Some Head-Canon about Loki (Marvel movie-verse)

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Some preliminary thoughts about Loki

• Loki starts to come into his own as a deity of chaos during the Thor movie.


• At the start of things, he isn't aware of his identity and potential as a chaotic deity. While he may be mildly aware of his potential to cause or heighten discord, it's probably just in the sense that he's aware that other people always seem to be arguing around him. He thinks this is a property of other people, rather than any quality of his own.


• Loki's presence around arguments (eg Thor vs Odin in the armoury re what's to be done; Thor trying to convince his friends to go to Jotunheim with him; Thor attempting "diplomacy" in Jotunheim; and Odin dressing down Thor in the observatory afterwards) makes the argument more tenacious, more vicious, and more hurtful.


• Loki is probably the weakest physically of the "gang" he hangs around with (mainly it's Thor and Thor's pals, who accept Loki because he's Thor's brother). On sheer physical power he's on a par with Sif, but where Sif supplements her strength with warrior tenacity, Loki supplements his with trickery and magic (neither of which are much respected in a warrior society such as that of Asgard). Loki is basically a geek in amongst all the Asgardian jocks.


• As someone who isn't able to compete on grounds of brute force, Loki makes up for his "lack" through planning. Prior to his chaotic side maturing, he was probably the one who was the planner in their group (the skinny little kid who came up with the plan for raiding the larder and so on). He probably handled logistics, intelligence and cover-up in their original childhood escapades, and was still handling the planning side when they were teenagers and as they grew to maturity. However, at present the Warriors Three and Thor are all at that stage of their lives where they're young, they're strong, and as far as they're concerned, they're immortal, so they don't see the value of planning when they can pretty much overwhelm everything with brute strength. So Loki's importance has been fading.


• Loki gives the impression of always having had to take second place to Thor. He's learned to accept it, but he's also grown to resent it. He would like to have his potential recognised, and his talents praised for what they were. He knows he's better at the thinking side of kingship than Thor ever will be, and can't see why (in a time of peace) he's not an equivalent candidate for the throne.