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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.

shout out to green. somehow an underrated color despite being everywhere in nature. not enough real green appreciators out there. what can’t she do honestly. mint green sage green sea foam green forest green lime green!!! never have i ever met a green i did not like. true green enjoyers understand.

Happy April, fools >:)

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this is a suppression tactic. this is another stage of fascism.

“now she wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison!”

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100% agree, i miss the time in the loki fandom where loki could just be shipped with whoever

as a person who has always seen mcu!loki as an aroace peep (because the aroace-spec people are sorely missing representation) to the extent that i headcanon that multiple characters, especially those that have gone through similar trauma as me. there are few of us, but we are proud and we are strong

First Sylvie invaded the Echantress and Enchantricks tag, then she invaded the Lady Loki/Fem Loki tag, now Sylvie has invaded the Sigyn tag. 🥲 Why can’t people tag her properly?

They want attention

Reblog if you only stayed with Marvel this long because of Loki