#loki's many deaths

[lokiinmediasideblog]

Loki WAS supposed to permanently die in thr dark world and it was wonderfully done but stupid fans were upset do they brought him back. Guys why? They did the scene so well.

I may be a stupid fan, but I am glad that Loki didn't die in T:TDW. The scene was wonderfully done indeed. I think it'd have been a waste of Loki (ugh, the MCU treats many characters, especially antagonists, like paper plates). The alternate scene where Odin and Thor talk about Loki's death is so boring. You're talking to the wrong person, because I am still mad at the Russos for killing him off like that. LOL.

If Loki had died: I'd not be involved in anything MCU-related at this point because I've only watched it for Loki (LOL. I do dislike I am this obsessed over an MCU character to the point I've made myself watch MCU movies for them.). I also think the surprise ending allowed Loki to show off his abilities (the spell on Odin, who is generally the more powerful magic user).

Loki was brought back by test audiences. Not sure if they were casuals or Loki fans, or some mix of both(usually what the panels want).

I like to think that Loki actually expected to die and nearly did, but somehow didn't. Ties into the "no resurrections" comment from IW. And my HC is that he died in the Void but was resurrected by someone in the Black Order. But that's my HC.

Like I am fine with him dying, just not as early as T:TDW would have been, or the shock-value way from IW. I would have accepted an IW permanent death if it didn't feel shock-valuey and didn't happen so early in the movie. I will be sad, but I don't mind if Loki dies in S2, given that Loki definitely got a fair run at this point, and I don't think it would be in some shock value way. Or at least I hope not.

[finngualart]

Gáttir allar áður gangi fram um skoðast skyli, um skyggnast skyli, því að óvíst er að vita hvar óvinir sitja á fleti fyrir.

At every door-way, ere one enters, one should spy round, one should pry round for uncertain is the witting that there be no foeman sitting, within, before one on the floor

[indri-on-ao3]

So, given the US election results, have we reached a temporary peak for queer rep in American mainstream TV? Our Flag Means Death, Willow, Good Omens, Sandman, Fionna and Cake, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Loki, Kaos, Agatha All Along, and others I haven't seen. Sure, most of those were cancelled too soon and one was disappeared. But they exist.

Remember also that fanfic is a liberatory underground art movement. I hope AO3 is able to keep going, but I'll be downloading my favourites.

[nostalgia-tblr]

Too soon? 😭😬🌲

[worstloki]

been thinking of Loki as a vengeful ghost/demon that tries to kill Thor after dying on Jotunheim except instead of killing Thor straightup Thor's on a quest following a trail of weird clues and strange happenings across multiple realms sort of? so Loki is just leading him around not showing himself but very much heartbroken in the distance about how Thor just 'moved on'. Meanwhile on Thor's end it's very evident in how Thor handles quests once Loki is gone that he still follows all the advice and suggestions Loki made, and tries to consider what Loki would have done when he does things.

[local-redhead-bookworm]

The sheer number of spider man game fans who are whining over Neil Newbon winning best performance is so funny. My partner is an avid Final Fantasy and Legend of Zelda enjoyer, and they were rooting for Clive’s VA and Tears of the Kingdom to win more awards than they did. But you know what happened when Baldur’s Gate 3 won? My partner grumbled but accepted the loss with grace and acknowledged that BG3 was a good game.

Meanwhile I have never seen such sore losers as the Spider Man 2 fans. They are in videos of people celebrating Neil Newbon’s performance, congratulating him on his win, and sharing their favorite parts of his performance leaving comments like “rigged af”, “Yuri lost to this?”, and “😭 we know these girl voted cause they were creaming for him” (that last one is a direct quote). As if that isn’t a phrase I’ve never heard before. Accept the L! You were outvoted! This is how the awards work, people vote for what they like! Cry about it, and go touch some grass!

[autumnoficarus]

i can't stop listening to the 'purpose is glorious' track from this season's ost and thinking about how lovely the title and its meaning are. it's just such an amazing underlying theme in this show, and - while i do have criticisms about some of the choices made for the series finale - i really do feel the writers wholeheartedly delivered in sending that message home. for me personally, loki's ending is so gratifying and a large part of that is solely from viewing their arc's conclusion with the perspective of this theme in mind. to have spent years watching this character i hold very dear to my heart struggle to find belonging, to feel as though they matter and there is reason in their existence, finally get a chance to show - and recognize - their worth was so, so rewarding. and honestly, i think the message behind the phrasing of 'purpose is glorious' is all the more meaningful because of how loki's arc finished. yes, the outcome was bittersweet; yes, we're left knowing loki didn't get the happiness they undeniably earned after everything they'd gone through. it smarts something fierce to know their journey up until they deviated from their timeline and became a variant, as well as seen their eventual intended fate. the ache is only worsened after witnessing everything that happens within the TVA and the entirety of loki's character growth leading up to a redefining moment where they willingly choose to undergo a nightmarish amount of time in the endeavor to do the right thing. of course we want them to emerge victorious when they've struggled for so long, but that's not the point. loki's final moments are them forfeiting their right to a happy ending to preserve the stories of others because all stories matter and should inherently reserve the free will to be written; as sylvie says, loki makes their choice so their loved ones and life across the multiverse still have a chance to belong somewhere and embrace their place in the world. the take away is that even burden can be glorious. even with all the hardships of life - all the inevitable heartache, disappointment, and grief we encounter just by being alive - we have meaning in our existence. there is meaning in the trials we face, and the suffering we endure in order to overcome them. our pain gives us purpose; it gives us the ability to love, to grow from and for each other, and choose to sacrifice our happiness for the benefit of another. loki's purpose was forged in the bonds of those they met in their time at the TVA and the sense of value they gained from their companionship. their sacrifice perfectly conveys how the human capacity to love is one of cosmic greatness, which can ultimately surpass our instinctual desire to preserve one's self. we can move immovable mountains and challenge insurmountable adversity in behalf of the ones we love and their welfare. if that isn't an act deserving of glory, I don't know what is.

tldr; loki's purpose is the friends they made along the way = as the saying goes, 'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all'. or: our own lives have purpose because of the connections we share with others, even when we are met with great loss.

[grimalkinmessor]

Patron Gods AU where star student Light Yagami claims that he's claimed by Amaterasu, only for reclusive detective L Lawliet (claimed by Koios) to discover that Light is dual-claimed by Hela and Eris—making him one of the most dangerous humans on the planet, a burgeoning calamity.

[nahomiaylina]

How to survive after go2?

AJHAHAKAJDKAKHA this year was for the second seasons.

[miasmultifandomdump]

Redemption arcs ending in death are frustratingly common. Sometimes it's well done and I have no hate for people who go that route, but sometimes I just love someone seeing the errors of their way and actively having to change. The internal dilemmas. The struggle to make others trust them. The ways their heart breaks as people look at them with distrust and they know they deserve it and they try not to be upset, but they're hurt and sometimes angry. They know they shouldn't be angry, they know they have earned this, but please, please just see that they're trying. The struggles to not fall back into their old ways. It's so good.

[iholli]

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this is super long bc I'm Completely Normal abt J'onn lmao whoops 😂

omfg where do I start. FIRST THINGS FIRST. HE. MY BELOVED. J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter, my favorite favorite of all time. no really it's coming up on 8 years and I still love him sm 😭 my one braincell may wander off to new fixations but I always circle back around to him sooner or later.

I have like 4747058 images of him ofc but these are SO good bc they tell a lot about him ??? he's cute, he's silly, he's dramatic, he's sassy, he's the heart of the Justice League twenty times over despite DC refusing to give him any time to shine (I'm going to fight them with my bare hands for that).

I've never posted this but it's been in my drafts for ever so I'll throw it in here 😂 I have so many thoughts about him omg

ALSO I have a whole thing analyzing J'onn's moral compass & development through Justice League Animated, Unlimited, and some of the comics a while back so there's tHAT WHICH,,, was super good imo 👏

uuuuughghghghh I could talk about him forever 😭💚

When it comes to people Superman wouldn't want to fight, J'onn is top of that list, that's canon. He's OP as FUCK. He has most if not all Clark's powers, shapeshifting, intangibility, invisibility, phasing, telepathy, seriously his powers seem to never end ??? But he's terribly underutilized :") like I get it but come on DC,,,

J'onn is addicted to Oreos. no, really. in MM 98 issue 24 Blue Beetle and Booster Gold have this Super Funny Idea to hide all the Oreos from J'onn, and you gotta applaud the dedication to the prank bc they literally went out and bought ALL the Oreos from the ENTIRE vicinity of the JL Embassy building. J'onn proceeds to Hulk out and tear up half the city chasing them for it. It's revealed by Batman that Martians can get addicted to Oreos. At the end of the issue it turns out this is just a story J'onn is telling Diana but... he winks and asks if she's got any cookies, so it's up for debate if it's really just a story [I think there's some truth to it. bc it's very funny.]. And the Oreo thing comes up many times in many places including JLTAS 😂

He also likes sweet things in general !! he canonically drinks coffee with a TON of sugary shit to take off the bitter taste. I also made the hc that was the case for him just days before reading it in MM Identity and I'm very real for that 👏

J'onn is a cat person. One of his aliases is even an Italian street cat named Tommaso. And he has an orange cat named Double Stuff,,, of course 😂

however,,, he's totally a dragon nerd, he knows everything about dragons, he likes reptiles in general but dragons are his fav. He shapeshifts into draconic creatures all the time and he talks many times abt a specific species of moon nesting dragon called quonars. He also telepathically connected with an iguana once and it was a wholesome experience 🥺

J'onn lives in Colorado, in a suburb named Middleton, which is actually the name of a real ghost town! it's interesting that Denver is his preferred climate bc you can assume Mars was similar 👀

He is THE sass master. He goes toe to toe with Batman constantly. One of these days I'll just make a list of every sassy line he delivers in JLTAS but I think that would be a whole book by itself. There's a video of sassy moments from Batman: The Brave and the Bold that I watch 400 times a week. One of my favorite comic sass moments is when Batman expresses his annoyance at J'onn for leaving on the middle of an important meeting, which J'onn happily counters with a "you're so right, it would look bad on the League if someone just vanished at random all the time, huh Batman :)." he then also takes a crack at Bruce's lack of people skills. iconic.

He's also a silly little guy. The Batman 2007? J'onn OWNS the noir detective role, down to the cheesy old fashioned music. He also has like, a whole list of quotes he's just waiting to use when the time is right. He waited years to say "You're probably wondering why I've called you all here today." love him fr

J'onn is canonically kind of an adrenaline junkie. He loves driving, particularly an 87 Chevy Impala which he affectionately says "vibrates like a Chihuahua with a head cold." He once physically linked with an entire damaged spaceship to steer it out of danger and got carried away bc he was just having fun. He also said it was similar to the video games he plays with GL-- so he's canonically a gamer, too 😂👏

I 100% believe he's got anxiety or at LEAST separation anxiety [and that may be the case for the entire Martian race]. I already thought as much but then JLU issue 24 kinda confirmed it and it was devastating :") the League is taken over by Starro, J'onn is the only one who dodges the attack and he's left to fight his teammates which. is already awful for him. and it triggers flashbacks to a time on Mars when he was separated from his family in a nasty sandstorm. J'onn went pretty much feral with panic until he broke down and then forced himself to calm down enough to think of a plan. Meanwhile back with the League he's frantically trying not to panic again bc, while fire is a Martian's greatest weakness, "being alone is a Martian's greatest fear." I cried the whole time I read that issue and then I bought a copy LMAO. can DC stop putting him through the PTSD wringer for five seconds thanks

One short comic run J'onn spends the whole time being chased by the Martian god of fire, H'ronmeer, bc it turns out he was psychically keeping the souls of the entire Martian population tethered to the mortal realm. he's super powerful and HE'S GOING THROUGH IT. ALL THE TIME.

I don't have the context for either happenstance at this time, but J'onn has been both a Black and a White Lantern in comics. I have no idea what any of it means, either, I just know it's happened. I'll get there eventually. maybe. [I think he's dead for the Black Lantern thing so...probably...not...]

^^^ this is up there with the whole "J'onn was actually an advance agent for the invading Martian species but rather than let them use him as a weapon he essentially committed suicide after fighting the whole Justice League [beat them easily, it wasn't even a competition] and somehow this split his consciousness into like 4 different people" of comic runs that I really don't want to read [even though I own this one] :") help

I don't know what it is about forcefields but his brain just shuts off when he gets near one fr. Multiple times when there's a forcefield, EVEN IF HE KNOWS IT'S THERE, J'onn just yeets headfirst into it. He's just generally super impulsive tho ??? This guy is constantly jumping into action without a moment's thought. pls stop handing off the braincell to absolutely no one when there's danger, J'onn [he does not actually have the braincell at any given time. only Bruce has it. occasionally].

He totally enjoys starting shit. J'onn is Here for teammate drama. He once gave Batman absolutely what for and called him immature just bc J'onn was annoyed with his attitude. He sends people on League missions that will either bring out complete drama or make them find common ground. Though he says the contrary, J'onn is absolutely in the background of every team squabble with popcorn like Thor watching Tony and Cap argue. "You're all so petty. And tiny."

J'onn's name means "light to the light" and it's so poetic 😭😭 of COURSE he's the heart of the League. akdjfndckdnxkd

I'm going to stop there bc I could go on forever but I've held this ask hostage in my drafts long enough 😂😂 ENJOY THE RAMBLING THANK U FOR SENDING THIS ASK AAAA 💙

[thewilddreamerrr]

I still can't believe I saw a live spaghetti-tion on a Disney serie

[loki-whump-recs]

Justice For Saint Mary by paradoxicalpockets

Summary:

Loki Variants are escaping, Minutemen are killing each other in the field, and the TVA is running out of time. Agent Mobius decides to call in an expert. (Or, the one where I rewrite the show to better connect Loki to his mental state after the events of the first Thor film, his fall through space, and being brainwashed by the Mind Stone.)

Pairing: Mobius/Loki Rating: T Word Count: 35k+

Tags: #PTSD #fluff #TVA #Jotun Loki #brainwashing #minor character death

Complete/Incomplete

Admin notes: This is such a heckin good alternate rewrite of S1. First couple chapters is all about him weaning off the mind control with Mobius using the theater scene to confront him with the inconsistencies in his personality we saw in Avengers. He's angsty. He fights another even angstier mind-stone-fried variant of himself. He teams up with a bunch of Lokis including Sylvie who's not what she seems. And of course some good supportive Lokius content🤝

[pomegranateplumes]

I think I'm gonna invest one or two more indulgent artworks in relevance to Loki and Mobius

I think it'll help ease this swelled up sorrow filling my ribcage that I've been feeling since that goddamn finale

[nostalgia-tblr]

You'll see it's all a show Keep 'em laughin' as you go Just remember that the last laugh is on you...

I call this masterpiece 'Always Loki on the Bright Side of Life'

IT WENT SAD. Because death(s). But don't worry it just loops round to the start again when things were more light-hearted and more violent. (Much like life itself, amirite?)

YouTube link (there are subtitles on it there)

[yellowpamonha]

it’s been like. forever since I stopped keeping up with marvel content, mostly bc I really liked captain america and hated his ending all the way— didn’t like Tony’s either but at least it made sense. back then, loki was one of my fav characters and I never got around watching it bc I was afraid disney would fuck up, and you know what? thankfully I didn’t, because I want FAMILY and PARTNERSHIP and if you’re not gonna give me romance, at least let the guy have moral support.