#thorki bond

[lokisarium]

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[nachttraum]

I have a new Thorki fic up on ao3! The first two chapters are available - so, go, get it while it‘s still hot 🔥

[spencer-sweets]

Marvel Fic Recs | Loki&Thor (GEN)

let me prefice by saying this is all gen (non slash) fanfiction. if you are looking for thorki you are looking on the wrong blog sorry.

so i as the youngest of four brothers and the one hated the most by my parents, i have always had a soft spot for brotherly fic. Thor and Loki's dynamic really resonated with me as i went through my teen angst phase while my older brothers were all getting ready to settle down and were all already married. so if you are looking for a fic rec that centers the brotherly relationship between thor & loki you have found the right place.

one last warning is that most of these are loki-centric in case thats not your thing.

life's great lie by Laeveteinn Teen+ 7,787 Loki stares at his hands, slowly realizing that magic still works in the TVA. Perhaps not every kind, but Asgard’s sorcery can take hold here- in particular, Asgard’s illusion magic. Loki’s proven it with every step he’s taken. If magic didn’t work at all, he’d be entirely blue. (Or: even beyond the edges of space and time, he is Loki of Asgard.)

Cute post loki season 1 fic

i couldn't change (though i wanted to); by unintentionallyangsty General Audiences 20,640 Given the team's circumstances--travelling through the cosmos and headed for Midgard on a previously unplanned voyage--Loki taking up a newfound fondness for shapeshifting on a whim is hardly the weirdest thing that has happened to any single member of the Revengers in the past several months.  In fact, it doesn't even make the top three.  (Or; Three times Loki shapeshifts following Ragnarok, and one (1) time he does not. (Alternatively, how Loki unintentionally ends up bonding with the Revengers on the Statesman as a number of different creatures)).

so cute - this fic has influenced many of my loki headcanons and is just adorable

run down the vows of me by siv_siv_siv Mature 44,609 Thor is banished to Midgard. Only, this time, Loki is banished with him. An alternate Thor (2011) fic, where Loki tells the truth about letting the Jotnar into the vault, just after discovering the truth of his heritage on Jotunheim.

thor rewrite that focuses on thor and loki growing together during the movie plot.

~ Comeback ~ by anastacianott General Audiences (I would rate Teen+) 63,867 AU: Coming back for Loki's abandoned body led to the most incredible results Thor could ever imagine. Post Thor TDW.

shameless h/c fic set post t:tdw

Let Me Know if It Gets Above a Six by Sundial_at_Night Teen+ 65,188 “Mr. Loki?” asked the Spider cautiously. “Aren’t you—like—a bad guy?” he asked, voice full of only curiosity, as far as Loki could tell. His first thought was, yes. His second thought was no. His third thought was, sometimes? “It varies from moment to moment,” Loki answered honestly, prying his eyes open after they threatened to fall close. “But on a scale of one to ten, where are you at right now?” “Maybe a three?” The Spider-child nodded. “Cool,” he replied. “Let me know if it gets above a six. Or: Five times Peter Parker was there for Loki when it 'got above a six', and one time he wasn’t.

Im gonna be real with you the thor&loki takes a backseat to the loki&peter parker in this one but it is absolutely amazing and so much fun.

On Yonder Hill by bedlamsbard Not Rated (Id say Teen+) 80,394 “This is a terrible plan,” Loki said. “Absolutely dreadful.” “But you’ll do it, right?” Bruce said. “Of course.”   Five years ago, Thor died on the Statesman and Thanos wiped out half of all life in the universe. Now the Avengers have a plan to undo the Snap, but they're going to need the help of the last King of Asgard. That's not a problem; that's where things get interesting. That tends to happen around the God of Mischief.

avengers endgame rewrite that focuses on loki after losing thor and his efforts to bring him back along with those snapped

Memento Mori by GwendolynStacy Teen+ 81,637 Of the many people capable of carrying the fate of the universe on their shoulders by travelling back in time, Loki would have been the first choice of exactly nobody. With no allies, no plan and nobody on his side, Loki will just have to wing it. Or: That awkward moment when you've completed your redemption arc, but nobody else got the memo.

another time travel fix-it that i honeslty don't remember the specifics of but i must have loved it since it was in my bookmarks.

Grievance by PeaceHeather (Restricted) Not Rated 92,518 For a fill in Round 17 of Norsekink: "Someone starts to notice that Odin treats Loki in ways that are neglectfull and borderline abusive and starts to feel very uncomfortable about it. It becomes worse when people at court start to take after Odin's treatment of Loki. But they still don't feel comfortable voicing they're doubts out loud. And then the lip-sewing incident happens and they can no longer sit idly by while this happens. So this person just stand up and calls the rest of Asgard out on this bulshit, seriously the boy just cut of some hair, it's not like it wont ever grow back on it's own again.

loki-centric but has great loki & thor content within. is not the most friendly to odin or the warriors three though... but it has some great references to mythology thrown in!

also you have to have an ao3 account to read.

Fate's Guardian by PeaceHeather  (Restricted) Teen+ 98,531 Set roughly a year post-Thor:TDW, reference to events in Guardians of the Galaxy. Pretty much a shameless fixit fic. No pairings. A being shows up on Earth looking for Loki, the Avengers get pulled in to see what's going on, and they all learn what Loki has *really* been up to all this time. I dunno, I was in a mood to write something like this, so I did. First posted to FFnet, if you prefer to read it there.

by the same author as grievance. also need and ao3 account to access this one. shameless fix-it fic that is loki-centric. loki is the anti-hero/hero in this one but it is heavy with thor&loki content.

Skýli by PeaceHeather  (Restricted) Not Rated (Mature) 111,988 See also "Skeletons, Scenes, and Snippets" Chapter 9 - the one where Asgard's magic users go on strike and quietly evacuate Asgard, after Odin passes sentence on Loki post-Avengers. Some of them turn up on Earth, and SHIELD has to assess whether or not this is another invasion. or: SHIELD is called to Iceland to investigate a village that appeared out of nowhere, and discovers that Asgard's magic users have quietly gone on strike and left their realm completely. The reasons are unsettling, and the potential consequences could shake the Nine Realms before all is said and done.

So far, no one has wound up on as many fic recs of mine as PeaceHeather. they are probably my favorite fanfiction author of all time - having written 3 fics that are on my favorite fanfiction of all time rec. this one did slip through the cracks when i initially made this list because i had gone through my bookmarks for the loki&thor tag but this one has no relationships tagged.

it is another brainwashed loki fic that deals with asgardian politics, the avengers, and expands upon the magic system within the thor movies.

You Screamed For So Long We Forgot To Care Anymore by GalaxyThreads Teen+ 126,180 Five months after Thor drags his half-dead brother to Earth to plead asylum, things take a turn for the worse. With the older Asgardian out of commission and a sizeable threat overshadowing them, Clint becomes aware of two facts: One: Loki was tortured, mind-controlled, and manipulated into attacking Earth. Two: Loki knows none of this. (gen, no smut)

mind controlled and tortured loki with heavy hurt/comfort and a focus on thor & loki. the other avengers are also in this one

Awake Within a Dream by Thursdays_Angel Teen+ 126,582 What if Loki had believed the invasion and subsequent battle on Midgard to have been nothing more than an illusion?

tortured!loki and a lot of hurt/comfort. odin is good in this one.

Castles in the Air by cosmic_medusa Teen+ 182,326 Loki's first act as King is to collect his banished brother to aid his regency, however brief. Thor discovers that the political landscape is far from what it seemed, and that the lies of Odin have resulted in the threat of both his sons' safety and sanity. Drama, angst, double-crosses, butchering of folklore and history, and the epic bromance of Asgard's Princes ensues.

up there as one of the best pieces of fanfiction ive ever read. god i love when these fics explore asgardian politics and norse mythology. This focuses on loki as king and thor's relationship with him during it.

Ásgarðrian Galdr by Valerie_Vancollie Teen+ 479,713 What if Loki was able to warn his past self, so he did not lose control during his regency and was able to act as he normally would? What if he had been able to remain calm and in control of himself, and the situation? "How?" Loki demanded. "Betrayal," his future self stated simply, rage clear in every syllable. "But you must control your reaction and come to see me, or you will repeat my mistakes and we will miss an opportunity to take control and alter things in our favor." It would have changed everything.

this is literature disguised as a marvel time travel fanfiction. god this is amazing and has everything i love in this side of the fandom - politics, sci-fi, mythology... it's supposed to have 3 sequels but im not exactly counting on it. its still beyond amazing standing on its own. the things i would do to have a physical copy of this....

i'm not currently hyperfixated on these two but going through my bookmarks has brought me great joy. I might add more to this one day or maybe not. i'd love to hear your thoughts if you read any of these!

originally posted: 8/13/2024

[illwynd]

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern

Tagged by @berlynn-wohl. Ty!! It's been a while since I've done this one. Probably a whole new crop.

The Agreement (Blood Brothers!thorki) It hasn’t been going on more than six months when they agree to stop.

A Song in the Key of Death (thorki AU spookyfic) Hero worship is easy when you’re a high school outcast. Especially when your hero is Thor.

LMD (thorki) The world held its breath.

Still you lead me and I follow (thorki for bottomThoruary) Thor likes it hard.

What You Are in the Dark (thorki spookyfic) Anyone else, maybe, would have been grateful.

Illegal (thorki crack) “Brother, look at this!” Thor calls out (far louder than necessary, if one is being honest), hurriedly shoving the screen of his Starkphone in front of his brother’s face, where Loki lounges on the bed beside him.

Lokabrenna (Loki, Norse myth) He doesn’t know where the fire came into it. But it somehow always does, doesn’t it?

Alligator Tears (thorki, lokicest, alligathorki) In his own timeline, everything was different.

Unsaid (thorki) “Damn you,” Loki hissed, pulling at this bonds, the metal cuffs that pinned his wrists, the shackles on his feet, even the chains that always seemed to end up wrapped ludicrously about his waist whenever anyone meant to restrain him and wanted to make entirely sure of the fact.

The Bold One (thorki) “Give us a kiss,” Thor said, grinning while he bled, stretched out upon the cot with his tunic cut away while the healers hovered over him and Loki stayed near, trying not to worry.

So lol yeah I think there might be some trends there XD

Tagging, oh, @gorgeousgalatea, @philosopherking1887, @seamayweed, and anyone else who feels like doing the meme, I blanket-tag you :D

[beheworthy]

do you ship thorki??????????

What the ??????????

When I said 'his love for Loki' in the prev ask, I OBVIOUSLY meant familial love that you have for your siblings. Love isn't just sexual and romantic, the heck!!!!!

Since y'all like to be purposely dense, no I don't ship it. I hate it with the intensity of a thousand suns. Even Chris and Tom do, because it ruined the BROTHERLY bond they had w each other.

[iamnmbr3]

for that ask thingy you just reblogged, could i perhaps say loki and/or thor?

Sure! I can do both.

How I feel about this character

I really enjoy both Loki & Thor (in their original incarnations, not the TR retcon versions. Or the Loki Show - which legitimately made Cursed Child look well written and canon compliant). I find them to be really interesting, deeply flawed and dynamic characters. I think the fact that they have a very different world view due to being magical alien space vikings with extremely different values and perspectives than most modern day humans makes for some very interesting storytelling.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

I find thorki to be a really interesting ship as I think it heightens the stakes and tensions surrounding their fraught relationship and also allows for the exploration of a number of really interesting themes, character arcs and and plot structures, depending on the exact iteration.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Give me all the brodinsons sibling bond content. Give me the precanon fluff. Give me the angsty fics of them resolving their canon issues (or not resolving them).

My unpopular opinion about this character

Thor is not stupid. I think Asgardian society doesn't value intelligence as much as being a Strong Warrior TM and so for that reason Thor often downplays his intelligence. However he is actually extremely clever and perfectly capable of being cunning and manipulative when he wants to be. I think out of universe this gets overlooked a lot and I think it also gets overlooked in-universe as well. I think Loki is one of the few people to notice and appreciate this side of Thor.

Also, Thor is not a sunshine golden retriever puppy. Thor can be very loving and devoted to people he cares about. He can also be terrifyingly violent. In the opening sequence of Thor 1 he is literally laughing while committing mass murder on Jotunheim and his life's ambition is to wipe out the Jotnar - aka commit genocide. (These attitudes are, of course, normalized and encouraged in his society). I think these traits make him a much more complex and interesting character and provide a lot of fodder for character arcs where he works on these flaws.

I also heartily disagree with the retcon in TR and the Loki show that prior to the events of Thor 1, Thor viewed Loki as untrustoworthy or as a threat. Thor clearly relies on and trusts Loki implicitly in the beginning of Thor 2011. That's why Loki is able to lie to him successfully. If he habitually did that then Thor wouldn't have trusted him (unless the implication is that Thor is incapable of forming short-term memories).

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I wish instead of TR we got a movie that meaningfully resolved both their character arcs where they actually discussed their issues, Loki got to confront his self-hatred over his heritage and Thor came to terms with the flaws in Asgardian society and the harm his treatment of Loki did, even if it was unintentional at times, and where they both returned to Jotunheim and tried to make amends and establish a lasting peace. I think something where they both got to unite against the real threat - Odin - would also have been cool. Thor ultimately renouncing the throne and giving it to Loki could've been super neat. Especially as it would free up Thor to do Avenger stuff so it'd be convenient from a plot pov too.

[incorrect-wandanat]

Hi please don't see this as confrontational or offensive, I am just curious. I wanted to ask you How do you feel about your ship being controversial or questionable? Considering the large age gaps (perso I am weirded by large age gaps but if it is between 2consenting adults I might overlook it). People even consider Wanda a teenager (15-16) in AOU, you probably saw a lot of fanfics about Natasha adopting her, also it even gets more questionable if your Natasha's age is comics compliant.

People tend to overthrow reality's moral bonds because it's FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, I can excuse the grossest nastiest kinks & things look like because at least consent but seriously thorki, starker (Peter/Tony)🤮🤮🤮what the actual fuck?

What about you?do you keep your morals when it's about fictional characters?

i go with mcu ages. wandavision confirmed wanda to be born in 1989. black widow confirmed nat to be born in 1984. sooo no age gap really, five years is reasonable, especially since that puts wanda at 25. (don’t get me started on age gaps when the younger person is barely 18 years old at the start of the relationship.)

i would never ship two characters where one is a minor. personally, i don’t even support shipping two teens together (like peter and mj at their beginning of the mcu) cause i think it’s a slippery slope for a lot of people to end up writing smut for teenagers. that’s a hard no.

i don’t compromise my own morals to write. ever.

i also have never seen a fic/account that has the perspective of natasha adopting wanda, but maybe that was more of a thing in AoU era?

anyway, not offensive (little weird). but yeah. hope that clears things up.

[lemonhemlock]

"U like thorki" anon here! I wanted to ask what do you find compelling about these characters? Why do you ship them?

well, for one, i am a simple person who likes shakespeare, space, viking mythology and melodramatic/theatrical characters, so, if you mix all of these together, of course that thor has always been my favourite avenger & loki my favourite mcu character overall.

i also really like kingship narratives, so thor v loki to me was an exploration of different attitudes on ruling: the calm, collected & commanding soft-diplomacy mode of early!loki vs the reckless, buttheaded big-stick diplomacy of early!thor + the way in which they shift to autocratic, authoritarian loki & caring, wiser & more democratic thor (i am really talking here more about the movies thor, the avengers & the dark world really).

it’s interesting to see them contrast and complement each other & their co-dependency was always a compelling dynamic for me. they were always two sides of the same coin & always worked more productively and achieved better results if they teamed up. i also really like the acting choices - i think both chris hemsworth and tom hiddleston bring a bombastic dimension to their characters that's so satisfying in a dramatic-play-like setting and they both have great comedic timing, like, they're just delightful to watch playing off each other. seeing all this in a superhero movie was also pretty different and a breath of fresh air at the time

i like thorki both romantically and just as a brotherly relationship - imo they have a really complex and versatile bond that you could explore to great effect, from the wholesome side of the spectrum way into dark, twisted themes if it suited your fancy.

[cherriiramen]

Hey ! just a genuine question for u, not a hate inbox tho so dont worry

Do you basically ship Thorki platonically or nonplatonically?

Thank you for the ask! :3

To clear it up a little, I don’t mind either sides, platonic or nonplatonic actually as I see reasons as to why people like this side and that one, but when I do choose to draw/consume content that involves them, I prefer that the sibling love is separated from the nonplatonic love, so that when I do draw/consume content of them, the two separate kinds of love never mix and never should mix (even as a huge multishipper that I say I am, reaching that point makes me highly uncomfortable 💀)

I’m pretty sure their moments on screen captured a lot of our hearts (yes I’m still crazy for them), so I like seeing their bond portrayed in different ways with all the different possibilities and how people viewed each and every one of their interactions

That’s why most (I think all) my previous art of them has been mild with nothing suggestive, and you can easily interpret it as platonic depending on your own preference because I’m often stuck in the gray area in between where I just wanna see them care for each other and do all sorts of silly activities like going to the fair or trying different mortal things or Loki meeting Love one day and being the realest uncle ever, and all the sorts of things they’d do together as a duo and just genuinely feeling happy and not diE OVER AND oVER AGAIN-

[nostalgia-tblr]

now that loki is a tree forever, who is your top bf and top gf pick for sylvie from the mcu?

for me, i think sylvie and ravonna should spice up their hate relationship and i also think thor x sylvie would make sense in a weird way.

Sylvonna is a good one, yeah. Enemies to lovers!

I think Sylvie/Valkryie would be good too. Both bisexual + Canon-Typical Knifeplay = true love.

I am UNSURE on Thorvie though. I think the incest might put them off there because they don't know each other and if they did incest it'd have to be in the accidental "oh no it turns out my lover is somehow my sibling" way, not in the thorki way where they are each other's entire reason for doing anything ever. There you go, Sylvie is a Loki variant so variant from the norm that she isn't in love with her own brother. Shocking! :O

So for guys I suppose it'd be one of the Avengers? Who's in the Avengers again. Erm... What about Steve McSteve? They could bond over hating facists and then kiss? I feel like this question is showing my lack of knowings about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Oh, what about T'Challa? He seems nice. I think Sylvie should have a man that is nice, like genuinely nice not "nice guy" nice. Someone who will treat her good and gently dissuade her from eating roadkill because she doesn't need to do that any more. Maybe Bruce McHulk?

Though I am trying to invent my own canon where there's no tree because I hate the tree thing SO MUCH it's AWFUL it even turns S1 from being lovely to being a game of taunting the characters with hope that it intends to snatch away from them just to be spiteful. I'm in favour of the occasional Tragic Ending but sorry that one just feels mean-spirited so I refuse it. FUCK OFF, TREE ENDING!!!

[mischief-lies-and-stories]

Reacting to Animated Marvel Shows 8/?

All right, back to the anime Avengers. All you need to know is: pretty Loki (of course the most important part), weird noses, Avengers meets Sora & co., way too fast redemption arc, and another possible incestuous ship for me whoops. Spoilers for Future Avengers 1x20 (and probably 1x19).

Bruno looks a little early Avengers (2012) Loki and I don’t know anything about his usual character design, but between his eyes and the war paint (I think) on his face, he looks a little mind-controlled. [I knew nothing that happened before ep 19 at this point, and even that I didn’t really retain, but damn I was really close to what’s happening here.]

“Wing daggers”??

Hulk speaks in complete sentences in Japan, apparently 

Ugh Amora, fuck off

Amora who are you calling “young sorcerer”? I know you’re older, but you’re roughly the same age 

Cap just said “Avengers, stay frosty.” What the hell does that mean?!

Ironman just jumped in front of Loki (and Wasp, but mostly Loki) and my frostiron heart has reawakened. Cap, is this what you meant? Frosty, like frostiron?

I mean, it did nothing, all three of them got thrown into the wall, but it was cute

Hey, Loki, remember how you have magic? Why are you letting the mortal with science superpowers protect you from overpowered Amora???

I don’t understand what Makoto’s superpowers are

This b-plot is still hella gay

“Being a hero without you is meaningless to me.” What the fuck, friends to enemies to lovers, excruciating slow burn 100k words

I will not go to AO3 after this episode, I’m stronger than that

Thor why do you have to yell “Mjolnir throw” like it’s a Pokémon that needs you to tell it what to do? Also how did you miss?!

Why do they all have to name their powers to activate them, first of all? Second of all, isn’t Loki canonically immune to this? I know this came out before Loki, but still.

Ooh this is a good idea for a scene. I hope they do it well. 

Lol they recreated the live action Avengers shot and just shoehorned Wasp in there.

I hate how the only part of their face animated to move is their mouth. Like Loki begging Thor not to listen to Evil Guy No.1 would be so much more moving (literally) if the rest of his face was allowed to be expressive. Like even if they did the anime pupil vibration it would add so much more emotion.

Loki kiss him to break the mind control (sorry, I’ll try to remember to tag this as thorki, I couldn’t help myself)

Thor please do the whole giving the villain a false sense of security in thinking he’s won by raising your hammer against your brother but at the last second slamming it against Evil Guy’s skull (I’ve already forgotten his name). You’re smart enough for this to be feasible, I believe in you.

I do also like the breaking the mind control through the power of (brotherly) love, too, though

But letting Loki genuinely show remorse and apologize when really you’re not influenced by Evil Guy (because your love for your brother is already too strong, okay I’ll stop) before you smash Evil Guy’s head in is cool too. Loki probably needs to do this for character growth purposes anyway. 

Loki’s crying and I’m screaming, this is cute I can’t stand it 

Holding hands! Okay I’m also crying now this is so sweet 

Oh shit is she dead! Fuck I hope so. Go straight to hel, Amora

So does Bruno take on the Emerald Crystal to try to be more powerful than Makoto and then Makoto has to save him through the power of love?

Oh wait he’s already got the emerald!

Makoto fuck off with this no homo bullshit

Makoto kiss him to get the Emerald shit off him

Why are the OCs the only ones with normal fucking noses?! (Yeah, I’m on that shit still)

Gay love can pierce through the veil of emerald crystal and save the day 

Makoto is so in denial about being in love with his bff lol 

Makoto, it was the YAOI

“Brotherly bond” shut up, Thor, it was also the YAOI on your end

Dammit, Amora’s still alive

Evil Guy’s alias is just Leader? Weak.

Oh shit Evil Guy had a gun this whole time?! I swear to god if this kills either one of them I’m gonna be so annoyed. They’re Asgardian.

Also, I paused it just as he shot, but I’m calling it now, he aimed for Thor, but Loki jumped in front, even though they’re both immune to bullets (I think)

If Loki dies I’m suing 

I fucking told you! Self-sacrificial piece of shit. If that armor isn’t bulletproof what’s it fucking good for?

Hey maybe subdue Evil Guy first before Loki fakes his death? He can hold it, it’s fine. But one, the dude might have another bullet in that gun, and two, he’s gonna make a run for it, both of which would render Loki’s bullshit sacrifice meaningless 

Loki you piece of lying shit

All the same, I can’t tell if I’m crying from laughter or just crying 

Marvel: So we can give you an evil Loki who lives or a redeemed Loki who (pretends to) bite it. That’s all we got.

Evil Guy why are you still here? Thor’s about to murder you three times over. You’ll be nothing but a spatter of blood on cement when he’s done with you, dumbass. You fucking shot Loki, then stuck around long enough to call him weak TO THOR’S TEAR-STAINED FACE?! Buddy you’re stupider than your choice of alias would imply.

YES! YES I FUCKING CALLED IT MY BOI LIVES

Oh motherfucker did you turn on your brother, you’re awfully close to Evil Guy for my liking 

I’m more mad right now that Loki’s surprised (again) by how Thor reacts to his death than I will be if it turns out he’s a dirty lying traitor again 

MOTHER OF FUCK, YOU PIECE OF SHIT

Again, Loki can live and be a villain or be a hero and die (fuck and doesn’t that sound familiar?)

Damn, there goes the kink cuffs 

Fuck am I invested in this? Oh no

The end credits song is so stupid lol

End announcer guy: Come on, Loki, how could you betray the Avengers like that?

You must be new here, fam.

End announcer guy: Who is orchestrating the forces of evil?

Me: Dr. Doom.

Show: *Kang appears out of the fog, the size of a skyscraper*

Me: NO!!!

Me @ me: Bruno and Makoto are not getting together. This is a Disney kids show from 2017, it’s not gonna be gay.

Me: *proceeds to watch the next episode anyway*

Loki: *betrays Thor, like he famously repeatedly does*

Thor: *surprised Pikachu face*

Me: *surprised Pikachu face*

Yeah, I’m disappointed in me, too. 

[nachttraum]

We‘re at 41k now, people! And still far from finished!

Go and have a look at chapter 5!

❄️Blood upon the snow

❄️thorki

❄️mating/heat-cycles

❄️enemies to lovers

[ciitrinitas]

for the ask meme: stevetony, thorki, a fate ship of your choice

AH, I DIDN'T SEE THIS UNTIL NOW.

(in response to this meme.)

steve/tony - C: Not a bad ship.

your enthusiasm for it has endeared it to me! and my god do i see where comics shippers are coming from. you all are eating there. i am most familiar with its mcu permutation, however, and i am still sad to report that i can't quite see the start of it there. a lot of the fallout lands with things like civil war, but the foundation never really sold me. i am very fond of it as sort of like a...nephew of a ship, though! i want to buy it nice gifts for the holidays and on its birthday.

thor/loki - okay, this is a slightly complicated one because my opinion varies on whether i am excluding ragnarok and endgame or not. so, i'll do them separately.

excluding ragnarok and endgame - A: I love it.

the first two thor films are nothing special, but that dynamic just works for me. thor's at his most charming as an impulsive meathead of a prince who learns to temper himself and loki's at his most loki. it's a really great combination of personalities, and the way the constipated emotions boil over in tdw still makes tdw a solid enough watch for me. i love complicated sibling relationships!

including ragnarok and endgame - F: NOTP.

my disdain for ragnarok is something you know well, amanda, so i'll restrain myself from going on a salty rant. but, in short, it dumps everything i had liked about thor's characterization and extra dumps anything enjoyable about his relationship with loki. infinity war was the least decent thor characterization in the mcu, and christ above does endgame just shit the bed it had already fucking shat. loki's back! but not in a form that retains any of his character development. : ) thor's there! but all of his grief is undercut by him being a funny fat joke. : ) there's parts of endgame that are okay, but i increasingly look back on it less fondly. i have zero interest for either thor or any ship involving him that takes cues from these films' characterizations of him.

yu meiren/prince of lanling - B: It’s really cute.

you let me have my pick, so why not go with a really odd rare pair of mine! paisen is married. she is Big Married. she is so married that she's the equivalent to a wife guy--a husband lady. and i do really think how much she loves her husband in any form, including as a four-armed mecha centaur, is incredibly sweet. but it can tend to subsume her character, so i have a slight preference for her interaction with lanling. he's the only other human she ever seemed to form a close bond with, and man, the best part of lb3 is the prologue, imo. they're incredibly cute in summer 5, too. she's just fully herself around him and comfortable even when he is like "yu meiren pls don't be trash talking humans for the fifteenth time today..." he really loves her, and he's her favorite non-xiang yu human, and it's an impossible ship, but gosh dang it, i really like their dynamic!

[ao3feed-thor]

Maps to Other Worlds

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by darklittlestory

Thor is looking for a ghost story he's been chasing across the realms and galaxies. Tales of her follow disasters and the ends of worlds, anywhere there were mass casualties. She's a mystery called the Enchantress to most, but Thor just knows her as Loki, the little sister who was taken from him as a child. Someone else will find Thor first, and nothing will ever be the same.

Words: 14686, Chapters: 8/8, Language: English

Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Loki (TV 2021)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Multi

Characters: Thor (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Sylvie (Loki TV), Frigga | Freyja (Marvel), Odin (Marvel), Thanos (Marvel)

Relationships: Loki/Thor (Marvel), Loki/Sylvie (Loki TV)/Thor

Additional Tags: implied Sylkior, definite Thorki, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, vaguely compliant with MCU and some of Marvel 616, Sibling Incest, Sibling Rivalry, Sibling Bonding, all of the sibling feelings all of the time, playing a bit fast and loose with an already inconsistent canon

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[firelxdykatara]

I would actually argue that TUA Luther/Allison isn't, because they were in no way, shape, or form, raised to be siblings, they were raised to be soldiers, and their feelings for each other developed prior to any kind of familial bond cementing (they didn't even have names until Grace's AI evolved to the point where she considered herself their mother, years after her creation--which is why Five was never named, because he got timestuck before she named them).

Ultimately, similarly to Catra and Adora in fact, the Hargreeves are a bunch of orphans raised in the same abusive group home with no other recourse but to trauma-bond with one another and nothing to cling to but the illusion of a familial bond provided when their robot nanny developed sentience. The only reason they're siblings-on-paper is because they all took their abusive caretaker's last name, but he was no more their father than Shadow Weaver was Catra and Adora's mother.

Their relationship is 'weird' because they eventually claimed the sibling 'label' for themselves, despite all their relationships being a lot more complicated than any nuclear family could be, and there's a reason why for all their meta commentary, no one actually thinks it's all that weird that Luther and Allison are in love (and them being 'siblings' is like the least of the problems in their relationship).

Having said that, I agree that Thorki is (raised as brothers and believing themselves to be until Loki discovered his true parentage) and Charles/Raven is not, though they'd definitely have conflicting feelings about it. And yeah, adoption is one of those 'it's complicated and depends on the exact nature of the adoption/ensuing relationship' things so you can't make a blanket statement about it. (However I will generally say in 99% of cases I don't consider stepsiblings/in laws to be incest in any meaningful sense.)

https://www.tumblr.com/olderthannetfic/766194391514824704/i-apologize-in-advance-for-how-long-this-is-gonna?source=share

Ooh, are we doing "Is adoptive incest incest?" discourse now? I'll start: MCU Thor/Loki is; TUA Luther/Allison is; XMCU Charles/Raven might not be, but even they don't seem sure; and SPOP Catra/Adora isn't, but I'm honestly surprised the possibility doesn't get raised more often.

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But seriously, adoption can describe so many different situations that there's no hard and fast rule about it. "It always is" and "It always isn't" are both false statements. So no, we can't and never will just all agree ;)

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[givereadersahug]

Wrap-Up: December 1st - December 10th

Been writing quite a bit for December so far! I committed myself to some daily advent challenges, so that's getting me off my butt. However, I have fallen down the Miss Marple rabbit hole and missed a few days. (The show, not the books.) Not sure why, but winter and the holidays? I must binge all the cozy mysteries I can get my hands on. Nothing say it's the holiday season for me than murder and nosy detectives. 

Around my side of fandom, SK8 the Infinity released art of the characters dressed up like their skateboards! AHHHH. Cherry and Joe look amazing! The chain around Joe's neck? Cherry's piercings! Yes to all of it! The Matchablossom artists have been having a field day and so, so many amazing interpretations were created.  

In other news, I'm back to my reading slump, which sucks. However, the few weeks that I was reading I finished many books off my TBR list. I highly recommend Jennette McCurdy's 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' and Jim Derogatis's 'Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly'. They are heavy reads, but the stories are so insane. McCurdy's writing is so good and Derogatis's relentless pursuit on reporting on R. Kelly deserve praise. 

Till next time.

Recs ~~ 

#ficrecadvent  Day 1 - Born to Beg for You - thereweregiants (SK8 the Infinity)|| AO3, Tumblr Rec Day 2 - Reflections in the Silver Mist by Rannaro (Harry Potter)|| FFN, Tumblr Rec Day 3 - the path to his heart by tagteamme (2HA)|| AO3, Tumblr Rec Day 4 - love (noun) by ailurea (SK8 the Infinity)|| AO3, Tumblr Rec Day 5 - Cursed Blood by elliebennett (Harry Potter) || AO3, Tumblr Rec  Day 6 - Requiem for the Deathless by nagapdragon (James Bond) || AO3, Tumblr Rec Day 7 - The Potions and Promises of the Half-Blood Prince by elliebennett (Harry Potter) || AO3, Tumblr Rec

Fics ~ ~ 

2022 Adventdrabbles  Burnt Turkey (Harry Potter, Snarry, Rated G)  The Christmas Bauble (Harry Potter, Snarry, Rated G)  Fruitcakes (Harry Potter, Lunamione & Dron, Rated G)  Muggle London (Fantastic Beasts, Gramander, Rated G)  Puppy (SK8 the Infinity, Matchablossom, Rated G) Snow Dragon (Harry Potter, Snape/Tonks, Rated G)  Stockings (Sasaki to Miyano, Sasamyaa, Rated G) 

2022 New Year's Countdown  Red (Marvel, Thorki, Rated G)  Sleeping (SK8 the Infinity, Matchablossom, Rated G)  Sparklers (I Hear the Sunspot, Taichi/Kouhei, Rated G)  Snowing (Harry Potter, Harry & Severus, Rated G)  Snuggle (SK8 the Infinity, Matchablossom, Rated T)  Sunrise (Barakamon, Handa/Kido, Rated G)  Sweater (What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Shirou/Kenji, Rated G)  Visitor (Marvel, Thorki, Rated M) 

Drabbles  A Request (Harry Potter, Gen, Rated G)  Slithering Snakes (Harry Potter, Snarry, Rated E *heed the warnings*)  Undone (Harry Potter, Snarry, Rated E *heed the warnings*) 

WIPs Restoration (Harry Potter, Snarry, Rated M)