#( storiesofwildfire headcanon ) chaos is about that which is possible

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Now that I’ve caught y’all up to speed a little on what’s going on with me, I’d like to just take a minute to really appreciate what an amazing ruler Loki actually was.

The one valid thing Thor Ragnarök did was actually show off how much Loki did as King of Asgard. Loki changed the imperialistic nature of Asgard and gave the realms their freedom again--the realms that Odin forcibly took, by the way. Loki rebuilt the realm to be better than ever after it was horrifically destroyed by the Dark Elves in The Dark World. Loki put an emphasis on arts and recreation, allowing Asgardians to express themselves more freely without ridicule, in healthier ways. Loki introduced them to the idea that one of their princes was actually Jotun and they came around to the idea, accepting it, proving that they could unlearn and grow from their systematic racism. They were prospering and not being shipped off to war every other day. They were growing in love and acceptance rather hate and control.

In short, Loki actually helped Asgard grow for the better and the people were happier because of it. Loki, the one person who had all the reasons in the worlds to hate Asgard, tell them to choke, and leave, stayed when no one else--not even THOR--did, and Loki did fucking right by them. Honestly, Loki did more than Asgard even deserved. 

That is my respect Loki juice for the day. I say as if I ever stop drinking my respect Loki juice.

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Loki is one of the most powerful magic users of their generation. While magic is rather commonplace on Asgard ( though magic is not actually a natural occurrence in pure Aesir blood, magic is deeply ingrained into their culture. Not to mention, the Aesir did, at one point, commonly breed with non-Aesir, so magic lingers in many bloodlines for that reason ), Loki’s abilities and what they can accomplish with their unique brand of Seidr not only stretches across a wide and vast range of techniques, but also holds a powerful potency that most sorcerers cannot hope for.

The only other magic user that stands as Loki’s true equal is the Vanir God, Heimdall. Aside from the Watcher, there are no known individuals on Asgard who can match Loki’s strength and abilities. The same is believed to be true throughout most of the known worlds. While there will always be someone more powerful than Loki out there, very few rivals actually exist in this particular field.

Often seen as the God(dess) of Magic, Loki is often worshipped for their abilities, and some ( like Loki’s first love, Vera ) actually call upon Loki to channel their own sorcery.

There are many brands of magic throughout the universe. To list them all would be extremely complex and time-consuming, but magic tends to boil down to those who possess the power themselves and those who draw their power from something ( or someone ) else. 

In Loki’s case, Loki’s sorcery comes from within them. It was something that they were born with. They create their magic on their own and it is as much alive as Loki is. Thus far, Loki has not reached a cap on their abilities, meaning their magic continues to grow each and every day. Their power is constantly flowing through and around them and those who can sense or even see magic may very well be able to watch the emerald hue of Loki’s Seidr move around them in a continuous flow. Loki doesn’t rely too heavily on their abilities, but not using them would be absolutely catastrophic. When magic sits idly, ignored, it tends to lash out and occupy itself. The energy wants to be used and if it isn’t, it makes life very unpleasant for the one restraining it. For this reason, even when Loki does not need magical assistance, they may still very well use it, even for mundane things like keeping their hair in order or tidying up a cluttered desk. 

While Loki’s magic doesn’t entirely have a mind of its own, it certainly does react that way to many sources of stimuli. The reason Loki’s power can heal them even if they are not conscious to will it is because much of Loki’s power can act on its own, most of the time to protect its user or ensure the comfort of its user. The presence of other magic users will also perk up Loki’s energy and draw it out. For those it feels somewhat compatible with, it may even attempt to spark the other’s power to come out and play. The only time Loki’s magic is not active and present is if Loki has expended themselves too far, in which case, they will need to rest and allow their power to recuperate over time. 

Yes, Loki is an extremely powerful sorcerer, but they do have limitations. As stated above, Loki can stretch their power supply too far, making it nearly impossible to cast even the simplest of spells until the energy has time to rebuild. Loki would be exhausted and extremely vulnerable in these times. There are also certain sects of magic that Loki has not mastered or struggles to even perform. They are not automatically an expert in everything, and some abilities come far more naturally than others. Some magics they are not horribly familiar with or gifted in would include things like shadowmancy and necromancy ( though Loki does have certain abilities that do linger in death—they are the mother of Hel, after all, Loki doesn’t roam too far into these abilities. Mostly out of respect for their daughter and understanding that death is Hel’s domain, they should not interfere much ). 

Because of how potent Loki’s magic actually is, for those who can easily sense magic, Loki is like a shining beacon. In order to hide their presence from those gifted with such abilities, they have to go to rather great lengths to disguise their Seidr or camouflage it in some way. Those who feed off of magical energy are especially attracted to Loki’s presence for that reason. Those who wish to steal power from those more powerful ( very much like Odin, who has stolen all of his magical abilities from other people and sources ) would view Loki as some sort of glittering treasure waiting to be uncovered and taken. 

Loki’s magic also relies heavily on Loki’s emotional state and how well they are able to keep their power under control. As a child and well into their adolescent years, extreme emotional distress or even vigorous moments of happiness would trigger something that Loki did not mean to trigger. For that reason, Loki has learned to be very in control of their emotions so as not to lash out magically by mistake. As they’ve grown more powerful and learned more restrain, their magic escapes from them less and less, but it is still prone to happen. Especially in moments where Loki completely loses control of themselves for any variety of reasons...

Below is a list of different abilities that Loki has picked up and/or mastered over the years. Please keep in mind that this list will grow over time as Loki becomes more and more familiar with new forms of magic and even if something is not listed here, that does not necessarily mean that Loki cannot do said magic or is completely unfamiliar with it.

In no particular order and not limited to, here are Loki’s abilities:

i. Elemental Manipulation 

Simply put, Loki can manipulate the elements that exist around them. Fire, earth, water, and air can be controlled to do Loki’s bidding so long as Loki is close enough to whatever source they wish to draw from. Think of this as bending from Avatar. It’s extremely similar to the concept of using the elements that exist around you.

ii. Elemental Creation

Unlike the previous listing, this is the literal creation of elements. Loki does not need to draw on an existing source. They can create the source themselves, though it does take a significant amount more to do so.

iii. Fire Manipulation & Creation

While this does technically fall under the previously mentioned entries, fire deserves its own entry because Loki is literally credited as being the Norse God of Fire. Fire manipulation and creation tends to be a bit easier for Loki than the other elements.

iv. Ice Manipulation & Creation

Again, this does fall under the same category as those already mentioned, but it’s worth noting that Loki’s water—and more specifically, ice ( yes, I know it sounds very Elsa-like, but honestly, I’m okay with that )—abilities are also rather advanced in comparison to things like earth and air. While it does act as a contradiction to the God of Fire title, Loki’s Jotun heritage makes these abilities feel almost like second nature. 

v. Illusion Casting

We’ve seen it, we know it, we love it. Loki has an uncanny ability to project images so real, you’re convinced that what you’re looking at absolutely is. The illusions can range from simple images to complete glamours that cover extensive areas and even create sounds and smells to make them even more realistic and vivid. The size of the illusion and the more detailed it is, the more energy it takes to create and keep up. It does make it difficult to tell what’s real and what’s not when Loki is around, though.

vi. Mind Magic

This can get a little dicey. We’ve seen evidence of Loki being able to bring memories and ideas to the forefront of people’s minds ( like what they did to Valkyrie in Ragnarök, for example ), but just how far do these abilities stretch?

For me, Loki’s mind magic is severely underdeveloped because it’s a relatively new concept for them and it’s something they don’t entirely feel all right using. While Loki did have the ability before their experiences with the Mind Gem, the Gem being inside Loki’s mind definitely brought the ability to the forefront and forced them to acknowledge and utilize it more. 

Loki’s shown abilities in forcing thoughts and ideas to the forefront of someone’s mind, while also pulling thoughts and memories from them. In some ways, this means that Loki can both force their will onto others as well as force their way into the minds of those around them.

Because this very thing has been done to Loki so thoroughly that it traumatized them, however, Loki doesn’t much like tapping into the abilities. They are severely underdeveloped in comparison to the rest of their magical scope and every time they utilize the power, they get a sick feeling in the pit of their stomach. It’s not a pleasant thing, it’s not something they actually enjoy doing, and if it were up to them, they’d never use it.

Unfortunately, the Mind Gem amplified those abilities. It is the one piece of the Mind Gem Loki feels they can never truly scrub from their mind.

vii. Teleportation 

As simple as it sounds, Loki can fast-travel pretty much anywhere they want to go within reason. It usually has to be a place on the same world or realm they’re already on, but it’s become such a quick and easy way for them to travel, it’s so simple to them now. If Loki is holding onto something or someone else, that something will be brought with them.

viii. Portal Conjuring

For off realm travel that Loki doesn’t want to use or doesn’t have access to the Bifrost for, Loki does have the ability to create small portals that connect one place to another temporarily. While this is a relatively easy thing for Loki to accomplish after years of practice, this does actually take up a lot of energy. It’s way more difficult than teleporting and it extends over much longer distances. Loki usually needs a rest after this, and they don’t tend to leave the portal open longer than it takes for them and whoever may be accompanying them to step through. It’s far too draining to keep a tear in space open for any sort of extended period of time. Even a moment or two is sometimes too overbearing, especially if the distance between those two spots is also extreme.

ix. Item Conjuring & Transfiguration

As we have seen countless times with Loki’s daggers randomly appearing in their hands, Loki can call items that are not currently on their person to them at any given point in time. Most of the time, Loki is calling on an item that already exists elsewhere, however, they can create an object from nothing ( or from something else! Like turning an apple into an orange ) if they wish to. Creating something with magic does take a lot more energy than calling something that already exists, however.

x. Creationism

In this sense, I’m not referring to the belief that the universe was created by some sort of divine intervention. I’m referring to the idea that, on some scale, Loki and their magic can be that divine intervention. Loki’s magic has created life numerous times over the course of their lifetime. All four of Loki’s biological children were the product of magic. 

Although Loki is unaware of this, Loki’s magic is also the reason that Jotunheim and their biological mother now thrive ( you can read more about this in Laufey’s biography on my “other muses” tab ). 

In short, Loki literally has the ability to create life and while such magic is draining and often takes a long period of time, it is one of the most powerful forms of magic Loki possesses.

xi. Shapeshifting

We all know that Loki is a shapeshifter. They can take the form of anything and everything they want within reason. The larger the form, the harder it is for them to maintain over the course of a long period of time, however. Loki can stay in any form they choose for any given period of time, though some forms are simply more difficult to actually maintain for significant stretches than others.

When it comes to shapeshifting into animals, it’s a bit more complicated though. While Loki doesn’t lose sense of themselves or the understanding of who they are, the longer they’re in an animal form, the more that specific animal’s instincts fight for dominance over rational thought. While in an animal form, Loki often has to surrender a certain amount of sentience to the animal’s natural habits, otherwise, they wouldn’t be a very convincing version of said animal. The longer they’re in said form, the more like that animal they become.

This is one of the easiest things for Loki to do, though, as all Jotun are, to some degree, able to shapeshift. Not all of them can do an entire body transformation like Loki can, but they are all able to change certain aspects of their body. It’s as much heritage as it is magic for Loki.

xii. Language

While most, if not all, Aesir use the All-tongue to speak ( a language that allows them to understand and be understood by anyone within Yggdrasil ), Loki has a natural born gift to understand and decipher languages and stories over time. Words are often credited as being one of Loki’s most powerful weapons and it’s partly because of this ability. We see a lot of it in God of War 2018, where Loki ( called Atreus by their birth father ) can easily pick up on runes and various symbols from many different realms and figure out what they mean without the use of the All-tongue. 

Loki is the God of Stories and is often credited with the reason the ability to tell stories and even keep historical records exists. It makes sense that Loki would possess such an ability.

xiii. Energy Channeling

This is kind of a broad category in that it covers things like redirecting attacks from opponents and using raw energy as defense or offense. What I mean by this is that Loki can use their own magic as a raw energy projectile, or they can use it to create a barrier/shield around themselves or something else. They can also use the power of others to accomplish the same thing, though that takes way more caution and concentration. To stop someone’s oncoming attack and either redirect it or use it for something else is a useful skill, but a dangerous one because there is so much room for error.

xiv. Absorption of Foreign Magic

Loki can literally absorb magic from other sources or people. This is technically the method that resulted in Loki's pregnancy with Fenrir, Jörmungandr, and Hel. Loki absorbed Angrboda’s magic, but her magic was so potent that instead of simply fusing with Loki’s once Loki took it, it literally created new life with the help of Loki’s magic ( rooting back to the creationism thing I mentioned earlier ). 

Loki can technically use this technique to make their own magic stronger, though that can be a dangerous game to play. If another source of magic doesn’t agree with their own, it’ll be like a patient rejecting a blood transfusion because the blood type is wrong. 

Loki can also use this as a way to alleviate someone else’s burden if their magic is running rampant and they can’t get control of it. It can be temporary, and Loki can return the magic to them. In a few threads, Loki’s actually done this for Heimdall, when his power became too much and he couldn’t stop it.

xv. Prone to Visions ( aka Foresight )

Some Jotun ( not all ) are rather gifted in the ways of seeing into the future. Laufey, Loki’s mother, was one such Jotun. 

Loki’s abilities in this haven’t cropped up much as of yet. In fact, Loki would even go as far as to say they don’t have any abilities with foresight. This, however, is not entirely true. As they grow older and more powerful with their magic, visions will begin making themselves know, rarely at first, and often in the form of a dream. 

Loki doesn’t have much experience with this yet and what they have experienced was easily chalked up to random chance or coincidence, but it will not always remain as such.

xvi. Cloning

Loki can literally create doubles of themselves. The clones are lifelike and realistic, often able to fool anyone into believing they are the real thing. Loki’s clones can act independently and make their own choices without Loki pulling the strings, giving them the illusion of free will, but they are connected to Loki. Loki can feel anything that one of their clones experiences and Loki can sort of look through their eyes, so to speak, so whatever their clone sees and hears, Loki can choose to as well. 

xvii. Healing

Healing is a relatively easy thing for Loki depending on the severity of the injury. The worse an injury is ( aka, the closer to death someone is ), the more difficult it may be for Loki to mend the wound or do so in a way that would actually prove to be effective in helping save the person’s life. Small and even medium-sized wounds are no problem, though, making Loki someone you definitely want to have in your corner during adventures or wars. 

While Loki can also help ease or soothe some of the side effects of certain ailments, curing said ailment is much more difficult than healing a wound. Loki isn’t exactly proficient at curing sickness, but can often help when it comes to fevers, aches and pains, or general pain and/or discomfort caused by ailments. 

Loki can also heal themselves. Much of the time, their magic does this without them consciously needing to activate it. This is why Loki can heal even when unconscious. Loki’s magic kicks in the second injury happens and goes to work repairing their body. This also attributes to why it’s much harder for Loki’s skin to scar than the average person. They simply heal too quickly more often than not.

xviii. Empathy

While this isn’t something Loki consciously activates and often doesn’t even realize they possess, Loki is able to read and even feel the emotions of people around them. For most of their life, they’ve passed this off as being particularly acute to reading expressions, body language, and tone of those around them. That does not explain why Loki can often identify so intensely with someone else’s emotions that they can understand and even feel them, though. Loki usually chalks this up to the idea that they feel too much and allow others to project on them.

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@incrediblewithin asked: Headcanon ask spam because I love Loki

So, since you asked me for more random headcanons, I really wanted to take this as an opportunity to discuss something you and I have talked about privately, but I’ve been meaning to write a headcanon on for a while and haven’t gotten around to yet.

And that is the stigma wrapped into MCU over the scene in the original Avengers film where Hulk smashes Loki and results in Loki being terrified of Hulk. MCU loves to portray Loki being terrified of Hulk. The fandom loves grabbing ahold of the idea and running with it that Loki’s terrified of Hulk. It’s a huge thing and, to be quite honest with you? I think it’s kind of stupid.

I mean? Okay, Hulk picked Loki up and smashed them around a couple of times. Loki’s body literally broke the concrete floors because Loki’s body can withstand extreme amounts of damage. In actuality, Hulk didn’t really hurt them all that much. A few scrapes and bruises and what was likely a sore hip, but that’s it.

Hulk didn’t maim Loki. Hulk didn’t break Loki. Hulk didn’t do even a fraction of the damage he could have done. Loki was able to stand up and walk it off almost immediately ( Loki lying there was pure dramatics, let’s be honest ). So yes, it hurt, but was it a beating worth developing an actual fear of Hulk? No, absolutely not. Loki, who has been in literal wars, who has taken beatings from Gods, Goddesses, and monsters, who has given birth to massive children, who has been through literal physical and psychological torture...

Would not be terrified of someone just because they beat them up, you feel me?

I know it’s comical to think about Loki being positively fearful of Hulk, but I really don’t see a basis for that line of thought at all. Odin would be more terrifying to Loki than Hulk and we see Loki literally dethrone Odin, put a spell on him so he forgot his own memory, and yeeted him off Asgard. Thanos would be more terrifying to Loki than Hulk and we see Loki--while fearful--willingly stand up to Thanos.

I don’t know about y’all, but someone being strong enough to pick them up and toss them around would not result in unrelenting fear of said person. Loki is a literal deity who has faced far worse things than Hulk’s brute strength, so this melodramatic overreaction MCU and the fandom loooove to cling to really makes me squint. 

A lot. 

In fact, I’d go as far as to say that Hulk actually helped Loki more than anything else.

While it was speculation for a long time, we now canonly know that Loki was not only working for Thanos but under the control of the Mind Gem during the events of the Avengers. The Gem is part of the reason we see a version of Loki we’ve never seen. Sickly, unable to stand up straight, taking enjoyment in pure violence, mimicking behavior he’d seen in Odin, literally taking control of people’s minds and unleashing an army on people totally and completely unprepared to deal with an advanced alien lifeform? 

We’ve seen Loki’s fall, but his crimes in the original Thor film were no worse than that of his brother’s--the story’s hero. The events of that film were pieces to the puzzle, but the truth is, Loki went through a massive change after falling from the Bifrost. Loki appeared on Midgard as a completely different person, a person hardly recognizable as Loki outside of appearance and aesthetic. Much of that was Thanos’s abuse and influence built on top of Loki’s already existing pain, but a lot of it was also the Infinity Stone inside their mind.

Hulk is the first person we see confront Loki who can actually leave a mark on them at all. Hulk is the first person we see who is able to stand up to Loki and actually harm and/or subdue them in any way. Hulk is the first person after Thanos and his followers who actually manages to get through to Loki.

I don’t know that Hulk completely knocked the Mind Gem’s hold out of Loki’s head. I have quite a few thoughts on the process of being separated from the Gem and how traumatic not having its presence actually was for Loki and it took quite a bit of time to remove, recover, and cope with the loss, but I do 100% believe that Hulk’s thrashing of Loki is the first time Loki’s able to think with a clear mind, the first time the Mind Gem’s hold on Loki slips up for any significant period of time.

Think about it, truly and honestly. Loki had two Infinity Stones and an alien army with advanced weaponry at their disposal. On top of Loki’s own magic, battle prowess, experience, intelligence, and unpredictability ( while being able to predict the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of their opponents quite well ), Loki should not have had any issue defeating five mortals and their brother. 

But instead of getting up after Hulk’s smashing session and continuing on, Loki just laid there? We know for a fact that Hulk didn’t damage Loki much, because they literally walk it off within minutes. So Loki just? Laid there? Giving the Avengers the time they needed to put a stop to their plans without Loki interfering at all? Just for the dramatics of it?

Loki literally failed the one mission Thanos demanded they complete or else because they just sat around after Hulk threw them into the ground a few times.

Why?

Because the Mind Gem’s hold on Loki wavered then, started shaking loose, and for the first time in a long, long time Loki had the ability to stop, analyze what they were doing, understand that it was not only wrong but not something they actively wanted and could make the conscious decision not to continue.

I have another headcanon to write about Loki losing the war on purpose, so I won’t ramble too much about that here, but the truth of the matter is, Loki’s not afraid of Hulk and honest to Gods, Hulk helped Loki more than I think Hulk was even capable of knowing.

Upon remeeting, Loki might have been hesitant or unsure based on not knowing how Hulk would react to them, but uncertainty is not the same thing as fear. If nothing else, Loki would probably apologize for the cruel words they said about Hulk ( the insults that literally prompted Hulk to attack Loki. People love to make Loki into a victim in this situation, but Loki was not a victim. Hulk was protecting himself, his friends, and responding to Loki blatantly insulting him in the mix of it all. There is not victimization of Loki in this scenario ) and thank Hulk for their help because, truly, Hulk did help them. So much.

So yeah, I’d love to drop this dumb stereotype that a literal God is terrified of Hulk because of the one time Hulk managed to cause a couple of booboos and called them puny. Hulk is the last person Loki would actually be afraid of.

That said, Loki doesn’t exactly want to be tossed around by Hulk again, but that’s not fear, that’s just common sense. 

Also, just as a side note to think about: We literally see Hulk listen to Loki in canon on more than on occasion. Hulk literally stops when Loki says stop. Hulk literally rushes in when Loki calls for him. Hulk listens to Loki. Hulk has shown willingness to do as Loki asks. Why would Loki be terrified of Hulk when Hulk? Literally? Listens? To them?

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♔—- “Our dear friend is banished to Earth! Loki sits on the throne of Asgard as our King! And all you have done is eat two boars, six pheasants a side of beef and drink two barrels of ale! Shame on you!” Fandral shouted at Volstagg, knocking over a plate of food at his friend’s side before he really had time to think about what was truly coming out of his mouth, what his friends would think of what he was implying rather than what he actually meant.

He and Loki had always been close. Closer than either of them truly let on. Most didn’t know that Loki was the reason Fandral came to Gladsheim in the first place, that Loki had been the one to encourage him to seek something better, and that Loki ultimately led Fandral to Sigurd, who didn’t just gloss over him as a pretty boy who happened to be good with a sword, but a proper, respectable agent.

In truth, Fandral loved Loki dearly, and he often questioned just how deep his love for the younger prince actually ran. Part of him desperately wanted something more than friendship, while most of him understood that a public relationship with the prince of Asgard wasn’t practical or appropriate for either of them, especially on Loki’s part. Most of Gladsheim might have just assumed Fandral came from some sort of nobility, but Loki knew the truth. Nothing more than the son of a farmer and certainly not a suitable match for a royal who may one day obtain the throne.

Fandral even believed Loki was better suited for the position. As much as Fandral genuinely cared for, loved, and respected Thor, he’d spent quite a lot of time with the thunderer, watching the way that he handled moments of extreme stress, and how irrationally hot-headed he was. Thor was the break-noses-now-ask-questions-later type and with how egotistical he could be mixed with how easy it was to wound his pride, he often jumped the gun to violence in times when diplomacy would have been far more appropriate. 

He never meant to imply that Loki being on the throne was the wrong decision. He never meant to imply that they couldn’t trust Loki sitting on the throne. He never meant to rally up anyone’s nerves despite his pointed comments to Volstagg, he was just… having a difficult time processing everything that unfolded in front of him.

Thor convinced them all to rush off to Jotunheim, where they killed well over one hundred Frost Giants because of Thor’s ego. The battle resulted in a life-threatening injury that he was still not fully recovered from, and just thinking about it made his shoulder ache. The open vest he wore with no undershirt might have seemed flashy and unnecessary, but the truth was, putting heavier fabrics on the still-healing wound only served to hurt him further. His vest was more or less all he could handle at the moment without risking becoming even more frazzled.

And then Odin banished Thor, fell into Odinsleep immediately after, and left the throne to Frigga, who immediately passed it onto Loki. Loki, he knew, could be a capable ruler, but something wasn’t right with the younger prince. They seemed particularly shaken, especially after their venture to Jotunheim, and whatever they were facing, they were facing alone. Something rattled the God to their core, causing an upset that made the weight of the crown crushing and Fandral feared for Loki’s wellbeing more than he really implied. He feared for Thor and for Asgard as well and having to put aside the trauma and fear of the near-death experience he just endured to deal with everything else only served to amplify his stress.

“Do not mistake my appetite for apathy!” Volstagg barked around a mouthful of whatever it was he’d moved onto devouring.

From there, the entire conversation got out of hand. Hogun was suggesting that Loki was at fault for the Frost Giants, Sif was insinuating that Loki was somehow at fault for Thor’s banishment, and they were both in an upheaval that going to Midgard and retrieving Thor despite direct orders from the king that he remain there was the only option they had. Why Sif and Hogun so openly disliked and even despised Loki, Fandral truly didn’t know. As far as he could tell, Loki had never done anything to either of them to warrant such hatred. Harmless pranks and backhanded comments that were no worse than what Thor’s friends dished out, but nothing to justify such… raw hatred.

They were talking about committing treason purely because they didn’t want Loki on the throne.

Loki hadn’t even proved to be an irresponsible or misplaced king. He wasn’t at fault for Jotunheim. He wasn’t at fault for Thor’s betrayal and, genuinely, he wasn’t wrong about how it would look if he–the new and supposedly temporary king–overturned his predecessor’s last decree as king. Loki bringing Thor home would have undermined Odin’s rule and shown a blatant lack of respect for the king that came before them. 

Fandral hadn’t meant to contribute to the ramblings of angry warriors ready to jump off the edge of treason and yet, as Sif and Hogun egged one another on, it seemed very blatant to him that he’d done just that. His words had been interpreted in a manner that made it seem as if he wanted Loki off the throne as much as they did and now that the first domino had fallen, there was no stopping it. 

Had he not said anything at all… Had he kept his frustrations internalized and kept his damn mouth shut rather than blurting out the first string of anguish he could muster to try and express everything that ran through his mind, maybe they wouldn’t have come to that conclusion at all.

Logically, Fandral knew that Sif and Hogun had already been thinking along these lines, that they would have been prepared to commit treason even without Fandral’s little outburst, but the swordsman couldn’t help but feel responsible. Guilt weighed heavily on his shoulders, especially as any further attempt he made to soothe his friends’ rage towards Loki and persuade them away from thoughts of acting against the crown went completely unheard. Now that Sif and Hogun agreed, there was little stopping them, and as good of a person as Volstagg was, it was sort of easy to bulldoze over him and convince him to go along with just about anything. With both Sif and Hogun chatting in his ear, he’d probably give in to their ridiculous whims in a matter of moments.

Before the four of them could even decide firmly on what they would going to do and, more importantly, before Fandral could have an ample chance to talk his friends off the ledge, Heimdall summoned all four of them to his home at the end of the Bifrost. As the Watcher of Yggdrasil and Asgard’s first line of defense, they all knew that he could see everything and anything he wanted. He likely saw the argument and talks of treason as well, and Fandral prayed that Heimdall called them all to talk some sense into them or, at the very least, to close the Bifrost to them.

Instead, he only instigated the situation further.

“You would defy Loki, our king, break every oath you have sworn as Asgardian warriors and commit treason by bringing Thor back?” Heimdall asked, to which Sif answered on behalf of all four of them that they absolutely would. “Good!” Heimdall exclaimed as he let go of the hilt of Hofund, the sword Heimdall used to control the Bifrost.

“Then you’ll help us?” Volstagg asked, confirming Fandral’s suspicion that he would be easily persuaded to go along with this ridiculous plan.

“I am bound by my oath. I cannot open the Bifrost to you,” Heimdall said in a matter-of-fact tone that suggested he wasn’t willing to help them. Still, he stepped away from the platform that held Hofund and the mount that would open the Bifrost.

Fandral’s heart sank in his chest. Never in a thousand years would he have imagined Heimdall would willingly betray Loki in such a manner. Heimdall had a strong connection to the young king, after all, so why… Why was he even willing to do this? To turn a “blind eye” and let Thor’s friends commit treason against their new king? Did he have some sort of ulterior motive or was he truly turning his back on Loki?

“Complicated fellow, isn’t he?” Fandral asked meekly as he watched Heimdall saunter off, his last hope of shutting his friends down following after the Watcher. ‘Why, Heimdall? Why did you do this? Had you not gotten involved, we would have been stuck here…’ Fandral couldn’t help but think, but as disappointed as he was to watch Heimdall leave, he was more disappointed in himself for being the one to start all of this. He hadn’t meant to, but intentions meant nothing. Actions and the result of those actions meant everything.

Would Loki ever forgive him for this?

“My friends,” he continued, turning to the trio that stood before him. “Please, let us reconsider this. We are all distressed by Thor’s absence, but Loki has given us no reason to believe he will make for a bad king. Committing treason against Loki seems extreme.”

“Hypocritical, coming from the man who seemed so distraught by the idea of Loki sitting on the throne in the first place,” Sif murmured, though she and Hogun were already hovering closely around Heimdall’s purposefully forgotten sword. “Weren’t you just complaining about it?”

“Yes, I can see how my words came off poorly,” Fandral agreed. “But I didn’t mean for this. I was venting frustration, not trying to rally actual betrayal. Please, be reasonable. If we do this, we’re committing treason, not only against Loki but against Asgard. Odin banished Thor, not Loki. Would it not be better to stay and try to assist our new king to get through these troubling times? We can help Loki–”

“Or we can help Asgard by dethroning Loki all together!” Sif snapped as she took hold of Hofund’s hilt to activate the Bifrost. Fandral felt like he might be sick. Gods, he felt like he actually might double over and expel the contents of his stomach across the floor. How had one moment of venting understandably conflicting and confusing emotions lead to this? How could he let his own feelings get in the way of what needed to be done?

Loki would never forgive him for this, but Fandral wasn’t sure he’d forgive himself either.

‘This is all my fault…’

[storiesofwildfire]

In this headcanon, I will be describing the reworking of Loki’s origins to correspond with God of War 2018. After playing the game, I was hit with a massive wave of inspiration because the game is genuinely very accurate to Norse mythology and it explains a lot of quirks about Loki that both Marvel and Norse myth have failed to explain or elaborate on.

Just to name a few, the new additions to Loki’s backstory offer insight into:

i. Why Loki is the God of Fire despite being a Frost Giant, as Kratos was the Greek God of Fire who often wielded the element in battle. Loki’s development of fire came directly from their father. 

ii. Why Loki is so small in comparison to other Frost Giants. Always described as a runt, the true reason that Loki was born so small is because they are only half Jotun and their mother had taken up the form of a mortal at the time of conception and birth. Mixed in with Kratos originally being part mortal as well, it makes sense that Loki’s size would not match that of a typical Jotun. 

iii. The event in MCU that seemingly erased so many people’s memories of Odin’s horrific and bloody past ( aka, what is discussed in Thor Ragnarök ). Living through one cycle of Ragnarök gave him the ability to alter his course in life without people noticing or questioning.

iv. Why Baldur is never mentioned. Baldur is Odin’s eldest son and yet, is never mentioned or discussed. Why? Because he already died to ignite a cycle of Ragnarök. Most people don’t remember him.

v. Why Odin is so incredibly desperate to keep control over Loki. He’s already experienced a cycle of Ragnarök because of him and he wants so badly to stop it from happening again. Though this is something I’ve already touched on for years, because Ragnarök happened once, Odin’s motivation is even more dire. 

vi. Why Laufey is always described as Loki’s mother in mythology where Marvel claims Laufey is Loki’s father instead and never actually discusses the other parent. 

And, in all honesty, after playing the game, I felt a strong connection to the story it presented, one that could easily feed into the timeline I’ve already set in place for Loki, so I decided I was going to do some updating. I haven’t had this strong of an emotional response to something in a long time and this just came so naturally to me, I couldn’t ignore the urge to do the crossover. 

A game where Loki’s actually a good guy and ultimately the hero, that calls Odin on all of his bullshit, won game of the year in 2018 and if that ain’t incredible, I don’t know what is. I saw so much of how I’ve been writing Loki for years in how the game portrayed Atreus because it focused on his knack for storytelling and his love of animals and how empathetic he truly is. All those little details resonated with me. It made my heart sing, so my updates will act accordingly.

Many years ago, deep in the forests of Viking Age Scandinavia, a seemingly mortal couple married and had an incredibly special child.

The father, Kratos, son of Zeus, a Spartan warrior, and the bringer of the end to so many deities that made up the Greek pantheon migrated and took to a life that was not his own. Seeking the life of a common mortal over the corruption of godhood, he found himself far away from home and further still from the memories he believed were better left forgotten.

The mother, Laufey, although blessed with powerful Seidr that kept even the most powerful enemies at bay, hid the truth of her origins as she wandered Midgard, claiming to be nothing more than a human witch. In reality, the woman hailed from Jotunheim, the land of the Frost Giants. Laufey wasn’t just any Jotun either, but the rightful ruler of the realm. She watched as war broke out between the Aesir and the Vanir, a war that quickly spread throughout Yggdrasil and left no realm untouched. Jotunheim did everything within its power to keep Asgard out of their realm, quickly marking themselves as a powerful adversary and painting them as a target. While Laufey wished to stay with her people, her realm was dying, and she could do nothing to save them by sitting on a throne.

With a burden resting heavily upon her shoulders and the gift of foresight, she saw a future that included a husband and a child, the foundation of salvation for not only her people but all the realms. Her purpose took her to Midgard in the disguise of an average-yet-beautiful young woman with porcelain flesh, vivid emerald eyes, and dark, ebony hair.

Not long after the pair’s first meeting, they fell in love, and quickly after that, Laufey gave birth to a redheaded child with her jewel-toned eyes. She wanted to name the newborn Loki, as she had already been calling the child Loki in her visions for years. Even her people knew the child-to-be as Loki. Kratos, however, wished to name the child Atreus, after a Spartan warrior who died in battle protecting his own, a man that Kratos admired and daresay even loved.

They decided to give the child both names, one from his father and one from his mother.

Loki ( Atreus ) spent most of his younger years with his mother. Kratos spent many days and nights away, hunting, often leaving Laufey to look after Loki on her own. She did so without complaint, enjoying the company of her beautiful baby more than even the most loving and attentive mother could. As much as her love ran deeply, though, she often found herself fearful to leave Loki’s side. He would grow up to be one of the most important people of their time, but her foresight did not offer her insight into the complications.

As a small child, Loki suffered greatly from illness, often left weak with a fever, unable to get out of bed. Sometimes, the ailment grew so severe that Laufey feared losing her child, though as Loki grew older, he grew stronger as well. Still, his ailment never seemed to fully disappear, but the risk of loss of life faded over time.

Laufey never got to see her son grow up, as she passed away when he was still quite young. Old enough to learn to hunt, read, and recite stories, but much too young to be without his mother. Especially when left with a father who, in Loki’s eyes, did not want him. Kratos was never around, hardly spoke to him, and did not seem to hold much interest in holding a relationship with him. He didn’t understand why his father remained so distant, didn’t know of the hardships that plagued the God of War, or how fearful he was of being a father without Laufey at his side.

Shortly after his mother’s funeral, as Kratos and Loki gathered Laufey’s ashes and discussed a journey to spread them across the highest mountain peak in Yggdrasil, Odin’s son turned up on their doorstep. Baldur, Odin’s eldest ( and at the time, only ) son came looking for Laufey under Odin’s orders. Odin, the “All-father” and King of Asgard, became obsessed with obtaining as much information about the future as he possibly could so he could prevent Ragnarök and therefore, his own death. Laufey, a powerful sorceress with a natural gift for predicting the future as well as Jotunheim’s rightful heir stood as a prize and a threat for the Hanged God.

Upon seeing that Kratos lived in a modest home with not one, but two beds, Baldur, a God blessed and cursed by his mother so he could never be harmed but, in turn, could never feel anything, became obsessed with hunting Kratos and uncovering what the God so desperately wished to hide. He’d believed he was looking for a sorceress to steal away and take back to Odin, but what he found ran much, much deeper.

After being discovered, Kratos and Loki ( who Kratos insisted on calling Atreus or, even more commonly, “boy” ), were forced to leave their home, lest they sit and wait patiently for the slaughter Odin’s brood was sure to deliver. Unsure of what they should or even what they could do, they turned to the one goal they both shared. Pay respects to Loki’s mother by granting her final wish of spreading her ashes across the tallest peak in Yggdrasil. Foolishly, they believed that to be a nearby mountain, but as they finally reached the tip of said mountain, they came face-to-face with Mimir, the Smartest Man Alive, as he described himself, instead. Trapped in a tree that grew around and threw him by Odin, he had no real means of escape and was kept there for when Odin could make use of him.

Mimir informed them that the tallest peak in Yggdrasil was not, in fact, on Midgard and, instead, on Jotunheim, but all pathways to the realm had been sealed many years prior. Mimir begged and pleaded with Kratos and Loki, promising to help them get to Jotunheim in exchange for chopping off his head. Contained and tortured by Odin, he claimed it would be a kind service and if they knew someone gifted in Seidr, his head could be reanimated, and his knowledge could still be of use.

They took Mimir’s head to a witch they met earlier in their travels, a woman whose identity would not be revealed to them for some time. Eventually, they learned that the witch’s name was Freya, a Vanir Goddess who married and later left Odin. The very same Goddess who blessed and cursed her son, Baldur, the man relentlessly hunting them on behalf of his father. Gifted with powerful magic but cursed with the inability to do any harm to others, Odin banished her to Midgard for breaking away from him. She developed a soft spot for Kratos and Loki. Her maternal nature bled into the young boy, often wishing to help or even protect him. She willingly helped them reanimate Mimir’s head and later, as Loki once again fell victim to his severe ailment that plagued him throughout his life, she lent her aid again. This time, though, she informed Kratos that his ailment was rooted in the lies that Kratos constantly reinforced on his child, insisting that Loki was mortal rather than allowing him to flourish as the young God he actually was.

The power of a God attempting to flow freely through the body of a small child who believed themselves mortal created a psychological barrier that resulted in sickness any time godlike power bubbled up to the surface.

Forced to save his child and own up to his falsehoods, Kratos told Loki the truth of his existence. Well, he learned half of the truth. The story of his mother would not come until the end of their journey, but they still had many hardships to face before they could venture to Jotunheim. Resources were collected to open a pathway to Jotunheim, multiple realms visited and explored, and one particularly annoying God who kept cropping up everywhere they went, hunting them.

Eventually forced to face down Baldur for a final time, Loki threw himself between Baldur and his father before the Odinson could deliver a finishing blow. Freya looked on in horror as she pleaded with her son, attempting to talk him down from his chosen path, but Baldur struck the boy who fell back against his father, struggling for breath but mostly unharmed. As Baldur stepped back, he found the shaft of a green arrow lodged into the palm of his hand, and he marveled at it because, for the first time in a century, he could actually feel it.

Why? Mistletoe. The arrow had been crafted of mistletoe and presented to Loki as a gift. Kratos used a piece of one of the arrow’s shafts to fix the strap of Loki’s quiver so it would sit properly across his chest after snapping. And mistletoe, as we all know, was the one substance that could actually do harm to Baldur, the one substance that Loki had been foretold to use to kill Baldur and bring about Ragnarök. The substance that could break Freya’s spell and make Baldur vulnerable again.

Despite Freya’s best efforts, Loki and Kratos killed her son before he could kill either of them. The father and son were prepared to leave Baldur alive, believing he’d been beaten without death, and that they needed to be better than the murderous Gods who came before them. As Baldur attacked his own mother, however, they realized they had no choice but to put an end to him.

With Baldur defeated and the immediate threat dealt with, they were finally able to make their trip to Jotunheim to spread Laufey’s ashes. They found the realm bleak, empty, and devoid of life, but they also found a mural depicting the journey they’d been on together after Laufey’s passing. For the first time, they both came to realize that Laufey had been hiding something as well, that she was no mortal blessed with Seidr, but a Frost Giant from a realm far from their tiny home. She predicted her child’s life and what he would accomplish and as he spread her ashes from the top of the tallest mountain, his magic traveled freely with her, dusting across the realm.

Killing Baldur, however, marked the beginning of Ragnarök. No one had been prepared for it, as it had not been prophesized for many more years, but Baldur’s death ensured the beginning of the end was upon them, the very thing that Odin feared the most and desperately wished to keep from happening.

Ragnarök, however, was not an end to everything, but a cycle. Loki would bring about an event that changed everything and those who were lost would be reborn. Intentional or not, the waves were in motion and Odin, though prideful and arrogant, was no fool. Stopping it would not be possible, but enduring and surviving Ragnarök and breaking the cycle so it would never come again? Now that could very well be accomplished if he played the game well enough.

It was this event that brought about the change in Odin’s demeanor, why he went from a bloodthirsty conqueror at war with every realm who refused to aid or support him to a “benevolent God” who wished to unite the realms. Ragnarök gave Odin a fresh start, it allowed him to craft and rebuild and bury his past sins under a road paved in gold. It explained why so many throughout all of Yggdrasil seemingly forgot all that transpired prior to Loki’s appearance on Asgard.

As for Loki, though? He could not risk killing the boy. If Loki died in Ragnarök, Loki would be reborn and Odin would have no way of guaranteeing that he would find the child again to prevent the next cycle of Ragnarök from occurring. No, in order to keep the same from happening again, Odin needed to control Loki rather than destroy him. Thus, the All-father descended upon the boy and his father, ripping Loki from Kratos and retreating back to Asgard where he stole the child’s memories and turned to raise Loki as his own, where he would always be able to keep Loki on a short leash. Where Loki could exist as a tool that Odin could use and siphon power from, but could never be used to harm him or his own again.

[storiesofwildfire]

So, for those of you who have been around for a long time, you might remember that my backstory for Loki ( which is mostly based on Norse mythology and my own personal headcanons ) used to include Sigyn being Loki’s wife and how Loki lost her and their unborn children relatively shortly after marrying her.

I covered this topic for a few reasons, one being that Sigyn is a significant part of Loki’s life in the mythology and I didn’t want to gloss over her, another being that for a long time when I first started roleplaying Loki, I had a lot of Sigyn blogs follow me and try to back me into a corner when it came to shipping. I had a lot of people treat it as “well, the ship is canon, so you have to ship with me” and for a long time, I wasn’t really sure how to say no to those people.

In the last few months, I decided to remove Sigyn from Loki’s backstory. Well, for the most part. I removed her being married to Loki and I removed them trying to have children together. I also removed the part about her death as the reason they ultimately ended up no longer together. 

I have spoken a few times since then about my particular and personal hangups with Sigyn and Loki’s relationship, but I’ve never really elaborated too much on why I made these changes in the first place.

My current biography describes a brief meeting with Sigyn that ultimately doesn’t turn into anything and was more or less instigated by Odin rather than Loki’s actual interest in Sigyn. I did this for a couple of reasons. One, to actually acknowledge that Sigyn does exist and not completely write her off. Two, to pay tribute to mythology’s canon that when Sigyn and Loki first met, Sigyn actually did not like Loki. Sigyn didn’t like Loki until Loki pretended to be someone else, so their relationship, at least in my opinion, is not exactly built on the foundation of trust, love, and common interest. 

Now, before I go super deep into this, I do want to state that I am perfectly well aware that there are many different interpretations of the mythology. While I do not believe one is more “correct” than the others, I do try to stay as close to the original myths as I believe I can when deciding which interpretations to go with ( more or less, I just try to stay away from the myth retellings that were clearly heavily influenced at a later date and time by Christianity ). If you decide to go with interpretations that are different from my own, that’s perfectly fine and I respect that! Just please respect that these are my views and choices in turn.

Now... To speak bluntly, I really don’t like the idea of Loki and Sigyn. In the mythology, Sigyn isn’t really elaborated on all that much. Her entire purpose resides heavily on being Loki’s wife and being part of Loki’s life and I’m not exactly interested in a being that exists for the sake of another being. I believe there is a lot of room to work with when it comes to Sigyn, honestly, and there are so many cool ways to flesh her out that I would be interested in, but because of my own personal experiences, it’s hard for me to get behind this ship.

People either highly romanticize Sigyn and Loki’s relationship as being #relationshipgoals or they use Sigyn as a way to demonize Loki by making them an abusive partner/cheater. I don’t personally think there’s a ground for either of those arguments without putting a lot of work and plotting into the relationship itself.

In the mythology canon that I chose to adhere to, Sigyn didn’t like Loki when they first met. She didn’t like Loki until Loki pretended to be another person. Loki’s interest in Sigyn was not because they wanted her, it was because of Odin. More of an arranged marriage sort of deal than because either party was genuinely interested. Mythology canon also can’t seem to agree on if Loki and Sigyn had one child or two, as their children are sometimes interchanged as the same person, sometimes insinuated to be twins, and sometimes Vali is actually described as being Loki’s child with an unknown woman. I have even seen some debate on if Loki’s child(ren) with Sigyn is even actually Loki’s, or if they only claimed such to keep up the appearance of a decent marriage. From what I’ve read and studied, I see no real basis for the idea that they are wholeheartedly and undoubtedly in love and I see their relationship more like one of convenience, appearances, and duty more than anything else.

It also kind of roots back to another way Odin kept control over Loki ( you know, after forcing Loki to become his blood brother... )

Ultimately, I changed my backstory because I wrote Loki meeting Sigyn, falling in love with her in a particularly difficult time in their lives, and choosing to be with her willingly, but the truth of the matter is, I think I was far too out of left field with how I portrayed them to be any sort of myth compliant. 

So I decided to keep their meeting, the fact that Sigyn did not really like Loki upon meeting, and the reason behind them meeting in the first place was Odin’s influence, in hopes of binding Loki to someone in a forced marriage would keep Loki under control. As Odin worked Loki’s entire life to keep Loki on a short leash and under his thumb, this made perfectly logical sense to me in mythology and in Marvel.

I did not want to emphasize how important Loki’s relationship with Sigyn is because, honestly, in my opinion, it’s not overly important. It’s more of a multifaceted tool than a genuine relationship. 

Please don’t get me wrong, I do think there are a lot of ways to make Sigyn an interesting character. I also think there are a lot of ways to make Sigyn genuinely appealing to Loki. The problem with their portrayal in the myths is that they don’t really expand on Sigyn much outside of Loki. For Loki to hold any sort of interest in her, she’d need to be strong, independent, and have a life outside of them and their relationship. I also don’t want to pretend like they got together because they fell in love when that simply? Isn’t really the case, at least not in the interpretations I follow. 

So, because I don’t really ship Sigyn and Loki and because I wasn’t interpreting their marriage correctly, I decided to take Loki’s history with her out and pay a bit of tribute to them meeting and not really liking one another without forcing them into a marriage. By Asgardian norms, Loki’s still rather young, and even if Odin tried to force them into an arranged marriage, the likelihood of that sticking just? Isn’t super high given everything else that’s going on in Loki’s life. 

I felt like that left some room open to discuss plotting with Sigyn rpers in the future without automatically adhering to the two most popular tropes I see in the fandom which are “Loki and Sigyn are such a perfect couple who are so madly in love” and “Loki is an abusive partner to Sigyn and she’s too good for him.” Neither of which I think are actually close to canon.

I’m definitely willing to plot with Sigyn rpers and even children of Sigyn, but I am not willing to automatically say that Sigyn and Loki are married and have children together. Something like that would take a lot of plotting and ooc communication and build up. I’m not super fond of the ship, but with the right Sigyn, I could see it happening, but only with the proper development.

Anyway, I just wanted to touch on why I decided to change Loki’s backstory from being happily married to and losing Sigyn to hardly even knowing her in a bit more detail. 

At the end of the day, I felt like this decision was more accurate to myth canon and it fit the best into Loki’s life as a mixture of mythology and Marvel.

[storiesofwildfire]

author’s note: as I transition some of Loki’s information to reflect God of War 2018′s canon, I have decided to add Loki’s mother, Laufey ( yes, you read that right, mother. I know Marvel describes Laufey as Loki’s father, but in mythology, Laufey has always been Loki’s mother, which is something I have always kept as part of my own canon ), to my secondary muses. 

Laufey is a mixture of mythology, God of War, and Marvel canon, though this backstory heavily reflects what we know of Laufey from the God of War game and includes her relationship with Kratos.

legal name: Laufey aliases: Faye, Laufey the Just, Last Guardian of the Jötnar age: Upwards of 2,200 Jotun years occupation/title: Protector and Queen/King of Jotunheim gender & pronouns: Gender fluid ;; she/her, they/them, he/him  female faceclaim: Bridget Regan male faceclaim: to be determined aesir appearance: Laufey is right around 6′ tall with long, dark brown hair, green eyes, and a fairly pale complexion. Although she does possess a curvy figure that would likely earn her the praise of being beautiful, she’s also very defined, with strong-yet-lean muscle that speaks for itself in terms of her strength. Although Laufey tends to default to a female visage, she is a talented shape-shifter who may also appear as male at any given time. natural appearance: Laufey’s natural appearance is significantly larger, scaling more than twice the size of her Aesir appearance. Her complexion is a rich cobalt tone with vivid markings that suggest she descends from royal blood and is a powerful magic-user. Like most Jotun, her eyes are entirely crimson with darker sections where the irises and pupils would be. While she does often default to being more feminine and motherly in nature, her Jotun form is much more androgynous than her Aesir form, though she has been known to scale up her masculine features when dealing with politics between realms that seem to favor male superiority ( looking at you, Asgard, looking at you ). sexual/romantic orientation: Pansexual / panromantic  siblings: none children: Loki ( Atreus ) Laufeyson ;; Ulla Laufeydottir ;; Agnar Laufeyson ;; Ragna Laufeydottir ;; Ivar Laufeyson ;; Ulf Laufeyson ;; Olja Laufeydottir ;; Livia Laufeydottir  grandchildren: Fenrir Lokison ;; Jörmungandr Lokison ;; Sleipnir Lokison ;; Hel Lokidottir ;; Saga Lokidottir relationship to loki: Laufey is Loki’s biological mother. In some verses, Loki and Laufey are extremely close. In others, where Loki has been taken from Laufey, Loki may be hostile towards them or unknowing of their relation to Laufey. Regardless of relationship status, however, Laufey is very loving of Loki and wants nothing more than for their child to be happy, safe, and healthy.

Bio: Born in the realm of Jotunheim, Laufey was always destined for greatness. As the future ruler of the realm and no siblings to survive into adulthood, she carried a heavy burden as well as the determination to see her people into a better and brighter future.

Unfortunately, before she had ever taken the throne, war broke out between the Aesir and the Vanir. The Great War, as many came to call it, quickly swept throughout Yggdrasil. Most realms could not hope to go untouched by the carnage that followed and Laufey knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that if she did nothing, her people would likely die off early on as well.

The Jotun pushed for her to take up the mantle of their ruler. As Laufey’s mother fell into poor health, they needed a stronger leader who could carry them through the war that threatened to destroy them. Sitting on a throne and sending off her own to battle never sat right with her, though, and as her abilities with foresight matured and developed, a clearer understanding of what was to come greeted her.

She told her people stories of a child she would one day have. Laufey called them Loki and expressed that having Loki would be essential to their survival. A piece that would be needed so Jotunheim could play its proper part in the war, as she also saw them delivering the final blow to Odin that would end the war. They only needed to survive long enough to get to that point.

Needless to say, her people were skeptical. Foresight wasn’t always a surefire thing and the future wasn’t set in stone. Putting all of their faith in the existence of one child that had yet to be born seemed foolish to them and they insisted they take their own precautions. Why trust in something that did not exist when they had someone who could act as their key right in front of them? Many believed Laufey to be that key.

Laufey could hardly disagree. All things considered, it would be years before her visions ever came to fruition, but her people were not violent or malicious. Defending their home was absolutely a priority, but throwing themselves into a war she knew they could not win? At least, one they could not win yet?

Going to war prematurely would mean unnecessary death, destruction, and would likely run the risk of powerful Jotun falling into Odin’s hands. After all, most knew the Hanged God was desperate to gather powerful assets and information about the future. He’d been given the nickname because he literally hanged himself just so he could acquire more knowledge of death and the future in his brief period of experiencing death himself. Collecting one or more individuals gifted with the ability of foresight would have Odin salivating like a starving dog smelling raw meat.

No, they would need to be cleverer about how they approached protecting their realm. They devised a plan, one that would seal Jotunheim from the rest of Yggdrasil so that no one could actually work their way into the realm without promised passage. Laufey knew that her people were capable, but to make Jotunheim completely unreachable, outside help needed to be brought in. The Bifrost constructed by Heimdall ( though, due to Odin’s displeasure in the Vanir and the way he wanted to keep total control over Heimdall in particular, much of the Bifrost’s credit had been given to Tyr ) literally reached every realm. To ensure that its passageway to Jotunheim could not be accessible, Laufey had to turn to individuals far outside of her own.

In truth, she wanted to go to Heimdall. No one knew the Bifrost or Yggdrasil better than the Watcher who saw every soul within all of the realms, but Odin’s grasp on the Vanir God was tight and therefore, Heimdall seemed impossibly unreachable and a dangerous connection to risk. Tyr, though? He always had the Giants’ favor and seemed to favor them in turn, and he had been more than willingly to help them seal off the gateway.

Jotunheim going off the grid certainly set a lot of minds to ease, but three very real problems still existed for the ruler-to-be.

One: Jotunheim couldn’t exist in isolation forever. Eventually, they would have to come out of the woodwork and bring themselves back into favor with the rest of Yggdrasil. To live cut off and alone would eventually result in extinction, especially for people like Laufey’s people, who thrived off of social interaction and cross realm exploration. The Jotun and the Vanir, for example, were quite close. Another point that worked against them, in all truth. In the eyes of Odin, that made them even more of a threat.

Two: Odin didn’t relent in his desire to break into Jotunheim. The resources of the land and the people were enough to make Odin’s desire outweigh any of the dangerous obstacles set before him. Getting his hands on one person with a knack for seeing into the future was worth countless lives.

Three: The Jotun were foreseen to be the force to finally beat back Odin in the final battle of the war. If they excluded themselves completely, hope could very well be lost, but they needed to survive long enough to endure.

A failsafe was set in place. Laufey understood she still had a part to play outside of Jotunheim. Even if her visions did not come true, she had to pursue them and give them a chance to thrive. Outside of Jotunheim, she could keep watch on movement from their enemies and report back or even eliminate threats if need be. It took quite a bit of convincing, but after a while, she came to an agreement with the rest of the realm. She would leave, act as a guardian or protector to her people, and those who survived on their realm would go into hibernation to present an illusion of lost life and a dying realm. If Odin ever managed to break through their barricades, he would find nothing useful to him. He would also not expect them to be the force that finally brought him down.

The ancient magic that thrived on Jotunheim would be safe and the key to unlock that potential could be stored in a single person... With so many unwavering angles and a need for their people to be protected until the end, the remaining Giants agreed.

So Laufey set out, taking the appearance of a mortal woman with soft, ebony hair, brilliant emerald eyes, and pale flesh. Her beauty carried over from her most authentic form, though the small stature, the color muted complexion, and the eyes took a bit of getting used to. Especially the size. Condensing down into a body that barely stretched to six feet for an extended period of time took quite a bit of adjusting, even for a gifted shape-shifter like Laufey.

Still, she managed with little complaint, and eventually made her way to Midgard, the realm at the center of them all. It was there that she could keep an eye on the events of the war and how they unfolded without throwing herself into the battlefield too early. She could hide with the use of protective wards that often took the shape of golden handprints on the sides of trees or structures. She could make connections and seek out people who had already helped her, such as Sindri and Brok, two Dwarves who crafted the Leviathan axe that she carried with her.  

Midgard also served as the inevitable meeting place where she would come across Kratos, a Spartan warrior lost in deep Norse territory. Their first meeting could have gone better, in truth, as Kratos sought the weapon she carried with her and she had been forced to defend herself against him. Killing him would have been easy, seeing as he had already been seriously injured prior to their meeting, but Laufey had always been a kind soul, quick to aid and only resorting to violence if nothing else could be done in its place.

Despite having the excuse to put the man out of his misery, she spared his life and help nurse him back to health. At the time, she did not realize that this was the man who would fulfill the visions she had. The future always revolved around her inevitable child and while she knew details of the man she would likely marry; she could not see him by face or by name. Good, perhaps, so she didn’t go searching for something and force an outcome that did not come naturally. Loki’s birth might have been necessary, but she wanted to ensure that her child was also brought into the world out of love and desire.

Initially, he only stayed with her because he felt indebted to her. Rather than kill him, as would have been her right, she took care of him. He stayed by her side as she traveled, aiding her in what he could so he gave back, determined to pay his debt to her until he no longer needed to. Together, they traveled like that for months. Kratos assisted Laufey in any way he could while also learning from her in the ways of magic and utility in an area that was clearly out of touch with where he came from. She loved to talk, loved to share her stories, and loved to sing. Kratos wasn’t much of a talker at all, but he enjoyed her company, nevertheless. What came as a surprise to the disguised Jotun was that he seemed to hang onto every word she said, even when she thought he wasn’t listening...

One night, lost in the dark, he protected her. It’d been little more than a reflex to defend her from something she could not see, but he’d thrown himself in front of her to take the blow from the Draugr. She likely would have died had he not and just like that, any lasting debt he owed her was gone. It came with surprising heartbreak when she confessed as much, telling him that if he wished to leave, he could. He owed her nothing, but Kratos didn’t go. Instead, he asked her if she wished for him to go, to which she immediately replied no.

Kratos may not have been good with words or expression, but it became rather clear that they both meant something more to the other. She took care of him and in turn, he’d learned to be more loving and gentler. They impacted one another in such a way that lent itself to love and to part seemed not only foolish, but impossible.

She’d even learned the truth somewhere along the way of who and what the man truly was and accepted him regardless of his brutal and bloody past. She often felt the urge to do the same, to let him know the truth of her and where she came from, but to do so would endanger her home. No one could know, not yet, but Kratos would, in time.

Shortly after, they decided to build a home. Laufey set out to protect the woods around the location with her wards so they could build and live in peace. The building had hardly been finished by the time they conceived their first child. She wished to name the child Loki, as she had been referring to her baby as such amongst her own for years. Loki’s story was well known by the Frost Giants, but Kratos wished for a different name. Atreus, a name that once belonged to a Spartan warrior he held very near and dear to his heart, someone he hoped his son could be like.

They decided to give their son both names, though Atreus quickly caught on. In youth, the boy was sickly, often keep the new mother home while her husband ventured out to hunt and gather supplies. As Atreus grew, the ailment came and went, but he at least showed the strength to continue on. She grew more and more concerned as the years ticked on, though. Atreus had no knowledge of the truth behind their origins and the more their gifts in magic tried to manifest, the worse the sickness became.

Her visions of the future altered, showing her that if she lived, both her husband and her child would die. She needed to return to Jotunheim to awaken her kin, but she did not need to be alive to do so. So long as her magic returned to the realm, life would once again thrive.

So she left detailed instructions with Kratos on what to do should she pass, laying out the groundwork to send her family on a quest that would return her ashes to Jotunheim while also revealing to her child the truth that would allow him to thrive.

When death came for her, she greeted it. While it broke her heart to leave her family, she knew what needed to be done to ensure that they survived as well as Jotunheim. Kratos and Atreus burned her body and collected her ashes so they could be taken to the tallest peak within the Nine Realms. It eventually took the father and son to Jotunheim, where they learned the truth of her origins and the truth of Loki’s future.

As they spread her ashes, from the top of the mountain, her magic settled across the land, but it did not come alone. Despite Loki’s young age, his newfound understanding of who he was and his growing connection to his father allowed his own magic to radiate with her. Unbeknownst to the young boy, he set in motion the key to reawakening the realm.

But such magic took time to settle and unfold. Life could not be restored in the blink of an eye. It took years for the Jotun to come out of hibernation and for Laufey to come back to her own with it. She hadn’t expected the spell to revive her, so it came as a shock when she first opened her eyes again.

Much to her dismay, though, she found that years had passed since her death and in that time, an unexpected complication arose. Ragnarök had come far earlier than anyone could have anticipated.

While the Jotun inevitably fulfilled their destiny by facing the Aesir in one last battle, beating them back enough to end the Great War that raged for years, nothing could be done about Ragnarök. Odin’s forces retreated, stealing the Casket of Ancient Winters as they fell back to Asgard. Odin knew that without the Casket, a power source the realm protected and thrived from for years, Jotunheim would be far easier to conquer once Ragnarök settled.

Believing both Loki and Kratos dead with Ragnarök, Laufey had no choice but to finally settle on the throne of Jotunheim and push forward despite all they had lost. Her only focus then became ensuring that her people endured and that she had a family large enough to carry the weight on the realm even after her second death.

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Happy Mother’s Day, Loki

Maybe it seems weird to write a Mother’s Day letter to my own muse, but I just want to emphasize how important it is to Loki to be a mother, what a huge part of Loki’s story revolves around the children that they brought into this world. I don’t get to acknowledge Mother’s Day very often with Loki. It’s something that tends to be glossed over for a number of different reasons (usually because I’m never actually active on Mother’s Day), but this year, I really wanted to sit down and just give my muse the recognition and love I should give them every single day.

While there are many versions of the myths that only have Loki being Sleipnir’s mother, and many people who interpret Loki here on Tumblr as not being a mother at all or only being Sleipnir’s mother, there are just as many myth interpretations that have Loki acting as the mother of not only Sleipnir, Jörmungandr, Hel, and Fenrir (the four children I include in my Loki’s canon), but many others as well. Some myths even suggest Loki frequently sleeps with mortal men for the purpose of, obviously, the pleasure in sexual activities, but also for having children with them. 

Being a mother runs through Loki’s veins through and through and for me not to take a minute to wish my muse a Happy Mother’s Day would honestly be a disservice. 

Loki loves their children so much. Loki prides themselves on being a mother no matter what form or gender they present at as any given time. Odin wrapped so much shame and fear around Loki’s children, but not a single day passed that Loki didn’t love them, that Loki didn’t want the best for them, that Loki stopped fighting for them. 

Loki doesn’t always see a good mother when looking in the mirror. A lot of the time, it’s guilt and failure staring back because Odin harmed the children and Loki couldn’t protect them, but nothing in this entire world matters more to Loki than those damned kids. Loki wouldn’t willingly die for many people, but if it was between them and their kids? Loki would absolutely give up everything to ensure they were safe and thriving. 

So, Loki, from your own children--who I have taken up as muses as well to build up your family as much as possible--and me, Happy Mother’s Day. You may not always believe you’re a good one, but let me tell you, you are an absolutely incredible and brilliant one. You always have been and you always will be and that ain’t just me being biased.

Someone who values their children above themselves is doing right and by the Gods do you care so much. 

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This is actually a headcanon I’ve been meaning to write for a long time and since Heimdall has popped up on my blog quite a few times this evening, I thought I’d take this random headcanon prompt as an excuse to finally crack down on write this.

By now, it’s not a shock to anyone that I 100% ship Loki and Heimdall. I support them, they’re doing their best while screaming gayly at the top of their lungs, and in modern threads where Loki and Heimdall’s relationship has developed into a romantic one, it’s easy for some to forget that Heimdall has literally been in Loki’s life since Loki was a newborn brought against their will to Asgard.

Which raises the questions, what was their relationship like in earlier years? How did Loki view Heimdall throughout the course of their lifetime? And why did their relationship go through so many changes?

Well, we’ll start with when Loki was young. Based on your headcanon ( @bifrostgold ), Heimdall was ordered to look away from Jotunheim when Odin took Loki. Running with that because, to me, it makes the most logical sense that Heimdall would be aware that Loki was not actually Aesir or Odin’s child, but unaware of the details of the second prince’s true origins, and also being forced by Odin to never speak of the matter, it would make so much sense that Heimdall would feel a certain… bond with Loki and a desire to look after Loki where Odin would no doubt fail.

Heimdall, after all, is not of Asgard, and he, too, is forced to be there by Odin’s control. While Loki’s situation was never the same as Heimdall’s, the similarities speak for themselves and the truth is, Odin uses and controls them for different purposes and by different means, but does so all the same.

So I’ve always felt like Heimdall had a strong presence in Loki’s younger years, especially when Loki’s magic began to flare up so violently and at such a young age. While yes, Loki had Frigga and a few other people to turn to who were well versed in magic (like Asmund, Loki’s healer, and Sigurd, Odin’s advisor who favored him from an early age), Loki’s abilities and reach quickly outgrew them, which left the youngest prince with fewer and fewer options and outlets to turn to. 

Heimdall, however, was always a strong presence with such inherently powerful magic that Loki often felt safe going to him, and safer still to show their fear, pain, and aggression. Heimdall, in Loki’s youngest years, was something of a caregiver. Not a parent, per se, but an influence in Loki’s life that helped bring some of Loki’s more positive traits to the surface.

Because Heimdall stood as a symbol to all of Asgard of someone who was always watching and always wanted to keep them safe, Loki sort of fell into a bit of a trap of idolizing him too. Heimdall was someone to look up to for his strength, his optimism, his kindness, and his impressive range on ancient magic that would make even the most powerful sorcerer tremble at the idea of. So much power and yet, Heimdall never sought to harm others with it, never seemed to think himself better than those around him, and always treated everyone with some level of respect or kindness. 

Loki didn’t necessarily want to be just like Heimdall, but the little prince always hoped some of Heimdall’s better qualities might rub off on them.

Heimdall’s gentle guidance and support at such an early age really did help keep Loki grounded. It helped Loki keep a solid grasp on the ever-growing power they possessed and it helped Loki from growing angry or resentful or so frustrated they might completely give up on learning to properly wield their magic. 

As Loki grew older and their perception of the world shifted more and more violently, Heimdall seemed like the one weight that would never change and Loki took comfort in the Watcher’s presence, in his teachings, and even in those moments when Loki found themselves sitting at the end of the Bifrost, talking to Heimdall because they felt as if they had no one else to talk to. 

To say Loki formed a very strong attachment to Heimdall would be an understatement and the older Loki got, the more fascinated with Heimdall they became.

Loki did, however, drift away from Heimdall eventually. As Loki’s rebellious tendencies picked up, often bringing Odin’s anger in their wake, Loki came to a heartbreaking realization that Heimdall would always be a link to Odin. No matter how much they loved the Watcher and no matter how much that love was reciprocated, Heimdall’s loyalty remained with Odin. It seemed almost impossible for the elder God to disobey the All-father and for many, many years, Loki believed it was genuine loyalty. 

They did, however, begin to question that, as the way Heimdall interacted with Loki one-on-one often suggested his views and desires did not align with that of the throne. Loki always questioned why Heimdall would be so loyal to someone he did not seem to believe in. Heimdall would never give Loki those answers, quite possibly because he was not allowed to, but Loki grew frustrated in their attempts to balance their own need to pull out from Odin’s thumb and Heimdall’s sight being the one thing that would always allow Odin to know where the mischief-maker had gone. 

It broke the storyteller’s heart to have to put any distance between themselves and a person they loved and admired so much, but Heimdall’s sight and Odin’s control over him would always act as a direct line to them and as Odin’s treatment of Loki grew more and more severe, Loki didn’t have much of a choice but to pull away.

Developing a method to successfully hide from Heimdall hadn’t been an easy feat and, as far as Loki was aware, they were the only one to ever successfully accomplish it. Something to be proud of, they supposed, but it felt almost like a betrayal to have to resort to such things. As much as they genuinely loved Heimdall, though, they realized that Odin’s control over him would always mean being close to the Watcher would be dangerous.

Loki only prayed that one day it would not be necessary and that Heimdall would understand the precaution, whenever his loyalty to Odin was brought to an end.

In truth, the divide did put a strain on their relationship. They went from close, from Heimdall acting as a sort of guardian and a mentor to the young prince to only interacting when Loki believed it was safe or when their individual duties forced them to. This portion of their relationship often reflected in scenes like the one in the original Thor film, when Thor, Loki, and their friends were attempting to go to Jotunheim. Loki and Heimdall had a rather uncomfortable exchange, one that didn’t seem particularly friendly, but one that also didn’t seem vindictive. It also, if anyone took notice, left Loki looking rather depressed, almost looking and Heimdall for a moment with longing in their eyes.

It was not a separation Loki wanted and, in fact, had a rather negative impact on the prince because of how much they missed Heimdall, but it was something Loki believed necessary to keep themselves safe from their growingly controlling and abusive father. 

Loki still regarded Heimdall as one of the few people they could turn to in a huge pinch, however (as demonstrated by the thread where Loki goes to Heimdall for help after Odin’s kidnapped their children and forced them into various forms of exile and/or prison).

As much as that rift hurt, though, I do believe it was a sort of necessary split for Heimdall and Loki to mature into anything other than the almost familial bond that they had in Loki’s youth, though. The rift allowed Loki and Heimdall to meet again for the first time, in a sense. Not exactly a completely fresh start, but one that allowed Loki to come back to Heimdall on their own terms as a matured adult and a person Heimdall was not 100% familiar with.

They were allowed to relearn one another, develop a new friendship and a new dynamic, and Loki was finally able to not only get the answers they wanted from Heimdall for so long but help Heimdall break the chains that kept him tethered to his captor. 

In Loki’s youth, Loki always saw Heimdall as someone to aspire to be like, to idolize in a way, and turn to when they needed help. In their reunion, Loki came to Heimdall as an equal, someone who no longer looked up to Heimdall, but someone who looked at Heimdall with love, respect, and mutual understanding.

That transition is what I think allowed them to form such a strong, romantic bond, in the end, because their remeeting changed everything for both of them.

At the end of the day, Heimdall has always been someone extremely special to Loki, someone Loki loves endlessly, and someone Loki could never truly think or speak negatively of, but Loki has gone through a lot of shifts over the course of their lives. A kid learning from Heimdall. A “teenager” turning to Heimdall in times of crisis and questioning why Heimdall did so much he didn’t want to do. A young adult who broke their own heart to break off from someone they loved and attached themselves to so heavily. 

When Loki finally came back to Heimdall, a fear definitely existed that Heimdall would be resentful, that he’d be unwilling to let Loki back in, and that he wouldn’t listen to how sorry Loki was, not only for their own actions but for the pain Odin had caused Heimdall for thousands of years. Loki felt a certain pressing weight of guilt for not realizing sooner that Heimdall was, quite literally, Odin’s prisoner, forced to do as he was told.

Heimdall’s understanding of Loki’s position and why they’d done what they’d done came as a surprise but Loki knew it shouldn’t have. That was just Heimdall being Heimdall, but the biggest shock to Loki’s system?

The fact that Heimdall, despite knowing some of the worst things Loki had done, had never given up on them, had never believed them evil or inherently wrong, and still believed them to be a good person capable of great things. 

Loki almost convinced themselves that Heimdall could never think of them in such a manner purely to make their split easier and, really, it was an easy thing to believe given the fact that so many others thought so poor of the mischief-maker. But Heimdall’s resilient belief in Loki and the love the Watcher always seemed to have for his prince? Was likely why Loki so quickly fell for him in turn and why their relationship made a drastic change in such a short amount of time after them reuniting. 

Heimdall was the one to always treat Loki with kindness. Even in their years of not really communicating, Heimdall was always in Loki’s court. We even see examples of this in MCU all the damn time. He never condemns Loki, never speaks poorly of Loki, and even in moments when he’s supposed to stand against Loki, he almost always lets Loki best him in some way so he doesn’t have to fight Loki (like when Loki literally froze him in Thor, for example, or how about the time Heimdall–the man who can see literally everything–lied to Thor about Loki being the only one who knew the passageways that led out of Asgard so Thor would be forced to break Loki out of prison in The Dark World?). 

He even welcomes Loki home in the most cheeky fashion ever when Loki arrived back on Asgard in Ragnarök and the fact that Loki let Heimdall see them coming proves that Loki trusted Heimdall just as much as Heimdall trusted Loki.

Obviously, Loki and Heimdall aren’t in a romantic relationship in every single verse, but I do believe, with the transition they’ve gone through over the course of literally more than a thousand (Asgardian) years, the potential is almost always there and even if romance doesn’t happen? The bond Loki and Heimdall share is one of the strongest and purest that Loki’s ever had the pleasure of experiencing. 

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So, this is something I’ve written about before, but I kind of wanted to make a formal headcanon about it, because it is something that impacts my Loki a lot depending on verses and independent relationships.

I have a lot of verses with female ship partners where, when it comes time to have children, Loki acts as the father, but in all of Loki’s canon experiences with parenthood, Loki has always been the mother and, in truth, Loki is a mother at heart. 

Loki’s maternal instinct, even before ever having any children, has always been off the charts. Loki takes to children easily, often prioritizing them before others or even personal gain or safety. Loki frequents orphanages even in the younger years of life because making children happy and giving children a chance to experience good, wholesome things while they’re children have always been extremely important to Loki, especially when taken into consideration that the God’s childhood was nothing to be impressed by or proud of.

In mythology, Loki is always portrayed as someone who uses words, tricks, and bargains to come out on top. Very rarely will they engage in a physical fight or acts of true violence at their own hands if they can avoid it. Loki’s first instinct is never to engage in a fight first and if there is any other way, Loki will take that.

Except when it comes to children.

Loki has purposefully gone out of their way to punish people who have purposefully harmed children, violently, cruelly, and often leaving the person severely impaired or potentially even dying. Loki does not bat an eye at abandoning the normal way of how they handle conflict when it comes to people harming children and they are thoroughly brutal with these punishments, because, to Loki, such a sin is unforgivable, even for a God who often crosses the line of what is right and what is wrong.

So, needless to say, Loki has always possessed an extremely strong maternal instinct and it really came as no surprise when Loki eventually birthed Sleipnir and then, later on down the line, three more children, Hel, Fenrir, and Jörmungandr. It was equally no surprise that Loki loved each of them despite the forms they were born into and despite the questionable circumstances that led to each of their conceptions. 

Loki even informally adopted a girl by the name of Saga after Sleipnir’s birth and before the birth of the triplets and even she has taken to calling Loki ‘mum’, because, despite the form Loki inhabits, Saga does see Loki as her mother.

So the concept of fatherhood is kind of a weirdly hard pill for Loki to swallow. Loki is used to being the mother. Loki is used to carrying their children and giving birth to them or, if no physical birth transpires, then caring for them in a way a mother would be expected to rather than a father. It isn’t that Loki is unwilling to be a father (as I’ve said, Loki’s had children with women in the past where Loki has been the father), but it is always something Loki struggles with a little bit, because it feels like it should be them in that role, rather than their partner. 

Part of Loki’s hangup with fatherhood definitely does fall back on stereotypical gender roles and how fathers are expected to interact with their children vs how mothers are expected to act with their children. We all know, Loki does not adhere to gender roles whatsoever, so it only makes sense that they would also have a hang-up with playing the role of the father, especially when fathers are often not expected to be as close or as loving as mothers are, but it is honestly much deeper than that. 

To a certain degree, Loki even has an underlying tendency to grow jealous of female partners who are carrying their child, because Loki is so used to taking that role. Loki loves being a mother, so being in a dynamic where they can’t be is not exactly the easiest thing for Loki to digest.

One thing Loki has become commonly known for is being the Mother of Monsters. While that may not be a flattering title to most, Loki is literally known for being a mother, so relinquishing that is no easy feat.

Even in situations where Loki is the biological father, the way Loki interacts with those children is much the same. Loki never loses that filter of being a mother.

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@incrediblewithin asked: Bonus Questions because

I’m not 100% sure what you mean by bonus questions, but since you sent this in with your other two headcanon requests, I’m going to safely assume you’re just asking for another headcanon, which I am more than happy to provide, cause you know I got a lot and I still haven’t written about them all, so buckle up! :3

So, I wanted to talk about why Loki’s so inherently ridiculed for their magic and unapologetic use of it because there seems to be a common misconception that magic is very common on Asgard.

In a way, it actually is a common thing. They use weapons and technology that is based in magic. Sorcerers aren’t uncommon to roam the streets of Gladsheim, but the Aesir as a species is not really one derived of magic. Most Aesir do not have magical capabilities. In fact, even Odin, their King, who is often seen as one of the most powerful magical beings on Asgard, was never meant to have magic. The power of the All-father is magic that was stolen and bound to the role Odin filled, not Odin himself, which is why it’s easily passed down the throne rather than dying with him. 

In fact, the reason Odin stole said power for himself was because of the inherent jealousy that he had and how badly he coveted what he did not have.

I believe that jealousy sort of extends throughout Asgard. They live with magic in their everyday lives, wield weapons that were forged with utilize magic themselves, live with a Vanir Queen who is capable of magic, and often see people who are capable of wielding it ( usually individuals who live on Asgard but are not Aesir or people who are only part Aesir ), but they, themselves, are not capable of it. To cope with that jealousy, it’s easier to write off magic as a sort of cheat in the system.

It’s easier to say: If you didn’t have magic, you couldn’t do that, you’d be just like me than it is to say: Wow, you’re capable of amazing things that I couldn’t possibly fathom, good for you

The Aesir are prideful and they are often seen as believing themselves above all others, so it isn’t such a hard stretch of the imagination that their envy over magic could stretch to them simply discrediting it and disliking it while also using it in ways that they actually can.

So stereotypes about magic cropped up over the years. There were always exceptions to the rule ( like Odin’s use of his stolen power, for example ), but for the most part, warriors saw sorcerers who wielded magic in battle as a sort of cop-out or cheat that lessened their value as an individual warrior. Magic was labeled as an inherently feminine trait, used for healing and crafting rather and things that were not meant to step foot on the battlefield or make its way into politics ( which, in and of itself, is laughable considering Odin uses magic to get what he wants all the time ). As time went on, more stereotypes and more prejudices popped up revolving magic purely out of envy and honestly, it’s very petty, but that doesn’t make it any less real.

Many modern Aesir may not even realize where the misconceptions come from, but they know them to be true because they’ve swept across the realm so rapidly many, many years ago. At the end of the day, it’s just a way to keep the mentality that Asgard and its people are superior despite other species ( like the Vanir and the Jotun ) possessing power that is not common or normal amongst them.

So, by the time Loki comes along, those stereotypes and prejudices are applied to their magic. Loki’s scolded for using magic and then scolded for not using magic when it could have helped others. Loki’s expected to shoulder a lot of responsibility because their magic allows them to ( like being sent after Angrboda, a powerful sorceress that could have killed Loki, or healing injured allies in the midst of battle ), but at the same time, gets little to no credit for all of the work their magic does. It’s expected because it’s there, but it’s not praised or thought fondly of by most, and if it isn’t an asset to others, they don’t want to see it. 

The stigma of it being an inherently feminine trait also didn’t help the teasing and ridicule that Loki underwent for being too feminine themselves and trying to sort out their gender identity while constantly being scrutinized for it.

So, it’s not really Loki’s magic people have a problem with, it’s just the blanket concept of magic and their complicated relationship with it. Unfortunately, since Loki is one of the youngest and most powerful sorcerers to come out of Asgard, they take a lot of heat for it.

Even still, that hasn’t actually stopped Loki from loving their magic any less. Despite the ridicule and how many people talk down to them for it, Loki loves and values their magic as one of their greatest gifts. Without it, they wouldn’t be Loki.

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@chooserofslain said: Don’t chase the rabbit !

♔—- "What do you need my help for? If you already possess an Infinity Stone, finding the others should not be difficult for you,” Loki’s voice rang out, uncertainty clear as day in the otherwise unwavering Tony. Green eyes shimmered in the dim lighting of Thanos’ ship, staring across the table between him and a purple giant nearly twice his size. “It seems almost foolish to bring in a stranger to help aid in your endeavors. A risk you could not possibly calculate given that you do not know me. Why are you so certain that I am what’s best for your plans?”

“I know you very well Loki, the adopted son of Odin, son of Laufey... A powerful mage who has defeated countless warriors, sorcerers, and Gods alike. You are intelligent, possess strong willpower, and take a unique and often unorthodox method to solve your problems. You are often the one people call when they have problems they cannot solve. You keep a calm exterior to hide the raging emotions that hide beneath the surface, fearful of what they will do or what others will think of you. You feel too much and you--”

“That’s enough.” Loki’s normally pale features were paler then, though whether it was due to Loki’s unease at the Mad Titan knowing so much about him despite being strangers or the fact that Thanos found Loki in poor health, the God could not say. “How do you know so much about me?”

“Extracting information has never been a difficult feat for me, but with certain assets, it’s become easier.” Thanos glanced to his right, where a golden scepter sat, a vicious blade curving from the tip where a brilliant blue glow illuminated. That same color cracked through the emerald of Loki’s irises, making them glow in a similarly eerie fashion for a brief moment. 

Eyes round, Loki stared at the weapon in horror. Had Thanos used the Gem on him already? Without his knowledge or his consent? To peak inside his mind?

“You still haven’t answered my question,” Loki murmured, a pink tongue darting out to moisten his lips. “As to why you have selected me.”

“You possess much knowledge on the artifacts that I seek,” the titan answered. “I believe you are better suited to retrieve them than those I have in my ranks. My children are capable but power is not everything. Ambition is not everything. Knowledge and information are just as valuable. You would not go unrewarded. I would offer you Midgard in exchange, to do with it as you wish.”

“What would I want with Midgard?”

“Is it not your wish to rule? To have power?”

“No.”

“Hmm,” Thanos hummed, a wicked grin stretching at his lips. “Perhaps it is not power you seek, then, but acceptance? A family to call your own? The desire to feel as if you mean something, anything at all? You could join my children. You would fit in well amongst them.”

It sounded like a sweet offer, tempting in the face of things Loki had long since lost, but the way Thanos presented it made his skin crawl. Insinuating that Loki held no worth, that he felt as if he was nothing because he was nothing... Manipulation. That’s all this was. An attempt to win over a potentially useful asset without having to use force. Loki could smell it a mile away. Odin had been no different and Loki allowed Odin to use and reshape him for years. Despite Thanos’ “hospitality,” Loki had no interest to replace Odin with another tyrant. 

“No,” the young God finally answered.

“No?”

“I am not going to help you collect the Infinity Stones. You have not told me what you will use them for and even if you did, I likely would not believe you. The fact that you have withheld that information from me only inclines to me that you should not have them. The Gems were separated for a reason and I will not be responsible for bringing them back together for the likes of someone who decided to use one against me before ever having a proper conversation with me. The answer is no.”

“That is... disappointing.” Thanos even offered a little sigh, like a father who had listened to their child’s excuses for far too long.

Loki stood, hoping to make a quick exit, though he was unstable on his feet, lightheaded after the injuries he sustained after his fall from the Bifrost. Thanos glanced at one of his children watching from the corner of the room. Ebony Maw, a tall, lanky figure with a hand cradling his chin as he watched the exchange. Out of all of the members of the Black Order, Loki disliked him the least, though the mischief-maker couldn’t be sure why. He put off odd signatures of magical energy, ones that were difficult to make out.

Lunging forward, Ebony Maw outstretched his hands, sending massive, needle-like slivers of solidified Seidr towards Loki. Each pierced through the fallen prince’s body, stringing him up in the middle of the room with no visible damage but no real ability to move lest he cause himself even more pain. Soft whimpers and pathetic mewls fell from the already weakened God’s throat, fear coiling in the pit of his stomach as the blue color of the Scepter’s light filled his eyes again. 

“I had hoped you would make this easy, Loki,” Thanos murmured as he stood, plucking the Scepter in one of his massive hands. “I do not want to hurt you, but you insist on forcing my hand. We have ways to force you to comply. I wished they wouldn’t become necessary.” The illumination of the Scepter’s Gem flared in the space between them, causing Loki to wince, though they could not turn their head away from the sight of it without impaling their head on one of the needles.

“D-don’t,” Loki gasped, barely able to get a single word out without wheezing. “P-please, don’t!”

Thanos neared him, the tip of the weapon’s blade aimed for Loki’s heart, though he made no move to impale his guest. Instead, Thanos rested the blade again Loki’s chest, holding it there, watching with delight as the vibrant azure color enveloped any residual color of Loki’s eyes beneath the Gem’s influence.

“You will obey me, Loki. It is all you know now.”

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For ages now, I’ve seen headcanons and meta about Loki and Thor and how Loki looks up to his big brother, aspires to be just like his big brother, and spends so much of his life chasing after Thor. This meta normally paints Loki as being the smaller and more submissive of the two, constantly pining after a goal that his brother is the shining example of.

To be perfectly blunt, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. 

In reality, it is Thor who constantly pines after Loki, aspires to be more like Loki, and follow Loki’s example.

Think about it, honestly? Yes, Thor is the crowned prince and from an outside perspective, it looks like Thor probably has a pretty desirable life and living situation, but think about it. Does he? He has the future of Asgard resting on his shoulders, the expectation of thousands upon thousands of Asgardians, and he lives under his father’s thumb, submitting continuously over and over again to the will of others. He is playing a part he’s expected to play, the part he has to play.

Thor doesn’t get to be Thor. Thor has to be Thor the Crowned Prince of Asgard.

Then take a look at Loki. Yes, there are just about as many expectations on his shoulders, a role Loki must fill, and an appearance he must keep up. Despite this, Loki chooses to be himself, herself, or themselves at any given point in time. Loki openly rebels against what is considered normal and proper. He does not conform to what people expect of him if it makes him unhappy.

Loki caters to his responsibilities, yes, but Loki is also perfectly willing to live his life, even in the face of ridicule, judgment, and cruel backlash. Loki allows himself the freedom that he should not have in the position that he carries. He purposefully takes opportunities for himself regardless of how people react to him and while yes, the way he is treated by those around him simply for choosing to be true to himself hurts, being anything less than authentically Loki is not allowed.

Breaking rules, pulling pranks, bedding anyone he fancies who fancies him in turn rather than strictly keeping to individuals Odin would approve of, disappearing from Asgard for some much-needed breathing room, partaking in activities that are beneath the royal crown, even wielding magic freely and defying standard gender norms are all extremely commonplace for Loki. They also barely scratch the surface of everything he’s willingly done and will do for himself.

As Loki grows older and realizes more and more that he is unable to hide who he truly is, unable to keep the parts of him that will be met with disapproval under wraps, he tries less and less to do so, until eventually, hiding doesn’t matter anymore. 

Loki may be the odd one out and he may have equally as hard of a time because of it, but Loki has willingly taken hold of the freedom that Thor has never experienced and has never been brave enough to take for himself.

Thor may tease Loki and he may poke fun at his brother’s expense for being odd, but no one can say that Thor doesn’t look at Loki with a sort of respect and longing that most seem to think Loki ought to have for Thor. Make no mistake, Loki loves his brother, but Loki does not want to be like Thor. If anything, Thor pines after the things Loki has so easily taken and accomplished just by refusing to be what people--what Odin--wants him to be. Thor doesn’t just respect Loki for that but is envious that Loki has managed it when he could never allow himself to have it.

I have never looked at Loki as chasing after Thor. In fact, I think quite the opposite. Thor is always chasing after Loki, always so ready to forgive Loki, always prepared tag along with and/or drag Loki along on adventures. He marvels at everything that Loki has accomplished, to the point that he even eventually admits that Loki would make a better king than he ever could because Loki understood what it meant, not just to be a good king, but to be authentically himself. 

Thor never had the opportunity to try, not truly, so why wouldn’t Thor crave a life like Loki’s? Chase after his brother and desire everything Loki is seemingly so unafraid to be?

Yes, Loki said he wanted to be Thor’s equal, but that did not mean he wanted to be Thor. He wanted the same love and respect that Thor seemingly received from their peers, from Asgard. He did not want to be Thor, nor did he truly want Thor’s responsibilities. Loki doesn’t want to be king, he doesn’t want to be the God of Thunder, he just wants to be loved and accepted for who he is without having to change himself. 

Wanting the same respect as Thor is not the same as wanting to be like Thor. 

Loki’s shortcomings come from not realizing sooner that part of the reason Thor had so much love and approval was that Thor was stifled to the point that he could not genuinely be himself or do things for himself.

But in all seriousness, it really is Thor that wants to be more like Loki. Loki knows exactly who he is and is not afraid to be. Thor’s never even had a chance to discover who he is, only who other people want him to be.

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While we’re on the topic of saltiness...

You know what else I’m tired of?

Sigyn.

Yep, you heard me.

Sigyn. 

At least, Tumblr’s mentality behind Sigyn. They paint her to be some all-important character who somehow has the ability to control and tame Loki while, at the same time, being Loki’s victim somehow. When, in reality, Sigyn actually isn’t even that important in terms of mythology.

Her entire character exists to serve another character. The only really important facts we know about her are that she’s Loki’s wife, she claims to have at least one child with Loki (yes, most people interpret more children, but the names of their sons are interchanged so frequently that it’s also easy to assume myth is talking about the same kid who honestly may or may not even be Loki’s child), she’s the Goddess of Fidelity, and she cared for Loki when he was bound and had venom forever dripping into his eyes.

That’s four important facts, three of which solely depend on her relationship with Loki.

Her entire existence revolves around Loki and I think it’s so funny that people jump onto her as this extremely important character when, in reality, Loki didn’t even actually like her all that much. 

Heck, she didn’t even like Loki until Loki pretended to be someone else, sooooo...

In myth, Loki doesn’t like her and on the best of days tolerates her.

In comics? Guess what, Loki still doesn’t like her and has often shown his disgust for her.

He’s bored by her, annoyed with her, disgusted by his union with her. Honestly, the list goes on and on and most of the things he has to say about her are not flattering and, at best, neutral.

And yet people act like they’re the end all, be all couple, that Sigyn goes through so much for Loki, and Loki doesn’t appreciate how much she loves him. Here’s the thing... does she even love him? Because being bound to him because of her vows and actually loving him are not the same thing. Yet, most of the time, she acts like Loki owes her everything. She’s offended by Loki’s other children and the possible relationships he’s had with other people--like Angrboda. 

Here’s a wild thought...

Loki doesn’t owe Sigyn anything. 

Anything that Sigyn believes she owes Loki is something she trusted on herself, not pushed onto her by Loki.

She is not some frail, broken thing that doesn’t have a voice and only does what her husband asks. She is not in a good, solid, or healthy relationship. At the same time, she is not in an abusive relationship either. Loki doesn’t force her to stay, doesn’t demand anything from her, doesn’t go out of his way to hurt her, and the real reason they’re likely still together is the expectation or convenience. 

The chances of her actually loving Loki are about as high as the chances of Loki actually loving her. She’s not a victim. She’s not owed anything. She doesn’t automatically demand respect. And, as controversial as it may be, she’s really not even that important in the grand scheme of things. 

A being that exists solely based on her relationship with another person is not an important being. Instead of glorifying Sigyn’s ties to Loki and constantly trying to inject Sigyn into Loki’s life, why not... I don’t know... actually develop her and help her stand on her own two feet? So she’s not some Loki-obsessed creature that exists for Loki and is actually her own person with her own relevance without the need to be tied to another person.

Hel, maybe Loki would actually like her if she was given some thorough development and didn’t constantly fall back on needing him to be important. 

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i. And if I do, then what? I love Thor more dearly than any of you, but you know what he is. He's arrogant, he's reckless, he's dangerous! You saw how he was today. Is that what Asgard needs from its King? ( Thor )

reason: This quote demonstrates that despite Loki’s obvious jealousy, he actually does have a point to make. Thor is reckless at this point in time. Thor doesn’t deserve the throne, else risk ruining everything. Loki sees things clearly in a way that no one ever gives him credit for. Loki understands what will happen if Thor takes up the throne and he understands despite selfishness or jealousy, what it means to actually be a ruler. 

Despite Loki’s descent into “madness”, before his fall, he does have the makings of a good king and good counsel, but no one has listened to him. No one would pay him enough mind to, so he had to do it for himself.

ii. Loki: So I am no more than another stolen relic, locked up here until you might have use of me? Odin: Why do you twist my words? Loki: You could have told me what I was from the beginning! Why didn't you? Odin: You're my son... I wanted only to protect you from the truth... Loki: What, because I... I... I am the monster parents tell their children about at night? Odin: [unwell]  No! No! Loki: You know, it all makes sense now, why you favored Thor all these years because no matter how much you claim to love me, you could never have a Frost Giant sitting on the throne of Asgard! ( Thor )

reason: Everyone loves to make the “oh, boo hoo, Loki’s adopted, he’s just a spoiled brat who has daddy issues” argument as to why Loki fell down the hole he fell. That couldn’t be further from the truth, in all actuality. Loki’s issue isn’t that he’s adopted. It isn’t even that he’d been lied to for so long. It’s that he’s coming face-to-face with the ideology that he is a member of a species that has been bastardized to the point that people are terrified of them, believe they are monsters.

His father and his mother lied to him, yes, but to the extent that they raised him to hate himself, to thoroughly believe that the very thing that he was is monstrous, disgusting, and wrong. 

Odin stole Loki from his home, raised him as something he is not, and keeps him pressed under his thumb until the moments where he was useful, always on a leash, never truly allowed to be freely himself without consequence and this? This is a revelation as to a logical reason for why Odin has been like that for the majority of his life. 

iii. I never wanted the throne, I only ever wanted to be your equal! ( Thor )

reason: People never take this line very seriously, but it’s actually one of the truest things Loki has ever said. Think about it? Loki’s the God of Mischief and Chaos. Being tied down to the never-ending responsibility of the throne--a prison sentence in and of itself--is not something Loki would actually enjoy, right? Of course not. 

But Loki has never been treated fairly by his people, never been held on the same level as his own brother, and even Thor is seen talking down to Loki, treating Loki as if he is beneath him. People get away with treating Loki--a prince--poorly because they see important figures get away with it, like Odin, because Loki does not conform to the norms of Asgard and therefore is “wrong” or someone worth shunning. Is it so hard to believe that he would want to be seen as Thor’s equal while being accepted for being Loki?

iv. I've looked forward to this day as long as you have. You're my brother and my friend. Sometimes I'm envious, but never doubt that I love you. ( Thor )

reason: Loki’s a big person to admit he’s envious, but there is a sort of genuine nature that comes along with his confession to loving his brother. This moment between them reads as lighthearted, but it is one of the loveliest and realist moments that Thor and Loki share as brothers. 

I also think, in a way, that Loki is trying to assure Thor that what’s about to happen is not meant to be malicious, it is only something he believes he has to do in order to show Asgard Thor is not prepared to be king. The good of all people comes above the good of the heir. One last moment of love before everything goes to shit.

v. Thor: I will tell Father you died with honor. Loki: I didn't do it for him. ( The Dark World )

reason: We see so many examples of Loki going above and beyond, of committing extreme deeds in hopes of winning Odin’s approval and being a worth Son of Odin, which he never actually achieves. In this statement, he finally acknowledges that he doesn’t need that. He didn’t fight alongside Thor for Odin. It was for Thor, it was for his mother, it was for Asgard, and above all else, it was for himself.

vi. Malekith! I am Loki of Jotunheim, and I have brought you a gift! I only ask for one thing in return; a good seat from which to watch Asgard burn! ( The Dark World )

reason: Up until this point, Loki cannot bring himself to admit that he’s from Jotunheim. It’s a truth that he even lies to himself about repeatedly, over and over again, because he can’t accept it, can’t wrap his mind around it, can’t digest it. Even in this scene, when trying to trick Malekith, he chose to be truthful about his origins, and accepting it aloud, admitting it to someone else, also helps Loki to solidify the truth in his own mind. This is really the first time we see him come to terms with the truth, even if somewhat forced.

vii. It's not that I don't love our little talks, it's just... I don't love them. && If I am for the axe, then, for mercy's sake, just... swing it! ( The Dark World )

reason: This is just showing how... 100% done with Odin Loki truly is. People don’t like to think of Odin as an abuser, that he was actually a decent father, but he wasn’t a good parent. Not to Thor and not to Loki. Odin is one of Loki’s abusers. Odin has hurt Loki in ways that no one can imagine and even in the face of being imprisoned forever, in knowing that he can use a perfectly legitimate excuse of “Thanos used the Mind Gem on me and forced me to do his bidding”, he didn’t try to defend himself. 

He knew Odin wouldn’t believe him, knew Odin would never acknowledge the parallels between what he was condemning Loki for and what he’d done himself, willing. 

Rather than fight with Odin, try to change his mind, run, anything--Loki’s just tired of Odin, tired of answering to him, tired of fighting him, tired of everything having to do with Odin. To the point where Odin would, perhaps, just be more merciful in ending everything rather than drag it out.

More than anything, he just doesn’t want to beg Odin for a gods damned thing unless it is a true end.

viii. Barton told me everything. Your ledger is dripping, it's GUSHING red, and you think saving a man no more virtuous than yourself will change anything? This is the basest sentimentality. This is a child at prayer... PATHETIC! You lie and kill in the service of liars and killers. You pretend to be separate, to have your own code. Something that makes up for the horrors. But they are a part of you, and they will never go away! ( The Avengers )

reason: This is plain old self-reflection. Loki’s talking to Natasha and yes, he’s describing her, but he’s also absolutely describing himself and the situation he’s stuck in, the situation he’s been stuck in under multiple people. First Odin and then Thanos, both people who used and abused Loki in different ways, both people who manipulated or forced him to do things that he did not want to do, both people who helped stain Loki’s own hands.

This child’s prayer, as he calls it, is his own prayer, his own desperate cry for help and reflection. 

ix. Thor: This place is perfect for you. It's savage, chaotic, lawless. Brother, you're going to do GREAT here. Loki: Do you truly think so little of me? Thor: Loki, I thought the world of you. I thought we were going to fight side-by-side forever, but at the end of the day you're you and I'm me and... oh, maybe there's still good in you but... let's be honest, our paths diverged a long time ago. Loki: Yeah... it's probably for the best that we'll never see each other again. ( Ragnarök )

reason: Loki likes to act like he does not care about Thor and that the opinions of others don’t matter, but this highlights how much Loki actually does care. He’s afraid of being what everyone expects of him but he doesn’t exactly know how not to be, because everyone assumes the worst of him no matter what he does. He desperately wants approval from others, desperately wants them to see his best qualities, but he’s constantly faced with scenarios where people do not. And it hurts him more than he could ever admit.

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NAME: Loki THEIR PROFESSION: This is extremely verse dependent, but for most verses, Loki occupies the title of God of Mischief, Chaos, Lies, Fire, and many other titles. He is also a prince and/or king of Asgard and carries a lot of weight in responsibilities both as a deity and as a royal. WHERE THEY CAN BE FOUND: Literally anywhere in Yggdrasil where he can hide from Asgard for a while, to be honest.  FAVORITE FOOD TYPE: Sweets. Cheesecake is one of his favorites, but pretty much any sweets will do. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: In terms of human or Midgardian beverages, Loki enjoys scotch, not because of the effects that it has on him (Midgardian alcohol tends not to have any impact on Loki whatsoever), but because of the taste. Overall, he’d probably prefer the rich, fine wines of Asgard or, on a really rough day, Aesir Mead. FAVORITE TRAIT:  In others? Open-mindedness. There are many traits about Loki and the life that he’s lived that are extremely bizarre and even difficult to digest. Everything from his title as a God, his position as an Asgardian royal, his tendency not to stick to a single gender or the roles that come with it, his children, his magic, his history that paints him both as a hero and a villain... There’s a lot to take in and sift through and to be open, accepting, and loving of all of that is an extremely important trait to Loki.  WHERE THEY WOULD GO ON A DATE:  Anywhere that’s truly stimulating, honestly. A museum, a good dinner with engaging conversation, a play or a musical, a walk through the forest, exploration of new places, archeological dig sites... Listen, just about anything can be an ideal date location for Loki if you try hard enough.  IDEAL GIFT:  Loki is, arguably, a hard person to shop for. What can you give a God who can more or less have whatever he wants just by willing it into existence? Money means nothing to Loki. Expensive luxury items are just as meaningless. When it comes to an ideal gift for Loki, it really needs to be something personal, something that the other person made, thought about in depth, or otherwise went out of their way to acquire specifically for Loki. A rare text of some sort, an artifact, a homemade trinket, a tiny bauble that was picked up purely because the person knows Loki well enough to know that no matter how small, he’ll love having it. It’s not about what the gift is, per se, it’s about the sentiment and the reasoning behind it.  WHEN WILL THEY DRINK ALCOHOL:  Whenever he feels like it? Usually in social settings, like parties, a gathering of friends, or dates, but Loki has been known to enjoy his fair share of wine in the privacy of his own bedroom. He drinks when it fancies him, but he drinks for the enjoyment of it and very rarely actually suffers true intoxication. HOW MANY DATES UNTIL THEY GO TO BED:  That truly depends on the scenario and the person. Sometimes, Loki will be quick to fall into bed with another person, especially if his only interest in said person is sexual. Other times, it will take a lot longer for him to open up to the idea of having sex with another person.