#jotunnary2022

[tatturmemes]

Click on the image to view larger!

I know in the past, we've had "Loki Week" but there's never enough Loki, so I decided to try making it a whole month-long event. I sincerely hope you join.

All creatives are welcome to participate in any or all of the days, any way you see fit. If you really want, you can try to make something for all of the words, including bonus words, or just use the bonus words when you don't have inspiration for one of the regular day words.

Either way, this event is about having fun with anything/everything Loki.

In case you are unsure, a jötunn is a frost giant, which is what Loki is known to be. I definitely encourage everyone to brush up on their Norse Mythology, but you can interpret Loki either in the Norse Mythology sense, in Marvel Comics/Cinematic Universe sense, or any other sense you see fit.

I look forward to seeing what all gets created. Please reblog and spread the word. Tell your friends, fellow creatives, and fellow Loki enthusiasts. Also fee free to link to this and share to other social media (please do not take credit for it, though).

This event is intended to start January 1st, 2022. Please tag anything you create related to this event as #Jotunnary2022.

[darkacademicfrom2021]

Jotunnary | Day 8 - Mythology

Pairing: Loki & Peter Parker (friendship or found family, works either way).

Word count: 600

A/N: Today's drabble is mostly based in @whatafuckingdumbass 's headcanon where Loki is a huge mythology nerd and will hyperfixate on any kind of myths :)

“Mr. Parker, you’re having your presentation tomorrow morning”, said the professor, and Peter felt his whole body shrink and tense at the sole mention of that assignment. He nodded and packed his things up, ready to leave with the rest of the class.

When he mentioned Mr. Stark that he couldn’t go to the lab because he needed to study about a hundred books for the next day, he got interrupted by Thor.

“Youngster, I’m an old soul! I’m sure I can help you with your homework!”.

“Thor, you oaf, you could barely manage in your tutoring until about just a century ago”, chuckled Loki. “What’s this homework about, spiderling?”.

“It’s… well, it’s on Greek Mythology. It’s for literature class. I’m sure you know a lot about everything, but you’re Norse Gods, so I didn’t actually think you’d want to help me on Greek mytho…”, he stammered, but Loki intervened.

“I have news for you, Starkson boy”, Loki smiled, and before Tony could interrupt him, he got up and walked with Peter to the library of the compound, “I’m a big mythology enthusiast. I would love to help you with any homework you may need. Same thing with literature in general, I’m very well paced with Midgardian literature, therefore I’ve read every book in this compound and more”.

“Wow, that’s… impressive to say the least, Mr. Loki. Thank you very much!”.

Peter and Loki stayed in the library for as long as they could, engulfing books and knowledge. Loki didn’t stop talking about everything surrounding Peter’s homework’s subject, and from time to time Thor and Tony would peep in to check if everything was alright, only to find the two boys overly excited for the material —they weren’t even actively studying at that point, they were just being nerds over the stories and culture.

When the sun set and they began being more and more tired, Loki would tend to forget to use his Allspeak and Peter would hear his ramblings in Old Norse —thing he didn’t complain about at all, he loved to hear such different phonetics rolling off Loki’s tongue with such fluidity.

The lights went out in the middle of the night, and before Peter could even begin looking for light supplies, Loki started lighting up scented candles all around. Peter chuckled.

“This is what I had in my youth to study. Well, not exactly lemon-scented little candles in glass cups, but… candles. You know”, he muttered. “This evening is a whole trip back to my early hundreds”.

“I thought you were actually young, God-wise”.

“I am. I should be about twenty one in Midgard”.

“Oh, that’s interesting”.

“How so?”, he smiled kindly.

“You don’t look twenty one. Like, I didn’t picture you like an older brother, more like a…”, but he stopped on his words right away.

“Yes?”.

“An older friend”.

“As much as I’m flattered you consider me your friend, I’m afraid I am the God of Lies”, he smirked, and Peter hid his face between his arms.

“Let’s just keep studying”.

“Do you see me as a father figure, Parker?”, joked Loki, and Peter bursted out of laughter.

“I can’t believe you’re quoting Brooklyn 99!”.

“The Scarlet Witch has the terrible habit of wanting me to binge watch Netflix with her. And of course I’ll oblige!”.

Peter came to school the next day and aced the presentation completely. He was sure he was actually being extra encouraged, because the black cat from the window seemed a little too eager to keep on listening to what the spiderboy had to say.

Taglist: @lucywrites02 , @louieboo87 @the—departed—potato , @jesuswasnotawhiteman , @idontknow296 , @beksib , @spythoschei , @geekwritersworld , @whatafuckingdumbass , @mysticunicorn7 @shadowolf993 , @joscelyn02 , @t00—pi , @selfship—mishaps , @sallymagnoliaposts , @deadgirl88 , @theonewiththenerds , @vicmc624 , @spiderlaufeyson @theaudacitytowrite @bi—andready—tocry @alorev @justasmisunderstoodasloki @i—beg—your—pardon—laufeyson @theetoastyghosty @lokiprompts @sarahpaq08 @lostgreekgod @likeitloveitblogit

[likeitloveitblogit]

Jötunnary Day 4: Lovers

For today I'm actually going to share a sneak peek of an unfinished future chapter. Hope you enjoy it.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

As Loki watched Sylvie sleep he kept replaying the conversation they had been having. What was love, really? It wasn't hate. And it wasn't mischief. There was something more to it than that.

He had told Sylvie he had been with a bit of both princesses and princes which was true, but he had lied when he said there had been nothing real. It was easier that way. Easier to let Sylvie finish his sentence with her own thought. Whatever Sylvie had been through it was not the same as him. She had been taken so young and been on the run for so long. Of course she never had the chance for something real.

But Y/N, the one from his past, they was real, the only thing that was real. But was that love? Loki had been taught that love is an action. Liking someone comes automatically but to love someone was to put your feelings into action. To daily cut out a piece of yourself to give to another. Cut, slice, chop, like a dagger.

With that thought a dagger was in Loki's hand. Hmm he didn't remember summoning a dagger, maybe he was getting tired. Another drink, that would help. Dagger in hand he walked to the bar and ordered another drink.

After a few more drinks Loki suddenly became aware again of the dagger in his hand. Why did this specific dagger look so familiar? Loki had held a lot of daggers in his life, they were his preferred weapon of choice, but this one bugged him. It wasn't the biggest dagger he'd ever held, or even the finest made. Honestly it looked like it had been conjured by a child.

With that thought Loki's heart froze. That was where he recognized the dagger from. This was the dagger Loki had made that night all those years ago, he was a child when he conjured it, well sort of. That was the last time Loki had seen Y/N in person. He had barely been able to rewatch the memory file, because it hurt too much. But now drunk on a train, on some planet he'd never heard of before the memory came screaming back to him.

He stared down at the dagger. How had he been able to summon it now? Why had he summoned it now? He wasn't in any danger, he didn't need a dagger.

It was all this stupid talk of love. Bringing up memories of that night, of daggers, and singing. How did that song go?

'when she sings, she sings come home'

Yes, Loki was officially drunk, one moment he was remembering that old favorite song and the next he was singing it loud and clear for the whole train to hear.

Jötunnary 2022 Masterlist

[darkacademicfrom2021]

Jotunnary | Day 6 - Punishment

Word count: 970

Warning: a lot of dick jokes.

A/N: I just really love this chaotic trio. I love them so much. I imagined Tom Holland's Peter for the looks and Andrew Garfield's Peter for the bitchy attitude, so there's a weird mix of them in here.

“Agh, I’m tired”, you threw your pen against the desk and stretched your arms. Peter was already about to fall asleep over his own homework. Loki simply rolled his eyes and got them back into his own book.

���Suck it up”.

“As you please”, you said sarcastically, and Peter stomped his head against the desk.

“I am being alerted about conversation unrelated to the assignment”, interrupted the metallic voice of JARVIS. “Should I pause the clock and restart it once the break is over?”.

“No, JARVIS, we’re fine”, sighed Loki. “Y/N can blow me while doing their homework”, he joked.

“Stop it, you two. We don’t need any more reasons for Mr. Stark to get mad at us. And this was all your fault in the first place!”, said Peter, rubbing his reddened forehead.

“Our fault? Why would it be mine?”, retorted Loki. “Why would I want to be locked up here with you two for fifteen hours? I don’t even have homework to do!”.

“Hm, I wonder…”, said Peter, getting increasingly angry. “I wonder why would you possibly want to be in a library for fifteen hours, without any of the Avengers you don’t like around to interrupt you, in the middle of a snowy night, with your books and your goddamn crush in front of you!”.

Loki got on his feet very quickly, and lowered his tone of voice to a menacing one.

“You dare insinuate I have any sort of feelings towards Y/N—”.

“I am, once again, sensing you may not be working. I will activate a ten minute break, and I have been asked by Mr. Stark to remind you that Loki’s punishment includes Peter’s Spanish homework, and Y/N is in charge of the Advanced Chem work”.

“Fine”, you sighed, again. “And don’t worry about him, Loki. He just wants to get on our nerves. We know you don’t have feelings about anyone in the history of, like, ever”.

“Yeah, you’re a… how would it be…?”.

“Soul-less? Incapable of loving?”, you pitched.

“Okay, let’s start with your homework. You two stop”, said Loki.

The library was completely silent —weren’t for the three of you, chattery over the light sound of the snow and wind against the windows. It was perfect for concentrating on your work, if you could concentrate. But you couldn’t. Because the beautiful voice of your older best friend was now shifting between English and Spanish and —truth be told— even if he hummed nonsense you’d be putty in his hands anyway. But now, you couldn’t pretend you weren’t listening to what they were talking about.

“Puedo pergontarle… te… algo en español?”, asked Peter, which roughly translated as can I ask you something in Spanish, and Loki laughed.

“No”.

“Habla español”.

“No means no in Spanish, dumbass”.

“¡Vamos! Es un… es de…”, Peter struggled to find the right words, and finally gave up and opened Google translate. He showed Loki something written on his phone and Loki chuckled. He blushed lightly, and nodded, answering in a low voice,

“No le digas a Y/N”, don’t tell Y/N.

“Pero elle también… a elle también le gustas”, but they likes you too.

“Estás loco. ¿Cómo podría gustar de mí? Obviamente estás delirando”, you’re mad. How could they like me? You’re obviously delusional.

“What’s delirando?”, asked Peter. You, without taking your sight off your chemistry essay, answered,

“It means delusional”.

Loki and Peter froze in place. They didn’t even dare blink.

“You know Spanish”, stated Peter after a while.

“And you know I like Loki”, you said, closing the book in front of you and getting closer to them. “How the fuck did you figure that out?”.

“Oh, shut up. You drool all over yourself every time he breathes, you’re unbearable!”, he spat out, and Loki would’ve chuckled if he wasn’t still in shock. “And this idiot right here…”.

“And super rude that you told him, too! Now our entire friend group will be ruined because our sex jokes are biased”, you half joked.

“Or, consider, we keep on the sex jokes, and you two admit your mutual feelings”.

“I’m the only one that has feelings, it’s not mutual”.

“That’s the exact same thing Loki told me like a week ago!”.

“Okay”, sighed Loki, interrupting the discussion. “I… might have compromised the secrecy of our little prank just so I could have more alone time with you”, he admitted, blushing head to toes. You blushed too, gulping and sitting back on your chair. “I do care more about you than you think”.

“Alo—alone time? Am I literally invisible for you two?”, said Peter, highly offended.

“If you were invisible we would be making out right now”.

“Point”.

“So… what are we gonna do?".

"Not make out, I guess".

"About the friend group! We can't ruin this".

"I agree. Our friendship is too sacred to disturb it with unnecessary romantic drama".

"I have an idea", you pitched. "If any of us ever starts to fuck up our friendship as a group, we get them killed. Bullet to the head".

"Okay", nodded Loki slowly. "Can we date in the meantime?".

"Yes. But, remember. Bullet to the head".

"What if I get too attached and I can't kill you?".

"Why are you thinking you're gonna have to kill me?", you asked.

"Besides there's three of us", added Peter. "I can kill them".

"Again, why me?".

Loki and Peter laughed, and you slowly began laughing too.

"The timer is off, you should be getting back to work", said JARVIS. "Would you like me to remind you of the schedule?".

"No, JARVIS", Loki sighed. He walked up to you and, before you had even time to react, he pecked your lips softly. Peter smiled widely, and you blushed. "Let's get back to this".

Taglist: @lucywrites02 , @louieboo87 @the-departed-potato , @jesuswasnotawhiteman , @idontknow296 , @beksib , @spythoschei , @geekwritersworld , @whatafuckingdumbass , @mysticunicorn7 @shadowolf993 , @joscelyn02 , @t00-pi , @selfship-mishaps , @sallymagnoliaposts , @deadgirl88 , @theonewiththenerds , @vicmc624 , @spiderlaufeyson @theaudacitytowrite @bi-andready-tocry @alorev @justasmisunderstoodasloki @i-beg-your-pardon-laufeyson @theetoastyghosty @lokiprompts @sarahpaq08 @lostgreekgod @likeitloveitblogit

[darkacademicfrom2021]

Monthly challenges

FLUFFTOBER

These are all oneshots with a prompt from @flufftober2021's writing challenge/event. They work separately, but I put them all together because they're from the same event. Again, the ones I specially like go with a (*). Total word count: 37K

Day 1 - Winning a teddy bear for the other

Day 2 - Sneaking out together

Day 3 - Lazy sundays

Day 4 - Fireworks (*)

Day 5 - Watching the sunrise

Day 6 - Fireman's carry (*)

Day 7 - Meddling friends

Day 8 - Cooking lessons

Day 9 - Text messages

Day 10 - Pillow fight (*)

Day 11 - Love notes (day 6 part 2) (*)

Day 12 - Sleepy kiss

Day 13 - Pillow talk

Day 14 - Slow dancing

Day 15 - Silly traditions

Day 16 - Falling asleep together (day 6 part 3) (*)

Day 17 - Domestic fluff

Day 18 - Costumes

Day 19 - Flowers

Day 20 - Secret crush

Day 21 - Knuckle kiss

Day 22 - Flirting at work

Day 23 - Hold me in your arms

Day 24 - Caught in the rain (*)

Day 25 - Cudddling and snuggling

Day 26 - New habit together

Day 27 - "I'm cold" "Here, have my jacket" (*)

Day 28 - Soothing bath

Day 29 - Up against the wall kiss

Day 30 - Fall asleep in my lap

Day 31 - Holiday traditions

+ end of flufftober's desintoxicating smut: "The party could be anywhere".

JOTUNNARY

Day 1 | Yule

Day 2 | Childhood

Day 3 | Parenthood

Day 4 | Lovers

Day 5 | Family reunion

Day 6 | Punishment (*)

Day 7 | Ragnarök

Day 8 | Mythology

Day 9 |

Day 10 | A wedding

Day 11 |

Day 12 | A prayer

[darkacademicfrom2021]

Jotunnary | Day 12 - A prayer

Pairing: Loki x reader / Wanda x Vision (but both "men" are dead)

Word count: 300

Warnings: religious talking, food, grief, graphic mentions of Infinity War's deaths.

A/N: This is based off the first episode of "Sorry for your loss", with Elizabeth Olsen (<3). Most of the dialogues are literally extracted from the series.

"I hate when people tell me I'm on their prayers".

The silence in the parking lot was overwhelming. The only thing keeping you grounded, steady to this godsdamned Earth that you wish would have burned instead, was the smell of the sugar-coated doughnut Wanda had a breakdown over, and the rough tires over the pavement.

"I hate when people use the word condolences", she added.

It's been six, maybe seven of those meetings. Not even one of them made you feel better at all. Talking about your dead husband was not helping —especially when you couldn't specify at all. You couldn't tell anyone in that Midgardian grief group "Loki was choked to death by Thanos. Yes, the one that attacked New York. Yes, the evil brother of Thor the Avenger". Wanda felt the same.

Wanda just wanted a doughnut. She had a breakdown five minutes into the meeting, and you decided it was time to leave. And you did well, because the parking lot floor with a bag of refined sugar and carbs was doing wonders for the grief —differently from the meetings, which did nothing but stress you out.

"I hate how in the beginning, everyone wants to send you flowers and donate to, like, a foundation for your dead person", she said, and you nodded, knowingly. "And then they stop calling and writing and doing nice things for you because they're over it, and they expect you to be over it".

"I hate when people ask me if I still pray to him".

Wanda went silent. She slowly chuckled.

"Do people ask you that? What do you say?".

You shrugged.

"That God is dead".

Taglist: @lucywrites02 , @louieboo87 @the-departed-potato , @jesuswasnotawhiteman , @idontknow296 , @beksib , @spythoschei , @geekwritersworld , @whatafuckingdumbass , @mysticunicorn7 @shadowolf993 , @joscelyn02 , @t00-pi , @selfship-mishaps , @sallymagnoliaposts , @deadgirl88 , @theonewiththenerds , @vicmc624 , @spiderlaufeyson @theaudacitytowrite @bi-andready-tocry @alorev @justasmisunderstoodasloki @i-beg-your-pardon-laufeyson @theetoastyghosty @lokiprompts @sarahpaq08 @lostgreekgod @likeitloveitblogit

[darkacademicfrom2021]

Jotunnary | Day 10 - A wedding

Pairing: Loki x masc!reader

Word count: 500

A/N: Yes I am also a Johnlock enthusiast, how did you know. Also, for the sake of the gif, let's pretend like Loki cut his hair for the wedding. And Loki will always have a sweet tooth in my headcanon, okay? I love him.

“I can’t believe he’s actually marrying a mortal”, muttered Loki over a glass of wine and a mouthful of wedding cake.

Thor’s wedding party was the most unbearable thing he had to attend in the whole week, and he has had to attend a long list of Avengers business —even earlier in that same day.

Still, nothing was as annoying as having to wear a white shirt with his nothing-near-dark suit, nodding at everything the people said. He had gotten his expectations up when he heard his brother say it was a "very dark attire, much like the ones you enjoy wearing". This wasn't dark. This was light grey, much to his discomfort.

“Jane is cool, though”, said Jane’s friend and scientist —Norns, there were at least twenty scientists around him at that moment— Darcy Lewis. She was also accompanied by a gentleman that didn’t escape Loki’s eyes. He was attractive for a mortal —if he was one. And Loki marveled at the thought that he had trouble recognizing whether the man was a Midgardian or not.

“That woman slapped me in the face”, said the man. “Twice”.

“She slapped me too”, said Loki, still with cake on his mouth. Gods, the cake was good. “I don’t think it’s a bad attribute of hers, though. She speaks up”.

“I’d rather people speak up with their mouths, if possible”, he rolled his eyes, and Loki smirked. He was gonna have a little bit of fun at the party, after all —at least it seemed so. “I work with her in the lab. She’s pretty alright with that brain”, he said, obviously kidding, and then added, “now, in all seriousness, she’s the brightest woman in the world”.

“You work at a lab, then? That sounds boresome”, said Loki, earning a laugh. “What’s your name, Sir?”.

“I’m Y/N. You’re Loki, am I right?”.

“How did you know?”.

“You’re the most bitter in the whole party”.

“I don’t understand if you two are insulting each other or making friends”, said Darcy, sipping champagne as if her life depended on it.

“I’m flirting”, said the man, and Loki’s smirk widened at your boldness.

“We have similar ways, I can see”, he said smoothly.

Darcy left the men speaking right after that, and they kept talking about Thor, and Jane, and the ostentatious wedding; and after that they drifted to books, and music, and cultural differences between Asgard and Midgard.

To say Loki was fascinated by him was an understatement. Little did he know, the man had the exact same thought.

“Ah, Loki! I see you met Jane’s good old friend! You know, he reminds me of you”, said Thor, walking up to the pair after a few too many little bottles of Asgardian liquor. “I think you two should go get something for dinner together, get to know each other a little. And who knows, maybe I’m not the only Odinson who’ll get married after all!”, he half joked, and Loki chuckled, blushing slightly.

“Thor, for Fuck’s sake, go get your face washed”.

“Besides, I’m not in for marriage”, said the man.

“Oh, me neither”, nodded Loki. He waited for a moment before offering his arm and asking, “either way, dinner?”.

“Starving”, smiled the man, taking his arm and walking out of the party together.

Taglist: @lucywrites02 , @louieboo87 @the—departed—potato , @jesuswasnotawhiteman , @idontknow296 , @beksib , @spythoschei , @geekwritersworld , @whatafuckingdumbass , @mysticunicorn7 @shadowolf993 , @joscelyn02 , @t00—pi , @selfship—mishaps , @sallymagnoliaposts , @deadgirl88 , @theonewiththenerds , @vicmc624 , @spiderlaufeyson @theaudacitytowrite @bi—andready—tocry @alorev @justasmisunderstoodasloki @i—beg—your—pardon—laufeyson @theetoastyghosty @lokiprompts @sarahpaq08 @lostgreekgod @likeitloveitblogit

[likeitloveitblogit]

Jotunnary Day 1: Yule

Jotunnary 2022 Masterlist

To start out the month, I really struggled to come up with a story idea for the prompt “Yule”. Finally I decided I am actually just going to give some ideas about how I think Loki would have celebrated Yule/ The Wild Hunt at different points in his life.

I’ve mentioned this before but in the mythology Loki actually gave birth to an eight legged horse named Sleipnir (long story). And in the traditional tellings of the Wild Hunt which is part of the origins of Yule, Odin rides this horse around the world delivering gifts to children and terrorizing anyone who was wondering around outside. This is part of what led to our modern idea of Santa Claus.

For the Loki that exists within my story, I do not imagine that he gave birth to Sleipnir, but I do imagine that Odin did participate in the Wild Hunt, and then in Yule traditions as human history progressed. After the holidays became modernized and christianized, Odin had already grown bored of Midgard and stopped partaking.

While Loki was a young boy, he would beg to be taken along on the hunt. Loki thought that it would be so cool to travel on flying horseback and tour different realms with his father. Odin told him repeatedly that it was unsafe and forbade both Loki and Thor from joining. But of course they eventually found a way to seek out and join the hunt anyway. It was fun at first flying through the night, but after a while they came across a group that got trapped out at night. Odin and the rest of the hunt were truly cruel, Thor thought it was funny but it frightened Loki. Once the hunt was finally over and they all returned home Odin walked over to them and they realized he had known all along. Loki was crying and Odin made a point of telling Loki that he best not try and join again if he was going to be so sensitive. Loki never joined the hunt again, making a point of having something else much more important to do instead.

Over time the traditional hunt slowly went out of fashion and was replaced with Yule traditions on Earth. And with a month of revels and partying on Asgard. Loki would make an appearance at the parties but he was never one for getting drunk the way that Thor and his friends would. If he was able Loki would sneak away during the month he would visit Midgard checking in on villages that had been visited by the hunt he attended. Loki would never admit to it, but he did his best to keep track of the descendants of those villagers and ensure that they were doing well. Leaving small gifts for them, or using a bit of magic to keep their yule log burning strong all night. As families grew and spread to wider areas, Loki focused specifically on finding families that needed extra help.

Once back at the palace Loki actually enjoyed it most when Frigga would create beautiful wreaths and garlands from clippings from the royal gardens and Loki would help her to hang them throughout the palace. During the time when Loki was pretending to be Odin, he would have made sure to pay tribute to Frigga by ensuring the gardners kept up the tradition. Loki would have demanded that all of the gardens were perfectly maintained all year round and especially during the yule time. Those who were not able to figure out that Odin was actually Loki, wondered why Odin had suddenly taken to walking in the gardens at night. Those that dared to spy on him, would hear Odin/Loki talking, speaking as if Frigga was still there, telling her about his day.

[likeitloveitblogit]

Jotunnary Day 2: Childhood

Jotunnary 2022 Masterlist

Summary: Just a brief summary of some of Loki and the reader's childhoods.

Word Count: 700+

Warning: None

Loki:

Being a prince sounds like a wonderful adventure with parties and pampering. But preparing for the responsibilities that await the future king of Asgard is not fun and games. There were lessons on the usual topics like history, mathematics, science, as well as leadership and diplomacy. There were days of physical training, in hand to hand combat and use of any and every sort of weapon. And things like horseback riding and dance lessons. For Loki, Frigga made sure that he also trained in a wide range of magical skills to improve on his natural abilities.

Both Loki and Thor took their studies very seriously. Especially since Odin promised that they were both destined for a throne. But that did not mean that they did not take the time to have fun and cause trouble. Thor was always running around the palace and the gardens, throwing things or playing at war. Plenty of swords stolen from the armory to have dramatic sword fights. While Loki was more mischievous, planning intricate pranks that left Thor wondering how any of them were possible. None of them ever lead to anyone getting hurt, except for their pride. Sometimes Loki would use magic, like turning himself or others into animals. Other times Loki would rely on his intelligence to out smart guards and sneak into places that he was not allowed to be.

Some of the best times for the brothers was when they were able to pack up and go camping. Often they would go out when Odin was off on some kind of important royal business and wouldn’t know that they had left the palace. They would never travel too far, just wander into a patch of woods and set up a makeshift camp. It gave them the opportunity to really bond as brothers, without the pressure of Odin’s judgment or the distractions of Thor’s friends. They could tell stories, laugh about the funny things they heard and just the freedom to speak freely. Something about being surrounded by nature, just staring up at the stars felt like the perfect time to really share their thoughts. So this was when they were able to have their most in-depth conversations and share fears and worries for the future. There was an unspoken rule that conversations that happened during these trips were strictly confidential and never to be spoken about again. It was during one of these conversations that Thor confessed that he was scared to become king and that he thought Loki would do a better job. During multiple trips Loki confessed that he thought there might be something with his body or with his magic. But Thor was always quick to assure Loki that he was totally fine, that Loki’s body was just like his and that Frigga would have said something is there was a problem with Loki’s magic

Y/N:

Y/N grew up in a small town where everyone knew each other and being different was completely frowned upon. Their schedule did not include things like archery lessons or grand balls. Y/N spent more time on the usual watching TV and playing games with friends. Their friend groups changed as they did, from those who lived in their neighborhood to those who sat next to them in class to those that actually shared their interests and hobbies outside of school. Throughout their childhood, their best friend was Tom. They met on Y/N's first day of preschool. Y/N was waiting for their parents to pick them up from school and Tom walked over to where Y/N sat on the swingset. From that moment they were fast friends and hung out whenever possible. Some of their favorite things to do included having adventures in the woods behind Y/N's house. Pretending to be brave knights riding flying horses, or a wise royalty ruling over the land. Y/N would sneak snacks out and they would make a grand feast on an old fallen tree.

But Y/N’s parents did not approve of their friendship and ultimately they were forced apart. And for a long time Y/N thought they might never see Tom again, but a connection like that cannot be easily broken. And Tom did in fact return to Y/N's life in a very unexpected way.

[likeitloveitblogit]

Jötunnary 5: Family Reunion

Jotunnary Masterlist - All of the Jotunnary posts exist within the world of my upcoming fic “Love is an Imaginary Dagger”.

A/N: Today's post is a bonus scene filling in the time between Thor finding out Loki has been pretending to be Odin and the two of them arriving on Earth. Takes place during the timeline of Thor Ragnarok.

Word count: 900+

Loki knew that he was going to have a hard time explaining to Thor why exactly he had decided to take over as Odin. It was honestly a mix of reasons, some Loki wasn’t even really sure he understood himself. It had started when he woke up on Elfheim nearly dead and completely alone. When he made it back to the palace he realized that, once again, everyone assumed he was dead. At first Loki only planned to disappear into the distance and let everyone forget about him. But as he made his way back out of the palace, he ran into Odin all alone in a deserted hallway and the urge for revenge overcame Loki. That had been years ago and Loki knew that the day would come when someone would recognize him and it would end.

And now here was Thor, angry and confused, dragging Loki through the palace into their old chambers. The path was familiar, bringing back memories of a childhood that felt tainted by all of the ways that they had each changed.

“Thor please do calm down” Thor ignored Loki’s pleas and continued down the passages.

Finally they reached Thor’s chambers and he shoved Loki inside and slammed the door behind them. Thor began pacing back and forth, not even looking up he demanded “Explain now!”

This was exactly what Loki was dreading. What was there that Loki could ever say that could make Thor understand? You left me to die, so I took on a new life.? I was simply living up to the expectations you all had for me? I was destined to be a king and this was finally my opportunity to take that destiny back for myself? A destiny that he was not sure that he really wanted, and what better way to test that than to try living a time in Odin’s shoes. And were there not things that Loki and Thor had discussed they would do differently from Odin given the chance? No he could not tell Thor any of that.

“What did you expect?”

“Honestly I stopped expecting anything you do to make sense to me long ago. But I never thought that you would take it to this extreme of a level. Killing father to take his throne?”

“Wait what? You think I killed Odin?”

Thor stopped pacing and looked at Loki, “of course I do. You don’t really expect me to believe that Odin would have let you take his place on the throne, do you?”

“Well, no. Obviously not. No one is stupid enough to believe that Odin would willingly let me have a place on the throne. But that does not mean that I killed him.”

“Then what did you do with him? To him?”

“I gave him an early ‘retirement’. He is totally fine. Just a simple memory charm and a quick trip to another realm where he can’t hurt himself.”

“Loki! Where did you send him?”

“You’ll be happy to know that I sent him to your very favorite planet. Midgard”

Thor turns toward the door ready to leave, “we must leave immediately to retrieve him. There are threats coming for Asgard and we cannot hope to face them without Odin’s help”

"You go ahead and prepare yourself, I have to handle somethings before we return to Midgard"

"What do you have to handle? You haven't been doing anything this whole time."

"I know this is hard for you to understand but there is more to being a ruler than war and violence. I have worked here on Asgard to enhance the lives of our people."

“At the expense of those in all the other realms?”

“Well clearly they had the wonderful Thor Odinson to protect them. The rule of the Allfather has been long and wide spread, but that does not mean that it is right. Have you ever wondered if having Asgardian forces living in each of those realms was really in the best interest of everyone involved?”

“It was not my place to question Odin’s decisions. We were sent to protect and that is what I did”

“Protection from evil is all good and well when the bad guy is clearly defined. But as someone who comes from a race of people who are considered monsters I have a different understanding of that topic. I have studied histories of many realms and seen that when the powerful lend strength to a select group that aligns with their own interests, it is often not what is best for the people of that land. But this is not the time to get political, let me settle a few matters…”

“Being born on Jotunheim does not make you a monster. You were raised better than that.”

“Your takeaway is that I am better than the people I was born of, because I was raised better? Clearly you will never understand the logic that led me to make the decisions I’ve made.”

“Loki, I want to understand where all of this is coming from. You have changed so much and I don’t feel like you are the same brother I grew up with.”

“Brothers? Well that makes this one Hel of a family reunion. I think we better be making our way to the bifrost so that we can be retrieving that father of yours.”

“Loki, he is your father too.”

“That is very much incorrect in so many ways.” And with that Loki left the room, not giving Thor another chance to speak.

[likeitloveitblogit]

Jotunnary Day 3: Parenthood

I was stressed about this day because I did not know what to write about this prompt. This is a topic that will most likely not be included in the fic at all. I wanted to have more stories and sneak peeks for the posts this month and instead I’ve only been able to write out my rambling thoughts. But I am trying this year to accept that my posts and writing are never going to be perfect and that I would rather share my half put together thoughts than to not share something. So here are my thoughts on Loki and parenthood.

For me personally I have no desire to become a parent at any point in the future. And oftentimes I think that the media portrays those of us who have this desire to remain childless in a very negative light. I could talk for hours about my opinions on that, but I am going to hold off on that for now. (message me if you really want to know). Everyone should be allowed to make that decision for themselves, without ever having to give a reason. And no one should be thought less for wanting or not wanting to have children.

I think that Loki would really follow the lead of the partner he is with.

If they don’t want kids, then Loki would be accepting of that and not try to pressure them to change their mind. If anyone tried to insult his partner for not wanting children, he would set them straight and remind them that no one should ever be treated differently for not wanting to have kids. And later he would make sure to flood his partner with love and affection to remind them that they are worthy just the way they are. And heaven help anyone who tried to say “Loki’s partner was lucky they didn’t want children because Loki would be a bad parent”, because you know that they would defend Loki to the end.

If they want to have children or to adopt children then Loki would do his absolute best to raise those kids. Loki did not have any kind of relationship with his biological father and the relationship he had with Odin was not healthy. The closest parent relationship he had was with Frigga, and he would take the care and attention she gave him and pass that onto his children. The care for the children would be evenly split, no absentee father for his children. Everything from changing diapers to warming bottles. His favorite would be reading bedtime stories, sometimes he would tell folktales that Frigga told him. Sometimes he would add little magical illusions to bring the stories to life. If they ended up with multiple children Loki would do his best not to play favorites, but sometimes he might end up showing a bit more attention to whichever child was having the hardest time. That might be the one who struggles more in school, or physically with trying to learn a sport. He’d sit with them at the table and do his best to help them with their school work. Or take them to get ice cream after practice. If they want to learn magic, he would be so excited to teach them and his partner would have to keep Loki from teaching them advanced skills too soon. If someone threatened Loki’s children he would protect them with his life.

[likeitloveitblogit]

Jötunnary 2022 Masterlist

For the month of January I'm going to be creating a post everyday. While not a continuous story they all exist in the world of my new fic "Love is an Imaginary Dagger". Hope you all enjoy.

Day 1: Yule

Day 2: Childhood

Day 3: Parenthood

Day 4: Lovers

Day 5: Family Reunion

[likeitloveitblogit]

Jotunnary 2022

Hello Everyone. Happy New Year!

I am notoriously terrible at completing month long themed content challenges. That being said I am going to be attempting to complete the Jotunnuary (Loki’s Month) Prompt list #jotunnuary2022

Right after the Loki show came out, I started writing a fic that put a twist on the storyline. I wanted to write something about a girl that Loki met in the past, who was a new character. Someone that Loki would put the effort into finding, someone who would also put the effort into finding him as well. And I wanted it to be reader insert because that's what I enjoy reading. Over the months I have been working on bits and pieces of it but never felt confident enough to start sharing it. This month I want to take this as an opportunity to introduce you to this project that I am hoping to release over the year. It is a Loki x Female Reader that incorporates content from the Loki series and many of the MCU films.

For the month I will be creating posts (hopefully) each day based on the prompts. They will each connect back to the world that I am creating for the story. I do not have time to write a full fic for each day. Some will be short fics, some will be imagines, and some will just be headcanons that I think fit the characters I’m writing. Some of them will be snippets of scenes taken from upcoming chapters.

I hope that everyone will enjoy these as I create them, and hopefully they will get you excited to read “Love is an Imaginary Dagger” coming February 1st. If you love these and want to be added to a tag list for jotunnuary or for the coming “Love is an Imaginary Dagger” series please comment and let me know.

[darkacademicfrom2021]

I'm already writing some things for jotunnary2022 and honestly? I hate how it's turning out and I can't fix it 😭😭 this year I've lost the ability to write completely