#and yes mobius you were the princess

[softiedingo]

Can we talk about what could've been one of the best moments of this series? Look at this scene, a dark corridor and Loki appears walking like a big boss, unbuttoning his tux with one hand in the sexiest and most elegant way possible, ready to go save Mobius like a knight in shining armor and they missed the chance to have made it Mobius said something like: "wow it's almost like I'm a princess being rescued". Because Mobius likes to make jokes when the situation is very tense, he's that guy who always tries to lighten the mood, proof of this is how he made a knock-knock joke during the interrogation with Brad. That would've been so amazing. And now that I've realized that, I can't help but feel like I've been robbed.

[thankskenpenders]

There’s been some discussions on Twitter recently about if Blaze’s dimension is worth keeping around and expanding on or if it should be ignored/merged with Sonic’s world thanks to a Bumblekast clip. What are your thoughts on Blaze’s dimension as a story-telling hurdle/ alternate setting? I personally feel like it wouldn’t make a difference if Blaze was a princess from another dimension or a princess from the other side of the world, it would just be easier for her to show up if she wasn’t from another dimension, but I also think it’s be neat to expand on Blaze’s world as a parallel to Sonic’s.

I think there's a whole cottage industry of Sonic fans who just like to take things Ian says out of context so they can rile people up on Twitter, and the fandom falls for it every time, and it's extremely tiring

But also I think Ian is right

This isn't something I've really shared, but I actually have a document where I've kept ideas for what I would do with a hypothetical modern reboot of Archie Sonic where I'm allowed to start from scratch and change anything I want. (I might share some of this someday, perhaps with some character designs, but for now it's just a thing for me. It's not like I'm gonna do a comic or anything.) For Blaze, I immediately decided that all of the elements from the Sol Dimension should be merged with the regular Mobius. I would just say that Sonic and friends have all their adventures on one hemisphere of the planet, and Blaze is from the other. I mean, the Sol Dimension already has a heavy Australia/Oceania vibe. It'd be really easy. This way, there would still be some level of separation, and Blaze would still have her own territory where she gets to be the main hero, but it'd be WAY easier to actually use those elements. Characters can just show up on whatever part of the planet they need to be on for any given story

For some reason people seem to think that Blaze being from a separate dimension isn't a storytelling hurdle at all, and I really don't know what franchise they're following, because it sure as hell isn't the version of Sonic I know. Yes, in theory it could be as simple as just using a warp ring to hop over to the Sol Dimension whenever. There are ways to write around it. I'd love to see that happen so that we could flesh out Blaze's world some more. Give Blaze some more allies and villains of her own! Give her more to do over there, and more reasons for Sonic and co. to visit! But clearly Sega isn't down with that, considering the Sol Dimension has only ever been in one game and, what, two issues of the IDW comics for maybe ten pages total? Sega's just sitting on it, and it's impossible not to see the fact that it's a whole separate dimension as the reason.

Even if we were getting more stories about traveling to and from the Sol Dimension, it'd still be a hassle. You want to use the Chaotix in a story in the Sol Dimension? Wanna use Marine or Johnny or whoever in a story set on the main world? Well, you'd better think up an airtight excuse for why those characters are traveling between the dimensions and pray that Sega approves of it. And right now that seems to be one hell of an obstacle, given how little we see of the Sol Dimension even though I know damn well Ian and Evan would love to explore it more. It's gotten to the point that Blaze is now on an endless "vacation" on Sonic's Earth so that they can actually use her in stories. People have been acting like merging the worlds would completely take away everything that makes Blaze special as a character, when it would just make all of her personal story stuff infinitely easier to work with than it is right now.

"Oh but what about the Sol Emeralds?" There's no reason the Sol Emeralds couldn't exist on the same planet as the Chaos Emeralds. We've already got other magic rocks like the Time Stones, the Phantom Ruby, and the Warp Topaz. "But what about Eggman Nega?" I could not give less of a shit about what happens to Eggman Nega and Sega doesn't even use him anymore, but also he's already supposed to be from Silver's future, not the Sol Dimension. "But what about the plot of Sonic Rush where the whole point was that they had to stop the worlds from being merged because they thought it was a bad thing?" Yes, because Sonic has always been a series that treated canon as sacred an immutable, and Sega would never do something that contradicted a game from almost 20 years ago

Anyway, all of this is a moot point. It's not like this is going to happen. Ian just brought up the possibility on the BumbleKast as an "if I could change literally anything" type deal. Sega is not going to do this. He is allowed to have his own opinions on Sonic things without fans having to take it personally and scream and cry about it. You don't have to agree with him on everything. I've certainly had points I disagree with him on! It's fine! That's normal! He's only human. Yes, Ian is on the Lore Team, but he's just one voice in the room. He's not even the boss of that team. If Ian could get whatever he wanted, we'd have seen the Freedom Fighters and Sticks by now

[loki-is-my-kink-awakening]

WIP Wednesday

Lokius. Another snippet from my @lokiusbang fic. Suggestive. Fem Loki.

The candles along the wall were lit, making shadows move across the room. The giant bed was covered in green sheets and Loki stepped around in front of Mobius and then pulled him by the tie and walked backwards to it. “I have always wanted to do this,” she said. “I remember that gleam in your eye from the first time you touched my tie.” She snorted. “Yes, well, turns out I can be entirely predictable.” “To a Loki expert.” “Hmmm, good point. Talking of which, you have watched all my films intimately, have you not?” Mobius sucked in a breath. He had seen everything that had happened in Loki’s life, before he had been captured and after if he had continued living according to the life He Who Remains had dictated for him. Most of the time, Loki took a male form when doing most anything, but especially during sex, with one singular exception when sleeping with Sif. But this time would be different. She tilted her head, eyes narrowed, waiting on his answer, and Mobius choked out, “I, um.” “I take that as a yes,” Loki said, her knees hitting the bed. She sat down, raising her head to look up at him and bringing her hands up to open his belt. Mobius chased her hands away. “Is that how to treat a princess?” he asked.

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[darkchaogarden-blog]

Vanilla: My food bill has gone through the roof. What on Mobius could I have possibly spent on...

Sonic: Hey Vanilla, what's for dinner?

Tails: S-sorry, Mrs. Rabbit, I couldn't stop him...

Knuckles: Who leaves in the middle of a sparring match because they're hungry? Sonic, have you no shame? *stomach growls*

Amy: You're one to talk...hi Vanilla, I hope you don't mind...and what's your excuse?

Espio: Uh, is a meal truly a meal if it is not among friends...oh, who am I kidding? We're short on cash and had to sell our fridge for rent money, so...

Charmy: I want spaghetti! No, wait, a cheeseburger! No no no!! A chocolate cake!! No, I got it, how about--

Vector: I'll eat anything as long as Vanilla makes it! <3

Blaze: G-greetings, Mrs. Rabbit. I was, uh, on a diplomacy visit with your government and thought I would stop by to see that you and Cream were well...r-right, Silver?

Silver: Uh, yes, that's what we agreed on was reason. Right, Marine?

Marine: Yup, that's totally the reason and not because the princess almost burned the castle down trying to cook dinner again...

Vanilla: *looks at them and is about to say something but then looks at Cream sitting quietly while grinning ear to ear at the sight of her friends at one dining room table*

Vanilla: *Sigh* now I remember...alright, everyone go wash their hands while I set up the plates...

[yummygender]

Beyond the timelines 12: Calling Out

(TW: comic book and series spoilers, Sylvie being a bitch, attempted assault and Lokius.)

Sylvie, Mobius and Loki return to the void.

Sylvie followed Loki and Mobius back to the Void as Old King Loki smirked.

“Ah…you lead the mouse straight to the cat…hello, little mouse.”

The other variants kept quiet as Sylvie glared.

“Who are you calling a mouse? I’ll have you know that I have hidden and ran from the TVA since I was a CHILD!”

The royal variant hummed softly as they stared at Sylvie with little to no intent on hearing Sylvie’s tale.

“Sounds rough…almost as rough as getting your mouth sewn shut.”

“Or getting venom slowly dripped on your skin...” OG commented.

“Or getting sent straight to the void after accidentally…hurting…your sibling…” Kid Loki cautiously added.

Sylvie’s face scrunched up as her entitlement grew.

“Were you attacked for being yourself?”

The entire group of Loki variants in the proximity of Sylvie all shouted out a resounding ‘yes’ as all her tactics began to topple down.

“I can’t even BEGIN to count the amount of times Odin got after me for casting spells on Thor.” Iokl stated.

“We all felt that. We’re all Lokis after all…” Boastful chimed in.

Loki kept quiet as he avoided looking Sylvie in the eye before she spun to face him. Her finger accusingly pointed towards Loki themself as she shrieked.

“You! You set me up!! You weren’t going to help me!!!”

Sylvie’s shouting continued as she marched towards Loki before Iokl grabbed her wrist, making her screech once more.

“HOW DARE YOU TOUCH ME?!! LET GO OF ME RIGHT NOW!!!”

She squirmed, hit, kicked, punched, spat, bit and even slapped Iokl as they took every blow with no emotion.

“ENOUGH!!”

Iokl’s shout silenced the crowd as well as Sylvie as they glared at her with anger.

“How dare you try to assault a fellow variant and cry out victim? How. Dare. You.”

She opened her mouth to speak up before Iokl shut down any attempt to defend herself.

“I don’t care if you’re some princess! I don’t care about your past! I. Don’t. Care. What I care about is your attempt to attack Loki after they tried to HELP YOU!!!”

“Help me?! HELP ME?!! I just want a normal life!!”

“AT THEIR EXPENSE?!”

The area fell silent once more as Sylvie began to stutter.

“M-m…maybe…”

Iokl clutched their fist before aggressively throwing Sylvie’s hand down.

“MY mother taught me to never attack a woman…even if they’re being a rotten, spoiled brat.”

And with that, Iokl left as many variants instantly dragged Sylvie into the palace, leaving Loki and Mobius alone as he gently rubbed Loki’s arms.

“Are you ok?”

“…I thought she was going to…”

They began to tear up as Mobius pulled them closer.

“I know…I know…”

Loki broke down and cried as they leaned into his arms.

“Loki…I’m sorry I didn’t see it sooner…”

They kept silently crying as the agent held them. The two continued to hold each other as Mobius gently rubbed their back.

“I missed you, Mobius…”

“Oh Loki…”

Mobius glanced up at the beautiful green sky. The stars and different galaxies twinkled in the sky as the colors began to fade and match Loki’s green comfy robes while the god rested against the agent, the warm air flowing through their hair as the two stayed there holding each other. Warm green skies, soft green grass and twinkling lights. It was so peaceful and Loki was once again at ease…

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…for now.

[rustedhills]

just finished rewatching Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. god what a good movie

if I were feeling cynical I could say "Nausicaa is a two-hour fantasy epic about the specialest destiny princess who ever was" but like. i think that's a fun and good quality. sometimes you just want a campbellian [yes i dont like him either but whatever] hero-archetype with a cool air glider and ridiculously noble morals. Just to be clear I like this character a lot (in moderation).

imo the english dub is also fantastic

AND it's really interesting as a (pre-) Ghibli film because you can so clearly see '80s anime style leaching in at the corners. Nausicaa has that spunky anime girl bob, all the swords and machines are super 'otaku run wild with a fantasy novel', mobius is there,

AND ALSO I think that Nausicaa is one of the best examples of the core of Miyazaki's work and how people misinterpret it--especially in 'Ghibli films = comfort, pretty scenery, and nice food'. Like, yes to all of those things in Nausicaa, but also 'young idealists being put through the wringer, most often by imperial warmongering, and having to develop a sense of determination and self to survive'. Ashitaka, Nausicaa, Jiro (as Miyazaki-analogue), Mahito, etc. all have to survive some pretty terrifying stuff, not to mention war-less movies like Spirited Away or Castle in the Sky (kinda).

The comfort of good food, companionship, and nice scenery then becomes a mechanism of survival and community-building within hardship [even in, like, Nausicaa sharing her rations with Asbel], which imo is a much more valuable and emotionally impactful takeaway than 'ghibli food yummy'.

Well, that was a tangent. Anyways,

Watch Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Now

[fancoloredglasses]

The two 90s Sonic the Hedgehog series (like that wouldn’t be confusing)

[All images are owned by Sega and DIC animation. Please don’t sue or Roboticize me]

(Thanks to TheNawaf258)

One cannot understate the importance of the spiny mammal with the freakish blue spines and even more freakish speed that bust onto the scene when Sega introduced the Genesis in the early 90s. Before Sonic, a certain company whose mascot was a certain plumber ruled the home video game market. Now we had a contest!

In fact, Sonic’s popularity was so huge that in 1993 not one, but two animated series were created by DIC Animation! The first, The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, made the weekday syndicated circuit.

(Thanks to Choones The Train Driver)

The series follows Sonic (voiced by Jaleel White, who played Steve Urkel in Family Matters) and his best friend (introduced in the second Sonic game) Miles Prower (a play on “Miles per Hour”) AKA “Tails” (so nicknamed due to the fact that he has 2 tails that he can spin like a propeller, enabling him to fly) as they defend the planet Mobius from...

Dr. Robotnik and his primary cybernetic cohorts...

...Grounder (left) and Scratch.

The plots (and gags) are straight out of Looney Toons. The bad guys are complete idiots who are easily thwarted by Sonic and Tails.

This series was definitely designed with the under-10 crowd in mind. As I was easily double that in ‘93, I wasn’t overly impressed with the series. However, if you would like to watch the series, it’s available on Netflix.

If I was less than thrilled at Sonic’s impression of Bugs Bunny, what DIC produced for the Saturday morning crowd was the exact opposite!

(Thanks to 90sCartoonIntros)

Sonic the Hedgehog sets a vastly different tone than Adventures does, making it in my opinion vastly superior to its weekday version.

Jaleel White again voices Sonic (just to add to the confusion), but this time he’s one of the inner circle of a group of freedom fighting animals attempting to free Mobius from...

...Dr. Ivo Robotnik (voiced by Jim Cummings, whose voice credits are too numerous to list but is the voice of Winnie the Pooh (and Tigger too!) since the late 90s), who has transformed most of the world’s inhabitants into cyborgs enslaved to him. Alongside his robotic army, Robotnik has transformed Mobius into a dystopian hellscape. Unlike the weekday kiddie fare in which Robotnik was trying to take over Mobius, he has actually succeeded and is the evil overlord of the world! Yes, this version of Robotnik is actually menacing, as opposed to a fat, bald Yosemite Sam in the weekday version.

Assisting Sonic in his fight are...

Princess Sally Acorn (voiced by Kath Soucie, who voiced Phil and Lil in Rugrats), the leader of the Resistance and the closest thing to a love interest Saturday Morning fare could show.

Antoine Depardieu (voiced by Rob Paulsen, who voiced Yakko Warner in Animaniacs and Raphael in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series), the incompetent comic relief who speaks in a stereotypically bad French accent and more than a little jealous of the attention Sonic gets from Sally.

Bunnie Rabbot (voiced by Christine Cavanaugh, whose many voice credits include Dexter in Dexter’s Laboratory and Chuckie in Rugrats), who is full of Southern charm and sass. She also had a run-in with Robotnik somewhere in her past, which resulted in her getting bionic legs and a bionic arm.

And of course you can’t have Sonic without Tails (voiced by Bradley Pierce, who voiced Chip in the animated Beauty and the Beast and played Peter in Jumanji) since they shared a video game together.

There is a definite edge, a sense of danger, and a small bit of body horror (when you consider there are living beings trapped within some of those robotic shells) to the series. If it was made with an older audience in mind, things could’ve been taken a bit farther, but it was the early 90s and Gargoyles and X-Men were still a few years away (and Batman: the Animated Series was still a new concept)

If you would like to watch an episode, it’s available on Roku.

As always, if you would like to see a particular episode reviewed, let me know!

[numberonepeacock]

Cure Team’s Origin Story

So I wanted to clarify what I said about the Empress making the Cure stuff so this post talks about what happens behind the curtains as well as a few other things.

I am also using the BCE (Before Common Era) and BC (Common Era) because A, I am not using any kind of Religious thing in here and B, using it is easier. When I use dates and stuff it’s not from the certain year (2023) it’s from the year the Cure’s were activated; Pretty Cure Max Heart - 2004, Pretty Cure Splash Star - 2006, Yes! Pretty Cure 5 - 2008, Fresh Pretty Cure! - 2009, Heartcatch Pretty Cure! - 2010, Suite Pretty Cure♪ - 2011, Smile Pretty Cure! - 2012, Doki Doki! Pretty Cure - 2013, Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! - 2014, Go! Princess Pretty Cure - 2015, Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! - 2016, KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode - 2017, HUGtto! Pretty Cure - 2018, Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure - 2019, Healin' Good♥Pretty Cure - 2020, Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure - 2021, Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure - 2022.

Also, all of the dates (the years) chosen in the stories have meaning behind why I chose them. A lot of math and thought went into it; took me all of summer of 2023 to come up with said timeline plus stories.

Here is my story/AU, there are two different kinds of Mobians, the normal breed of Mobians and Mythical Mobians, that live in two different kinds of worlds, Mobius/No Magic World and the Magic World (read the Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure section).

Also please read this before you start reading these: Cure Chaos, Flickies, and Spirits

Pretty Cure Max Heart 🖤🤍💛

Pretty Cure Splash Star 🌸🕊️🎐🌕

Yes! Pretty Cure 5 🦋🌹

Fresh Pretty Cure! 🍎🪩♠️

Heartcatch Pretty Cure! 💐

Suite Pretty Cure♪ 🎶🎹

Smile Pretty Cure! 🧚🏼‍♀️😊

Doki Doki! Pretty Cure ♥️♦️♠️♣️

Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! 🪞👗❤️

Go! Princess Pretty Cure 👸👑

Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! 🧹💎

KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode 👩‍🍳🎂

HUGtto! Pretty Cure 👩🏼‍🍼👶🏼🐹

Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure 💫🔭

Healin' Good♥Pretty Cure 🌿🐶

Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure 🌊🌴💄

Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure 🍀🐱

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Masterpost of AU: Jewel Sonicure AU Masterpost

[citizensofeggtonarchived]

"Regardless, the guards should have only acted on my words and only if you were a hostile threat." Vix couldn't fully put the blame on the guards as her stepmother gave the other, though they should've thought to contact her before showing up. "In my eyes everyone has an importance, sometimes they just need help finding it or staying on their path if need be." The fennec often found herself saying that to anyone who second guess's their worth, at least most of the time. The High Queen was a bit curious about just who Tangle was fighting in her world, though questions for later.

Vix took notice to how Tangle looked around, the excitement obvious on her face. It was always refreshing for the fennec to see someone express such excitement to something new. "Yes it is a castle, though if we become under siege there are proper magical spells to fortify it making it more or less a base to which one could run military operations." The High Queen had yet to see it in action for the most part this was a time of peace so there wasn't much need for it, though better have it and not need it as the saying goes. "Though we are currently in the west wing of the castle where most of the training takes place along with those being set to stations all over Flora via the portal system." It was the easily manner to travel the country.

"Oh, your world is actually one of the first I heard about and from Princess Sally herself. If I recall Kit says she should be close to having a stable portal to Mobius soon in which we will send a handful of men to see how we may help deal with the threat known as Eggman." Vix was surprised to meet someone from Mobius with how close her younger sister was to opening a portal to there. "You know, I have been seeking an ambassador between here and Mobius. Perhaps once you learn more about Flora and our ways you'd be willing to take up the job." The fennec couldn't think of someone better than one who could experience the world their from and another world.

"Of course I don't expect an answer right now seeing as you haven't even been in our world too long so let us focus on the tour." Vix didn't want to overwhelm Tangle thinking she had to answer right now so would keep the focus on showing her around the castle. A minute or two of walking they would reach a hallway with large windows all the way down. Should the lemur look outside she'd see various different guards training with a rather large looking ape seeming to be the one giving orders. "This is where most of the new recruits train and practice their magic. Normally my other sister Twee is in charge of training them, though I have her looking into another matter so my bodyguard Kong is filling in."

It wouldn't have been her first run in with authority figures if she were being honest. She had her dealings with Police when she was a kid being the little trouble maker she was. Nothing serious of course, and in a way wasn't all those egg force bots just eggys idea of cops? well she wouldn't let herself be taken by force for a variety of reasons. But as long as Queenie was being hospitable she saw no reason to refuse her offer! actually it would probably have been rude to do so. She knew the ring would activate its return routine once it recharged or thats how it was suppose to work. So she just had to bide her time and make nice till then.

" Aww yer all just tryin' to keep yer home safe. Like i said i get that, i do the same back home. Fightin' to keep everyone safe and protected is kind of my job. An just Tangle is fine! no need ta be formal! i'm nobody real special ya know? "

She hesitated a moment outside the portal, more because she didn't know what waited her on the other side. But with a deep breath she pushed her way through the field and made her way after the Queen, before taking a moment to examine her surroundings. She spun around to get a real look at things---was this a real castle? that was so cool! her excitement was clear as day--- but she quickly spun back around to face Vix! doing her best to stay calm and not have an excited lemur moment!

She followed Vix close behind her eyes trailing to all the machines, and dohickys she had not a clue about! But she was super excited! This place seemed interesting! even if it wasn't Avalice it was still an adventure on another world wasn't it?

" Oh! a Tour? that sounds great! This place is pretty wild compared to the dinky town i grew up in! is this a castle? or uhh some kind of military base? "

" Oh uhh Home... Yea we call it Mobius... my home that is. Not sure what you'd wanna know. I guess its pretty average planet, blue sky, green grass, forests and mountains and trees. Big oceans and such... We mobians are all pretty different but... peace loving mostly. "

She sighed

" Its a great place if you ignore the giant killer robots... and the egg shaped jerk who makes them. "

[lady-rose-moon]

Little Variant

A/N: okay tbf this was mostly written at 4-5am so I know it's shit but it was a really cute idea in my head and I want you to enjoy it. It's a bit slow paced and I don't really feel like there's much to this even with it being 2.7k? Tell me what you think

Summary: while trying to find the Variant, Loki searches for someone who knows Loki's as well as him.

Warning: shitty writing

Part One ¬ Part Two ¬ Part 3

For the first time since arriving at the TVA, Loki was allowed to sit in on a trial. According to Mobius, there was a variant that was just arrested that would also be valuable to have searching for the missing Loki variant. Mobius didn’t tell the God of Mischief what variant would be needed, just that he trusted Loki to know which one he needed on his own. His unique Loki perspective, after all. 

Boredly, Loki sat in a pew in the courtroom, watching Renslayer go through variant after variant. Some were sobbing, some were neutral, some were terrified and some found it all an amusing prank before they were reset or pruned for their offences. A fair few times, Loki had to watch variants of himself stride between the pews led by three hunters. Some looked exactly like him, one was even a child who was screaming ‘I want my mother! This is an act of treason!’, one was a variant of himself that was from his moments before he became King. That variant had corrected Renslayer when she called him ‘Laufeyson’.

“I beg your pardon, ma’am,” the Loki replied with a gentle smile, one burned into his every move, “but I am Loki Odinson. I am a Prince of Asgard.”

Renslayer sighed and looked at him over the files, “no, you are Loki Laufeyson. Sorry to break it to you, sir, but you were lied to.”

The variant’s face crumbled and tears brimmed in his eyes and in that moment, Loki hated Renslayer.

The woman had reset the variant moments after. The variant shook his head and pleaded, looking out into the pews and finding himself, stretching out a hand and sobbing out a desperate ‘help me!’ before he shimmered away. 

Now, though, the day was ending and Loki’s intuition gave no signal for someone who could help Mobius and him on their search for the variant.

“Next case, please!” Renslayer called, not looking up from the next case’s file. Once the door opened and another child walked through, her face calm and unafraid but her hands slightly trembling, Renslayer began, “Lokidottir. Variant H9283. AKA Haven Lokidottir. They are charged with sequence violation 23-21-47.”

Loki’s heart stopped in his chest as he stared at the girl, his mind whirring into overdrive as he tried to think about any time he saw a child in his files but there wasn’t a peep. How did she exist?

“How do you plead?” Renslayer asked, looking at the child over the files.

“Madam, a Goddess doesn’t plead,” Haven spoke up, her chin held high as she knew to respect authority figures but also reinforce her place as Princess, “look, this has been quite intriguing to my inquisitive mind but I would like to go back to my mother and father now.”

“Are you guilty or not guilty, miss?” Renslayer asked, her tone laced with irritation because how could she possibly have thought this child would be any different to her annoyance of a father?”

Haven drew in a breath before raising a brow and smirking, “Guilty of being the Goddess of Dreams, yes. Guilty of finding this all incredibly tedious, yes. Guilty of a crime against ‘the Sacred Timeline’? Absolutely not, you have the wrong person.”

Renslayer caught Loki’s eyes and the God of Mischief smirked at her and tilted his head mockingly as if to say to her ‘ring any bells?’. 

“Oh really then who should we have instead?” Renslayer asked rhetorically, wanting all of this to be over already. She wanted to prune this girl in front of her father, watch his smug face crumble with anguish at her death. 

“I suspect my father,” Haven replied smartly, her smirk never leaving her soft lips as she shrugged, “breaking the timeline sounds to be something that he would do rather than me!”

Ravonna bristled and pursed her lips before sighing and banging her gavel, “the court finds you guilty and orders you to be reset.”

Panic fills Haven’s eyes as she backs away from the Judge, shaking her head and her mask wilting. “Reset? What does that mean?” she asked quickly, staring up at Renslayer, “what does that mean?! Hey, get off me!”

Hunters were grabbing her arms but Loki waited patiently for his time to strike, hating the fear in her voice. “You ridiculous bureaucrats will not dictate how my story ends!!” Haven snarled, reflecting her father even more as she was being pulled away.

“It’s not your story, miss Lokidottir, it never was,” Renslayer replied boredly, her eyes flicking over to Loki and she tensed when he looked bored at what was happening.

“You have no idea what I’m capable of!” Haven snarled and Loki smirked, deciding that this was the time to strike, just like Mobius did. 

“I think I might,” he voiced politely, standing from his pew and keeping eye contact with Ravonna, a charming smile playing on his lips. “I think I might have an idea of what she’s capable of.”

Ravonna glared at Loki before relenting and gesturing in a ‘come hither’ motion, “approach the bench.”

With a proud smirk, Loki sauntered over to the bench and looked up at the Judge. “Mmm just like old times, don’t you think?” Loki smirked, watching Ravonna’s eye twitch, “like father like daughter, hmm?”

Sighing, Ravonna glared at Loki and then looked over at Haven, who was staring at her father in disbelief. “If this goes south, I will not hesitate to prune you and your daughter, even barter with the TimeKeepers to rid you from the timeline forever,” the judge hissed. 

Chuckling, Loki shrugged and shook his head, “you do that, ma’am, leave Midgard defenceless because I don’t bring the Avengers together.”

Turning to the Hunters, he glared at them before they let go of his daughter and she rushed into his arms. Sighing a breath of relief, Haven nuzzled into his dress shirt and allowed herself to finally relax. Loki smiled down at his child and guided her out of the courtroom, removing the TemPad that Mobius had trusted him to have from his pocket and making a TimeDoor appear. 

“Follow me,” Loki whispered gently, stepping through the door with his daughter into an abandoned part of Midgard where no one could witness them so there would be no Nexus Event. “Change out of that infernal onesie,” Loki cringed, watching as Haven grinned, golden seiðr flowing around her before she was dressed in one of her favourite dresses with a blue cloak wrapping around her shoulders.

Loki followed her lead and changed the business attire he was wearing to a solid black tie, emerald green shirt, black slacks and his horns were adorned on his forehead but modified to the ones he saw in Ragnarok. They disappeared through another TimeDoor back into the TVA and Haven frowned at the immediate loss of seiðr.

“You get used to it,” Loki whispered softly before beginning to walk to the archives to meet Mobius. 

Loki had all the time to think as they took the endless journey to the archives. He pondered over who he could possibly have a child with. He already had Sleipnir and had him stolen weeks after his birth. There had been Sigyn but she went off to battle with Thor and the warriors three with Sif and never came back. Then there was Y/N. You were special to him but you were banished before he could ask to court you. 

When Loki was sure they were halfway to the archives, he felt a small hand slip into his and he dropped his gaze to his daughter and frowned when he saw her lip trembling and her eyes holding back fat tears. With a breaking heart, Loki knelt before the girl and held her forearms gently before reaching one hand up to cup her cheek, “hey, it’s okay… you’re not alone anymore, Haven.”

The small girl bowed her head and sobs wracked through her tiny body as she made whining noises and clung to Loki’s clothes desperately. “I want my mummy!” Haven cried, her tears causing Loki’s shirt to become damp but the God hardly cared as he tried to comfort his daughter, “I wanna go home, daddy!”

“I do too…” Loki whispered, holding Haven’s head to his neck and picking her up seamlessly, “when all of this is over, we can get you back.”

Haven sniffled and shook her head, her arms wrapping tiredly around Loki’s neck as she calmed down while listening to his calming heartbeat. “Those guys in armour said my timeline is dead… am I dead…?” She whispered softly and Loki rubbed her back gently as he walked towards the archives.

“No, you’re not dead, sweetheart,” Loki whispered in her ear, “you’re a variant like me… variants have no place on the ‘Sacred Timeline’. But remember that you’re not alone here, I am here with you and I will never leave your side.”

Haven clung to her father as he continued his journey to the archives. She didn’t know why she was taken from her home but she still had her daddy holding her close like he used to. 

Arriving at the archives, Loki instantly began walking through the many rows before finding the table that Mobius had claimed was theirs. Said man was already there, nose deep in a file and sipping a nice can of Josta. Loki’s long legs strode over to the man and he gently pulled out a chair, slipping into it while keeping Haven secure in his arms.

“You found what we needed then, Loki?” Mobius spoke up, looking over the file at the God whispering sweet nothings to the child and his heart softened. Timeline Loki was never supposed to be a father, the TimeKeepers had written that Odin banished the two people who were contenders to give Loki that life. Still, variants found them and lives were cut short to preserve the Timeline. 

“She’s just a child,” Loki growled with no real venom, his strong arms cocooning his daughter to his chest as he shushed her when she whimpered, “what could a child have done to offend the TVA so badly?”

Mobius put down his file and sighed as he looked at the small child in Loki’s arms. She was young, afraid and clingy. He had never once considered how cruel it was to rip a child away from their mother if they had broken the Timeline. Looking at it now, Mobius realised how horrible it looked and guilt crept into his soul. “Yea, she’s just a kid… poor gal,” the Agent whispered sadly, watching Haven pull her head away to look at Mobius.

“Hello…” the Princess whispered shyly, her eyes meeting Mobius’s and the Agent knew he was hooked on the girl in that moment. He would do anything to protect her. 

~~~~~~~~

Loki wasn’t sure how long after it was when a squad of Hunters, himself, Haven and Mobius headed into Roxxcart. “Alright,” Mobius began, glaring at Loki and Haven as they shook themselves dry with magic, “we’ll find the variant sooner if we split up. Loki, Haven, you two come with me and-”

“No,” the Hunter spoke up who took Loki from his timeline. Loki sighed and rubbed Haven’s back gently as she whimpered at the claps of thunder outside. “The girl variant will go with you, Mobius, but L1130 is coming with me.”

Haven began to tremble and cry as the Hunter began to walk away, demanding that Loki follow. Sighing, Loki dropped to one knee and pressed a gentle kiss to Haven’s forehead and smiled at her, “be strong, okay? Go with Mobius and daddy will see you later, yeah? We can even sneak some snacks before we have to go back!”

Haven sniffled and launched herself into Loki’s arms, kissing his cheek and clinging to his leathers, “I’ll miss you, daddy!”

“I’ll miss you too,” Loki whispered before separating and following the Hunter. 

~~~~~~~~~~

“Something’s wrong,” Haven whispered, following Mobius as they walked through aisle after aisle trying to find her father. The seiðr gathering in the air was evidence enough that something was going on. “Sorry, Mobius!” Haven shouted before disappearing in a cloud of gold.

Haven reappeared in a different part of Roxxcart. The lights flickered off and then came back on. Haven followed the trail of seiðr, knowing that there was more than her father’s signature and her own, hoping that they had finally caught their variant and could escape. 

When she got to the scene, she hid behind shelving as she saw her father on the floor, clearly out of it. Taking a deep breath, Haven reached out her seiðr to the other signature she could feel and violently latched onto it, using her gift as the Goddess of Dreams to delve into the Loki’s mind. 

Haven’s eyes opened to reveal her sitting on the steps of Loki’s bedroom beside a little girl who looked exactly like she did. Haven watched the girl happily play with her dolls, imagining the Valkyrie saving Asgard before a TimeDoor appeared behind her and she was dragged off. 

The scene changed to the girl, slightly older and alone, walking across a barren wasteland and clawing at her cloak to try and keep warm. Walking into an abandoned home, the girl walked over to a mirror and glared at her reflection, grabbing a shard of glass and slashing at her hair, satisfied when the long hair fell to the floor. 

Before Haven could try and find more memories, she was pulled into the Dreamscape. This was a concept that the young girl had come up with to help her daddy with his nightmares, talking him through them and guiding him. Here, she was standing face to face with the Loki variant.

“What did you just do to me?” the woman snarled, pointing a sword at the girl.

Haven smiled at her and walked forward slowly, her hands held up to show she meant no harm, “I latched onto your mind. You’re the Loki we’re searching for, aren’t you? You were the same age as me when I was taken…”

The woman’s features softened at that and she laid down her sword to stare at Haven curiously but a scowl was plastered over her face in the next moment, “who are you?”

“I’m Haven Lokidottir. Goddess of Dreams… that’s what this place is… a dream… In a world, I would have been your daughter,” Haven whispered, trying to reason with the variant in front of her, “I understand your agony but this isn’t right. You may not have committed any crimes back then but you have now… you have to face them.”

The variant snarled and backed away from Haven, “get me out of here!”

The connection broke and Haven opened her eyes, peeking around the shelving to see Loki standing over the variant, who was trapped in golden chains and had magic suppressor handcuffs on. 

“Oh thank the Norns!” Loki sighed, spotting Haven and walking over to her, kneeling before her and caressing your cheek, “are you hurt?”

Haven nuzzled into his comforting gesture and smiled at her father, shaking her head, “no, I’m fine, I promise.”

Loki smiled and pulled her up and onto his hip, uncaring that she wasn’t a baby to be carried around constantly. Loki waited beside the variant until Mobius came sprinting down the hallway with his squad of Hunters. Upon seeing the trapped Variant and the family of two safe, Mobius sighed in relief, gesturing to the variant quickly and the Hunters took her away.

“Are you both okay?” Mobius asked gently and Haven nodded quickly while Loki remained quiet. Sensing the unusual silence, Mobius looked up at the God, “you alright?”

“My ego is a bit ruined but I’m fine…” Loki whispered and rubbed Haven’s back, “has there ever been variants of Haven’s mother?”

“Y/N?” Mobius asked with a smile and shrugged, “yeah we get her as much as we get Loki’s! You two aren’t meant to be together but in almost every timeline, you find a away. It’s inspirational, truly.”

Loki sighed with a soft smile, pressing a kiss to Haven’s head, “I think I need to meet her.”

~~~~~~~~~

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[bellaramseysgf]

Becoming yours (L.L)

Warning(s); Dom!Loki,d/s undertones,Daddy kink,Smut! (piv sex),clueless mobius,Angry Loki,dumbifaction kink,Praise kink,degradation kink,daddy kink,Forced eye contact, Cnc (Kinda),Aftercare, talk of lack of proper aftercare + More

Pairing(s); Loki Laufeyson x fem! Reader.

Summary; Loki’s tired of hearing about you and Terrence. You enlist the help of a friend and Loki asks something huge of you.

A/n; haven’t updated this series lately! Think I might be shadowbanned? Idk:(

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“I can’t believe you ran into him” Mobius said as you sat down in a office “yeah, let’s move on please” you said passing him the file of information the guy he sent you and Loki to today gave you. “According to him the artifact you want is in a different universe.” You said when a knock sounded “hey? Y/n I need your help I don’t understand this language” you sighed “behave, both of you” you said before leaving to help.

Mobius sent you and Loki on another mission that morning,on your way to meet him Loki let it slip that you had ran into your ex.

“So? What actually happened?” Mobius asked and Loki shrugged “nothing? He was just a huge asshole” Mobius nodded “ah, I see normal then” he opened the file spreading the papers out. “Why’d she even date him? Doesn’t seem like he’s worth much” Mobius laughed a bit “uh well…she stayed for physical benefits I suppose” Loki raised his brow at Mobius. “Sex Loki, she stayed for the sex” Loki barked out a laugh “you’re joking right? No way that man can be that good” Mobius shrugged “I wouldn’t know, she was just always talking about what a ‘Beast’ he was in bed” Loki crossed his arms huffing.

“He used to come visit her here, she’d go on lunch and then come back after wobbling it was quite entertaining to watch I’ll admit” Loki was beginning to fume, no way this guy fucked you that well. “I didn’t like the way he treated her though but I’m not one to force people apart so….” He shrugged reading over the pages as you walked back into the room.

Mobius sighed “alright, let me just look some of this up and we will move on from there” he stood up and left the office space quickly leaving you to clean up. You sighed and stood up reaching to collect the papers together. “Y/n?” Loki called and you looked up at him “get on the table” you laughed “what?” You questioned. “You heard me. On.The.Table” he said and you stumbled “Loki-what- you can’t be serious” he groaned “for fucks sake. I said on the table” he lifted you up in one swoop and had you pinned to the table under him.

“Loki, We are in a random office! Loki!” “Shut up” he huffed and smashed his lips to yours hungrily bitting and nipping at your lips. You felt his fingers making quick work of your jean shorts you gasped into his mouth as he shoved them down tugging you down and flipping you around so you were bent over the table. “Keep your mouth shut and it’ll be fine” he said and leaned down over you “you gotta tell me to stop if it hurts,Princess.” You nodded and swallow thickly.

In no time Loki was thrusting in and out of you hurtling you towards your 6th orgasm “look at you squeezing me like a Fucking vice you little slut” he huffed and you whined. “I knew you were cockhungry but oh my, you just don’t stop cumming do you? You love my cock that much huh princess?” You nodded quickly and Loki chuckled. “Want me to cum inside you? Hmm? Wanna be filled up by a god love? I’ll have you brimming with me” you clenched around him and he smiled. “Tsk,you like that huh? Like the idea of me filling you up? Breeding you? Having my babies princess?” You moaned out.

“Yeah? That’s a good little cumslut making daddy cum” he groaned and you pushed your hips back against him as he twitched filling you up. His thrusts didn’t stop though, they kept going until he had you falling over the edge for the 6th time. “That’s a good girl. That’s my good girl isn’t that right?” You nodded “yes daddy, yours all yours” Loki carefully flipped you back over onto your back. “You alright? Need anything?” You sighed “just…just a minute” Loki nodded and you felt him slowly pull out. A green flash showed and you felt a warm cloth cleaning you up.

He gave you a minute after that staying where he could see you as you regained your breathing. “Lokes?” He was next to you in a flash “yeah?” You smiled “you’re so good” you said and he smiled brightly at you. You managed to get your clothing fixed “want some water? You should drink some” he snapped his fingers and a glass appeared. “Thank you” you said and grabbed the glass drinking the water.

“You need anything else? You sore? Anything hurt?” You laughed a bit “Lokes, what’s with all the questions?” “We just had really rough sex…I’m just making sure you have proper aftercare” you looked at him confused “how do you mean?” Loki crossed his arms over his chest “you’ve never had aftercare before?” You shook your head handing him the glass back. “But…you and your ex had rough sex right?” Your cheeks flushed “Loki! What kind of question is that!” He sighed “love, did you? Did you have sex like we just did” you nodded “and he never gave you aftercare?” You shrugged. “He normally just fell asleep afterwards.”

Loki shook his head pinching the bridge of his nose “you’re so idiotic sometimes” you huffed “aftercare is a huge think love okay? I even need it sometimes.” You nodded “don’t ever let somebody fuck you like that and then not give you proper aftercare.” “Yes,Sir” you said with a giggle “I don’t think anyone else is gonna be fucking me for a long time so you don’t need to worry” you assured him and he smiled leaning down to kiss you softly. “Gods I love you” your eyes widen and you looked at him.

Loki stared at you as if he just realized what he said “uh- uhm. I…” he was stuttering and you smiled “I love you too Lokes” you kissed him again and he sighed into your mouth his arm coming to wrap around your waist. “You know you’re not a slut right?” You nodded “only for you” you assured him and he chuckled smiling.

***

Months came and gone as you a Loki continued to work together, your relationship was growing by the day and you couldn’t have been happier.

“Listen I really don’t think it’s a good idea” you were sat across from mobius “but all we have to do is go long enough to get it” you sighed “but you could absolutely wreck the multiverse,more then Loki” you pointed out and mobius sighed. “I might be able to call in a friend but he’s not exactly gonna be happy about us going into another universe” mobius nodded. Loki finally joined the two of you once again sitting the bottle of water next to you and the can of soda in front of Mobius.

“Thank you Baby” you said smiling at him as he sat down next to you. “Well, let’s just see how hard this is gonna be” you nodded and pulled out your phone dialing his number.

“Thanks, I’ll see you then…bye” you sighed and mobius stared at you “he’s willing to meet us, but you have to understand he can’t promise this will work!” Mobius nodded “great! When?” You smiled “Uhm, well” a orange ring appeared next to the pair of you and out he stepped “Stephen!” You said getting up to hug the man. “Yeah, hi hi” he said quickly stepping back from the hug.“Listen, time crunch let’s hear it.”

Stephen nodded “alright, I’ll get it just give me a few hours” you smiled “thank you!” He sighed and summoned his portal “yeah yeah, you owe me” he said before stepping back through and vanishing.

“So now what?” Mobius asked “we wait” you said and he nodded “you alright?” You asked noticing Loki had been exceptionally quiet all morning. “Yeah, just thinking I guess” you leaned over and kissed his cheek “as long as you’re okay” you said and he nodded with a smile.

“Wanna sneak off?” You whispered to him and his eyes lit up and he nodded. “I’ll be right back” you said to mobius as you stood up and left the two. After a few minutes loki joined you down the hall and you giggled kissing him softly. “You know, he talks a lot more when you aren’t around” you nodded “yeah, I know” You wrapped your hand around Loki’s tie and pulled him into a study room.

“Aren’t I supposed to be the mischievous one?” He asked as you smiled dropping to your knees and tugging his belt loose. “Mhm, you are” his hand settled on your head like it usually does when you’re down here. “Maybe you’re just rubbing off on me” you said and Loki chuckled “or maybe you’re just constantly cockhungry” you shrugged “both” was all you said before you had him in your mouth. You bobbed your head up and down like always and he smiled head thrown back as groans erupted from him.

“Why’re you so fucking good at this?” He asked and you giggled around him sucking against him as you moved your head. “Such a good cock sucker, so good my little slut” you hummed and Loki gripped your head. “Off” he said and you pulled from him and smiled up at him. “So fucking pretty” he sighed and bent down lifting you up onto the small table that was in the room.

You were quick to remove your panties from under your skirt. “Good girl” he praised and dropped his head to suck bruises along your inner thighs. “You’re such a messy little slut princess.” He leans back up and jerks you to him “I’ll make sure to help with that” you smiled which quickly turned into a gasp as he slid into you.

“You take me so well, fuckin’ made for me” you nodded moans spilling out as he fucked into you at a rough pace,His tip hitting your sweet spot with each thrust. “That’s my good girl, such a naughty thing. Always so needy for me huh? Just a little cockslut” you moaned out “yes! I’m daddy’s cockslut” you admitted and he smiled. “Yeah you are baby, daddy loves it though” he bent down his lips attaching to yours as he kept fucking into you.

“Cum…” you whined and Loki nodded “that’s alright, cum for me sweetheart, cum all on daddy’s cock” he said between groans “gonna fill you up, milk me my good girl, go ahead�� you clenched around him as you were sent hurtling towards your orgasm. Your head felt clouded as he slowed his thrusts down his own orgasm making him unbelievably sensitive.

“You’re so good, so so so good” he praised making your heart flutter. “Thank you” Loki smiled and pulled you to sit up. He helped clean you up and that’s when he noticed your eyes were still glazed over “Princess? You with me?” you nodded and he smiled “come here let’s cuddle” he sat down on a chair and pulled you into his lap.

“Daddy smells good” you said and Loki smiled “yeah? It’s not daddy anymore, need you to come back to be honey” he said gently combing his fingers through your hair it took a few more minutes of gentle coaxing before you finally came back to him.

You sighed as he gently combed his fingers through your hair “mmm, I love you Lokes” he smiled and kissed your head “I love you too” you smiled and shifted standing up from his lap “we should probably get back before mobius gets suspicious” you said making sure your makeup didn’t look a mess. “Hey,love?” You nodded “yeah?” You replied walking to the door. “Marry me.” You froze turning to look at him. “What?” You questioned “marry me.” He repeated.

[harmonie-the-fallen-one]

for no reason just thouth of elykia fluff

context: kiana as the herrscher of flamiscon is like extremly warm and elysia want to warm up and then fluff (also it’s an au don’t read into it much thank’s)

kiana was reading a random book kevin got her it talked about historical battle between sometime MANTIS and honkai beast wich would be nice is someone wasn’t trying to remove it from your hand that person being her lover elysia she sigh and move the book into her other hand sliding her fingeur at the curent page to hold it “yes ? you want something ?” usually she would have gladly throw the book aside for her lover if mobius didn’t agree with kevin nearby her to make a test of what she learned about it elysia smiled and kissed her cheek the idea of throwing the book was almost done but she managed not to “i’m cold and thouth i would cuddle with you but since you were reading i couldn’t lie down” as kiana was about to speak about what she meant the girl hugged her bigger body as best she could to place her head in the crock of her neck to rest there kiana sigh and wrap her arm around the girl

she place her book back in her hand making sure to not diturb the girl who now was reading with her “why are you reading this ?” she groan softly at the thouth “mobius and kevin will give me a test about it to see what i remember from it but the thing is...studies aren’t my thing but i do try” the girl in her arm shift to be more comfortable on her body elysia closed her eyes and stayed still assuming she fell asleep kiana kissed her forehead and went back to read making sure her body temperature was in check as to not burn the girl bu accident she felt her shiver and wrap her arm around her to rub her waist in a comforting manner as her reading continue she heard the door creaked open and prepare for the small gust of cold wind to hit them protecting elysia with her body 

as she closed the book it was night kiana sigh and place it on the table observing the elf sleeping face she decide to move them to there room without waking them up she carefllu move them to carry them like a princess with elysia’s grip arounf her neck still present she passed by eden who told them to rest wich they will as the neared the room a door slamming open erupt the elf from her sleeping form kalpas was going out of there room “kaslana girl ! fight me !” he froze when elysia stired awake elysia glared at him as she nuzzle closer to kiana as best she could kiana walk past him into there room with closing the door using her void attraction power (for those who don’t know void can also litteraly mean black hole so i think she would have that ability no ?) she place elysia on the bed before sneaking out of the slender yet quite strong arms before going to change as she changed she heard the noiseof someone moving she didn’t look back knowing who it was “elysia you know staring at my body won’t do much right ?” she heard a groan and someone plopping on the bed making her chuckle as she sat on there bed she looked at her elf staring at her laind down with asking eyes “only if you behave tomorow...” this got the elf interest as she push herself up to grab kiana’s pj’s collar and pull her down there lips almost touching “and what if i don’t ?” kiana smirk and pushed elysia down placing herself on top “then i’ll have to “punish” you my dear” kiana ploop down next to the blushing elf who hid her face in her neck while kiana wrap her arms around her bringing them closer to each other as both finelly drifted to sleep with elysia’s body not complaining once about the cold in kiana’s arm 

[thevibraniumveterans]

“She’s not my girlfriend.”

Are you sure about that, Loki? Are you extra, extra sure about that?

Because you:

1. Joined a task force to look for Sylvie (even though you didn’t know her then) and entered the same tent she had just disappeared from mere seconds before;

2. Thought that she was you (which later she would disagree with and say “if anything, you’re me” but anyway) and therefore pretty darn easy to locate;

3. Wouldn’t at first accept the fact that she was superior to you (well, y’all are equals, and maybe she’s better than you, but we’ll get to that later);

4. Theorized with your new friend Mobius that she was hiding in apocalypses by stealing his salad and then proceeding to absolutely destroy it doing so;

5. Visited freakin’ POMPEII to prove said theory and then actually proved your theory correct;

6. Used a candy from the future as a clue to find out where she might’ve taken her next steps, and cross referenced it with the many apocalypses she might’ve been in;

7. Actually found an apocalypse that she ends up being in (Alabama 2050);

8. Went to said apocalypse to look for her (you seem pretty invested in looking for her at this point);

9. Found her first enchantment victim who then passed the enchantment onto her second victim (B-15, looking at you), whom you still thought was you;

10. Found her third enchantment victim who told you not to call her a Loki (which she’ll do again, don’t worry);

11. Acknowledged through her fourth enchantment victim that she was different than you for the first time (“I would never treat me like this,” you said);

12. Followed her through a Time Door back to the TVA after meeting her for the first time;

13. Somehow allowed her to get the best of you even though you probably didn’t mean for that to happen;

14. Grabbed her stolen TemPad and landed the both of y’all in yet another apocalypse, the worst one yet actually, one that she’s probably been to before;

15. Tried to shield her from a falling meteor, to which she said she didn’t need your help (I mean, did you have a reason to save her then?);

16. Called her weird (I mean, that’s funny as hell, I gotta give you that);

17. Opened a door for her and let her enter the mining shack first before you did;

18. Literally let down your guard around her (yes, you’re tired from all that running, but still);

19. Somehow didn’t even stop her from putting both her hands on your neck in an attempt to enchant you (it looked romantic as hell, dude, and how were you not even opposed to her doing that, given both of y’all’s antagonism toward each other?);

20. Told her mockingly “In my heart” when she asked you where you hid her stolen TemPad (I mean, you could have said literally anything else but you went for “in my heart”, okay, I see where this is going);

21. Kind of agreed with her when she said you needed her to get out of Lamentis, “you need me” being the key phrase;

22. Asked her where she was going, and followed her;

23. Acknowledged that she’s not a Loki (yay!), or at least the fact that she doesn’t want to be referred to as one;

24. Followed her into an abandoned mining town where you thought you could fool a resident who chose to stay (you couldn’t);

25. Let her get away with teasing you about your failed efforts;

26. Playfully grabbed her by the shoulders from behind as you used your magic to conjure up a guard’s outfit for yourself (which you looked absolutely hilarious in, by the way, that helmet did not help one bit);

27. Sat down with her at a booth on the train, just the two of you (I’m not calling this anything else other than a date, at this point, to be honest);

28. Told her a wistful story about your mother and how she taught you magic and how she believed in you;

29. Showed her a miniature version of the fireworks you said your mother once conjured up for you, in an attempt to make her happy (I mean, those are beautiful fireworks, and she likes them too!);

30. Playfully conjured up a feather and quill to tease her about saying “Love is hate” (she finds you funny, she just doesn’t want to admit it);

31. Asked her whether she’s got anyone waiting for her when her mission’s complete (well, she did give a sarcastic answer but that’s not my point);

32. Admitted to her that you courted both princes and princesses in the past as part and parcel of being royalty;

33. Disagreed on love being mischief (what does that even mean?!) and then told her that you might need a bit more of champagne to really get that line of thought going;

34. Sang (I’m sorry, serenaded is a better word) her a song about a fair maiden waiting for her beloved to return home (you’ll find out how prophetic that would be in due time, don’t worry);

35. Decided that a dagger was your best metaphor for love (what, does being inebriated make you better at metaphors now?)

36. Let her get mad at you for getting drunk on the train (tbh, that’s kinda your fault, but there was literally nothing else to do, so) and breaking her TemPad (honestly, how do you even break a TemPad when it’s hidden in one of your magic pockets?! How?!);

37. Asked her if she felt better after that frustration-fueled scream (I mean, that’s kinda the first time you’re looking out for her, because that’s about to get real routine);

38. Went along with her after she sarcastically suggested that y’all both should try to get the Ark off the moon, fully knowing the impossibility of doing so;

39. Bantered teasingly with her about enchantment;

40. Believed her on a dime’s drop when she said that everyone who worked that the TVA were Variants, just like the two of you;

41. Let her grab your hand before the both of you ran around the back of the Ark’s docking station in order to find another boarding point;

42. Asked her if she was okay after the both of you got knocked back by an explosion (aww, you do care for her, how sweet!);

43. Finally called her by her name just before the Ark exploded;

44. Apologized to her for ruining her mission and dooming the both of y’all to die on an exploding moon;

45. Sat and listened to her explain her motives for her mission, before telling her that though people like the both of you may lose in sometimes painful ways, y’all always survive one way or another;

46. Freakin’ COMPLIMENTED her (that’s a first), and while the both of you sat waiting for the explosion to wipe the both of you off the map, you took her hand for the first time after she put her hand on your forearm (lovely, by the way);

47. Looked longingly and sadly at her when the both of y’all were hauled back to the TVA for interrogation and then subsequently separated;

48. Denied, when interrogated (is questioned a better word?) by Mobius, that you and her are partners (ha, you’ll soon be, in more ways than one, if you weren’t already), with a look on your face that absolutely betrays your true feelings for her;

49. Couldn’t even sell your lie about meeting her to Mobius that he had to lie right back to you;

50. Thought she was dead and felt so worried for her (you should’ve seen your face!);

51. Asked if she was alive and then SIGHED IN RELIEF when you were assured that she’s still alive (oh, have you got it bad for her, and you know it);

52. Denied that she’s your girlfriend the first time Mobius teases you with that word;

53. Spilled your emotions and your feelings for her on the table when you told Mobius about how much you believe her about everyone at the TVA being Variants;

54. Didn’t even deny it the second time he called her your girlfriend;

55. When asked by Mobius if you cared about Sylvie, you didn’t know if “care” was the right word;

56. Straight-up told him, “I believe her” with such emotional conviction it’s hard to see it as anything else;

57. Nodded your head at her when the both of y’all were reunited at the very same elevators you met in front of (how poetic) and she asked you if you’re okay;

58. Literally had her back when the both of y’all fought the guards in the Timekeepers’ chambers;

59. Got distracted when she got knocked down to the floor by Judge Renslayer;

60. Were on the brink of telling her how you feel about her, telling her that revealing your emotions was kind of a new experience;

61. Decided the best option was to place your hands just by her shoulders for whatever reason;

62. Let go of her so that she wasn’t pruned like you were;

63. Admitted in a roundabout way in just three words that she was your glorious purpose (priorities shifted, eh?)

64. Proudly proclaimed that her being terrifying was the very thing that made her so brilliant;

65. Literally puffed out your chest when you said, “she needs me” (she will, much later, don’t worry);

66. Revealed that she’s the only one you do trust (oh, the way your voice just softens when you speak about her…);

67. Planned an unwise sneak attack (that would’ve involved stabbing a cloud, I mean…) on freakin’ ALIOTH because you believed that doing so would bring you back to her when you really had no idea whether it would or would not;

68. Ran down the hill you were on to reunite with her (classic reunion move, pity you didn’t complete it by hugging her, but I guess you’re not there yet) when she arrived by car and asked her if she’s okay (looks like it’s becoming a habit);

69. Hilariously tried to unsuccessfully argue, through telling her that you’ve been in the Void longer than she has (maybe for like, an hour or two? IDK) that stabbing a cloud with a dagger was your best line of defense;

70. Sat next to her and had a conversation with her, during which you…;

71. Said it was cold (whether it was or wasn’t, isn’t important), so you…;

72. Conjured up a blanket for yourself before asking if she wanted one as well and proceeded to deny that your budding romantic connection with her was the both of y’all’s nexus event;

73. Followed that up with revealing that your nexus event with her felt great, it was a nice moment (aww);

74. Proceed to deny it as another TVA lie (you really need to work on talking about your feelings!);

75. Reassured her that you don’t know what the both of y’all are doing with regards to this relationship you both have with each other;

76. Playfully wrapped part of your blanket around her shoulders (double aww, that’s the classic “I’m gonna fake yawn and drop my arm around her shoulders, y’all think she’ll notice” kind of move, and yes, she did, and she likes it) and smiled giddily like the lovesick puppy you are;

77. Acknowledged in a roundabout (and maybe not so subtle) way that she loves you;

78. Pledged to not betray her, to not let her down, because you’re not that kind of person anymore;

79. Adorably nudged her when you asked her what her plans were when all was said and done;

80. Suggested that the both of y’all could figure things out… “together”, you said (triple aww!);

81. Handed the TemPad she gave you to Mobius and told her, “You go, I go” (I mean…);

82. Let her take your hand before you went to attempt to enchant ALIOTH;

83. Interlocked both of y’all’s fingers while y’all were at it;

84. Walked hand in hand to the Citadel at the End of Time;

85. Asked her if everything’s okay after she becomes nervous before entering the Citadel;

86. Got really unimpressed when that creepy ghost clock offered the both of you a chance to rule the TVA together;

87. Stated that “We write our own destiny now”, cementing the fact that you and her are an item;

88. Warned her to not listen to He Who Remains;

89. Tried to stop her by warning her about the possible consequences of her actions;

90. Suggested that the best plan of action was to take a minute to think of whether allowing a multiversal war was better than the alternative both of y’all never wanted (unfortunate as it was to be a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don’t situation);

91. Got upset when she told you she felt like you betrayed her (don’t worry, you didn’t);

92. Clashed blades with her even though you clearly didn’t want to;

93. Told her “No” when she suggested that you kill her and take a throne you never wanted;

94. Let her blade fall to your neck to get her to stop and consider;

95. Said to her that this feeling of revenge, bloodlust isn’t worth it because you’d once been in her shoes;

96. Told her that you didn’t want to hurt her (after acknowledging that she’s been hurt by the TVA for a lifetime) and that all you wanted was for her to be okay;

97. Shared a kiss with her.

98. Deepened that kiss (you know you did…);

99. Grieved the misfortune of not just losing her but also the outcome of recent events, knowing that what she had to do was her life’s mission that you’d previously supported her on;

100. Went up to a changed Mobius and told him by referring to her, “We made a terrible mistake. We freed the Timeline. We found him beyond the storm.”

And if that doesn’t say “she’s become my girlfriend and I’m damn proud of her”, I don’t know what does.

-

Go get her, Loki. Go get Sylvie back. We’re betting on it.

[mimisempai]

Wake me up with a kiss

Summary:

Mobius indulges himself and lingers to observe his sleeping lover.

Notes:

As Mobius, I indulge myself with some fluff On AO3 Rating G - 270 words

Mobius allowed himself a little pleasure this morning.

He was watching his lover sleep.

He had woken up first, got up and used the bathroom.

He had intended to go to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, but when he passed by the bed, seeing Loki sleeping peacefully, he had only one desire: to join him.

Then he had indulged himself.

For once he had chosen not to be reasonable.

He remained for several minutes watching Loki, watching the light play on his features, the shadow that his eyelids made on his cheeks, the peaceful smile on his lips. Then he could not resist any more and pressed his lips on Loki’s in a light, soft and fast kiss. 

Loki opened his eyes, a little surprised expression on his face. 

He asked as he touched his lips, "Did you just wake me up with a kiss?" 

He rubbed his eyes to get used to the light.

"Yes," Mobius replied a little embarrassed, "You were too lovely for me to resist."

Loki's smile widened, "Aw, I was right to call you my prince. You really are the prince charming who wakes up the princess with a kiss."

Mobius chuckled, "And so that makes you the princess?"

Loki nodded and pressed a kiss on his lips.

"So we are living a fairy tale?"

Loki nodded again before giving him another kiss.

"So that means we'll live happily ever after?"

Loki whispered against his lips, "Of course my prince, for all time, always."

This time it was Mobius who captured his lips and needless to say, breakfast was forgotten in favor of other activities.

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[runnyeggsnham]

"because this is real, and the debate is real, and the opening up to care is real."

Oh, Runny, I am back with another anon ask because your metas are chocolate for my brain.

This line of yours here "this is real", do you know what this harkens back to? Loki's conversation with Sylvie on the train about "a would-be princess or would-be prince". The kind of conversation Loki had with Mobius is the foundation of a fun and deep friendship, which honestly is where romantic relationships should begin.

I love the way Tom and Owen played this scene. They were talking about jetskis but also /weren't/ exactly. The subtext was "what in life is worth fighting for?" and buttoned-up Mobius picks an object that represents fun and pleasure, freedom and recklessness--things a God of Mischief (or a D. B. Cooper) should be all about.

And what does Loki do later? He takes Mobius to Pompeii, where Loki demonstrates all these things with glee. When they return to the TVA, whatever joyful emotions Loki has just rubbed off on him. Mobius is giggly and excited. Like his work was given a fresh breath of air.

I honestly wish we had a few more episodes like #2 before the Roxxcart separation. I got the sense that intelligent/deeply personal conversations were hard for Loki to come by in a warrior society like Asgard. AND, something important, Loki took from this conversation Mobius's value of order, to protect others for the greater good even at expense of your own personal wants or impulses. Loki tells Sylvie, "This is bigger than us." How did Loki arrive here? It's not an accident.

You're also right: Loki takes all the kindness and wisdom he learned from Mobius and mirrors it back to Sylvie. But Sylvie hasn't had a low point like Loki has, so she wasn't ready to receive his love. Despite that, Loki loved Sylvie because he saw elements of himself in her and qualities unique to her he wished he had. In a way, he is like Mobius with Sylvie: I don't doubt Loki has qualities Mobius wish he had, too.

The difference is Mobius possesses a healthy amount of trust in Loki and Loki knows this. Which makes Loki searching for Mobius in all the spots they've spent time in that much richer. Every conversation they had in the cafeteria or the library had a great deal of trust. And the library... Loki slept there. Mobius complimented Loki there. They had a breakthrough together there. And let's not forget Mobius went there because a part of him trusted Loki more than Ravonna.

Aghghgh you're too kind, thank you so so much 🤗 I love talking like this about them, it's been a delight!

Yes, you're absolutely right about the train! I wasn't thinking that specifically when rambling but yes, definitely. The theme of what's "real" or not recurs constantly for Loki inside and outside the show and it's so integral to his growth, the incidents of it can't be viewed independently. And when you add them all up, imo, a lot of it just go right back to his time and connection with Mobius... Honestly, I cannot stop thinking about how Tom said several times that Loki and Mobius' friendship is "real" in that tomblr q&a. There's just...no other way to succinctly describe them, episode 2 onward.

In that scene, their relationship really crosses that line into real and mutual care--and "deep", too, I love that word, very apt! Loki reaches and Mobius also drops the barriers to meet him as an equal and a friend, not a superior. They're both taking a chance. (And I agree with your romance comment too, and how much trust they have. It's great that we the audience get to see it build up.) Which yeah, Tom and Owen played it perfectly! I mean, before the Pompeii sequence, Mobius couldn't have been so self-revealing to Loki without there being a high possibility of being hurt. I think the tie scene is a great example of this: Loki is trying to manipulate him, and Mobius is obviously affected by the closeness but he quite literally bites it back, because it's annoying that it's not real and he mustn't give any cracks for Loki to chip away at.

That Pompeii sequence really is just peak Lokius though! Mobius trying to maintain order, but gosh he's loving it, and Loki leaning into his mischievous side in a completely harmless and giddy way! "Like his work was given a fresh breath of air" I love that so much, it's so true. Loki's good-natured mischief just draws out Mobius' own, gives him the space for as much personal enjoyment as he's willing to take. Their whispering at the top is absolutely adorable, the way Mobius mimes the explosion with his hands and they're jittery on their feet, and it just immediately reveals so much about Mobius, love it!

It's these lines too, they're perfect: "Imagine, all that volcanic ash!" "I know, but we don't want to get too giddy." "Oh come on. It's cool!" "No, it is cool, it's just- it's just not in good taste."

We get these little glimpses like here, and end of episode 4 when they mend their relationship, and even episode 5 I'd argue, of how in sync they can be. And so easily. They bring out such good facets of each other, and temper the others. It looks very natural. I wish we got more of these types of episodes, too, it was so wonderful to see Loki relaxed! I think that's an apt observation of Asgard, too, and just goes back to his closeness with Frigga, and makes another parallel between Mobius and Frigga's understanding of Loki.

You know, that's a great point--"Loki took from this conversation Mobius's value of order"--and adds so well to how Loki, when they're at different impasses in the convo later, concedes with lines like "fair enough; you believe it's real" and pivots, his questions prompting Mobius to think about the TVA and explain this or that. It's a completely mutual back-and-forth rapport. And again, I think your point is so right; that would be the moment if there is any one where Loki took in that perspective, wouldn't it be?

Also, Mobius doesn't seem like he has any idea there how unique his instincts are within the TVA, does he? I think it's important that this is before that bit at Roxxcart, where he intercedes with that other Hunter's aggressiveness -- "they're about to die, they should be scared." "hey, not of us."

He operates from like a guardian perspective with compassion and a greater good "the ends justify the means" ideal, and believes that everyone else there is too, and it's so interesting how Loki catches onto that and tries to get Mobius to distinguish himself from the TVA. It's that line "in a way, you and I here at the TVA, we're the only ones who are actually free" that just...kills me.

With Loki taking that value of order from Mobius, it just makes how Mobius took the value of freedom from Loki here that much more beautiful. I'm so glad you pointed that out! For Mobius, it's that part, where Loki takes out the hyperbole of the TVA's party line and reduces it to: if everything's written, no one has free will. And Mobius struggles with that and is like "well, that's- that's an over-simplification." That bothers him. And he's definitely thinking of it later, when Loki makes him question everything with the variant reveal; how could he not?

With regards to Sylvie, I think the low point idea is accurate, too. May I further add: I don't think Sylvie has had a low point, before the finale, that was from the consequence of her own bad choice. It goes to that elevator scene, when she asks what her nexus event was, and Ravonna says she doesn't know. That devastates Sylvie. Her 3 lowest points, that we see, are 1) when she's first abducted to the TVA, 2) when the Time Keepers are revealed fake, and 3) when her first ally is pruned in front of her. In all these points, she's stuck in a position of reacting. Her entire life is that pattern, her running and reacting and surviving with this plan that takes ages to execute, in the hopes of finally getting vengeance, finally being on the offensive.

So, it does make sense that she sees Loki not wanting to kill Kang as another moment of the rug being torn out from underneath her. She can't trust him because she can't trust anyone not be taken from her, betray her, or at least follow their own agenda first. Sylvie's been driven by her mission for so long and been deprived of the catharsis of...freedom, I think is the best word. So yeah she wasn't ready to receive that love and imo a lot of that's because it's unfathomable to her, the pressure inside of her to defeat whatever Big Bad disrupted her entire life has built up too strongly for too long inside of her. She just couldn't let that go, couldn't compromise with love.

That's why-- there's a comment that went around, I think it was the director? Who said Sylvie's story probably wouldn't return, and I wouldn't be surprised. I love the complexity of her character and her being gone makes me really sad, but I had a sinking feeling in my gut that they wrote an intentionally finite tragic arc, with the way that last fight between her and Loki went. She got a chance to make a different choice, multiples times, and rejected it. I tried to find the trope for this, I think I've seen it before, but here's a close one: Last-Second Ending Choice. She could've changed course right there and started fresh-ish, despite everything she had done before, but she was too consumed by her path, so she didn't. But here’s hoping she does return!

Sorry, that was a really long answer that got away from me at times, I hope you don't mind 😅

[goddessofmischief]

Blue Monday, Chapter Six - Loki x T.V.A.! Reader

Chapter Six: Blood and Blade

...Asgard, some years ago...

“Amora!” teenage Thor shouted, tossing her a sword. “Train with me!”

She grinned, picking the weapon up and obliging, while teenage Loki glowered on the sidelines. He hated seeing them together, because he could always hear the whispers that accompanied it, even if there weren’t any.

They’re perfect...

He loves her...

She’ll be queen, someday...

Trying to breathe around the lump in his throat, he reacted, too distracted by his own pettiness to have care for anything else. And when he reached out his hand, the sword Amora was presently using to pin Thor to the ground transformed into a serpent.

“Ow!” she shouted, stepping away from it. “What?” asked Thor. “What, what’s wrong?” She shook her head.

“Nothing, it just... it bit me.”

Thor kicked the snake away, and she laughed, slightly, waving her hand over the bite on her arm and using magic to remove the venom.

“Are you alright?” he asked her, putting his arm around her shoulders. It was a brotherly action, Loki conceded. He saw that now. There hadn’t been anything between them, at all.

“Yes,” she said, smiling, slightly, her face trembling. “Yes, I’m fine.” Thor still looked confused as to what had happened, and Loki prayed that Amora wouldn't connect the dots, either - but she gave him a withering glance as she passed by, and he knew that she had.

He set down his book, following her to the wooded area where they sometimes went for walks.

“Amora!”

She didn’t turn around. “Amora, I didn’t mean it-”

She stopped in her tracks, and he caught up to her.

“You’re... crying,” said Loki, sort-of awkwardly.

Amora raised her blue sleeve to her face, drying her eyes, and she swallowed.

“I’m not.” “I saw you, love. You can’t lie to me. Thor, maybe, that wouldn't be so difficult-” “Fine. I was crying. I... I just...” Amora raised her face to look at him, and he felt frozen, made guilty by her red eyes. “We used to be... we used to be friends. Why d’you hate me?”

“I... don’t.”

Amora scoffed. collapsing on a tree stump.

“Then why do you send snakes after me? Or transform my sword, when I’m trying to train? Or... even little things, like using magic to tug my hair during ceremonies. Or avoid me. It seems like you’re always avoiding me.”

“...Yeah.”

“And you’re not going to tell me why, are you?” Loki sat down, cross-legged, next to her.

“Do you really want me to?” Amora nodded.

“...Yeah.”

He swallowed.

“It’s only because I love you,” he managed, fighting around the lump in his throat. “That’s... that’s why.” He took note of her confused expression, looking away. He was about to stand up again and walk away, but she reached over, grabbing his hand.

“...Why?”

“Because, you’re...” he struggled to find the right words. “You’re really... really... beautiful.” Amora looked hurt, almost. Disappointed.

“And... that’s it? That’s all there is?”

He tried, desperately, to think of what Thor would say. He’d know what to do.

“Well... what else is there?” If she looked hurt before, she was devastated now. Her hands crossed over her chest, and she turned, as if she was about to walk away.

It was at that moment that it really sunk in. She didn’t care what Thor would do.

She wanted to know what he would do.

“No,” Loki said, reaching out to her. “Truthfully, no. I didn’t mean that.”

“Tell me the truth, then.”

He gulped.

“I care for you because... because you’re the only person I’ve ever met who makes me feel not-so-lonely. I’m happier, with you. Different. You make me different.” She reached over, then, and kissed him, softly. “Don’t be too different, okay?” “Never,” he promised. “Let’s just... swear to stay the same, forever?” “Oh, I swear.”

Just then, he woke up.

...Alone.

...

It had been three days since the last mission.

You felt broken.

Loki had noticed.

You were upset with yourself, mostly. Upset that you couldn’t let it go - but even more upset that you’d let yourself become attached. You’d only known the female Loki for moments.

Even still... you were sure that you had loved her. You knew that.

“Agent?”

It was Mobius, standing in your doorway.

You cleared your throat.

“...Yes?”

Please don’t be a new mission, you thought, your heart pounding. Please, please-

"I think it’d be best if you underwent some training. Trained Odinson, as well.” You nodded, feeling relieved. “Of course,” you agreed, standing up and following him down the hallway.

Loki waited for you.

Of course.

You knew he felt guilty about how things had gone. Not that he regretted killing Lady Loki - he didn’t seem to. But he regretted your part in it.

And he still had his doubts that you could even tolerate him now that he was responsible for death of the woman you had fallen in love with.

So he’d kept his distance, for now.

“I’m here to train you, right?”

“Yes,” Loki said, “...But not only. Mobius has been made aware of the last mission’s... fate. He believes you should be trained with a weapon you could defend yourself with. From other supernatural beings, from... me.” “Alternate versions of you, you mean?” “Hopefully, yes. But you never know. People who liked me have tried to kill me before.”

“I never said I liked you, Odinson,” you said, teasing for the first time in awhile.

“You never said you didn’t, either - now, we’re going to have to get you acquainted with a few different weapons, so you know your options. Try these.”

Loki passed you his daggers.

“Here, hold them like this-”

You shrank away.

“What?” he asked, sounding vaguely offended. “What, you don’t like them?” You shook your head, slowly.

“The... weight doesn’t feel right in my hands,” you offered, trying to come up with an excuse. What else could you say? The truth, that you didn’t want to wield the same weapon that had killed female Loki? Could you say that, without hurting your Loki?

He nodded, taking your words as the truth.

“Have you tried a staff?” “A... a couple times. I’m clumsy with it.”

Loki hesitated, almost imperceptibly.

“...Sword?”

Your breath caught in your throat, and something familiar, yet new echoed through you.

Sword. Yes.

You wanted a sword.

“...How did you know...?”

“Amora used a sword,” he admitted, bluntly. “Though you couldn’t exactly wield hers... it was a powerful thing, really, called Kursebreaker - the long blade of the damned.”

“Kursebreaker?” “Yes, well... we were a little obsessed with fairytales back then. The Kursed were a breed of Dark Elf - well, they were. All the dark elves are dead, now. Nothing to worry about there. But Odin had loved to scare us with the stories - my mother, not so much. She’s terrified of them.”

Even though you were upset with him, you loved hearing Loki talk, no matter what the subject.

But listening to him speak about Asgard was nothing short of magical.

“Then again, Kursebreaker is gone.”

“Gone?”

“She was set off with it. At her funeral. That’s a thing Asgardians do... we bury our dead by casting them off waterfalls. It’s peaceful, really - of course, I can hardly remember it. I was well and truly drunk.”

You hadn’t known for sure before that his Amora was dead - you’d thought perhaps she had disappeared, or cast him aside. Somehow, there was something even more terrifying about living up to the standard set by a dead woman.

“ I can’t ever imagine you being a drunk,” you said, trying to tease and lighten the mood. “...Even on Asgard.” “Well, I wasn't. But I had begun being so many things I hadn’t been before she left us, I figured... why not add another? And it was only for the week of her funeral, anyhow. My father - Odin... had never liked the idea of us, had expected her as a wife for Thor. He spent most of the time around her burial trying to convince me that I would have been better with someone else. He didn’t understand. I didn’t... want anyone else. I still don’t.”

Loki swallowed, and you knew you were hearing all of this as a form of apology for the mission.

“Anyhow,” he spoke, clearing his throat and withdrawing a thin sword from seemingly nowhere, “You’ll need this. I want you to fight me with it.” “Fight you?” “You’ve never fenced before, and I have to see your form. See how hopeless you are at it.”

“...Hey!” He grinned, and you rolled your eyes.

“It’s alright, no one starts out good. Well, I did.” “Maybe I will, too,” you countered, assuming what you thought was a good fencing position. “What is that? What in Hel are you doing?” You shrugged, waving the sword, carelessly.

“I’m preparing to fence? ...I think?” “No, no, no,” he muttered, walking toward you. “No, this just won’t do - stand like me.” “I’m trying, Loki!”

“Don’t be difficult, now - I’m not going through this again...”

“What, do all your students give you trouble?” “Amora did.”

...

She was talented.

Amora, in recent memory, had been nothing. Which is why their friendship had always made sense to him - he felt close to being nothing, too.

And, since she had been nothing, just an orphan girl that Odin had rescued from a village in Vanaheim and given a home in the palace, she was absolutely miserable at fighting. Miserable at it.

To others, this was acceptable. She wasn’t meant for much else than a symbol of Asgard’s great kindness, how they’d taken in some pathetic girl, a girl who if Odin wanted it, would someday be the people’s princess, and then their queen. She was a sad story. A convenience of war. Someone Thor mostly ignored, someone Sif hated. No matter how good a warrior Sif was, as long as Amora was Odin’s chosen, Sif could never have Thor. No matter how kind or noble, Sif could never beat out the sob story of the poor little orphan.

To Loki, she was simply his best friend. The only person who ever spoke to him, or laughed at his jokes, or stood beside him at ceremonies.

But she was tiny, and frail, and easy to be picked on. That was completely unacceptable to him. He himself had experience with being pushed around from an early age, so he’d trained. Every bone in his body was a weapon, especially his mind. He could be outmuscled, sure, but never outmaneuvered.

Amora, he knew, shared many of these same traits. She lacked a certain cruelness that he prized, but he saw her become occasionally savage. He’d appeal to that instinct, draw it out. “Again,” he said, tapping his own sword on the ground. “Again.”

"Loki,” Amora groaned, struggling to get up. “We’ve gone five rounds-” “And I intend to keep going until you win. Again.”

...

"Again!” Loki shouted at you, and you could swear a rib was broken. Around your fourth dueling loss, something seemed to have snapped inside of him. He’d become manic, unhinged. He’d pushed you to limits you didn’t even know you had. Training had begun slowly, but he’d gotten to the point of even throwing obstacles at you with magic. He seemed to have forgotten, in his fever, that you didn’t have magic to defend yourself with.

It had to stop.

He was going to kill you.

“I said,” he yelled, running at you, “Again!”

You ducked, a curl of your hair cut off by the blade. You supposed you should have considered yourself lucky it wasn’t a finger, or your arm entirely.

“Loki, stop-” He knocked the sword from your hands, kicking you to the ground. “Yield.”

“I yield! I yield, okay!”

“Again.”

“I can’t!” “Yes, you can! I intend to keep going until you win!”

You took up your sword again, readying yourself.

Again, he trapped you. You were struggling, trying to escape the chokehold he had you in.

“Yield,” he insisted, and you tried to breathe long enough to get the word out.

“I... y...”

“Yield!” He wouldn’t really kill you, you thought, blood rushing to your head.

Would he? Loki seemed to have forgotten that he was fighting you, a Midgardian. Maybe on Asgard, this was training for beginners.

“I yield,” you choked out, and he released you.

“Again, Amora!”

The words escaped his mouth before he could think them, and all at once, you saw his face fall. He collapsed to the ground.

“Loki?” you whispered, timidly, approaching him and wondering if this was an elaborate sneak attack. If it was, he had no need for one. You hadn’t won a match yet.

...Oh.

He was crying.

You knelt down to his level.

“Hey, Loki,” you said, clutching your injured rib with one hand and taking his hand with the other, “I’m really okay, it’s not so bad-”

He shook his head.

“What have I done,” he spoke, quietly, looking at your bruised figure.

“I’m okay.” “I could have killed you.”

“I kinda thought you would, for a minute,” you admitted. He didn’t respond.

“Promise me you’ll be looked over? By... do you have healers here?”

“Yeah, we do - but Loki, can't you heal people?” “No. Not me.”

Loki wrenched his hand from yours, and without another word, he turned his back to you, retreating to his rooms.

...

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