It really hurt me. My mom didn’t even understand. I didn’t wanna cry in the beginning of the freaking movie
And the fact that it was done at the hands of his abuser, whom he’s been on the run from for years now, makes it even worse. Like. I feel like that moment legitimately needed a trigger warning for survivors. That’s how gratuitous and fucked up it was.
He was killed by the hands of his abuser too. That’s what makes me sick the most. Thanos tortured and abused Loki to the point of desperation. Then after all that character development, after finding a potential path for a healthy life style, he gets killed physically by Thanos.
Yep. The amount of abuse apologism the Russos are bringing to Infinity War/Avengers 4 is utterly revolting.
“The next chapiter of Loki’s journey honours what has come before, but will be surprising for the audience in terms of what they expect next. It doesn’t get bigger than this. Avengers: Infinity War, everybody’s on the field, everybody’s playing to win. And I think it is the culmulation of the dream.”
Everyone’s going on about how Infinity War Loki was depowered and useless and was a “lazy whiny twink until his dad yelled at him that one time” and is so “pathetic” compared to comics Loki and I’m just like:
1) Consider this: 2) No. 3) There is still a strong chance that Infinity War Loki is already involved in a plot to revise events in time, to the point that the plot twist is blatantly obvious, rendering this entire scene a clever act that is part of the long con, 4) Last time I checked self-sacrifice on behalf of a loved one wasn’t “pathetic,” EVEN THOUGH I AGREE THAT LOKI DOING SO SENDS AN UNHEALTHY MESSAGE THAT HEROISM ONLY EXISTS IN EXTREMIS, 5) Can we please not behave as if Loki led a charmed silver-spoon life free of emotional and psychological complication before the events of the first Thor movie, and that it was just Odin “yelling at” Loki that prompted a genuine nervous breakdown? Or are we just gonna be ableist like that lmao.
Normally I stay quiet about this stuff these days but I honestly can’t stand this new popular trend in interpreting the character. It’s like no matter how he’s written someone will find a way to continue hating him lmfao.
I am very disappointed in IW but there is a very small part of me that has hope there is a larger narrative at play and not just lazy writing.
Trauma is relative. A child or a person can be traumatized by subtle, long term family dysfunction, sudden change, not being accepted by peers etc. Trauma does not have to be someone beating the shit out of you. The first Thor film went to a lot of trouble to illustrate that Loki was in a dysfunctional family, that he was not favored by his father, that he was hazed by his brother and his peers, and then fell apart when he discovered that he was adopted. He was traumatized. The movie ended with him trying to commit suicide.
People’s misinterpretation of these films is the result of coding. Villain coded characters can be mistreated, abused, marginalized, and even killed, and the audience will be unfazed. It is alright for villains to suffer. Because they are a villain, their grievances must be false, or based on an unrealistic sense of entitlement. Their intentions must be bad. They do not have feelings, experience fear or sadness or love. And not only is it okay to injure, abuse or kill villain coded characters, to do so is often intended to be funny.
In Thor, we are meant to find it amusing that Volstagg teases Loki about his silver tongue turning to lead. In Thor: TDW we are meant to find it amusing that the warriors threaten to kill Loki. In Ragnarok, we are meant to find it amusing that Thor uses Loki as a battering ram, immediately after he expressed his desire not to be. In Avengers, we are meant to find it amusing when Thor mentions that Loki was adopted -as though that wasn’t a fact that actually drove him to try and kill himself. Over the summer, I actually met a few people who referenced the scene where Loki was choked to death in Infinity War as being hilarious.
I often wonder if Marvel ever intended to create a Thor that was so flawed and a Loki who was so relatable.
are you loki, god of knives? 🗡🙄 
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