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So I spent Christmas with my cousins (and aunts and uncles and grandfather, but my cousins are the ones I actually spend all my time with), and had a super-great time. Somehow I managed not to have any moments of 'oh god I am shut up in here with all these people, get me the fuck out of here *EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN*' and was actually super-sad to leave. Maybe it's one of those 'growing up' things.
And while I was there, I finally watched Thor!
You guuuuuys, I have so many feelings about Loki! I did not expect to have feelings about any of these characters, but. Loki. To grow up in a culture where the things you are good at, the things you really like are not valued, where you feel you yourself are not either (and maybe your family loves you but they do not understand you, not at all, not in the ways you want them to)—gosh, no, I don't understand why I have all these feelings for the character & his situation at all.
I'm not quite sure if I approve of casting* him in a straight-out 'villain' role—my childhood love of him was very much based on the cycle of: Loki does something stupid because he's bored --> the other gods make him go fix it --> Loki fixes it in a really hilarious way --> they tell him not to do it again --> he gets bored --> cycle repeats—but I also think his actions in the movie were understandable, because if that is not a situation that generates confusing fucked-up feelings and bad decision-making then I don't know what is. As for his role in The Avengers, I'll have to wait and see.
So. Anyone got any Loki-centric Thor fic to recommend? (At this point I'm mostly looking for 'it's okay to be a fucked-up kid with family problems and no friends' fic, but honestly anything is great.
*Speaking of which, his actor was excellent. Really, really excellent. Not something I was expecting out of a Marvel movie, though perhaps I should have.
Also I see what people mean about LJ's headache-introducing new comment setup. I am only on there peripherally these days, thank goodness, but I think I'll be sticking to DW commenting as much as possible from now on.
And while I was there, I finally watched Thor!
You guuuuuys, I have so many feelings about Loki! I did not expect to have feelings about any of these characters, but. Loki. To grow up in a culture where the things you are good at, the things you really like are not valued, where you feel you yourself are not either (and maybe your family loves you but they do not understand you, not at all, not in the ways you want them to)—gosh, no, I don't understand why I have all these feelings for the character & his situation at all.
I'm not quite sure if I approve of casting* him in a straight-out 'villain' role—my childhood love of him was very much based on the cycle of: Loki does something stupid because he's bored --> the other gods make him go fix it --> Loki fixes it in a really hilarious way --> they tell him not to do it again --> he gets bored --> cycle repeats—but I also think his actions in the movie were understandable, because if that is not a situation that generates confusing fucked-up feelings and bad decision-making then I don't know what is. As for his role in The Avengers, I'll have to wait and see.
So. Anyone got any Loki-centric Thor fic to recommend? (At this point I'm mostly looking for 'it's okay to be a fucked-up kid with family problems and no friends' fic, but honestly anything is great.
*Speaking of which, his actor was excellent. Really, really excellent. Not something I was expecting out of a Marvel movie, though perhaps I should have.
Also I see what people mean about LJ's headache-introducing new comment setup. I am only on there peripherally these days, thank goodness, but I think I'll be sticking to DW commenting as much as possible from now on.
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Date: 2011-12-28 10:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-29 05:13 am (UTC)(Doesn't it just?) I am v. interested to see what people do with Sif, even if I am a bit LOKI LOKI LOKI at the moment. Thank you for the recommendations!
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Date: 2011-12-28 10:34 pm (UTC)http://www.delicious.com/redirect?url=http%3A//archiveofourown.org/works/245571
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Date: 2011-12-28 10:35 pm (UTC)Summary: The childhood of Loki Odinson, through his uncle’s eyes.
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Date: 2011-12-28 10:43 pm (UTC)*looks at delicious account* Yes, i think I have some...
Also, welcome to the fandom ♥
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Date: 2011-12-28 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-29 05:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-29 05:16 am (UTC)Bigger Loki rec list - I thought I had more. *sadface*
Date: 2011-12-28 10:52 pm (UTC)2 saves http://archiveofourown.org/works/215371
This is a crossover with Demon's Lexicon - more lexicon than Thor.
"Your patron god, perhaps. That would be one way to think of it."
Loki's Brood - Lunik - The Avengers (2012), Thor (2011) [Archive of Our Own]
5 saves http://archiveofourown.org/series/11845
Nick Fury circles the realm Midgard with his coils. Phil Coulson has seen enough of chains for one lifetime. Darcy Lewis is taking a break from Helheim. But there's still the matter of their brother Sleipnir...
(Less Loki centric, but still awesome)
Bunny Slippers (for lack of a better title)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/269808
Everyone said that Thor was Loki's greatest enemy. These were all people that had watched far too much TV and probably enjoyed epic fantasies like Lord of the Rings and anything that involved elves. The actual truth was both sadder and more complicated: boredom was Loki's greatest enemy.
Read that first. THEN READ CALCULATOR!!!
http://archiveofourown.org/works/269840/chapters/425428
Calculator is AMAZING!
http://norsekink.livejournal.com/3415.html?thread=8170071
Loki and Darcy both read and write on the kink meme.
Re: Bigger Loki rec list - I thought I had more. *sadface*
Date: 2011-12-28 11:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-28 11:16 pm (UTC)*coughs* Er. Yes. Um. Seconding Qem's recs, especially the Bunny Slippers one.
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Date: 2011-12-29 04:23 am (UTC)Have you seen him in current Marvel continuity? I'm more DC but I heard he and Thor are adorable right now.
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Date: 2011-12-29 05:07 am (UTC)(I think this is the first time in possibly ever I've wanted to give a character hugs and reassurance myself. A momentous occasion!)
I have actually never read a Marvel comic other than Runaways, but if it can get me more wonderful Loki I may be forced to look into them!
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Date: 2011-12-29 05:13 am (UTC)A friend says that Loki is somehow now a kid and Thor's being a doting older brother and they're absolutely cute together *3*
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Date: 2011-12-29 05:20 am (UTC)My only real problem with Thor is that, though I'm sure he's a nice dude and all, he does not generate the same FEELINGSPLOSION in me as Loki does. But yeah, spoiled kid, not really his fault but there you go.
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Date: 2011-12-29 06:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-30 03:04 am (UTC)