#tdw promo

[teamdarkweek]

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[gloriousburden]

how do u think Loki feels towards and acts to children, babies, and animals?

idk how canon i would take the tdw promo thing with the kids bc it was like supposed to be a comedy, and also it's him at not his nicest yk? -🔎

Lolll yeah I think he would be a bit playful with children. Less harsh than in the Comedy Central promo, but still playful.

How does he feel about babies… I’ve kind of always thought that he’d look at them, and think of his own past. He’d think about how he was abandoned as a baby. Which I’m sure he thinks is a very cruel thing to do. It would hurt him to think of. I think he may have a slight aversion to them, because that’s all he sees. That, or he’s quite neutral about them. He’d act very casual with them. He wouldn’t be the type to cutesy baby talk to a baby. “Aww you’re so cute 🥹🥹🥹” he wouldn’t do that. But, I do think he’d find them cute. His view on babies might be a little complicated. He wants to smile at them and be “normal” about them, but it’s hard because he remembers that he was abandoned when he looked just like them. When he was that little.

He’s not cruel towards children in any way. He’s just not lovey dovey with them in the way most people would be. He finds them cute and thinks it’s funny to trick/play around with them. He was a child once, and I think he was a bit of a sensitive one. Maybe that helps him empathize with them. He wouldn’t be too harsh with his tricks, just very playful. He’s always been one for mischief, and he figures most children like silly things, similar to how he did as a child. I could see him doing silly illusions for them, and making them laugh. But, this is a rare occasion. He’ll look at two siblings, and it’ll remind him of how he and Thor were as children. Lots of angst potential there. Or, it could be a positive thing for him.

I might be projecting a bit with this one (though it genuinely seems reasonable to me) but I see Loki as the kind of person who gets very overwhelmed by noises. He prefers silence, and obviously babies/children can be noisy. I do think that could get to him. When around REALLY noisy babies/children, he wouldn’t think “aww such silly children being noisy while playing… cute baby crying..” no, he’d become overwhelmed and excuse himself. I think he’d have those sort of sensory issues. He’d be a little weird about noises, just like me 😁

With animals… he appreciates their beauty, and he likes observing them from afar. I don’t know if he’d necessarily love them? But he’s not at all cruel or harsh towards them in any way. Though, I feel he may be grossed out by certain animals. He can be a bit “uptight” about certain things lol

He likes the symbolism certain animals have. He’s always looking for meaning in everything. He has a horse (which actually has horns just like Loki’s on it’s armor LOL) who I could see him being more gentle with. Loki being brains over brawn, I could see him being a little more considerate than most (when compared to his peers) with his own horse.

I could see him being fascinated by snakes. The way they move, and how “sly” they could be. As well as the patterns they can have. He’d appreciate their design lol

He’d have a bit of a dislike towards less “hygienic” and less “sophisticated” types of animals. He’d be grossed out by them, and he wouldn’t be too intrigued by them.

He’d dislike certain types of harm done to animals. Specifically hunting for sport. He’d see it as very simple minded thing to do, and unnecessary. Loki isn’t the type of person who enjoys violence for the sake of being violent. There always has to be a motive behind it.

Yeah he’d be quite neutral towards children/babies and animals most of the time.

[insanityclause]

Tom will be filming TNM2 we all know it's definitely as he said filming next month and possibly if true the Shakespeare play both later this year . How on earth he is fitting both to do this year as I read from another anon that TNM2 six months

We have no idea how long TNM2 will be filming. For reference, the first season took 3.5 months, with 4 different locations + studio, so he could be finished that by the end of September, if they're only doing one season at a time (like Loki S2, tbh).

Also, he did TDW promo, Coriolanus and Crimson Peak over an 8 month period, so it's definitely possible.

But we'll see if it actually happens this way.

[nikkoliferous]

Directly Contrasting Movie!Loki vs. Series!Loki

Avengers vs Loki (2021) Promo Shots

Debunking the Lie That Loki Was A Lazy, Pampered Prince (Unlike Sylvie, Whose Life Was Sooo Super Hard!)

Some of the Jarring Differences Between Movie!Loki and Series!Loki

Addressing the Laughable Notion That Loki Has Never Been Out-of-Control Before Loki (2021)

Loki (2021)’s “Redemption” Arc Only Works If You Ignore His Prior Characterization

Loki Caring About Other People Is Nothing New

The Narrative’s Treatment of Avengers!Loki vs. Ragnarok/Series!Loki

Debunking Loki (2021)’s Whitewashing of Frigga’s B+ Parenting

Loki’s Character “Development” in Loki (2021) Fails To Take Into Account His… You Know, Character

Loki (2021)’s Failure to Distinguish Between Acting In-Control vs. Being In-Control

Debunking the Lie That Loki Had Only Ever Cared About Himself Until He Met Sylvie

Does Loki Actually “Love to Talk”?

TDW!Loki vs Series!Loki and Caring About Other People

Loki’s Entire “Redemption Arc” in the Series Is Based on a False Premise

The Worst Part of Loki (2021) Was Everything

Disney Did Worse Than Kill Loki Off—They Unmade Him

↩️ back to the compendium

[asterakikeltoi]

I mean fair enough.

[chattercap]

Monthly Update (April 2024)

Hello everyone, it's Chattercap!

I apologize for the slightly late April devlog, but I was in a bit of a daze after the MindMindMind release! Wow, March went by in a flash for me! Let's get down to it!

I released not one, but TWO games this month! (If you missed them, you can find the links in my pinned!)

Kanau

I spent the first part of the month programming and ironing out the Kanau release. I added mini CGs to my VN framework and also added the ability to rename your save files. After that, it was full steam ahead with actually implementing everything - all of the art, BGM, SFX, VA, and GUI, including updating the gallery. I also set up the itch page and put together some social media announcements. Since the content warnings were pretty stark with this one, I also added a trigger warning screen. After that, I had the game beta tested, and it was released by the 8th!

After that I…took a few days break, haha! (I should have gotten straight to work on MMM, but alas, I always enter some kind of trance right after a game release!)

MindMindMind

For the first part of the month, I was mainly scripting as I needed to get the script done for the VAs as quickly as possible. MMM was my QUICKEST script to date, as I finished 20k words in less than 10 days, wow! (I think that the relatively simplistic prose, with a heavy emphasis on dialogue, helped a lot.) During that time I also reviewed the MMM voice acting auditions and made my selections; in addition, I made the promo artwork and reached out to someone for background photos.

After I was out of my post Kanau-release trance, I immediately started work on the sprites! Kalei's sprite was easy to finish, although Geist's sprite took a bit of time (I kept messing up his face…). I also finished all of the backgrounds and then started work on the CGs; I managed to finish one CG per day! While I was doing that, I also cleaned and adjusted the VA samples. On the final week of the month, I animated all of the art and then basically did the same things for MMM that I did for Kanau - adding all of the art, sound, and GUI, making the itch page, updating the gallery. I also put together a walkthrough and implemented name and pronoun selection. I managed to get MMM ready for beta-testing by the 25th, and I spent the rest of the time prepping VA announcements and putting together the artbook! MMM was released on the 29th!

Other

With new game releases comes a myriad of little tasks! I submitted both Kanau and MMM to IMDB and updated my carrd, Tumblr, Twitter, and patreon. I also added MMM to Steam! (It's here! You can wishlist it if you want; I'll probably upload it there fairly soon.)

And then…after MindMindMind I entered my post-game release coma again. I think I did a few things (started sketching the Hanasu cover art and an updated art for Actala, started a commission for an updated Actala logo, and continued writing the Hanasu script, but I'll be honest I've been in a bit of a daze…)

I'm really blown away with the reception that MMM has received, and I'm happy that so many people have played and enjoyed it; I'll upload a postmortem sometime soon, haha!

What's on the docket for next month?

Amare Jam is going on this month, and I hope to finish The Deepwater Witch for it! There are only a few CGs (and some optional mini CGs) to do, so I think I can! In addition, I want to finish the Hanasu script this month. After TDW is finished, I'll be working on Actala - doing updated backgrounds, sprites, and CGs. I want to work on both a Hanasu release and an updated Actala demo for a summer-ish timeframe (whether I can get both done for Otome Jam remains to be seen…)

If you want to hear from me more often, I also post frequently on my Patreon with sketches, writing snippets, sneak peeks, high resolution art, and weekly devlogs.

Thank you to anyone who took the time to read; your support means the world to me! I'll see you next month!

Chattercap

[theuniquestore]

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[littleredlilith]

Look at the big dork showing off!

I can hear Loki screaming back from Asgard: “Stop playing with my sceptre you unworthy Midgardian!”

[the-haven-of-fiction]

Almost. Thor TDW promo.

You’re so adorable I need to lay down and cry [x]

[teamdarkweek]

hii!!! you don't have to answer, but i wanted to ask: are you planning on writing fics for team dark week like you did last year? your writing is soooo incredible and those fics are a huge inspo to me! the characterization and dynamic you portray is so refreshing, i felt so spoiled reading them lol i think about them all the time !!! either way, thank you for hosting tdw, youre awesome !!

Hiya, ever so kind of you to say! I definitely don't think they deserve all that, I personally can't look at a couple of them, but I'm glad you enjoyed them. I do plan to participate in Team Dark Week from my personal ( @wonderinc-sonic ). Maybe with some shorter stories this time, some of those got far too long!

If you're referring to the few stories I wrote based on requests and prompts sent to the blog before Team Dark Week, I'm open to it if people are interested - those don't take terribly long. They weren't fantastic at their goal of being promo for Team Dark Week though; I wish I was an artist and could make things to get the blog shared more...

Marketing on tumblr! It makes everybody insecure, right? I'm sure I'm in good company with these feelings. But hosting Team Dark Week is absolutely my pleasure, I still get giddy when I think about how many people had fun with it last time!

[latent-thoughts]

I honestly agree with you on everything after ragnarok is not canon. Although I love Thor ragnarok, it’s an entertaining movie and ive seen it more times then I should, thinking about it now I’ve never seen Thor ragnarok as canon. it’s just been a movie that’s really shitty but entertaining, and funny when you don’t have context about the characters.

I just hate that it’s so disrespectful to the actual characters. AND what’s even worse, is that I did not even consider the movie disrespectful to the characters until I was on tumblr and found threads of old posts/things you’ve reblogged on why it is.

And everything after it, has come tumbling after.

People need to realise there’s a difference between entertaining cinema, vs actual good Quality cinema. Especially with something like marvel because it’s all “connected”. Marvel is choosing quantity over quality and it’s clearly showing.

Yup. Marvel-Disney has become the 'Five Minute Crafts' of movie making. They're pumping out multiple shows and movies annually, but there's hardly any substance to them anymore. Nothing actually connects in this so-called cinematic universe, but the promos and interviews will try to fool you into believing it.

There's no cohesive story, only easter eggs abound. They're mostly meaningless, because most of them have their roots in different storylines in the comics, not the movies. Like, wtf was Thanoscopter doing in the Loki series? Or why was Sylvie wearing the broken crown (which was originally worn by AoA Loki for very specific reasons)?

Moreover, every new entity boasts of bringing in a drastic change into the multiverse or having a powerful character like no other before them. Yet, all of this is forgotten in the next entity they release. Rinse repeat.

The problem with Ragnarok was that it wanted to be funnier and bigger than GOTG--a movie that somewhat broke the mold for MCU movies at that time. It constituted an unlikely team of antiheroes who became heroic, and it had a more zany kind of humour to it.

What Ragnarok didn't note was that GOTG had heart. It had zany humour, yes, but it also had plenty of poignant moments. It didn't make a joke out of everything, most certainly not the characters. Every character was handled carefully, their trauma and loss acknowledged despite their negative actions.

Ragnarok failed supremely at this. Bruce turned into a parody of anxiety attacks and 'useless' nerdiness (7 PhDs but can't fly a ship, haha). Loki--a character of a subjugated race, taken from his people, raised to hate his own race, a clear victim of Asgard's imperialistic and colonial agenda, was made fun of for simply existing. His trauma was ignored, his relationship to Thor was twisted to make Thor into a victim, and instead, his main oppressor, Odin, was glorified despite his war crimes and invasions. What more, the fact that Thor left Loki to die on Sakaar was glossed over and made into a joke. Valkyrie (she still doesn't have a name, even post l&t) was introduced as a slave trader (does anyone find it sus that a woman of colour was shown as a slave trader?) and this part of her life was never acknowledged again, not even by Bruce, even though she traded the hulk to the GM.

Thor...sigh, where do I even begin? Gone was the considerate and thoughtful Thor we had seen in TDW, the Thor who acknowledged his father's bad decisions and tried to counter them by putting his own life on the line. Gone was the Thor who held his dying brother in his arms and cried. Granted, canon Thor had his issues to overcome, but he was never crass and inconsiderate like Ragnarok Thor. Ragnarok not only uprooted Thor from his growing self awareness and growth, it uprooted him wholly from Asgard. Killed off his friends and killed off his home. And made a joke about it all.

There's so much more to say about that trash movie and it's confused purpose, but all in all, it put the first nail into the whole franchise' coffin. L&T is only a continuation of that, based in the same theme of ridicule and distasteful humour.

What rankles is that it could've been a great movie, had Chris and Taika taken their heads out of their respective asses for a bit to think it over. But they were too busy making toilet level jokes and jerking around the sets, ignoring the script (which btw had Thor admitting to his mistakes to Loki) and just improvising everything with their bs logic. Taika didn't even do his research on the characters.

And that's something he's proud of. A theme that has continued with the creators in other Marvel entities too.

I just feel very sad about it. Because phase 1 (even 2) Marvel was something if quality. Now, the characters these phases had established are either (unfairly) dead or completely unrecognisable. I no longer have any sense of anticipation for their new stuff. I don't even want to watch new movies or shows.*

Anyhow, thanks for visiting my askbox. ♥️

*Moon Knight is the only exception, and you'd note the show had no prominent easter eggs or even mentions of other characters from the MCU. Mayhe there's something to be said about that.

[insanityclause]

I was done with that podcast after the whole "Hemsworth doesn't complain thing". Like in what world? The only times he didn't complain was Thor 1. During Ragnarok all we heard was how much he was dissatisfied with TDW and now same for L&T.

Right?

He basically threatened to not return unless Taika directed, then made sure the 'new Thor' was in IW (obviously he should be, but still, the fact that he seemed upset that it might not happen??). Plus of course, his whole IW promo deal.

[lazy-cat-corner]

Taika is kown for his comedy and unique style. However some marvel fans are upset over a thirty seconr thor 4 promo because loki wasnt mentioned in the recap. I too find it weird but come on guys

I personally don’t think it’s that big of a deal. I miss Loki so much but if they don’t want Loki part of this one, that’s fine! There’s already so much happening in the movie.

Also a lot of people don’t want to hear this but Loki stans want to be the center of the fandom all the time and it’s getting annoying. Especially when Loki has been the center this whole time. Six movies and a TV show and Loki stole the show with all of them. Every comic con, talk show, and award show Tom’s attended has been followed with an adoring crowd.

In TDW they wanted to kill Loki off but test screenings showed people wanted him alive so they kept him. In Age of Ultron, Loki was meant to be in Thor’s dream sequence but it was a concern he would, again, steal the show.

Keeping Loki out of the spotlight for awhile isn’t a bad thing and it doesn’t mean Marvel doesn’t like him. Thor hasn’t had his own movie or his own story that wasn’t upstaged. I don’t think that it’s unreasonable for them to want to try to give Thor his own thing without Loki.

Do I want more Loki? YES! All the time! Make it the Loki Cinematic Universe! I’m ready! Do I want him in every Thor movie? FUCK YEAH! But that’s not what the MCU was initially made for. It was for many stories and many characters and unfortunately we just have to wait until it’s Loki’s turn again. And it soon will be.

You all are welcome to disagree with this opinion but this is what I’ve seen while quietly watching.

One thing I will criticize marvel is not putting him in the Marvel opening sequence. THAT I think sucks when his story is important to phase 4 and idk why he’s left out but there better be a good reason.

[theuniquestore]

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[lucianalight]

Where does all this hate for TDW suddenly come from? I remember clearly when it came out fans were happy with it, despite a whole 20 mins cut. All we saw was critics falling over themselves praising Tom, that it needs more Loki etc. - Tom doing the promo tour pretty much on his own, with China LOVING him. Now I see, TDW got "mixed reviews", is the least interesting of the MCU films, both untrue. Never mind CH crapped on it suddenly, doesn't want Loki back, and behaves like an ahole towards Tom.

TDW got mixed reviews. It wasn’t a flawless movie. But that’s true for all the Marvel movies. They generally have writing problems, plot holes and one dimensional villains. But I too remember that fans loved it at the time. From what I’ve gathered of pro-TR fans their reason for not liking previous movies are either they didn’t like the Shakspearean tone, or they thought the movies weren’t true to comics. Some of them also were Thor fans who hated Loki and same as CH wasn’t happy with him outshining Thor. This is also the reason why CH doesn’t want Loki back.

Personally I liked TDW despite its flaws. I was happy with the consistent characterization and character arcs and in fact it was the movie that motivated me to see Avengers which I previously knew nothing about it. If I saw TR as the first MCU movie, I would never wanted to watch another one. That’s for sure.

Sorry for answering so late dear anon. I was on a long hiatus. This ask was sent to me on September 20, 2019.

[mcfiddlestan]

I’m relatively new to marvel and I was wondering why you don’t like Hemsworth? I absolutely understand and agree with not liking Waititi (in terms of how he progressed the plot in Ragnarok and how he treated Loki and other characters)... but if there’s something either or both Hemsworth or Waititi did that made you/the fandom not like them, what is it?

Hi, Nonnie.

Ok, so strap in. Cuz this will probably get long.

First off, it’s not so much that I don’t like Hemsworth. It’s more I’m disappointed in his progression as an actor and celebrity in Hollywood. Frankly, when I first saw Thor no one in the cast really stuck with me except Kat Dennings bc I knew her already and loved her work. (Yeah I knew who Natalie Portman was but I’ve had issues with her since Star Wars — long story). It wasn’t until Avengers that I really caught on to the Hiddlesmania. In those days, 2012 and up through The Dark World, there was a very sweet, very genuine bromance going on between Hemzy and Hiddles. They really were “brothers from another mother.” They were adorable together. I remember in one press event with the entire cast Hemzy and Hiddles were making faces at each other across the table and when a reporter asked Hiddles who his fave Avenger was, before he could answer, Hemzy shouted, “Your brother!” There was a very beautiful connection between them. What happened to that? It’s anyone’s guess, but here’s what happened for me.

Leading up to the release of TDW, I might have found it weird that the, like, fourth-billed actor, and the previous film’s “villain,” was chosen to basically lead the global promotion. It was Hiddles, by his lonesome, in Mexico, Australia, China, etc. And he killed it. And it started pretty much with his appearance at Comic-Con that July. We ALL remember that. Why wasn’t Hemzy participating in any of this promo? Idk. I’m pretty sure he was filming Snow White & the Huntsman, or something. Still, it was interesting and telling that Marvel chose to utilize Hiddles’ very apparent popularity. Hell, they chose not to kill Loki because of his popularity.

So it would be about three years before Hemzy and Hiddles came back together again to film Ragnarok. And between that time, Hemzy filmed six movies and Hiddles filmed eight. During that time, also, Hiddles pulled a 180° on everybody and participated in what was the most ridiculous, career-destroying antic he could ever participate in. If you don’t know what I mean, just Google Tom and the Summer of 2016. It’s my opinion that that whole event had a damaging affect on not only Tom’s image in the industry, but I think it made his colleagues and friends question how well they really knew him. And I think it hindered his bankability for filmmakers. Basically it wasn’t a good move for him. The moment I first noticed a change in Hemzy’s behavior with Hiddles was at a Wizard World convention in the middle of the PR nightmare and the beginning of filming Ragnarok in 2016.

During their panel onstage, Hemzy seemed oddly quiet and tense even. He didn’t seem all that interested in being there or answering questions. And Hiddles was like an anxious puppy, overcompensating for Hemzy’s lackluster demeanor. I’m not the only one who’s noticed it, but no one can really pinpoint why. Was Hemzy upset that Tom was “dating” that chick? Was he upset at how obviously out of character it was? I’m guessing there was more to it because the filming of Ragnarok, and it’s result, speak volumes about what Hemzy was apparently feeling.

There are clips and interviews from the set of Raganarok and during promo with Waitidiot and Hemzy where they are very vocal about making sure Hemzy was the star of the movie “because it’s called Thor.” Waitidiot even referred to Loki as a goth orphan or something. Overall they were very critical of and condescending toward Tom and Loki. In the few interviews Hemzy and Hiddles did together, that old spark between them wasn’t there. There’s a lot about Ragnarok I don’t like. Hela was underused, Valkyrie was underused, Skurge deserved better. But, of course, what I hate most about it is the awful way they treat Loki through the whole thing. The way Thor became a bigger bully than he already was. The way he just wanted to wash his hands of Loki — which continued with the fucking Russo brothers who couldn’t put their stupid heads together long enough to realize Loki deserved to have his revenge on Thanos just like Nebula and even Wanda did. Loki deserved to be on that field fighting next to his brother, dammit.

Anyway….since Ragnarok promo i was kind of side-eyeing Hemzy. He literally behaved like a spoiled brat who found a friend who believed his bullshit (feeling overshadowed by Loki; which I think extended to feeling inferior in some way to Tom, a very gifted, educated actor compared to Hemzy who kind of fell into acting. There’s nothing wrong with where Hemzy started; but his choices in the last few years speak for themselves. 🤷🏽‍♀️) and they teamed up to bully the brainy guy. So then Infinity War promo came around and Hiddles was paired with Sebastian Stan and Letitia Wright and Paul Bettany, I think. I loved him with Sebastian (I ship WinterFrost), but it was weird that he wouldn’t be paired up at some point with Hemzy. But then Hemzy wasn’t doing any promo — wait what?? Yeah. Hemzy skipped out on Shanghai I believe. Then he said he couldn’t be at another place bc he got in an accident and injured his elbow ??? Then the next day he posted an IG live where he’s driving?? And his elbow is loosely wrapped in an ACE bandage??? That actually falls off during the video?? And then he was supposed to be somewhere for another promo, said he couldn’t make it, and was spotted camping off the coast of Australia with Matt Damon’s family??? It was all very suspish.

Speaking of Damon, don’t get me started on the bullshit scene in the last Jay & Silent Bob movie where he literally trashed Tom and his portrayal of Loki. Fuck off, Damon. Go suck Ben Affleck’s dick already.

Anyway. All the Ragnarok stuff and his behavior during IW promo and his seeming dismissal of Hiddles completely has just rubbed me the wrong way. Added to that, it just feels like Hemzy isn’t really in the business to hone his craft. It feels like he’s in it for the money. And yeah that’s a great benefit of acting in Hollywood. But he doesn’t seem to choose quality roles anymore. I liked him in Blackhat. I liked Rush. He was really good in Bad Times at the Royale, but it feels like all he wants to do now are formula action movies with no depth, no growth, where he just has to flex his muscles and give a charming smile. Which is fine but that gets tired after awhile (just ask Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude VanDamme). So right now, I want nothing to do with Love and Thunder — which is one of the stupidest movie names I’ve heard in awhile. And frankly I just don’t want to watch Hemzy not try to be his best. If I want mindless action with no real plot, I’ve got the Fast and Furious franchise. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Hope this answers your question, Nonnie. Thanks for asking. Let me know, if I can clarify anything for you.

xoxo, La