were anything like Muspelheim's; and on a planet that size..? It doesn't take much to figure out Odin, Bor and their predecessors probably couldn't excuse not hunting a predator big enough to swallow people to extinction: not for much longer than they absolutely had to anyway.

What about fibers and leather for clothes.

How about waste management, for both the city and suburban areas? Sewers? Water filtration? Factories or slaughterhouses to process it all, and the means to support those things. Everything man made, is grown, processed or made somewhere.

We know they have these things, because we know they have and make their own alcohol (fermentation of grains, fruits, and more); as well as other things to eat: displayed in both T1 and TDW.

(The top image is from Thor's table flip scene in Thor 2011; while the one below it is from the tavern scene in the beginning of Thor: the Dark World.)

Meat, vegetables, fruit, grain, herbs, and seasonings are all represented on the tables above. While some might be imported (I really do wonder about the platters of golden apples myself:) it's not very likely all of them are. And it wouldn't make sense for them to have been imported from off world throughout their species development either. After all and again: they would have had to have survived and developed enough to GET TO, that stage in the first place.

You're also looking at Varnish in the shine of that table; smithing and metal working and ceramics in their table ware. Weaving either plant or animal fibers in their clothes, as well as the likely production of tannin (or it's equivalent) and leather working in every leather piece on screen. Candles can be made from varied sources, whether that's actual wax of some form, or condensed animal fat.

Oh, and if you find the enlarged version of those images: you'll also notice things like fine engraving and metal sculpture to the goblets and platters on the Thor 2011 table in particular.

Either way, the images above show us directly that unsurprisingly, they have come to understand whole other sub-levels of production: before you even get to the high-tech and magic ends of any of that to be able to reproduce it in that modern era.

As another side note related to that: the booze alone is pretty telling as to how far off the "Loki" series is on this mark, as well. Creators of current content 'conveniently forgot' that this is supposed to be a space faring, technologically advanced society (even if they're the social equivalent of medieval imperialist thugs .. lol sorry not sorry! That's literally how they're depicted... and honestly that really weird twist IS some of Asgard's most interesting and strange development) whose friends, allies and other examples of places visited DO and HAVE included Earth, Xandar, and six other 'realms' as their etymology names them: for literal millennia. Even taking the other, long established cultural influences and visitations aside? For a society who 5000 years ago was still porting whole armies to other planets to kick peoples asses? The idea they never discovered honey; or sugar especially even on the inside of a fermentation barrel for wine; OR how to process it into something like candy? Is more than just a -little- dumb in the stretch. Sugar often naturally starts to separate and crystallize during the fermentation process. Ask a vintner, or look it up if you don't believe me. Just sayin'.. just on Earth alone, we know sweets were discovered more than 8000 years ago. Eight thousand. And the only reason we haven't been able to confirm people older than that finding things like bee's hives?? Is because well.. that kind of thing rarely survives even that length of time at all, to be found in archeology in order to tell us more. I'll touch that and how it's pretty damned near impossible that 'Loki doesn't know wtf candy is' being 1k+ years himself, and a guy raised as an Asgardian prince & spymaster to boot later into the culture section I think, but mmm.. that whole bit still reeks of stupid, to me And more so after their own DB Cooper scene. Gonna say candy wasn't a snack in that era either? Cause if so; I got big shocking news, for those who think so... XD

In closing.. for this part?

As far as the world of Asgard goes, we have only been allowed to see a very small part of it: and even then? It is still undoubtedly massively larger than even what's implied: and definitely capable of supporting it's comparatively small base population of less than 10k people.

(Odin's subterranean vault reference: exterior)

The only reason we don't see even more of it; is the fact that films have a limited time to give you everything, and the story focuses on the royal family from the get go. And they live, in the heart of Asgard's capital city... so we largely don't see as much of that as weirdo world building fans like me would absolutely love to see in the process... and frankly; they gave plenty enough to start us off with.

The films would have suffered for having too much more of that, rather than the stories they were trying to tell.

The same.. I would love to know more: and I do wish the current teams paid the previous ones more respect by using what was already there and expanding on it: instead of making mismatched new things up, as they went.

The early creative teams really knew what they were doing back then.

(Asgard's defensive cannons defending against the Darkalfheim air raid in Thor the Dark World.)

And no, this isn't all they showed us, in the show and tell they did manage to give us over the course of years of work... far from it.

Hope you enjoyed part one! Maybe you learned or saw something you missed.. or have been inspired to watch the older films again..?

I know I often am.

[queen-of-the-avengers]

Iron Man 3: Part Seven

Pairing: No Pairing (Implicit Bucky Barnes x Female!Reader and Loki x Female!Reader)

Word Count: ~2k

Summary: Tony's past is catching up to him, causing all sorts of problems for not only him but or the people he loves and cares for. Aldrich Killian is back and he is back with a vengeance after one meeting goes wrong. You don't know what he is part of or how Tony is involved but you do know one thing: he messed with your friend, and you don't take that lightly. Now it's up to you and Tony to bring down a world terrorist before he can do any more harm.

Warnings: canon violence and angst

MCU Rewrite Masterlist

Author’s Note: any and all comments are appreciated <3

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Mark is sad to see you and Tony leave, but he understands you have jobs to do. Tony starts the drive back to Rose Hill to see how his suit is doing, but he calls Harley to get an update first.

"Harley, tell me what's happening. Give me a full report."

"Yeah, I'm still eating that candy. Do you want me to keep eating it?"

"How much have you had?"

"Two or three bowls."

"Can you still see straight?"

"Sort of."

"That means you're fine. Give me Jarvis. Jarvis, how are we?"

Harley moves the phone to the suit's mouth so that you can hear Jarvis better.

"It's totally fine, sir. I seem to do quite well for a stretch, and then at the end of the sentence, I say the wrong cranberry. Sir, you were right. Once I factored in available AIM downlink facilities I was able to pinpoint the Mandarin's broadcast signal."

"What are we talking? Far East, Europe, North Africa, Iran, Pakistan, Syria? Where is it?"

"Actually, sir, it's in Miami."

"Okay, kid, I'm gonna have to walk you through rebooting Jarvis's speech drive, but not right now. Harley, where is he really? Just look at the screen and tell me where it is."

"Um, it does say Miami, Florida."

"What is he doing in Miami?" you frown.

"Okay, first things first, I need the armor. Where are we at with it?" Tony asks, his breathing picking up slightly.

"Uh, it's not charging."

Tony slams on the brakes and pulls the car over, panic rising slowly within him. If he can't get this suit to work, he can't fight the Mandarin. If he can't fight the Mandarin, then he can't save the world and Pepper from his destruction. Once again, he thinks this is all on him when he knows he has you to help him.

"Tony, take a deep breath, okay? You're going to be okay."

Tony reaches over and grabs your hand just to have something to hold onto.

"Actually, sir, it is charging, but the power source is questionable. It may not succeed in revitalizing the Mark 42," Jarvis says.

"What's questionable about electricity? Alright? It's my suit, and I can't... I'm not gonna... I don't wanna..." He starts breathing heavily. "Oh, God, not again."

"Tony?" Harley asks. Tony rips his seatbelt off and yanks the door open to get fresh air. "Are you having another attack? I didn't even mention New York."

"Right, and then you just said it by name while denying having said it." He slides down to the ground. "God, what am I gonna do?"

You get out of the car and rush to the other side to comfort him. "Harley, I got it." You grab Tony's shoulders and pull him into a tight hug. "Tony, listen to my heart, okay? Listen to it beat and listen to the sound of my voice. You're going to be okay. I know you're worried and I know you're scared, but you're the mechanic, Tony. You built the very first suit out of nothing in that cave. There are stores around here with tools. Build something."

Tony suddenly stops breathing heavily and pulls away to look at you.

"You're right. I am. Thanks."

"Anytime, Tony," you smile.

You two get back in the car, and Tony says his goodbyes to Harley. Instead of going to Rose Hill, he finds the nearest hardware store. Only he knows what he's going to need, so you let him do his thing while you push the cart around behind him. He manages to fill up two carts with shit, and he gets a pay-by-the-hour motel to tinker with his items. You help where you can but you're mostly just watching him build. It's amazing to see how his mind works.

The second he's done tinkering, you're both off to Miami to face off to the Mandarin. He lives in a huge mansion surrounded by trees that block the view from the street. Guards patrol the areas, some with dogs, others alone or in pairs. Tony uses binoculars to see what he'll be dealing with, but you decide to take over.

"Wait here. I'll be right back."

You shift into a bird and fly high in the sky to get an aerial view of the place. This also helps to locate where the guards are patrolling and are stationed. There are half a dozen men outside but you don't know how many are going to be inside. You fly back down to Tony and shift back into yourself.

"Half a dozen men outside. Come on."

You grab Tony's hand and fly high enough to jump the high wall surrounding the property. Quietly, you climb the stairs leading to the area where three guards are. He takes out a bendy wire that he swirls before lashing it at the man's feet. Tony pulls his feet from under him, and the man's head smacks hard against the concrete stairs. Tony stands and shoots the second guard with a homemade dart gun, and he clutches his throat from where he was punctured. The third guard runs at Tony to attack, but he takes a taser and shoves it hard into the man's chest. All three men are taken care of in seconds.

"Nice job. You might not need the suits."

"We're not done yet."

You sneak closer to the house and find the final three men surrounding a fountain. Now it's your turn to have some fun. You use your water powers and pull three water bubbles out of the fountain before encasing all three men inside the bubbles. You lift them into the air and freeze the bubbles so that they're trapped, and you harden the ice so much that they can't escape even if they try punching their way out.

"Nice," Tony nods.

You two walk into the house quietly, unsure of what you're going to face. The place is trashed like the Mandarin allows college kids to come in and fuck everything up. There is even a woman lying on a pool table in the middle of the living room. You know she's not dead because you can see her breathing softly so she must be passed out.

A man's voice comes from one of the back rooms, and you and Tony tiptoe over to the room. Inside is a woman who is stressed in a very short blue dress and matted blonde hair. She must be high with the way her eyes are glazed over. A man sits across from her counting money with his back turned to you, so he hasn't noticed you or Tony.

"Why is it so hot in here? I told you to put it at sixty-eight," she complains.

"My fault again," the man scoffs. "Let me tell you something, sweetheart. I am not your personal air con--"

Tony has crafted an electric mitten fit with wires and a heating unit. With a push of the button, the wires heat up, and he shoves his hot hand on the man's balding head. He jerks from the heat and falls onto the ground either passed out or dead. You're not really sure, and you don't really care.

Tony reaches for the man's gun on the table, and the high woman puts her hands up in the shape of finger guns. She grins when Tony puts a finger to his mouth like she knows a secret that no one else does.

You two explore the house until you come across the back bedroom. Inside looks like a movie studio. There are sets, props, and boxes stacked on each other that contain costumes, makeup, and other things a studio would need to make a movie. Camera equipment, screens, and lighting are also in the room.

What the hell is going on?

Further into the room is a bed with two lumps underneath the blankets. You and Tony move closer to it with his gun pointed at the sheets. With a single nod, you grasp the comforter on one end and he grabs the comforter on the other end. You both pull the blanket away to reveal two women dressed in black lingerie. They gasp and stare at you and Tony with wide, fearful eyes.

"Shh," Tony whispers before they can scream.

A toilet flushes behind you, and you know that the Mandarin is inside the bathroom. You and Tony hide behind the big bodacious bedframe just as the bathroom door opens. The Mandarin walks out with a bashful smile on his face, and he fans his jacket as if he's clearing the air.

"Well, I wouldn't go in there for twenty minutes," he laughs. "Now, which one of you is Vanessa?"

"That's me," one of the women says.

"Ah! Nessie." He tosses her a fortune cookie. "Did you know that fortune cookies aren't even Chinese? They're made by Americans, based on a Japanese recipe."

"Tony, go," you whisper.

Tony steps out from behind the bed frame and points the gun at the Mandarin. "Hey!"

He immediately puts his hands up in defense mode. "Bloody hell. Bloody hell!"

"Don't move."

"I'm not moving. You want something? Take it. Although the guns are all fake because those wankers wouldn't trust me with the real ones."

Okay, now you're confused. If he's really the Mandarin, he would have recognized you immediately and would start fighting back. This man is weak and gives up easily.

"What?" you ask.

"Hey, do you two fancy either of the birds?"

"I've heard enough. You're not him. Where's the Mandarin, the real guy?" Tony cocks his gun. "Where's the Mandarin? Where is he?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Tony walks after the man, and he backs himself right into a chair. He sits down but still has his hands up. "He's here. He's here, but he's not here. He's here, but he's not here."

"What are you talking about?" you ask.

"It's complicated. Hey, it's complicated."

"Uncomplicate it. Ladies, out. Get out of the bed. Get into the bathroom."

The women get out of bed and shuffle into the bathroom where the man just was. Tony closes the door behind them and locks them inside. With Tony's focus on him, the Mandarin drops to the floor and tries crawling away. But Tony shoots at the ground next to him. The Mandarin jumps and immediately hauls himself onto a chair and sits obediently.

"My name is Trevor. Trevor Slattery."

"What are you, a decoy? You're a double, right?"

"What, you mean like an understudy? No, absolutely not." Tony points his gun at Trevor, and he flinches back. "Don't hurt the face! I'm an actor."

"You got a minute to live. Fill it with words," you glare.

"It's just a role. 'The Mandarin'. It's not real."

"How did you get here, Trevor?"

Tony walks closer to him and Trevor scoots further back on the chair.

"Um. Well, I, um, had a little problem with, um, substances. I ended up, um, doing things, no two ways about it, in the street, that a man shouldn't do." Tony sighs impatiently. "Then, they approached me about the role, and they knew about the drugs."

"Did they get you off them?" you ask.

"They said they'd give me more. They gave me things. They gave me this palace. They gave me plastic surgery. They gave me things."

Trevor leans his head back and closes his eyes. Seconds later, he starts snoring.

"Is this guy serious?" you ask. You kick his feet, and he shoots awake. "Hey!"

"No, and a lovely speedboat. The thing was, he needed someone to take credit for some accidental explosions."

"He? Killian?" Tony asks. "He created you?"

"He created me."

"Custom-made terror threat."

This guy is no threat. Tony lowers the gun and sits on the edge of the bed. Trevor gets up and grabs a beer from one of the fridges in the room.

"Yes. His think tank thinked it up. The pathology of a serial killer. The manipulation of Western iconography. Ready for another lesson? Blah, blah, blah. No. Of course, it was my performance that brought the Mandarin to life."

"Your performance? Where people died? Are you kidding me?" you ask.

"No, they didn't. Look around you. The costumes, green screen. Honestly, I wasn't on location for half this stuff. When I was, it was movie magic love."

"I'm sorry, but I got a best friend who is in a coma, and he might not wake up. So, you're gonna have to answer for that. You're still going down, pal. Do you understand?"

Trevor looks slightly behind Tony, and you turn to see Savin standing there in all his glory. Instead of resorting to violence, he sticks something in your neck that easily knocks you out, and the last thing you see is him doing the same thing to Tony.

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[quenthel]

Just for fun: for any OC, who would they main in Rivals?

At first i wanted to say i have to be true 2 myself and tell the truth that most of my ocs would not play marvy rivvies BUT I was just thinking ok. Paps was a rich girl with no friends the pieces are there for her to game. She would unfortunately play black panther bc he is hard to play and she loves to flex. maybe spiderman but i hate him in rivals so i dont want to do paps dirty like that. my third pick would be like widow or hawkeye for the high skill ceiling

for the rest of my pillars cast: gemini is blind so i dont think she would be able to play a shooter. domalde would be some kind of forester and she cant log in from the forest....

The only other gamer types i have would be among my 7 million pathfinder ocs. Ofc Cass would play with like a laser focus. She would play every role but her mains would be like... dr strange and magneto.

Duncan could potentially game but he would mostly be very casual and play to troll a little bit. He would be playing loki like exclusively.

My sweet Panpan would be similar (there are no loot crates so it would not tickle his gambling addiction) but maybe he would occasionally play and play as like rocket racoon.

Ok now actually I'm imagining Queen Joy from kingmaker just gaming instead of managing her kingdom. She would be playing cloak and dagger and scarlet witch bc she cant aim for shit.

[aspiringwatcher]

Thoughts on Warframe Reworks - Loki

So, Loki. It was before my time, but Loki was one of the original starters, and he was pretty good at what he's supposed to excel at: not being shot at. He's still pretty good at it, but that's, like, the only thing he's good at. What exactly he can do that others can't? Not much. Without further ado, let's look closer at him.

That said, I need to disclaim: I don't have much experience with him. Loki is perhaps my least played frame, discounting, perhaps, Cyte-09 because he's just this recent. I am pretty sure that there are Loki fans who are good at him and excel at him. My intention is to offer a perspective for what kind of an ability pass could make him at the very least stay good at what he does right now.

Passive

Right now, Loki's passive allows him to latch onto a wall for ten times as long. It's nice! It's thematic! It allows Loki to hang onto a wall for a whole minute, invisible, at take pot shots from a wholly unexpected vantage point! But it's impractical and it doesn't play well with his theme of misdirection. Let me suggest the following:

Loki receives stealth damage multiplier against any enemy that he doesn't have aggro on.

The rest of Loki's kit is supposed to be geared to misdirect, provoke, or otherwise draw aggro away from him, and this passive allows Loki to take advantage of said aggro redirection to apply the pressure, if needed.

Decoy & Switch Teleport -> Projection

Let's merge Decoy and Switch Teleport into one ability. Loki is a trickster - he excels at making you think in one place when he's actually somewhere else. We'll call this ability Projection.

Hold to summon a Decoy that draws away enemy fire. The Decoy pretends to deal damage, but doesn't, and lasts until it dies.

Tap to Switch with the target at the reticle, receiving a burst of Movement Speed.

Projection retains all augments for Decoy and Switch Teleport.

Invisibility

The focal point of Loki's kit. As long as you're invisible, the enemies can't shred your paper tissue constitution.

Press 2 to become Invisible for [...] seconds.

While Loki is Invisible, he receives a major boost to his movement speed, parkour speed and aim glide/wall latch duration. (Yes, this is where his old passive comes in.)

Can be recast while active.

Keep Hushed Invisibility as it is.

Distort

So, let's give our trickster god some of that rage-inducing capacity - in the form of a new ability.

Distort is a channeled ability. Press 3 to activate it.

While Distort is active, Loki gains an aura scaling with Range affecting all enemies within it. (Base range ~10 metres at rank 3.)

Enemies affected by Distort gain random status effects when they take damage, and whenever they use ranged weapons, their attacks affect other enemies within Distort.

A potential augment for Distort could make attacks against affected enemies also apply armor strip.

Radial Disarm

Radial Disarm is one of Loki's strongest abilities when it comes to CC, capable of making everyone in range unable to use their ranged attacks. You know, I think it's missing something...

Enemies affected by Radial Disarm become silenced and unable to perform special abilities.

There, that's it: perfection. This is exactly what is needed. Now Banshee is not the only frame that can turn the fancy shit off.

I don't play Loki but I hope that the dedicated Loki mains won't get angry at these suggestions and would welcome at least some of them.

[thebibliomancer]

Essential Avengers: Avengers West Coast #55: THE BREAKING STRAIN

February, 1990

"Let there be an ENDING!"

Yes, please, let there!

Actually, by skipping everything not Avengers, Acts of Vengeance has been fairly bearable.

But still. Let's get this over with.

Last times in Wanda's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Month: Vision was kidnapped by every world government, disassembled, rebuilt wrong, and has decided to join the East Coast Avengers, while leaving Wanda in the West. Wanda was also kidnapped by a Texas college and pumped full of racism goo. And had her children kidnapped and eaten by a Satanist who then exploded because they were actually not babies but chunks of Mephisto. Then, her mentor Agatha Harkness erased Wanda's memories of ever having children. On top of all that, a Deviant kidnapped Wanda to try to force her to marry a snake god.

I'm not surprised she's gone catatonic from all that. I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.

In Acts of Vengeance: Doctor Doom's robots sank Avengers Island. The U-Foes burned down the Avengers West Coast Mansion. Freedom Force smashed up Avengers Park and then the Mandarin and Wizard show up to smash it up some more. And Magneto sends Wanda's house into orbit, with Wanda inside.

I swear. The Avengers just aren't allowed any nice things.

Also, they caught the Wizard when the Mandarin ditched him.

And now, house in orbit.

Magneto muses on how Wanda is so catatonic that even getting thrown into orbit didn't get a reaction from her.

Magneto: "Clearly the time has come for a more direct approach."

Call me suspicious but I don't think Magneto's idea of mental health care is going to be very good.

But this is Acts of Vengeance. Which Magneto has ditched in order to go see Wanda.

There's an ending to let there be happening.

Thor announces to the assembled Avengers that all the trouble they've been doing through is definitely the act of Loki.

He doesn't know how Loki organized this but he's definitely sure of that.

Wasp is confused because Cloak and Dagger told her that Doctor Doom was behind things, based on their own Acts of Vengeance tie-ins.

And the Avengers have the Wizard locked up in a holding cell, loudly insisting to anyone that will listen that he's the mastermind of everything.

Speaking of the Wizard, he decides he doesn't want to be in Avengers jail anymore.

And he just leaves.

He has a miniature teleportation device built under a false fingernail and he uses it to make a portal directly to Acts of Vengeance headquarters.

Where, to his annoyance, he finds that his fellow Prime Movers don't really give a shit he was in Avengers jail. Because they're too busy debating whether Doctor Doom was ever hanging out with them or whether he was always a Doombot.

The Wizard immediately starts shit by yelling at the Mandarin for abandoning him.

The Mandarin: "Do not blame me for your own shortcomings, Wizard. When the tide of battle turned against us, I withdrew. you should have done the same."

Owned.

The Wizard shoots back that he did withdraw, once he felt like it! So there! But he had to put up with an Avengers interrogation before he could teleport from his cell.

Which Definitely Loki is very annoyed to hear about.

Definitely Loki: "Ignorant mortal! Say thou hast not done this thing!!" Wizard: "?!? Unhand me, lackey! How dare you raise hand or voice to your better?!"

And Loki takes exception to that. And reveals that he's Loki. Duh.

Kingpin just peacing out while everyone is gawking kills me.

He's the third smartest villain involved. After Doom, who may not have ever been involved, and Magneto, who only got involved to handle some personal business.

Meanwhile, another weird timeline thingy.

President Lincoln is attending the theater, as Presidents Lincoln are wont to do, but when John Wilkes Booth tries to shoot him, as Johns Wilkes Booths are wont to do, it aggros the full force of Kentucky woodsman in Lincoln and he jumps up and slaps Booth's aim astray.

Amazing.

So amazing that Immortus (sitting in on the divergence as a general) wishes he could just leave this timeline alone.

But in order to accomplish his vague goal of becoming master of time again, he has to snuff out all alternate timelines. For some reason.

He returns to Limbo (the time one) and discovers to his annoyance that his Wanda-stalking scanner has lost Wanda due to a "massive disruption of the Earth's electromagnetic field."

My dude.

You can't spy on her in hell. You can't spy on her if there are magnets.

You're being made to look like a chump by people who don't even know you're involved.

Wonder Man returns to the Avengers West Coast Compound from the Mole Man thing last time to find one entire missing cottage which should have a Wanda.

He asks Agatha Harkness, what the shit, you had one job!

Agatha says that the house was thrown into orbit faster than she could cast a spell to do anything about it.

US Agent shows up and says that the cottage is about thirty miles up and ten miles off from where it launched.

Wonder Man yells at US Agent for not doing anything to stop a cottage from launching into space.

... C'mon, dude. He has the powers of Captain America plus the power of being a jerk nobody likes. How is he supposed to stop a house launch?

Anyway, he wasn't even at the compound when the cottage launched. He was at the Mole Man thing too.

He got back just in time to see the house blast-off and then checked the tracking system to find where it had gone.

Wonder Man just wants to fly off after Wanda. Even though his belt jets don't work in space.

US Agent suggests using one of the space-capable Quinjets instead.

Wonder Man: "Well, this is a first! You being the calming influence in a situation, Agent!" US Agent: "Belay the jabber, Wonder Man.

The two find the house just floating in space.

Houses don't just launch themselves, usually, so US Agent suspects some supervillain plot. And since Wonder Man is near indestructible, he gets to go poke around while US Agent watches the ship.

And for some reason, Wonder Man puts on a space helmet. Guy doesn't need to breath but constantly wears space helmets or lets people grow gills on him.

Maybe he just wants to feel like one of the cool people. Maybe that's where Vision got it from.

Anyway, when Wonder Man approaches the orbiting house, it explodes in his face.

Geez. The Avengers just can't keep a headquarters unexploded, unsunk, or unburned down in this event.

But not time to follow up on exploding space houses. There's Acts of Vengeancing to wrap up.

Loki has the villains too stupid to have peaced out (Wizard, Red Skull, the Mandarin) magically levitated so he has a captive audience to rant at.

Loki: "FOOLS! Stupid, mortal imbeciles! And all the greater fool is Loki, that ever I did trust the petty egos of mortals with the consummation of my plan! I didst think that by directing so-called super-villains into attacking champions unaccustomed with their powers I could rid this world of super heroes... And in the process once and for all destroy those who have so long vexed me by their very existence!"

Loki singles out Wizard to yell at. Because teleporting directly from the Avengers' holding cell to Acts of Vengeance HQ means that if Thor uses Mjolnir, he could track the energy trace and just show up!

Thor: "Say thee not 'if', beloved sibling... Say thee rather WHEN!"

You have such a good sense of timing, Thor.

Also, he brought Dr Pym, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Captain America, Wasp, Iron Man, Vision, and Falcon with him to kick Loki's ass.

Loki responds to imminent booty thrashing by dismantling the Acts of Vengeance HQ to reveal it was located on the Isle of Silence this whole time!

The very place Loki was exiled when he tried to get Hulk and Thor to fight, which caused the Avengers to form.

So now Thor understands the why.

And despite being a place of exile, Loki has spent so much time here (a lot of it voluntary) that he has mastered the dimension.

He brings forth Silent Ones from below the ground to fight Captain America. He tangles Hawkeye and Mockingbird in roots. He buffets Falcon and Wasp with winds. He creates a plume of fire that engulfs Iron Man.

Cap tells Thor to go beat up Loki since he's the best one to do that. Not bogged down in some mischief currently and also very experienced at punching Loki in his Loki face.

Thor chases after Loki and Loki scampers away saying he'll only fight in a time and place of his choosing when he thinks he'll win! He creates a wall of ice between him and Thor.

Focused on the Avengers, Loki loses his hold on the Wizard, the Mandarin, and the Red Skull.

Red Skull argues this is their best chance to strike at the heroes, while they're distracted.

The Mandarin calls him a stupid dumbass. This whole thing has been Loki's scheme and Mandarin isn't going down for it. He's leaving Loki to his own failure (like he did the Wizard. Consistent.)

When Loki dismantled the meeting place, he left the walls lying on the ground. And the dimensional portals built into each door is still active so the three villains not smart enough to fuck off until now now fuck off.

Wasp and Cap notice the villains getting away but, eh, they're busy right now. They'll get them next time.

Thor just smashes through the wall of ice because it's ice.

Thor: "Show thyself to have at least some fragment of our father in thee! Some small spirit of the godhood! Of the nobility which is our birthright!" Loki: "Speak to me not of nobility, Thor! Thou dost speak of music to one born deaf! There is but one Lord Loki serves, and that is power!"

Funny to think that in recent years, Thor gets along much better with Loki than he does with Odin.

Loki creates a giant rock hand to crush Thor but Thor crushes the hand instead. And hits the ground so hard that it makes a fissure that Loki falls down.

Which Thor then seals up so he can't escape.

Pretty perfunctory conclusion to this ENORMOUS company wide event.

Cap is like geez did you just kill him but no, "gods do not perish thus" not even Loki.

Loki is just trapped under millions of tons of Earth. But alive.

Thor explains that Loki was Big Mad that his actions created the Avengers so he wanted to destroy them with this big villain team-up. But he only strengthened the resolve of the heroes.

Thor: "Let the evil minds of the world beware! Ever and always shall the Avengers prevail!"

Yeah, Old Man Logan's backstory set-up IS dumb, Thor.

Anyway. Everything is solved forever.

The West Coast situated Avengers return there.

Iron Man flies off in one direction, Hank and Jan in another direction in a Quinjet.

Janet and Hank re-explain the plot and how Loki was Big Mad at creating the Avengers.

... This is really a lot more explaining than is needed.

I do like how Jan puts it.

Wasp: "So... that's that! Another threat ended, and this time it all started because Loki got tired of the other villains poking fun at him at the annual bad guys' picnic!"

Hank lands the Quinjet in the hanger. He goes off to check on Tiny Tigra and Wasp goes to change.

Another day, another new Wasp outfit.

But after changing into the blue and white number, Jan goes to check on Wanda.

The cottage seems to be back in place but Wasp finds US Agent sprawled on the floor and warning her to get away while she can.

Wasp: "Get away? From what... ? Who... ? What's going on here? Where's Wanda? Where's Wonder Man?" US Agent: "Dead! Blown to bits out in space! Get away... Get away..." Wasp: "Wonder Man... killed?? But... by who??"

Scarlet Witch: "By me, Janet! I dealt with him as I shall deal with all the Avengers, now that my power has been finally unleashed!" Wasp: "W-Wanda...??" US Agent: "Tried to warn you... Now... Too late... too late for everyone!"

Ahh, knew we'd get here eventually.

If there's three things everyone knows about John Byrne's Avengers run, it's Vision being disassembled, Wanda's children turning out to be devil chunks, and Wanda having a heel turn.

So whatever happened in space between Catatonic Wanda and Magneto, Wanda is Evil now and also had an Evil Costume Change and Haircut.

Honestly, this isn't a bad look for her. Shame about the whole evil thing, she looks stylish af.

But next week I'm alternating over to Avengers. I'd consider doing the Evil Wanda plot before switching back over except there's a weird interruption in the middle of the arc where Byrne quits the book in a huff.

So best to stick to alternating. Besides, the Avengers got stuff going on too. Remember all that stuff with Real Nebula and that one old man who blew up his own house? Yeah, that stuff is popping off!

Follow at @essential-avengers for all the best vowels. You like A's? I got tons. Buy them in bulk because this is an Avengers blog. Like, reblog, comment, whatever.

[littleabriel-blog]

This is what I mean when I say the Loki series and Sylvie as a character are radfem wet dreams. 

Real feminism is about equality, but radfems don’t want that. They want female supremacy. They’re perfectly okay with oppression as long as they are the ones doing the oppressing. You can see it in the way they treat women who don’t conform to their ideas of what a feminist or even what a woman is, you can see it in how they treat minorities (a vast majority of radfems are privileged white women who have left the needs of WOC in the dust). You can see it in how they treat trans women and anyone with a penis...see, most of them hate men, but they’re too chickenshit to actually go after men, so they instead aim for perceived weaker targets, which in their view would be trans women, enbies, and queer men. I mean, just take a look at Twitter anytime a gay couple shows off pictures of a baby they had with a surrogate...all sorts of nasty attacks on them about how they “used” a woman and stole “her” baby. And they often aren’t easy on the woman who volunteered to be a surrogate either.

So along comes a series where Loki, a genderfluid queer individual who is male presenting most of the time, is being humiliated, beaten down, silenced, and has his feelings and experiences invalidated, and a lot of that is done by a female character. A CIS (because remember, both Herron and SDM have said Sylvie isn’t genderfluid) white woman who embodies every stereotype of feminists right wing men have about feminists, that aren’t helped at all by the attitudes and actions of radfems. She is constantly talking down to Loki, dismissing his experiences, implying he’s just a spoiled prince while she’s had it Oh So Hard, and oh yes even tries to kill him when he isn’t falling in line with her plans, and radfems just eat the shit up.

Meanwhile if the roles were reversed and Loki treated Sylvie the way she treated him, they’d be demanding Waldron’s head on a silver platter.

And they should anyway, because Sylvie is not a feminist character. She’s a generic GirlBoss Mary Sue who, as I said, is the stereotypical feminist as seen through the eyes of right wing men. Always angry all the time, abusive to her “male” partner, isn’t held accountable for any of the terrible things she does. She is a character who makes fun of feminism...and so many “feminists” have fallen for it.

Sexism is sexism.

Misogyny, Misandry - makes no difference. The degree is irrelevant. Definitions blurred (especially with genderfluid characters). If I have to pay for strong female representation on-screen with the bashing of genderfluid people or men, I’d rather not watch at all.

TW for Loki show negativity

I have now seen people claim frequently that „if you didn’t enjoy the Loki series it might be due to (internalized or subconscious) misogyny.”

You see, if you get discriminated against for a long time, ‘equality’ and ‘getting revenge’ suddenly can get hard to separate. And since Loki might be a little bit too close for many of us to stay objective I would like to tell you about the He-man reboot, that just came out. Well, a series about a guy called ‘He-Man’ sounds as it should be about a Man, right? But instead the production crew decided to kill the titular character and make the show about his female side kick, enraging the fans who thought they’d get content about he-man. Similarly, some people praise the approach as progressive. Being completely uninvolved in that franchise I must say that it reminds me of the Loki show, especially the false advertising in the name of feminism, which might be in truth rather be (possibly subconscious) misandry/genderfluidphobia.

The question if it’s rather misandry or genderfluidphobia/enbyphobia depends if you see Loki as a cis man or genderfluid. I see him as genderfluid, but the show painted him mostly as male-presenting and I could hardly find any indication of him being genderfluid beside that line of text in the opening sequence, so I assume most casual viewers will perceive him as a cis man. That’s why I decided on using “misandry”, but it’s just as much genderfluidphobia.

Until today, the film industry is dominated by men, which shows in the gender ratio before and behind the camera as well as wage gaps and many more points that stand in the way of equality. And make no mistakes, these points still need to be addressed!

But we must not forget that men are people, too! They can also be targeted by sexism, discriminated and even assaulted because of their gender. Sometimes this even happens under the pretense of „equality“, as if a new wrong could make an old wrong right.

Movies are a powerful tool for discrimination since subtle messages get absorbed and influence the audience subconsciously. In fact, the influence of those sexist narratives is higher when we don’t notice them, and the methods are many. Here is a short selection of frequently used methods.

1. Women are reduced to sex objects. Additionally, sexual assault is not be recognized by the narrative and never addressed outside of its immediate plot purpose. This adds to the normalization of assault on women. It is shockingly prevalent in older movies.

2. A lack of agency and powers: Kunsey (2018) compared the 5 highest-grossing films with male & female directors. He found that female directors told stories focused on women, and vice versa. Also, while historically women on screen were often sexualized, some female directors focus on romance from a woman’s perspective.

Additionally, he found women lacked both agency and superpowers in comparison to the male characters when the movies were directed by men. Female directors ensured women had more impact on the plot and even subverted classical male story types.

3. Flat, stereotypic characterization that shows women as incompetent: As this gets more and more called out, it’s not as obvious in recent movies. But historically the pretty, yet utterly brainless women who served only to highlight the man’s skills and appeal, were widespread. Some examples are Mary Goodnight from “The Man With The Golden Gun” (1974) or Kissy Suzuki from “You Only Live Twice” (1967).

4. Other tropes, such as the “damsel in distress”, are still to be found nowadays. This would include women who can have a three-dimensional characterization, even including some strengths, but still need to be rescued so the male hero can shine.

From one perspective it is great that the Loki series was directed by a woman. Not only is it a step toward balanced gender ratios behind the camera, but also female directors enable other women to join the casts and can impact our society by presenting stories of women.

However, the Loki series made extensive use of methods used in the past to discriminate against women, applied to men. In comparison to his female counterpart, Loki has little agency, is sexualized, the assault on him is normalized, and he is a stereotypical damsel in distress. Right in the first episode, Loki is stripped of his clothes, paving the way for excessive sexualization (point 1) by the audience. Similar to movies that downplayed the sexual assault of women, this scene never gets addressed again. The assault is not painted as unjust. In fact, the head writer referred to it as the “hottest Loki content ever seen” after it appeared first in a trailer. It’s supposed to equal bikini-spotting Bond girls, even though it’s clearly non-consensual in-universe.

Just like women, men can be victims of sexual assault. However, unlike women, men are not as easily believed when they speak out about being sexually assaulted. The shame of admitting being a victim paired with the poor chances for justice discourages men from filing charges, leading to a high number of unknown cases. I can only speculate if the wide spread denial of sexual assaults on men facilitates that so many people see the scene as “hot”. In-universe, the assault is not sexually motivated, but that makes the fact that the showrunners use an assault for sexualization is not less disturbing.

One scene of this sort could have been but an unfortunate accident that would not indicate an overarching theme. Sadly, it isn’t the only scene of this sort. In episode 4, Sif repeatedly kicks Loki in his groin. Loki repeatedly going down, wincing in pain, is supposed to be funny.

Neither the soundtrack nor the framing indicates an assault. Sif’s actions are justified by the show with the note that he cut her hair of. Natalie Holt’s additional information on preceding intercourse serve the same purpose: The attacker is justified. The victim deserved it.

Next: A lack of agency. From the first moments of the show Loki is either prisoner of the TVA or threatened by the environment, leaving him almost no agency, resulting in him having almost no impact on the plot. His discovery of Sylvie’s hiding places comes too late to avert her attack on the TVA. Since Sylvie can’t use magic in the TVA, her initial plan would have likely led to her capture. Loki’s attack and use of the TemPad led them to Lamentis, but in the end, both end up where they would have been without his interference, anyway: being prisoners of the TVA.

Even in the void at the end of all times, Loki fails to stir the plot. It is Mobius’ words that inspire Classic Loki to help them.

Loki subscribes to Sylvie’s goal of enchanting Alioth. Only in the finale does he oppose her – and gets promptly removed from the scene so he still does not influence the plot.

But the lack of agency isn’t all. While Loki shows a lot of powers during the series (illusions such as fireworks, drying his clothes, telekinesis, conjuring, arguably teleportation) they lack the power to chance anything. It’s Sylvie’s enchantment which is the key to breaking the TVA’s mind control of the variants. His part in this job is reduced to delaying her information that all employees of the TVA are variants to Mobius who takes it to Hunter B15.

Also, take a look how Sylvie and Loki are shown in the battle against Alioth.

Yet Loki’s lack of power doesn’t stop with the supernatural. In Avengers 1, Loki holds up well against Captain America who is physically enhanced by the serum. In the show, he is overpowered by normal humans, such as Hunter B15 and struggles to hold up against the time keeper’s guards.

Let’s proceed to point 3 - characterized as imcompetent: Similar to the women mentioned in the beginning, Loki is frequently depicted as unreflecting, foolish and shallow. Threatened with the disintegration of his clothes he argues for “fine Asgardian leather”. Everyone should be aware that this bears no meaning for a robot. Additionally, it depicts his priorities as short-sighted. Later on, Loki fails to notice the importance of a time travel device during an ongoing apocalypse that leads promptly to the destruction of the device. His plans generally don’t work. Neither does the disguise as a train guard nor the persuasion of the old woman on Lamentis 1. His plot to stall the minutemen in episode 2 is immediately uncovered by Mobius (who, btw, is shown similarly inconsequential and inferior to his female counterpart Ravona Renslayer. Again, this hints that the series might generally be biased against men).

Loki’s lack of intelligence paves the way for the sexist trophy ‘damsel in distress’. Loki must be saved at several points of the series: The trial (ep.1), in the train (ep.3) when he fails to lay low and summons the wrong illusion, from Lamentis and from Alioth (ep.5).

As mentioned at the beginning, it happens again and again that people label primitive acts of retaliation against men for former discrimination against women as “feminism”. Often those acts of retaliation aim at individuals who did not commit discrimination against women.

Those acts cast a poor light on feminism and only add to the injustice. Far too often people confuse the desire for justice with the desire to be the one holding the whip. As a true feminist, this actions need to be judged as hard as sexism against women! Only that can be called equality.

A positive example of feminism was Black Panter. Not only was this the only male-directed movie from Kunsey’s analysis that could compete with the female-directed movies in terms of women behind the camera, strong female characters, female agency, and the Bechdel test but also it showed that the male protagonist could both be the butt of some jokes (“[He froze] like an antelope in headlights!”) and also get recognition with badass action scenes. Of course, men can also be ridiculed and display foolishness. But jokes on the expanse of characters have to be balanced and done with the care to keep it tasteful. As soon the portrayal goes too far into one direction there might be a bias in the production team. This is especially important if more than one representative of a social group gets targeted!

And of course both the stories of women and men need to be told. To achieve this the ratio of women amongst the directors needs to increase. There is no way arguing that. And even though I cannot bring myself to like Sylvie, Kate Harron put a lot of effort into telling her story. Both the plot and the framing aim to make her the center of the plot and urge the audience to connect with her. She inspired many fans with this depiction of a strong female character. People praise the Loki show as progressive because of it.

But why did she had to pair this with the bashing of a man/genderfluid person? Can’t a woman not be strong without degrading another person? For me – a woman – such a portrayal is weakened if it is on someone’s expense. In fact, I realized one of the main points that sours her characterization for me is that harsh contrast between her and our Loki. She is competent where he is lacking, her pain validated where his is dismissed, her goal gets achieved while he fails.

Black Panther proved that a director and his team can produce an awesome story that provides decent representation for black people! But as Kunsey pointed out it did generally a wonderful job with representation, including those of women! They made an effort for equally behind the scenes. Okoye’s and Nakia’s characterizations show objective strength; they do not depend on bashing of males. In contrast, the Loki show proves female directors might not be the best choice when it comes to telling the story of a man or - as in this case - a predominantly male-presenting genderfluid person. Kate Herron was granted a rare opportunity that called for consideration.

The Loki show is named after the character Tom Hiddleston plays ever since Thor 1 (2011). Making his show about a female variant of Loki is fraudulent labeling. Using trailers where Sylvie is digitally removed is false advertising.

Perhaps Herron’s actions won’t cast poor light on other female directors. But it is undeniable that Loki has an enormous fandom and the show was watched by millions of people. Kate’s normalization of assaults against men might still contribute to abuse and aggression.

With great power comes great responsibility!

If you are given a chance like Herron was, you have the responsibility to use it wisely. And that excludes bashing of others because of their genders.

Our aim has to be equality and respect.

[platoniclokiimagines]

i love your blog so much! i’ve been thinking, what kind of things do you think loki would do with his bestie?? like would they paint, maybe shop? (if you have smth that’s similar to this then feel free to ignore it LMAO)

honestly what Wouldn’t you do once you and Loki are close?

granted, it does take a While to get to that level of trust

and to really be able to just Relax around each other and let your guards down

but once you do get to that point?

hoo boy

you two would do almost Everything together

mornings? you’re both drinking tea and judging everyone’s outfits as they come in to get breakfast

“I see the spiderling is wearing the same kitten pajama pants yet again.” “To be fair, I think Tony got them for him. But I concur, doesn’t he have literally anything else to wear?” “And here comes Thor, hair a rat’s nest, as per the norm.” “We live with the most powerful beings on the planet and there’s hardly a lick of fashion sense between any of them. Shame.” “Y/N, I completely agree.”

in fact, pretty much all of your time at the compound is spent together

reading, sparring, going over game plans for missions, all of it you do together

even the mundane things such as chores like doing the dishes or laundry duty, you both end up working on it together

mostly because the two of you are inseparable anyway

and also a little bit because everyone else on the team is a little Too intimidated by Loki to actually try to separate the two of you

your free time away from the compound is also spent together

you go on “outings,” as you like to call them

since Loki’s still pretty new to Earth culture, you’ve taken it upon yourself to introduce them to all your favorite places and things

sometimes you set aside days to be complete tourists

seeing the Statue of Liberty, riding the ferry, getting pizza in Times Square

you even convince them to go see Wicked on Broadway

after which, Loki was adamant about seeing as many plays and musicals as they could get to, dramatic theatre kid that they are

and the sight of them completely enthralled by the shows always makes you smile, anyway, so how could you ever say no?

you take them to all your favorite little hidden gems

the coffee place on seventh street that you adore because it’s always empty in the evenings

the corner of Central Park where there are no joggers or scammers selling photocopies of artwork at outrageous prices

you even take them to the ironically-named Valhalla Bar, which you frequented long before you ever knew any of the Asgardians

you’ll never forget the one time they got absolutely shit-faced on a single pint of beer

“Isn’t Asgardian liquor supposed to be, like... really strong?” “Yes, well, I’m not Asgardian, so.” “...doesn’t that mean Asgardian liquor should have made you this shit-faced, too, if not more?” “................I don’t know right now.”

you also end up with Loki participating in a lot of your personal hobbies, as well

your photography, your drawing, your painting, whatever it is that you do for fun, Loki ends up at least trying

you let them hold your Good(tm) camera and show them how to aim and how to use the grid to center photos

most of them come out a little blurry and off-centered, but you had fun doing goofy poses from them anyway

you get Loki a blank canvas to work with while you’re doing your own painting, and try not to get jealous that painting comes so naturally to them

“How are you so good at that? Have you painted before?” “No. Just lucky, I guess.” “Mm.” “Why, are you jealous?” “No.” “Y/N.” “I’m not.” “Y/N.” “I’m not.” “...” “...okay maybe just a little bit. Look at how you blended those colors together so perfectly. It took me months to perfect that.”

errands? also done together

when it’s your turn to buy groceries for the compound, Loki always tags along

and throws things in the carts that absolutely No One in the compound wants or needs

“Loki, nobody even has a cat at the compound, why would we need catnip?” “I mean, we could put some around T’Challa and see what happens.” “...” “Don’t tell me you’re not at least a little curious.” “...maybe just a little.”

all in all, the two of you are absolutely inseparable

practically joined at the hip

when one of you is sad, the other is doing everything in their power to help you feel better

bringing tea or a favorite book or queuing up dumb TikTok compilations on YouTube

your each other’s wingmen

gassing each other up when you have dates, making sure you’ve got everything you need for when you’re going out

waiting up at night to make sure that the other got home safe

even though you’re both Literal Avengers and know how to handle yourselves

it’s just what you Do

and you wouldn’t have it any other way

[loving-all-for-loki]

Can you write one where the Rogers is assigning a new recruit to each avenger for training? Loki gets the new girl and he’s irritated thinking she’s just some normal human that hasn’t a clue how to fight properly because of her petite size. When it comes time for them to spar, she gives him hell. She fights with swords and is very skilled in the art. He says something to piss her off and she ends up blasting him away with powers she never told anyone about. Loki realizes what she is since he knows the magic she used. She’s part light elf but being half human she was abandoned and left to die just like Loki was. They end up bonding and work together on the team.

A/N: I hope you like it! I didn't focus a whole ton of them working together, but I feel like you get the point. It's a bit longer than my other one shots.

The Moon And Her Darkness

Summary: Y/N, the newest avenger, starts her first day of training. An unimpressed Loki’s doubts are proved to be wrong when she reveals herself to be stronger than he knew.

Word count: 2744

Warnings: angst, dick Loki

Forever Tags: @mm2305

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Your blood pumps fast through your body as you stare at the raven haired god. Ever since you joined the team, he’s been giving you dirty looks and eye rolls. You tried to not pay attention to it since you know of his past (and have been warned by Tony), but as the newest Avenger trying to prove herself, you find yourself longing for his approval.

It has been a week since Nicky Fury showed up at your home, extracting you from it, and throwing you into the lion's den you called the Avengers. You never signed up for it, but given that you were on the government’s radar for a long time, you’re not surprised. A couple mishaps here and there made them take you on their own terms. They’ve decided that having super powers is not something to be normalized and that you couldn’t live like a normal civilian.

Although you want to be home, the Avengers have already shown to be a great family. Nat and Wanda have already taken you shopping while Steve gave you a tour of the tower. As far as the others, they have been out of sight. Bucky avoids everyone, Sam with him because they’re glued to the hip, and Tony is somewhere else working on new technology with Bruce. Clint? Thor? Who even knows. You’ve been thankful for the attention they have given you.

Except for Loki.

You remember the attack in New York and you won’t lie when saying that approaching the god is intimidating. He stands with great pride and power, it’s hard not to feel small, but when he stares at you the way he does, it’s harder. He doesn’t stop looking at you as if you were a rat he found in a sandwich. Disposable. Replaceable. Disgusting. You don’t expect much from the God being that he’s only staying here out of punishment for the attacks, but you had hoped for a little something more. Even a prank or two.

When Steve told you that you were going to start training, you expected hand to hand combat like the rest, not whatever involves Loki being in the gym at the same time as the two of you. He hasn’t said a word, but just stared at you as Steve goes over some basic disabling techniques and defense. Most of it is already burned in your brain from your childhood, being a warrior and all, but you still manage to learn some new things.

But learning as to why Loki is there, that still remains unclear. Everytime you throw a punch or try to block one of Steve’s, Loki scoffs at you and rolls his eyes. He looks completely relaxed on a bench in the room, yet he could not be looking at you with a more tense gaze. He looks worried, as if you’re going to get beaten to a pulp.

“Okay, what’s wrong?” You yell at him.

Panting, you block Steve’s last hit and turn to the younger Odinson.

“Sorry?”

“Oh, don’t sorry me. Cut the crap, Loki. What’s up?”

“I believe the sky is.”

You grab a knife off the wall and aim it in his direction, startling him slightly but not even shocking Steve.

“You stare at me with daggers in your eyes and judge my every move. You have yet to even talk to me since I joined the team. What do you have against me, you ass?”

“Y/N-”

“Shut it, Steve!” You yell, quickly aiming the dagger at him before returning to Loki, “You. Talk.”

“It’s just pathetic, that’s all.”

“Pathetic? You’re calling me pathetic?”

You start to charge at Loki, but Steve quickly wraps his arm around your waist, holding you back from gutting the god.

“Y/N, I wanted you to spar with him after me,” he cuts in.

“And why would I do that?”

“Because he's a skilled fighter who matches your level.”

“Oh, so I spar with the tricker who decides I’m too pathetic to fight. He’s going to teleport or some shit and stab me like he does with Thor.” Loki’s eyebrows raise at the mention of Thor getting stabbed. “Yes, I’ve heard the stories. I’m not that naive, Steve.”

“I won’t leave you alone with him. I’ll be here to watch and guide.”

“What do you know about fighting with me? I have magic beyond belief” Loki asks the both of you.

“I know more than you think,” I spit, turning back to Steve, “Can we do something else?”

“Well, you coud-”

“I am not sparing with Loki.”

“Okay, then how about weapons? Whatever one you want to start with?”

Loki scoffs again at the mention of you fighting any other way than hand to hand combat. He’s lucky you’re on the same team as him or else you would have decapitated him by now just because of annoyance. How can a man so attractive be so obnoxious?

You walk over to the wall of weapons were Steve and quietly discuss which ones you’ll practice with. He recommends knives so you can spar with Natasha when he’s gone, but the swords are more up your alley. They remind you of your childhood, the weapon of your people. Some days, you miss them, but you know they are fighting their own battle that is too dangerous for you.

Picking up the swords, Steve warns you he is not good which makes Loki laugh again. He has the right to this time because how do you practice with a man who doesn’t know what he’s doing. You can’t last ten minutes with Cap before you’re tired of his flailing. He’s really not good.

“Loki, you wouldn’t happen to know how to use swords would you?”

“I have some experience. Asgard knights and Valkyrie used them, we were forced to learn.”

He stands and takes Steve’s sword from him. Turning to you, he smirks, taking you in. Your frame looks so small compared to his, nothing but a mortal. He’s never admit it, but he finds you slightly adorable, in a helpless baby sort of way. You take proper stance and stare at Loki dead in the eye, determined to prove him wrong.

The two of you run at each other, swinging at any unblocked area you can, yet never hitting. He blocks your swing, pushing you back but not down. Looking up at him, you scream and run, thrusting your sword towards his neck and legs. He blocks you again, but not without stumbling. Before he’s able to get up, you land a blow right to his chest, knocking the air out of him. He hooks his foot around your leg and flips the two of you over so he hovers above you, sword to throat.

“I’ll admit it, you are good, but not great,” he laughs.

He stands up and walks off, setting the swords back on their holder on the wall. You gradually stand up, fury in your bones for the way he speaks to you.

“You… are irritable!” You yell.

Right before Loki gets to the door, he turns to face you. Steve rushes to your side.

“Y/N, stop. He’s not worth it.”

“Oh, he’s not worth it, alright,” you mutter to Steve, “He’s not worth the pride. The praise. Whatever the ‘glorious purpose’ he thinks he has. He’s just an insecure little boy who needs to prove himself over others, make them feel small so he feels superior. Just a bully.”

“I’d watch your tongue,” Loki warns.

“Or else what? You’ll challenge me to a words competition? See who has the best insults or can sound like the biggest douche because I think we all know who would win! Another check mark for your book of things you’re better at than ‘midgardians’ or ‘mortals’ or whatever degrading nickname you think of next.”

Loki’s chest heaves in anger. You’ve never seen someone so angry or heard anyone yelling at you with concern like Steve. Nothing he says registers in your head as Loki’s daring looks fill your mind. You’d almost be scared if you didn’t know he’s full of empty threats. Just a scared little god boy.

“You imbecile, think you can scare me?”

“Actually, I think anything can.”

“I can take words from someone who does not know me, but to be called a coward is not something I take lightly.”

“So what are you going to do about it? Huh?”

“Nothing, I don’t waste my time on people like you.”

“Oh, people like me? Because the great Frost Giant Asgardian is sooo superior.”

“Don’t you ever say that.”

Loki rushes to your side, grabbing you by the throat and lifting you up against the wall.

“Loki, stop it!” Steve yells.

“This is not about you, Rodgers. I suggest you leave before getting in the crossfire.”

“I can’t do that. The safety of this team-”

“Is your priority. I know you are honorable, but I highly suggest you leave.”

Steve hesitates at the sound of you gasping for air. You cling onto Loki’s hand, tightly wound around your throat. His veins pop out of his hand like a dehydrated man. Steve looks back at you, eyes now closed to focus on your breathing.

“Put her down first,” Steve orders.

“Fine, always have to be the hero.”

Loki sets you down and your body goes numb. Everything hurts, your throat swelling. You gasp for all the air you can, feeling it go down your throat and enter your lungs. It’s fresh, comforting, healing. Leaning your head back against the wall, you barely open your eyes to see Steve by your side.

“Are you okay?”

Not energized enough to speak yet, you nod your head and place your hand on his shoulder. Steve looks over at you with worry before turning back to Loki.

“Leave, now.”

“Gladly.”

Loki turns to walk away, but doesn’t. He stands there to listen to you and Steve. At this point, neither of you care. You’re too focused on not dying.

“Can you breathe?” Steve asks.

You nod your head.

“I can get you help. We have a hospital room.”

“No,” you choke, “I’m fine. I just need a moment.”

Steve nods, but doesn’t listen. He gets up and leaves the room, rushing down the hallways to get a nurse, leaving you alone with Loki.

“Why haven’t you left?”

“No reason.”

“Please, just go. I’m tired of fighting. You’ve done enough.”

Loki turns to look at you. You look weak, but actually weak this time. The purple tint to your skin is fading as your lungs self regenerate as you keep breathing. Gripping onto the wall behind you, you stand up. Your knees are weak, making you wobble as you do. You’re not lying. You’re tired of Loki. You’ve barely spoken to the man and he’s made two attempts on your life in ten minutes. Sure, you teased him, but doesn’t he deserve it for being an ass.

“Weak.” He mutters.

That was the last straw. You look up at him. He stares at you as if the devil himself has entered you and your eyes glow bright red, but you know what is wrong. Holding out your hand towards Loki. A glow erupts from behind you, bright yet dark. It’s dark blue like the night sky and Loki watches it in awe. In seconds, Loki’s body is flung through the training room doors, blasting him into the wall of the hallways. He feels his rib breaking, his head hitting the wall. He yells out in pain as you slowly approach him, the anger seeping through.

“Never call me weak.”

Loki flips his head up to look at you, shock running through his body. At the sound of his body collapsing, the other Avengers come running forward. They look upon the sight of you towering over the trickster god with a look they’ve never seen before. Ethereal. Godly. You look as if you’re a queen staring at her peasant handmaid. Anger. Controlling. Power.

“What the-” Bucky mutters.

“You,” Loki gasps.

He struggles to stand as the team tries to help but he refuses. You two locked eyes but nothing was said. “You’re an elf.”

Everyone looks back at you with confused faces, but you don’t say anything. Your body goes hot at the mention of the word ‘elf’. The fire inside you fades out as anxiety places it, waiting for Loki to continue.

“I knew if someone was here to figure it out it’d be you,” you whisper.

“Light elf yes?”

“Yes, moon elf to be exact.”

“How are you here? Aren’t the-”

“Yes, they’re away. I was left to die. Our town got ransacked, everyone fled. No one stopped for me.”

“Then how are you here?”

“The Air elves. They got word of what happened and came. Found me. Took me back, but-”

“You weren’t suited. They found out.”

“Yes.”

There’s a moment of silence between you and the god. His eyes shine with sadness, tears coming to the corners. He looks at you with great pity as the wall inside you breaks.

“Can someone explain what’s happening?” Steve asks.

“Can you tell?” You ask Loki.

He nods, “Yes. Y/N is a moon elf, a tribe of light elves. They’re as high up as Asgard in the nine realms, powerful warriors. They’ve been at the center of every creature out there. People have been after them for their weapons, gems, and wealth. A landmark for every thief and warrior in the universe.”

“My town was destroyed when I was a little girl. Nobody wanted me because I was a child. I was a burden to them.”

“She was left for dead to be found by the Air Elves. Another tribe. Not as powerful. But they didn’t want her and there’s only one reason why they wouldn’t want a moon elf. She’s a half-breed.”

“Moon elves are the only ones who tolerate them. Half human, half elf. Considering many of them come from moon elves, they’re not despised, but Air Elves.”

“They dropped you off on Midgard to be picked up by someone else. I assume you hid your powers?” “I had to. I acted out once when I was little and my parents freaked out. They sent me away. I lived in a orphanage before some group took me, trained me, helped me hone in my powers. They saved me.”

“Until you got to old and left.”

“Didn’t know where to go. I became a waitress at some back alley bar, lived above it in an apartment with my manager. Lived paycheck to paycheck.”

“Then?”

“Nicky Fury came to me. I was on SHIELD’s radar and they wanted me on the Avengers.”

The room goes silent. Throughout your talking you missed the way Loki got considerably closer to you. You practically stand right under his nose. Loki raises his hands and places them on your shoulders, getting your attention. You two look each other in the eye for a long moment.

“I am… so sorry.”

You feel the tears forming in your eyes as Loki pulls you into his chest, holding you by your waist. The team watches in awe as the closed off god embraces you. Slowly, everyone leaves you two in the hallway. An hour goes by as you cry in Loki’s eyes.

Eventually, Loki picks you up bridal style and brings you to your bedroom. He helps you get dressed for the night and settled in bed before you grab his hand, making him turn back to face you. His eyes are no longer riddled with anger or hatred, but kindness and pity. He looks at you like you’re a little lamb to be protected.

“Yes, darling?”

“Stay with me?”

He nods before undressing and getting in bed with you. He pulls you close, your head leaning on his chest, and places an arm around your waist.

Every night goes on like this. No matter what happened in the day, even if you two got into an argument, Loki always found his way back by your side in your bed. You would have never expect it from how he treated you at first, but after the last few months since you met him, you find yourself growing closer to the god.

Loki slips into your bed for what feels like the 1482nd time. Resting your head on his chest, Loki pulls you close to his body.

“Goodnight, darling.”