Okay, so I am a huge Loki fan. And by huge Loki fan I mean I would love to do an analysis on his brain and his character. Does anyone else find him to be a complex character with many different layers to his personality? (Credit goes to Tom Hiddleston for being able to convey such a character)
When I watched Thor for the first time I was struck at how close Thor and Loki were at the beginning. I was always led to believe that they never got along. I guess that Loki always resented Thor for always being the favourite child and future king. But he was a good guy at the beginning. Then he found out he was adopted. Which is never a nice thing to find out. Especially as an adult and having spent his whole life looking fairly different to his supposed family.
So I totally understand why he freaked out and questioned everything he knew. But what I don’t understand is why he decided to invade earth and cause so much havoc. I want to know exactly why Loki did what he did. What was his reasoning? What was Tom Hiddleston’s thought process as to why he played Loki the way he did? Does anyone actually know? Is there anyone out there who has studied the Thor comics extensively and can tell me? (I can’t seem to find physical copies of the comics anywhere, and there are not really any comic book stores near me. And even if I did find a copy, I wouldn’t be able to afford it. The curse of being unemployed I’m afraid)
Anyways, sorry for this rant. If you have any opinions on Loki, leave a comment. I would love to hear from you.
And on a slight tangent – who else is super keen for the new Superman movie (see what I did there? haha)
Stay nerdy!
- C xxx
I’ve never read the comics and my only exposure of the character has been through the Marvel movies. While Loki wasn’t always a “bad guy,” he was arrogant. He was causing mischief even before he went on his rampage. Firstly, he believes humans are inferior and insignificant. They don’t mean anything to him. He has no respect for them. Secondly, Thor had become fond of Earth, and particularly of that Natalie Portman character (can’t remember her name). To get revenge on Thor, Loki wanted to destroy something that he loved.
THE WORLD MAKES SENSE AGAIN! THANK-YOU! And yeah, I agree, Loki was known as the god of mischief for a reason haha But now I understand why he wanted to destroy earth. So thank-you so much!
Haha, you’re welcome, fellow Loki fan!
There’s this theory that he didn’t ACTUALLY plan on invading Earth. You know how Loki’s all smart and all that? SURELY all those months staying captive, surrounded by darkness in an unknown realm, has ensured him a win-win scenario no matter what anyone else does. Remember, this is the God of Mischief and Magic and Fire and Chaos we are talking about. He knows what he’s doing and he’s had all those free time to think about them.
So, with that being said, there’s a theory that ‘invading Earth’ was not his major plan all along. Go visit this: http://maskofreason.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/very-good-writing-why-loki-won-in-the-avengers/
And Tom said something along the lines, “falling into a dark abyss of your own creation is not a nice feeling”.
But the real question here is: Is Loki actually going along with Thanos and want to rule the world – and perhaps kill Thanos along the way, you may never know – or does he want redemption? Right now, we’re as confused as Loki is.
Hmm this is a good point. I’ll definitely have to check it out. It’s an interesting theory! Thanks for commenting
I watched the movie, though don’t know much of the comics and storyline. I see in this post and some of the follow up comments it seems like both are being talked about. But I wonder – how much of the movie follow the comics? Did they change anything in order to reach a broader audience?
I feel like usually this is the case with movies, and I know I have some friends that would talk about the difference between the Batman movie and comics. It seems generally they take the comics to be “the true version” and the movie to be just an adapted version, which in my opinion is only logical since the movie is usually based off of the comics.
If it is true that the two don’t match exactly – then you’d probably have to separate the Loki from the comic books and from the movies as his motives and personality in either might not coincide completely.
And on top of that I would wonder the differences between the Norse mythology, upon which his character and Thor in the comics are based off, and the comics/movies.
Wikipedia goes through all the instances of Loki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki