#canon loki is just such a mess narratively and trying to follow his thoughts through from start to finish is like “????” for...five(?)

[galaxythreads]

sometimes i get reminded of source material and go "yeah, whatever loser, the Little Guy In my Head would NEVER" and then remember that the little guy in my head is not interpreted by me correctly on purpose and he would in fact, in canon, do that

(but the little guy in my head would NEVER)

[octoberland]

Okay, so. I’m kind of going through something right now. Something that could end up Very Bad. I need distraction over the next few days until I find out more. So I’m turning to fandom. Which kind of makes me feel like I’m using fandom and that’s something I’ll try to process while I take this “me” time because I don’t want to be that kind of person. But I’m sort of looking at it like self-care. Because otherwise I’ll just be a nervous wreck.

So anyway, I’m going to use this post to talk/squee about fandom related stuff which is something I haven’t done in a while. This will not be a spoiler free post and it will cover multiple fandoms. Please, don’t yell at me for anything I say here. These are just my opinions and preferences. I do not think I am right. No one is right or wrong about these sorts of things. We all have things we like and don’t like and that’s okay.

I’ll put the rest under a cut. I’m a little tired so I apologize in advance if my thoughts seem scattered or I miss anything important.

Onto the show...

First up: Thor: Ragnarok

I have a confession to make. I did not love it. BUT. I am not the target audience for it. I do not like comedies. I just don’t. I like movies and TV shows that rip out my heart and stomp all over it. I’m sure a psychologist could have a field day with that tidbit of information but there you have it. I’m not saying I never laugh because of course I do. I’ve even been known to write comedy in my fics. But generally it is not a genre I love.

I get what Taika was doing. I DO. And I appreciate the narratives he flipped. But I sort of view Ragnarok as being outside canon. I know it is canon. But in my mind I’m placing it outside. It doesn’t fit with the other films and for me, does not complete the trilogy.

My biggest complaint is, for lack of a better word, the wussification of Loki. And I realize this will be a point of rankle among many of my followers. Because many of you LOVED this. I do not judge you for this so please do not judge me.

I love Marvel Loki for his darkness. I love his edge. I love that he is a shark who will cut you just as soon as embrace you. I love not knowing whether he will kill me or fuck me. It is precisely his pain and his danger that draws me to him. So to see him so watered down, to see a mockery made of his character, it just... pained me. I understand what Taika was doing. And I love the idea of Loki being a reluctant hero. But here he was de-Lokified. He was a joke and it made me sad. The ONLY redeeming moment was with the cube towards the end. The second I saw him eyeball it I knew he was going to take it and Lord praise the Russo brothers for picking up that gauntlet and returning my little shit fictional boyfriend to his former glory.

Things I did like:

Seeing Thor come to full power. That was, honestly, really great. I feel like it really elevated his character from comic book to actual god. I would love to see Loki come to full god but I suspect he will die in the next film.

Hela was hella cool. Come on. I had to say that. I’m sure I’m not the first.

Valkyrie was mostly hella cool. Especially the backstory which was filmed EXQUISITELY. 

There were many other things I did not like but this post is getting long and it’s not super important.

So let’s move on to the Infinity War trailer:

LORD PRAISE THE RUSSO BROTHERS.

I am already biased because I already love their work but for me their stuff is perfection and this trailer is no exception.

It’s serious and bad things are happening and people are going to die and the world is really in peril and I AM IN LOVE. This is what I like. I want my heart plucked from my chest and to be left a sobbing mess on the theater floor.

Also...

Black Widow is blonde! Cap has a beard! Loki is a shit! There’s new uniforms! Scarlet Witch and Vision are staying canon! He has a body! Robot sex! Bruce is apparently not stuck in Hulk form so thanks for that spoiler I guess? 

Anyway, I’m super excited. I need this movie after Ragnarok.

Next up: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

There’s not a lot to say about this right now other than I am drowning in Reylo feels because I ship super problematic shit and I know it and whatever. I have a type you guys. This should not be news by now. I just hope there’s no brother/sister reveal or something because then I will feel gross. But in the meantime I found an amazing smutty Reylo fic that is actually dark and well-written and right up my alley. So mostly I’m mentioning TLJ to rec this fic which is: https://archiveofourown.org/works/12408453/chapters/28234758

So the last bit of fandom related business is that in order to help distract myself over the next few days I’m going to try to do some fic writing. I know I let it fall by the wayside and I apologize for that. I will work on my currently posted stuff but I would also like to write some brainless smut to help distract me so I’m taking requests. Give me a ship/fandom you know I’m into and a prompt if you want and I’ll write something short and smutty/romantic.

If you’ve read this far you deserve a cookie. Thank you.