juliabohemian:

sandraharissa:

juliabohemian:

Confession: sometimes I feel isolated in this fandom

I’m referring specifically to MCU Loki. Not comic book Loki. Not Norse mythology Loki.

Sometimes I feel like I’m the only fan who doesn’t care about Loki’s sexuality, or who doesn’t even consider it to be relevant to his story. I feel like I’m the only fan who doesn’t think Loki secretly longs to return to his Jotun form, and who doesn’t care if he ever does. I feel like I’m the only fan who doesn’t long for the introduction of some female love interest from the comic book, or the introduction of any details from Norse mythology that haven’t already been included in MCU canon.

Am I the only Loki fan who just wants to see what has been established be properly resolved?

I agree with all of this completely

Hooray! I feel like the fandom is wrought with people’s projections of Loki, that are based mostly on their own personal struggles. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Fandom is therapeutic for a lot of people, and it should be. I just can’t relate.

Even my fanfiction is based on canon, or written with the intention of resolving canon. It might expand on canon. I might alter events. But I won’t usually stray much from what has been established as being “in character” by the film series.

I tend to get frustrated when a series conflicts with its own established canon, as was the case with ST:OS and ST:TNG. In the age of the internet there is no excuse for this. I was unable to enjoy Ragnarok mostly because it strayed too much from established characterization and narrative. I specifically remember hearing Thor say “oh god!” And in my head was the sound of a needle being dragged across a record. And it’s sort of understandable. The more films there are in a series, the harder it is for writers to keep things consistent. But I remember thinking that Ragnarok Thor bore no resemblance to the Thor we met back in 2010.

Not that I publish anything I write, or ever plan to, but the only place where my fanfiction diverges from canon is the ending of TDW, and Thor: Ragnarok in its entirety not being a thing that exists. And the “canon” briefly shown in Avengers 1 where Loki is significantly colder than the average person, I guess, because that’s unscientific and stupid.

Those things aside, I’m probably needlessly obsessed with abiding by the established canon. Heck, I literally have a doc based entirely around reminders of tropes to avoid in order to write Loki in-character. Lol

And just as an aside, Thor screaming “oh my god” is one of the most cringey things to me in a movie that is just nothing but ENDLESS CRINGEY MOMENTS. God, I hate Ragnarok.