One of my favorite tropes is “Villain Decay”. It’s not a redemption or reformation – the character themself doesn’t necessarily change morally or behaviorally, but the as the stakes become higher and more serious antagonists are introduced, the original villain seems harmless and friendly in comparison.
that’s how you end up in an elevator with your adopted emo god of mischief brother trying to convince him to stop being mildly evil for five minutes so you can defeat your mega evil older sister who is destroying your home planet
Imagine being Heimdall and having a spirit so generous that you could sincerely say “welcome home” to the individual who once turned you into an icicle and is now showing up 15 minutes late without Starbucks to the apocalypse that he sort of started.
why do people stan Loki when the ultimate anti-hero has been here the entire time
Please, Doug Judy fits the pattern of Loki in Norse myth perfectly. He approaches the protagonists (Jake/the Aesir) with aid to their problems, his aid invariably makes things worse, but he always fixes the big problems caused by his actions and gets away scot-free (well, except, in Loki’s case, for that one time).
You ever think about how Mjolnir was the physical manifestation of Loki’s entire inferiority complex and how now that she’s gone he can feel on equal footing with Thor for the first time in centuries?
Do you also ever think about how Loki watched this very real and tangible symbol of strength that he had never been able to budge even a little bit just casually shattered by Hela and how it made him freak the fuck out?
Oh, like how, now that Thor’s powers come from himself instead of from a specific weapon, they don’t feel like objective measures of fundamental worth anymore? Because now they’re cool, unique Thor Things, just like Loki’s powers are cool, unique Loki Things – different but not better or worse?
And how Mjolnir can’t be the definitive measure of strength that it seemed to be if Hela was able to shatter it? And since Thor and Loki together could beat Hela, it means that power can’t be defined as rigidly as it seemed like it could when Thor’s power was concentrated externally?
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