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The pre-Christian Norse spiritual worldview is animistic, which means that it's informed by direct experiences and observations of nature, interpreted through the lens of human experience and feelings. You know how we watch snow swirl around think that it looks playful, or watch a wildfire and think that it looks angry? It involves that kind of thing.

But when most people think of pre-Christian religions, they tend to imagine later forms of Greek and Roman polytheism. The problem here is that these Greeks and Romans had begun to think of divinity in more abstract, transcendent ways, and had begun to imagine the gods as rulers of things rather than the spirits of things.

Loki isn't the lord of mischief, he's the spirit of mischief. He's in the little voice telling you make that shitpost and to stop caring about being "cringe." He's in your cat's impulse to knock something off the counter to watch it bounce or roll. Loki manifests in every accidental innuendo and hilarious typo, in every spilled cup of coffee, and every paperwork mix-up. (This is why he's a shapeshifter! He can be anything!)

So when media depicts a Loki riddled with repression and shame - say, for example, a Loki who sneers at modern media or the culture of the common folk - it's depicting a Loki who can't really Loki. That poor spirit has been bound and gagged.

Certain popular media has depicted Thor and Loki as some kinds of opposites, but when we consider the animist perspective we can see there is a serious problem with this. Loki and Thor being depicted as companions isn't some random whim; it's a reflection of the reality that thunderstorms bring chaos.

A Loki informed by Norse mythology shouldn't be complaining about Thor's "oafishness" or whatever, he should be encouraging him to wreak even more havoc. Loki shouldn't be here out of some real or imagined obligation, he should be here because he expects he's going to have a pretty good time, and because he hopes to make the situation as ridiculous as possible.

Loki being the spirit of mischief is also why depicting him as hostile to humanity isn't really in the spirit of the pre-Christian Norse worldview. Mischief and chaos are not anti-human; they're just realities of the world that humans inhabit. I get how it's easy to infer that Loki must have something against humans due to his oppositional role toward the Aesir in the Ragnarok story, but that's an extremely Christian reading of the narrative. The story is simply describing the collapse of civilization and end of the world as we know it through Norse animistic comprehension. Loki only has an issue with the Aesir, who bound him in a cave to be tortured with serpent venom. Humanity is neither here nor there for him.

Can I please be excluded as a gen z too? I came to these hallowed halls to find the coolest millennials I can. I think I've achieved that

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Happy April, fools >:)

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i mean this in the gentlest possible way but if 75% of what you're posting for a given fandom is fuming rage spirals then maybe just maybe it's time to take a step back and consider whether or not you're actually having any fun with this optional thing you do for fun

This but it's actually a thing for my fandom that the character is written badly and not cared for by basically everyone except their actor. So I've made it my sworn duty to protect the og version of him and rewrite the present narrative to follow the beats that the studio seems to want for the franchise without sacrificing the character.

You don't have to tell me I have a problem. I know.

i mean this in the gentlest possible way but if 75% of what you're posting for a given fandom is fuming rage spirals then maybe just maybe it's time to take a step back and consider whether or not you're actually having any fun with this optional thing you do for fun

The last three are so insane and funny, but I'm still reeling from the first gif 😭

How could you do this to my fragile heart D:

I'm reading Dr. Jackson Crawford's translation of the Poettic Eddas and I've found it great so far. His style of translation is very good at making the text accessible without stripping away the substance of the text.

He also made a fun translation of the Havamal into a cowboy that is so unnecessarily well done that it's funny.

Im trying to read the poetic edda so that i can actually understand the mythology im obsessed with but i have quickly realised that the translation im reading is udder garbage, it said that odin adopted loki which is not true theyre blood brothers not adopted father and son.

So does anyone know of any better translations?

so did everyone norse myth person i follow go through some sort of country humans adjacent phase

we've done it again folks

happy ides of march eve remember to completely disregard any weird happenings or foreboding omens and look forward to tomorrows beautiful day

neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

EDIT: part 2!!

listen up chucklefucks, i just gotta say. I'm not defending zir, but I'm sad zie deactivated. Like, i get that trauma lasts a long time and the good stuff is maybe easy to forget?? so maybe it's just like that. And my beloved mutual @/pompeyspuppygirl made a post about zir clout chasing behavior, which is pretty shitty behavior if it's true (and if we're canceling someone it had better be pretty severe). anyways now that zie's gone pompeyspuppygirl said it was okay to make this post (again, thanks ppg everyone go follow her--really everyone in this whole drama is worth a follow)

ANYways yeah zie was my mutual and like, reblogged a lot my smaller posts. (that isn't to discredit what my mutual pompeyspuppygirl is saying about zie clout chasing ofc). AND idk zie was always reblogging art from new and undiscovered artists and reblogging donation posts (which if you don't know is really bad if you're trying to clout chase...) (again, though, ppg is my mutual i believe her.) and like, remember on valentines day i tried to blaze zir posts and zie told me to stop because zie didn't want the posts to go viral? (but again ppg is my mutual and has a lot of proof in the Google doc I'm not trying to disprove that I'm just saying what else I know)

Idk, like i feel like a lot of people loved zir's blog a while back, bc like zie DID make some good posts?? So idk why everybody's acting like they aren't even a little bit sad.,. like ngl this feels like maybe all the reasonable people left to Twitter and all the Twitter refugees who love drama came here??? shdfhhdhdhdhdh haha but idk...look idk, i just, julie i do miss you. idk. more thoughts later sorry I'm getting worked up shshs

the fear I felt with the blurred pink mass in my inbox under the harried confession of mistakes

LOKI-CENTRIC GEN LIST

This is everything that doesn't fit on the Fix-It rec list (here, with a part 2 in the works) or the ship-centered rec list (still under construction). Kid!Thor and Loki, pre-canon adventures, missing scenes, AUs that don't quite fit the fix-it fic list, and a wee bit of angst to make you savour the fluff even more. Fics listed alphabetically by author; names that start with numbers are treated as if the numbers were spelled out ("00Cat00" is filed under "Zero...", for instance.) Feel free to suggest you favourite fics for future lists! *********

Yet Our Roots Remain As One by afteriwake --  What if Loki had been in Frigga's chambers instead of Frigga when Malekith stormed them, looking for Jane and the Aether? A rare angsty rec, but one that is much more satisfying than canon.   

Ask Me No Questions by @alex51324 -- Post Avengers AU. Loki is living in Avengers Tower with his magic bound and only able to speak to truthfully answer direct questions.

Figment by anonymous -- Every night, Prince Loki of Asgard has nightmares of a horrific life on Jotunheim. Or is the other way around? (This is a fantastic story.)

Rise by Anonymous -- An AU of Thor, with certain significant events happening differently. It was abandoned at a point where it could either be a fix-it for Loki or end up following the same angsty path, depending on your preference. There's enough changed (for the better) interactions between Loki and each member of his family that it's worth the read despite its unfinished status. (On LJ, chapters go up to 41b.)

No Report of How You Fare by artyartie -- Odin sees through the guard’s glamour

Cracks In the Illusion by awanderingbard -- A terrified young Loki sends for his mother after waking from a nightmare having shifted into his Jotun form.

Better In The Morning by @bedlamsbard -- There is more than one Asgardian variant in the TVA. Loki meets some alternate versions of his family. (Last updated 3/22, but nearly 90k words of an extremely good story.)

A Rescue Mission by doctorgeology -- A very young Thor and Loki have to entertain themselves for the day until their mother returns from an off-world trip.

The child-King of Asgard by @898700 (ghostwriter) -- Loki is still a child when Thor is banished to Midgard, and divides his time between competently undertaking some of the king's duties and sitting with his father while Odin Sleeps.

Once We Were Young by @fallintosanity -- A series of tales of Thor and Loki's childhood, from baby Loki fluff to early adventures with the Warriors 3. Good parent Odin.

From the Altar to the Cradle by Fernajen -- Odin brings baby Loki home

The Weeping Siren by @galaxythreads -- a pre-canon quest to rout a demon from the forest called the Blodig Skog goes horrifically wrong, with Sif, Loki, and the Warriors 3 captured and tortured for months while an injured Thor desperately tries to find them and escape the wood himself. An intense fic that's heavy on the hurt, but the ending is worth it.

Storms by @haeva -- Frigga wakes to the sound of a crying baby Thor and a missing husband.

Pendulum by @hariboowrites -- Post Avengers, Jane’s work on building a bridge of her own pulls her across the cosmos to Asgard, but the Bifrost still lies broken.

Self Hatred Is A Tragedy In Itself by @harmlesshagofthewoods -- Experimenting with shapeshifting; kid Loki breaks the spell keeping him looking like an Aesir and all too quickly finds himself running for his life from the people of Asgard, who only see a Jotun in their midst. Hurt/comfort, 2 out of 3 chapters written, ends with him safely in the healing ward.

A Promise of Protection by Haruko-Mizumi -- Post Avengers, Thor remembers the first time he met his little brother.

Keep your heart around (you might need it someday) by Illasa, tipitina -- A magically de-aged child!Loki is taken care of by Tony Stark and the rest of the Avengers until help comes from Asgard to restore him.

Lost Kings, Fallen In The Mist by Infinite_Monkeys (aka @aninfinitenumberofmonkeys) -- Exhausted from years (centuries?) of timeslipping and failures, Loki finds himself back on Asgard. Set during the Loki series season 2 finale. Also:

Adventures in Parenting -- When Frigga says 'no' to the idea of them raising Loki as their own, Odin says he'll raise Loki himself then, already too attached to let another couple have him. And that means entirely by himself, since he does not yet trust Loki to hold his shapeshift if left alone with servants, until Frigga takes pity on her sleep-deprived husband.

Delicacies by @jaggedcliffs -- There are tales that the Jotnar feast on Aesir flesh. Less known are the places on Asgard where the reverse is true. A tale in three parts. Also:

(I Don't Give A Damn About My) Bad Reputation -- After Prince Loki helps Hildy Volstaggsdottir and her siblings when they get lost in the palace following a late night adventure, she seeks out his help when they find a grievously wounded ampithere, hoping he can save it. The tale ranges from pre-canon fluff to plot to angst as it catches up with the events of the movies.

Farbautison by jalendavi_lady -- A sadly unfinished series, but an enjoyable read. An AU that focuses on things going better with his parents and the Warriors Four when Loki learns of his heritage after the events on Jotunheim. Now, if only some of the older warriors who had always known as well didn't want him dead...

Once More, With Empathy by Kairyn -- Thor and Loki share the spotlight here, with a Thor time traveling back to childhood determined to be a better brother so Loki doesn't end up dead (as he thinks) on Svartalfheim. A very long fic that the author decided to break into parts for easier manageability; part one is complete at 65 chapters, part two is still a WIP.

This Road We Take by @karuvapatta -- Frigga welcomes Odin and baby Loki home. Fluff shadowed by her visions of Loki's future as the family spends some happy time together helping Loki learn to walk some years later.

Any Need As Strong by @katbelle -- A series of glimpses into Odin's life, starting with his life as a second prince not meant for the throne to fatherhood and raising the son that he chose, the son that is most like him, the son that he loves and wants, more than anything, to be happy -- Loki.

Doomed To Repeat It by Kay -- Thor and the Warriors 3 are searching for a Loki who has escaped from prison when a magical storm transports a younger version of the two princes into their midst. Young Loki soon realises that his older self is suspiciously missing and guesses something bad has happened, while Frigga urges that he be told the truth that destroyed his older self. As young Loki hears the truth from Odin, older Loki finds young Thor alone and tells him his own version of events. An angry younger Thor confronts older Thor and Odin as the fic ends. INCOMPLETE, but worth reading, the place it ends will give you lots to think about.

Syrgja by Lady Charity -- A mute, half-dead Loki who has spent centuries being tortured by Thanos is taken in by the Avengers. Meanwhile, Thanos gathers his forces to attack all the Nine Realms. Very AU and lots of hurt, but gripping and well-written with a mostly happy ending. Also:

of the cold and brokenhearted -- When Odin sentences Loki to be stripped of his magic post-Avengers, he goes too far and Loki's Jotun form is revealed to all those watching at court. But as a horrified, stricken Loki drops to his knees, he is surrounded by the family who loves him and all might not be lost.

Origins by LedaSF (aka @iamhisgloriouspurpose) -- Odin finds a hidden baby in a temple filled with Jotun bodies. Loki's childhood is not an easy one, with Odin reluctant to follow Frigga's urging to tell Loki of his heritage, until the Casket of Ancient Winters finally shows Loki where he came from, and the lies have to end. Loki's mother is Laufey here, and died shortly after his birth. Farbauti is his father and wants him back, but also recognises Loki might be happiest staying with the family who raised him. It ends where canon starts, with Loki letting the Jotnar into the Vault, but things are different enough that subsequent events could never be the same. Lots of detailed backstory and exploration of the family dynamics between Thor and Loki and their parents.

Imposter by Lethwen -- Odin runs into who he thinks is Thor one evening in the palace, and invites him back to his rooms for a shared dinner. 'Thor' is actually a disguised Loki, however, who both enjoys spending more time with his father but increasingly resents the ruse as time passes, despite Odin seeking out Loki in an effort to spend more time with him too. Plus, Odin is becomingly increasingly suspicious of certain oddities about "Thor's" behavior during many of their encounters, and finally confronts Loki about the deception just as the fic ends, frustratingly unfinished, but it's such an interesting and well-written premise that I decided to include it here anyway.

Birthright by Lise (aka @veliseraptor) -- Five times Odin nearly told Loki about his heritage. Pre-canon.

This is my brother and no you may not hold him by lunik -- Thor wants to introduce baby Loki to his friends.

And I Would See You Forged In Steel ‘verse by Mira_Jade. -- Extends from pre-canon tales of Thor and Loki and Sif growing up together to post-Avengers and a Loki who is trying to make amends with both the Avengers and his family and Sif. In the chronologically last (and sadly abandoned) fic, Loki is allowed to return to Asgard for an AllMeet with Alfheimer. He tries to settle back in and gets swept up in intrigue when the escaped Draugr Thorolf possesses both Jane and Bruce. Includes:

Envelope Bones Like New Skin -- A pre-Thor fic set in the Steel ‘verse. Thor’s recklessness on a quest ends up with Loki deliberately drinking a poison meant for Thor. When the antidote meant for an Aesir fails, Thor and Sif must quest to Niflheim to bring back the waters that will cure Loki, as he clings to the barest hold of life.

Figment by Moiraine -- Loki has nightly dreams of a nightmarish existence on Jotunheim, always desperately seeking for the way out and back to Asgard and the family that loves him. Meanwhile, Thor learns to stop speaking of his imaginary friend -- the brother he's always wanted -- as he grows older, but Loki is as real to him as if he truly existed. As real as the small Jotun who suddenly appears one day in the palace.

moonshadows’ series on dreamwidth: Loki sacrifices all so Thor can regain his worthiness, becomes friends with Darcy on Midgard and an Avenger, and eventually marry. Odin’s a good dad.

Midnight Offering by Mythtaken Identity -- It started with toddler Loki seeking out his father in the evenings and Odin settling him on his lap and sharing his meal while he worked instead of sending him back to bed. It ends much the same way, except it is Odin who seeks out his son in the dungeons with the hope of fixing what was broken. Also:

The Day He Was Clever, The Day He Was Strong -- Young Thor drags an unwilling Loki along on a dangerous adventure, but when Loki pays the price of saving their lives, Thor does everything that he can to get his brother home safely.

Paper Arts by newredshoes -- A quiet moment between young Loki and his mother, with a hint of underlying melancholy at the end.

Memories of Another Timeline by @nice2meetu -- Dragon!Frigga is happy to welcome alligator!Loki into the family when dragon!Odin comes home from war carefully bearing an egg which he found. 🐊

Echoes of the Frost by ninepen -- After Loki attacks and is badly beaten by some older boys who said that Odin wasn’t his father, Frigga reassures him on the matter and insists Odin spend the whole of Loki’s 12th birthday doing something special with his son. One of the best fluffy Odin/Loki bonding fics I’ve ever read. 

A Well-Timed Retreat by NoRationalThoughtRequired -- All Odin wanted was a peaceful meal. Instead he got two bickering children at the dinner table.

Oblivion by NovaWasTaken1 -- Alone in his cell, Loki fights to untangle the web of spells left behind in his mind by Thanos and the Black Order, alone except for Frigga's insubstantial presence and support, and finally, the brother she sends his way. Angst.

A Father's Love by orphan_account -- After Midgard, Loki fears he won't survive the 100 lashes that Odin sentences him to for his crimes. Then Odin steps forward to bear the punishment for Loki, claiming responsibility for his part in Loki's actions, and Loki, struggling and restrained by guards, must watch and realise that he is truly loved.

The unfailing love of children and gods by orphan account -- I hate to recommend fics that start strong and then are frustratingly abandoned, but there's some good Odin and Loki fluff in here. Starts with a Loki who died horribly in Ragnarok and now, as a child in a new cycle, remembers that previous life. The fic begins to explore how things might have worked out differently.

Even when my eyes are open, I cannot see you by overindulgence -- Instead of opening a timedoor to the TVA, Sylvie accidentally opens a timedoor to Loki's original timeline -- to a future Asgard devastated from the war with Thanos, but one in which his parents are still alive and fighting. (Loki series AU post episode 6)

The God of Stories series by Pimento_Mori -- Mobius decides to show Loki some of the happier scenes from his life. Most of the fics work as stand-alone stories from Thor and Loki's childhood with no mention of the TVA.

Asgardian Family Fluff by Poisonous Jester -- Small scenes from the boys' childhood.

Oblivion by Ranowa -- Alone in his cell except for Frigga’s intangible presence, Loki fights to undo the spells the Black Order laid on his mind. 

Enough For Both by @saentorine -- Frigga dismisses Odin’s offer to find a wetnurse for the baby he has brought her; she has milk enough for both her sons. 

The Weight of Family by shiny_n_new -- During his time posing as Odin, Loki learns some things about his father and brother when he seeks to delve into the ravens’ memories. 

Winternight by @sholio -- Jane attends an autumn festival on Asgard, one that pays tribute to the dead. Post TDW.

Who Are You by snowytuesdays -- Loki disappeared from Asgard 50 years ago. Except he never left. The story is marked as complete, but it ends with the mystery only partly solved. Worth if for family reunion fluff, though.

One Shot by @squeeb100 -- This time, Endgame!Thor stops to talk to Loki in his cell. Who knows what it might change?

Interventionism by @taaroko -- When Thor and Loki are sent to retrieve the recently resurfaced Tesseract from Midgard and a fallen warrior whom Heimdall saw go down in the ice, they find more than they expected and their paths twine with that of Steve Rogers for a while. A mix of fix-its and action adventure on Asgard and Midgard circa WWII.

All This and Heaven Too by @takadasaiko -- When Odin falls ill while investigating a mysterious plague, Thor insists on seeing his father, and Loki, unable to stop him, tags along, figuring his Jotun heritage might make him immune. But it turns out that he shares a bond with his father that Thor doesn't. Also:

Trick or Treat -- Halloween fluff with the princes and Jane on Midgard.

Fleeting Moments -- Odin decides to take his younger son aside for a special lesson after seeing Loki defeated yet again in the sparring ring -- one that Loki unexpectedly enjoys. Pre-canon.

A Collection of Old Memories: Of Children by @Tandirra -- A glimpse into the lives of young Thor and Loki. While Thor looks forward to playing with a group of diplomats’ children every Friday, Loki quietly amuses himself at his parents’ feet and Frigga entertains them both with stories and illusions in her garden afterwards, cherishing every moment. 

let green sea rise up to meet you by thegreatpumpkin (aka @brazenbells on tumblr) -- Selkie!Loki is washed ashore, injured, after a storm and is found by his long-lost brother Thor, the two having been separated when their mother fled back into the sea with baby Loki, leaving Thor to be raised by Odin on land. Still gen enough that I'm placing it here, but will move to the ship rec list if and when the tagged Thorki develops more. A fantastic beginning; WIP.

All Great Quests Start Small by @theotherodinson -- Two small princes sneak out of their nursery in quest of apple tarts.  Also: 

The First Three -- Odin just wants baby Loki to say “Papa”. 

Please Look Both Ways Before Crossing the Bifrost -- When Odin wakes from a horrifying nightmare in which all the events from Thor through The Dark World have happened, he vows to make sure those things never happen. As part of this, he determines to forge a closer relationship with Loki, which starts off well and then goes downhill in a hilarious fashion as Loki realises there can be such a thing as having too much of his father's attention. Pre-canon humour and Odin trying his best to be a good dad. Also featuring Thor, Frigga, and the ravens in starring roles.

Inversionverse by thewickedloki -- What if Loki had been stripped of his powers and cast down to Earth instead of Thor?  Series incomplete; current ending has Loki being welcomed back home to an Asgard preparing for a war with Thanos. (Burgeoning Lokane) -- NOTE: This has been taken down but I'm leaving it here in case anyone has a copy or a link to it from another site they'd be willing to share.

With His Tail In The Air by @tirsynni -- After the snake/stabbing incident, Loki shows Thor what else he can transform into. Chaos results and Odin needs a stiff drink. 

If It Takes A Thousand Years by @victoriousscarf -- Feels like it’s going to be a fix-it, but it’s still very much in progress* so I can’t say for sure. Clint is dreaming of Loki every night, a Loki who is someplace where he is being hurt badly and not healing. Then Thor arrives with news that Loki escaped from his cell on Asgard, and that their mages say that Loki has a bond with Clint, and Thor wants Clint’s help to find Loki. Avengers road trip into space to find Loki. (*Author confirmed in a reply dated Sept. 2022 that they still want to continue this.)

Thor and Loki Drabbles by wbss21 - Odin does his best to comfort a young Loki when he needs it.

Truth, Lies, and Bilgesnipes by wedgetail -- Young Loki gets badly injured while Frigga’s away from Asgard, leaving Odin to step in and do his best while concurrently dealing with an important delegation from Alfheim.  

Family, episode 1: Foundling by Whytewytch -- Odin brings baby Loki home to Asgard and Frigga. The first in a series of related vignettes.

If, Just Maybe by winterdusk -- series in which young Loki has long suspected he’s not Frigga’s own child. But when Loki is stabbed by a cursed blade in his first battle, Thor sees Eir stabilise his dying brother with a poisonous herb and a glimpse of blue skin before he’s ushered out of the room. Encountering a web of lies and secrets when he takes his questions to his parents, Thor seeks an answer in the library, finally discovering the fact that the herb comes from Jotunheim, and is not toxic to the Jotnar. 

Tumblr Prompt Fics by woodelf -- Fluffy short stories from Thor and Loki's childhood.

Don't Forget Me and the Things We Did by @worstloki -- Thor AU. After Thor's banishment, Loki comes down to Midgard to tell him that Odin fell into the Odinsleep, that he's a Frost Giant, and that he's leaving Asgard. Shackled to the chair in the SHIELD base, Thor can do nothing but watch his little brother walk out of his life.

The Kitten From the Basket by zaniida -- What if the Jotnar were big cats and the Asgardians were dogs? A rewrite of the Vault scene where Loki finds out his heritage; for a nice change, things go better than in canon. Crack treated seriously.

Child's Play by 00cat00 -- Child Thor jumps through a portal to Jotunheim wanting to slay monsters, and ends up aiding and befriending a starving, abandoned Jotun boy instead. Long fic, found family. Part one of the Jotunn and the Prince series.

Have been thinking about the Loki&Natasha scene in A1 for years now, and I kinda think that them misunderstanding each other had a lot to do with what "kind" of manipulation they used on each other, or rather where their manipulative skills came from.

Let me explain:

Natasha was taught to professionally manipulate people: she reads the body language, looks for context clues, makes a conclusion, goes through a "toolbox" in her head, chooses a "tool" to apply. Example: the bad guy is monologuing, she reads his body language, reads context clues, comes to conclusion that the guy is overly arrogant and crazy and not well-collected, chooses a behavior that will make him tell her his plan. It's a purely professionally learned skill.

Loki's manipulation skills come from a place of empathy. Yes, you didn't misread this statement: empathy is an ability to understand on a deep level what other people feel, relate to this feeling. It is a pretty neutral thing on its own. Loki looks at someone, especially if he knows something about their background (which isn't necessary, but it makes it easier) and knows how they must feel. He looks at Natasha and knows of her deepest insecurities and fears because he understands emotions and feelings exactly. This is why in all of the movies he is capable of always finding a way to encourage people/enrage them/get into their trust etc. It's not a learned skill. Well, at least not in the same way - I guess living with a brother with anger issues who's capable of risking getting everyone killed over being called a "princess" does make you more aware of the emotional state of people around you.

And you can see this difference in the scene itself: she's playing by the book and her tactics are precise, with the goal of getting to know his plan. He's trying to get under her skin, to make her feel a certain way. We don't really know what his exact goal was but I suspect with all of this camera showing her through a glass in which we see his reflection while he's speaking thing - he wanted her to realize. "I know you, because I am you. You're a puppet in the hands of people exploiting your skills and forcing their will, and so am I. I know how it hurts, hear what I'm saying. You brought the monster here, and he's coming for more if you don't stop him". Loki is leaving a bunch of clues to other avengers as well, but I feel like he really put his money on Natasha, which... makes sense tbh.

And in the end both of them failed, because they came with different goals and worked from different perspectives: she worked with classic body language&context clues, he worked from a place of empathy, he gave her a poem she didn't know how to read.

And this skill difference is also present in their interactions with other characters: when Natasha tries to encourage Tony and he reacts in unexpected way, she's frustrated - the "toolbox" failed, and she genuinely doesn't know how to deal with this. Same with Loki: when he cannot understand someone's feelings, it's harder for him to work with that.

And it's even reflected in the words they choose: Natasha's "thank you for your cooperation" and Loki's "you will never be a god", for example.

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Farewell, Wanderlust is such a perfect song for the character

3, 43, and 50 for whichever version of Loki is your favorite?

I'm not shy about Blood Brothers Loki being my fave Marvel!Loki (and only second to my idea of myth!Loki), but as my last ask was very thorough on old comics!Loki and included Blood Brothers, I'll pick another one.

Also, is it Marvel!Loki or any? I'll pick two that were formative to me and aren't as conceptual as "my idea of myth!Loki": MCU!Loki and Alan Cumming's Loki in Son of the Mask. They're not necessarily the best or accurate to the myths, but they were formative to me. I don't know how to explain it but they do have a similar vibe despite the different tones of their movies. Their characterizations are not mutually exclusive.

3. What first drew you to this character?

SOTM!Loki: He was the first Loki I ever encountered and introduced my monotheistic Catholic child brain to the idea of an imperfect deity. I'm an Atheist, but in a way, he helped me. I was always freaking out over going to hell for thoughts I had, or lies I told, or things I broke by accident. To find out there was a god of pranks and lies was very neat to me. The idea a deity out there wouldn't condemn me over lies and was as imperfect as me was appealing and interesting to a child that broke everything.

It was a new concept to me, because I only knew a god to be a perfect being. And Christian-influenced portrayals of patriarch deities such as Disney's Hercules, tended to code Zeus as "good" and Hades as some sort of Devil figure in a sort of hellish underworld. So they didn't challenge my idea of a god (i.e. the idea that Hades was also a god did not register to me; plus the plot kinda went over my head cus I didn't have a good grasp of language yet). Also, he dresses like a 2000s mall goth!!!

MCU!Loki: His paranoia in Thor (2011). I am a very paranoid person who has a bunch of unhealthy habits such as eavesdropping because I want to have a plan, if someone's going to act against me. I also associate him with someone I was infatuated with that I consider my first real friend.

My version of myth!Loki is more of a concept that lives in my head rent-free because I found Loki hilarious in the mythology.

43. What type of weather makes you think of this character?

MCU!Loki: A cold winter night.

SOTM!Loki: A hot Summer day.

My version of myth!Loki: Windy day. People sleep on the wind association too much for my taste. And I know they're not a wind deity. But the eating contest between Loki and Logi is about the association of the air that keeps the hearth burning. The windy weather also applies to the current iteration comics!Loki/Ikol, as they've tried getting closer to the myths. I think talking about my interest in the current comics!Loki wouldn't be very interesting because I got into Loki a few years before they existed. So if I know them know it was due to four other pre-existing Lokis (i.e. SOTM, MCU, OG Marvel Loki, and myth!Loki)

50. Link your fav song, playlist, aesthetic board, fan-fiction, reference pile, personal artwork, analysis post, meme, headcanon, or quote for this character. Whichever one (s) you are most comfortable with!

MCU!Loki: You and Not Me-Devour the Day from my MCU!Loki playlist.

My version of myth!Loki: The Jester-Badflower also from my MCU!Loki playlist.

SOTM!Loki: Slept So Long by Korn because he's this ancient being invoked into action by his mask falling into mortal hands at Odin's behest. It's also such a 2000s mall goth edgelord song and he's such a mall goth.

Also I'll give some songs for stories deity comics!Loki/Skald!Loki because I have those at hand and I like recommending songs:

Farewell, Wanderlust-The Amazing Devil

New Low-Middle Class Rut

Trust Me from The Devil's Carnival (fun musical) fits a lot of Lokis. I'm surprised I haven't seen many edits to this song lol.

Absolute eyesore of a character

Personally, this is not a bad character design

But you cooked better with your first design tho

I think the problem here is that he looks too fairy/court jester-y whereas the first design was unhinged in a trickster way

Absolute eyesore of a character

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Here's THE masterpost of free and full adaptations, by which I mean that it's a post made by the master.

Anthony and Cleopatra: here's the BBC version, here's a 2017 version.

As you like it: you'll find here an outdoor stage adaptation and here the BBC version. Here's Kenneth Brannagh's 2006 one.

Coriolanus: Here's a college play, here's the 1984 telefilm, here's the 2014 one with tom hiddleston. Here's the Ralph Fiennes 2011 one.

Cymbelline: Here's the 2014 one.

Hamlet: the 1948 Laurence Olivier one is here. The 1964 russian version is here and the 1964 american version is here. The 1964 Broadway production is here, the 1969 Williamson-Parfitt-Hopkins one is there, and the 1980 version is here. Here are part 1 and 2 of the 1990 BBC adaptation, the Kenneth Branagh 1996 Hamlet is here, the 2000 Ethan Hawke one is here. 2009 Tennant's here. And have the 2018 Almeida version here. On a sidenote, here's A Midwinter's Tale, about a man trying to make Hamlet. Andrew Scott's Hamlet is here.

Henry IV: part 1 and part 2 of the BBC 1989 version. And here's part 1 of a corwall school version.

Henry V: Laurence Olivier (who would have guessed) 1944 version. The 1989 Branagh version here. The BBC version is here.

Julius Caesar: here's the 1979 BBC adaptation, here the 1970 John Gielgud one. A theater Live from the late 2010's here.

King Lear: Laurence Olivier once again plays in here. And Gregory Kozintsev, who was I think in charge of the russian hamlet, has a king lear here. The 1975 BBC version is here. The Royal Shakespeare Compagny's 2008 version is here. The 1974 version with James Earl Jones is here. The 1953 Orson Wells one is here.

Macbeth: Here's the 1948 one, there the 1955 Joe McBeth. Here's the 1961 one with Sean Connery, and the 1966 BBC version is here. The 1969 radio one with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench is here, here's the 1971 by Roman Polanski, with spanish subtitles. The 1988 BBC one with portugese subtitles, and here the 2001 one). Here's Scotland, PA, the 2001 modern retelling. Rave Macbeth for anyone interested is here. And 2017 brings you this.

Measure for Measure: BBC version here. Hugo Weaving here.

The Merchant of Venice: here's a stage version, here's the 1980 movie, here the 1973 Lawrence Olivier movie, here's the 2004 movie with Al Pacino. The 2001 movie is here.

The Merry Wives of Windsor: the Royal Shakespeare Compagny gives you this movie.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: have this sponsored by the City of Columbia, and here the BBC version. Have the 1986 Duncan-Jennings version here. 2019 Live Theater version? Have it here!

Much Ado About Nothing: Here is the kenneth branagh version and here the Tennant and Tate 2011 version. Here's the 1984 version.

Othello: A Massachussets Performance here, the 2001 movie her is the Orson Wells movie with portuguese subtitles theree, and a fifteen minutes long lego adaptation here. THen if you want more good ole reliable you've got the BBC version here and there.

Richard II: here is the BBC version. If you want a more meta approach, here's the commentary for the Tennant version. 1997 one here.

Richard III: here's the 1955 one with Laurence Olivier. The 1995 one with Ian McKellen is no longer available at the previous link but I found it HERE.

Romeo and Juliet: here's the 1988 BBC version. Here's a stage production. 1954 brings you this. The french musical with english subtitles is here!

The Taming of the Shrew: the 1980 BBC version here and the 1988 one is here, sorry for the prior confusion. The 1929 version here, some Ontario stuff here, and here is the 1967 one with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. This one is the Shakespeare Retold modern retelling.

The Tempest: the 1979 one is here, the 2010 is here. Here is the 1988 one. Theater Live did a show of it in the late 2010's too.

Timon of Athens: here is the 1981 movie with Jonathan Pryce,

Troilus and Cressida can be found here

Titus Andronicus: the 1999 movie with Anthony Hopkins here

Twelfth night: here for the BBC, here for the 1970 version with Alec Guinness, Joan Plowright and Ralph Richardson.

Two Gentlemen of Verona: have the 2018 one here. The BBC version is here.

The Winter's Tale: the BBC version is here

Please do contribute if you find more. This is far from exhaustive.

(also look up the original post from time to time for more plays)

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