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Why do I feel a sudden need to go argue with people posting prompts on the Avengerkinkmeme?
I think the one that got to me was this one. I'm not even sure why.
Let's pick it apart:
Thor realizes, either on his own or through the intervention of others (maybe the Avengers? Because having your friends and colleagues involved in family business is always fun) that Loki really DOES have cause to be pissed off, that he really was treated horribly on Asgard, not just by Odin, but by Thor himself as well.
Right, that's classic Loki-woobification, not something I agree with, but not surprising, either.
It turns out that "worthiness" to use Mjolnir is not based on intrinsic worth, but on self-worth (no wonder Loki couldn't lift it, yeah?), and this realization about Loki causes Thor to doubt himself so much that he can no longer wield his hammer.
This is the part that gets to me. The self-worth thing works for Loki, but not for Thor. Thor was unable to lift the hammer when he was still full of himself. It was after he started questioning himself and his place in the world that he became able to lift it again.
Also, it absolves Loki of the actions that really made him unworthy: lying to his depowered, broken-down brother to keep him out of the way, and plotting genocide.
This prompt, on the other hand, just makes me want to write the fic but somehow putting in that "Dude, your dad lying to you so you wouldn't feel left out and your brother making friends more easily doesn't justify fratricide and genocide, seriously, WTF?".
I actually do feel sorry for Loki, really. I just can't stand the idea that his actions were somehow justified. Understandable, maybe, to a certain degree. Not justified. He tried to blow up a planet.
I think the one that got to me was this one. I'm not even sure why.
Let's pick it apart:
Thor realizes, either on his own or through the intervention of others (maybe the Avengers? Because having your friends and colleagues involved in family business is always fun) that Loki really DOES have cause to be pissed off, that he really was treated horribly on Asgard, not just by Odin, but by Thor himself as well.
Right, that's classic Loki-woobification, not something I agree with, but not surprising, either.
It turns out that "worthiness" to use Mjolnir is not based on intrinsic worth, but on self-worth (no wonder Loki couldn't lift it, yeah?), and this realization about Loki causes Thor to doubt himself so much that he can no longer wield his hammer.
This is the part that gets to me. The self-worth thing works for Loki, but not for Thor. Thor was unable to lift the hammer when he was still full of himself. It was after he started questioning himself and his place in the world that he became able to lift it again.
Also, it absolves Loki of the actions that really made him unworthy: lying to his depowered, broken-down brother to keep him out of the way, and plotting genocide.
This prompt, on the other hand, just makes me want to write the fic but somehow putting in that "Dude, your dad lying to you so you wouldn't feel left out and your brother making friends more easily doesn't justify fratricide and genocide, seriously, WTF?".
I actually do feel sorry for Loki, really. I just can't stand the idea that his actions were somehow justified. Understandable, maybe, to a certain degree. Not justified. He tried to blow up a planet.
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Also, I agree with you, but you know that already.
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Loki/Thor, Thor is the father to all of Loki's children
What it says on the tin. The children I want to see are Sleipnir, Fenrir, Hela and Jormungandr but if you write someone else too is okay. Super protective Thor and Loki, and maybe Odin doesn't banish all of them because they're truly his grandkids.
The internet forever if someone (Jane, the Avengers) sees the kids and it's scared/disgusted and tries to defend themselves from them (even if they do nothing) and Thor appears and threatens everyone that he'll smash Mjolnir into their heads if they even breathe around his babies.
Because yes, when a zombie, a snake big enough to encircle the planet and a wolf big enough to swallow it freak people out, Thor is absolutely going to go berserk on them. Also, bonus evil!baby-banishing!Odin.
I had to fight very hard for a moment there not to smash my head into the nearest solid surface.
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The thing that gets to me is when people take it as a given that Odin was an evil creep who never really loved Loki and blah blah blargh. I want to argue and argue and argue. And the woobiefication of the monster kids are starting to piss me off. (And, really? Seriously? Loki only gave birth to Sleipnir, not any of the others.)
You should take a look at my second Avengers fic. It's a Loki&Odin reconciliation story. With two fairly radical ideas that I'm a little disappointed no-one has commented on yet.