I often think back to my childhood, and for a moment, I was glad I wasn’t losing my left eye. Because that eye has collected the most beautiful star in the universe.
Odin didn’t choose Thor to be king because Thor was Asgardian and Loki was secretly a Frost Giant
Odin chose Thor to be king because he didn’t see a lot of himself in Thor
And saw waaaaaaay too much of himself in Loki
Like
There’s a reason why the first thing Hela says to these two is the same thing Loki says when he tries to conquer earth
Odin was an asshole to the nine realms out of a belief that Asgardians were better and even when he stopped his warmongering he still thought Asgard was more important than the other realms
And Loki learned the Worst Possible Lessons from him. Not as bad as Hela given that Loki at least turned away from the whole “Being an heir to the throne of Asgard gives me the right to Do What I Want” thing in this film and Infinity War but still
Do you ever think Loki purposefully learnt all this to try and impress Odin? Like he just wants his Dad to love him so he creates himself in his Dad’s image thinking that’s what Odin wants.
Absolutely!
And his resentment of Thor is down to the fact that he can’t understand why Odin prefers this guy whose just a big weird puppy dog who wants to have adventures and fight evil because Loki doesn’t know about Odin’s messed up past any more than Thor does
It also makes Odin’s anger at Thor in the first movie take on a whole new meaning as well…he’s not just pissed at Thor because his actions were foolish and headstrong he’s pissed because Thor did exactly what he used to do, invaded another world and caused trouble because he was sure what he was doing was right and they were wrong
When Odin calls Thor “Vain” with such venom in his voice in that film he’s not just pissed at Thor he’s remembering all the shit he did as well and dreading the thought of it all happening all over again if he doesn’t do something to teach Thor a bit of humility
It makes the second movie that much better as well because what the Dark Elves did wasn’t that far off from what Odin did, but then you can see that he still has a trace of the Asgardian Superiority complex with how he treats Jane.
INDEED
And yeah I kind of wonder if maybe Asgard didn’t start the issues with the Dark Elves we saw come to fruition in this film now that we know what we know
for people who are interested in getting into shakespeare, here’s a not-so-serious organized guide to some of the plays!!
starting five (not necessarily “easy”, but best if you don’t like/know much about the bard and want a good place to begin): romeo and juliet, the tempest, macbeth, julius caesar, hamlet
actually amusing comedies: a midsummer night’s dream, twelfth night, as you like it, much ado about nothing
plays with the best (and by best i mean worst) villains: othello, richard III, titus andronicus, king lear
best of the histories (even if two are technically tragedies): antony and cleopatra, coriolanus, henry V, richard II, henry VI part one
makes you think: henry IV part one, the taming of the shrew, measure for measure, the merchant of venice (i still don’t like this play but it should be read critically)
underrated gems: the comedy of errors, troilus and cressida, two gentlemen of verona, cymbeline
WHY DOES EVERYONE ASSUME THOR DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE’S DOING??! He literally smiles every time someone falls for his “I’m just a dumb jock” routine. Guys, he grew up with Loki, he went to university, he’s been alive for over a millennia. His flaw in the first Thor movie was that he had too much hubris, not that he was stupid.
He knows that he can play dumb and get out of any situation. Do you all not see that sheepish smirk he always does?
Thor: Ragnarok only confirms what the first two movies were hinting at – Thor is very intelligent and can even pull one over on Loki when he wants to. After the events in The Avengers, he knows Loki’s true feelings about him and that’s why he’s so emotional in The Dark World and why he’s always teasing him in Ragnarok.
@unstatedmartini: #i’m 200% sure that they had another game called Terribly Sorry#hey. let’s do Terribly Sorry.#no. it’s humiliating.#not for me it’s not.#*cue thor being fake-stupid and fake-clumsy and fake-drunk and real loud*#*loki following along waving his hands nervously* terribly sorry! oh dear! my brother can be such a brute! terribly sorry!#and they’re long gone before anyone realizes that the Important Magic Thingy or Super Secret Map is gone
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