sergeantbucky
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hm wouldn't it make more sense if Thor, Valkyrie, Hulk and Loki fought Hela and beat her???
I doubt that she is above them when they fight her together.
true though its weird that all four of them together cannot beat her.I like that she is so powerful Thor has to make a drastic choice in order to defeat her.
This is great writing.I don't believe Loki is just evil. Neither does Thor (he says that there might be good still in him), or any of the actors or producers in the MCU. It's far more complex than that.
If Loki was a one-note villain he would have died after the first Avengers' movie, there is a reason why he stayed both alive and relevant until phase 3.
I understand I can be biased since I'm a Loki fan, and I know the things he has done were terrible (trying to kill Thor, conquering Earth, taking Odin's place and indirectly killing him), I fully understand why people want Thor to just kill him. Nevertheless, I will still defend Loki. Why? Because I can see where he's coming from and why he did the things he did. I'm not saying I approve of them, but I can understand his resentment and sorrow.
First of all, let's look at Odin. People have been joking that the only one of his kids didn't turn evil and insane. Why would that be? Thor was raised as a golden son of Asgard, adored by all, and no matter how much he and his father clashed, Odin clearly loved and was proud of him. Hela was a warlord and apparently raised to be one until her father grew a conscience and banished her because he couldn't control the daughter he raised her to be. Loki was adopted in secret, raised believing Jotuns were monsters, believing he was an Odinson and wondering why he couldn't be the warrior Thor was only to find out on his own that he was the runt son of Laufey, left to die by his birth parents and taken to Asgard to unite Asgard and Jotunheim as a political tool.
Odin utterly failed as a parent to both Hela and Loki.
Then there's the relationship between Thor and Loki. I do believe Thor loves Loki, but he never tried to understand him. As we've seemed in the first Thor movie, Thor expected Loki to go along with his adventures whether he liked or not (the "Get Help" scene is a good example of this, as funny as it is, it clearly shows Thor's mindset when Loki's says he finds it humiliating while Thor brushes it off with "Not to me is not"), he didn't acknowledge Loki's sorcery as a valid calling it tricks, he thought of himself as superior to Loki as seen when they were in Jotunheim and Loki warns him they are outnumbered, Thor answers "Know your place, brother!".
Now, does that mean I approve Loki's actions? No. I wished he could change and stop trying to backstab Thor or grow more selfless, but I also wished Thor could have considered why Loki behaved the way he did and try to understand him a little (which happened in the comics, Thor admitted that he had been a bully when they were growing up, I would have loved to see him acknowledge that he hadn't been the perfect brother either).
They both need to grow. Thor might have grown a since the first movie, but there are still key aspects of his personality that clearly haven't. This movie could have had a scene similar to the one between Gamora and Nebula, it fleshed out Nebula's character and improved Gamora's too by having her realize that she could have spared her Nebula's suffering but didn't out of fear of Thanos. It didn't portray Gamora as evil because, in the end, she acknowledges that she wished she could have protected her sister.
Like Loki isn't completely evil, Thor isn't completely good. And maybe that's what makes them so interesting and their relationship one of the best in the MCU.
Again, this is simply my opinion.
LOL this is flat out ridiculous. Loki not only tried to commit genocide against the Frost Giants but also killed hundreds if not thousands of humans when he led the invasion of the knockoff Skrulls against New York. Then he kills Odin in this newest movie. And Thor has done things just as worse? This is so bizarre. Loki is a cool character because he's so ridiculously twisted and evil. No one says you can't like him for that. But to act like he has any shred of decency about him is crossing into a new realm of weirdness.
I don't believe Loki is just evil. Neither does Thor (he says that there might be good still in him), or any of the actors or producers in the MCU. It's far more complex than that.
If Loki was a one-note villain he would have died after the first Avengers' movie, there is a reason why he stayed both alive and relevant until phase 3.
I understand I can be biased since I'm a Loki fan, and I know the things he has done were terrible (trying to kill Thor, conquering Earth, taking Odin's place and indirectly killing him), I fully understand why people want Thor to just kill him. Nevertheless, I will still defend Loki. Why? Because I can see where he's coming from and why he did the things he did. I'm not saying I approve of them, but I can understand his resentment and sorrow.
First of all, let's look at Odin. People have been joking that the only one of his kids didn't turn evil and insane. Why would that be? Thor was raised as a golden son of Asgard, adored by all, and no matter how much he and his father clashed, Odin clearly loved and was proud of him. Hela was a warlord and apparently raised to be one until her father grew a conscience and banished her because he couldn't control the daughter he raised her to be. Loki was adopted in secret, raised believing Jotuns were monsters, believing he was an Odinson and wondering why he couldn't be the warrior Thor was only to find out on his own that he was the runt son of Laufey, left to die by his birth parents and taken to Asgard to unite Asgard and Jotunheim as a political tool.
Odin utterly failed as a parent to both Hela and Loki.
Then there's the relationship between Thor and Loki. I do believe Thor loves Loki, but he never tried to understand him. As we've seemed in the first Thor movie, Thor expected Loki to go along with his adventures whether he liked or not (the "Get Help" scene is a good example of this, as funny as it is, it clearly shows Thor's mindset when Loki's says he finds it humiliating while Thor brushes it off with "Not to me is not"), he didn't acknowledge Loki's sorcery as a valid calling it tricks, he thought of himself as superior to Loki as seen when they were in Jotunheim and Loki warns him they are outnumbered, Thor answers "Know your place, brother!".
Now, does that mean I approve Loki's actions? No. I wished he could change and stop trying to backstab Thor or grow more selfless, but I also wished Thor could have considered why Loki behaved the way he did and try to understand him a little (which happened in the comics, Thor admitted that he had been a bully when they were growing up, I would have loved to see him acknowledge that he hadn't been the perfect brother either).
They both need to grow. Thor might have grown a since the first movie, but there are still key aspects of his personality that clearly haven't. He's still arrogant, brash, a bit of a bully and, frankly, uncaring. Loki might have deserved to be left in Sakaar with the obedience disk, but having Thor happily leave him there while he's being electrocuted tells me he hasn't changed that much from the guy who killed a bunch of Frost Giants for calling him a princess.
This movie could have had a scene similar to the one between Gamora and Nebula, it fleshed out Nebula's character and improved Gamora's too by having her realize that she could have spared Nebula's suffering but didn't out of fear of Thanos. It didn't portray Gamora as evil because, in the end, she acknowledges that she wished she could have protected her sister.
Like Loki isn't completely evil, Thor isn't completely good. And maybe that's what makes them so interesting and their relationship one of the best in the MCU.
Again, this is simply my opinion.
I don't believe Loki is just evil. Neither does Thor (he says that there might be good still in him), or any of the actors or producers in the MCU. It's far more complex than that.
If Loki was a one-note villain he would have died after the first Avengers' movie, there is a reason why he stayed both alive and relevant until phase 3.
I understand I can be biased since I'm a Loki fan, and I know the things he has done were terrible (trying to kill Thor, conquering Earth, taking Odin's place and indirectly killing him), I fully understand why people want Thor to just kill him. Nevertheless, I will still defend Loki. Why? Because I can see where he's coming from and why he did the things he did. I'm not saying I approve of them, but I can understand his resentment and sorrow.
First of all, let's look at Odin. People have been joking that the only one of his kids didn't turn evil and insane. Why would that be? Thor was raised as a golden son of Asgard, adored by all, and no matter how much he and his father clashed, Odin clearly loved and was proud of him. Hela was a warlord and apparently raised to be one until her father grew a conscience and banished her because he couldn't control the daughter he raised her to be. Loki was adopted in secret, raised believing Jotuns were monsters, believing he was an Odinson and wondering why he couldn't be the warrior Thor was only to find out on his own that he was the runt son of Laufey, left to die by his birth parents and taken to Asgard to unite Asgard and Jotunheim as a political tool.
Odin utterly failed as a parent to both Hela and Loki.
Then there's the relationship between Thor and Loki. I do believe Thor loves Loki, but he never tried to understand him. As we've seemed in the first Thor movie, Thor expected Loki to go along with his adventures whether he liked or not (the "Get Help" scene is a good example of this, as funny as it is, it clearly shows Thor's mindset when Loki's says he finds it humiliating while Thor brushes it off with "Not to me is not"), he didn't acknowledge Loki's sorcery as a valid calling it tricks, he thought of himself as superior to Loki as seen when they were in Jotunheim and Loki warns him they are outnumbered, Thor answers "Know your place, brother!".
Now, does that mean I approve Loki's actions? No. I wished he could change and stop trying to backstab Thor or grow more selfless, but I also wished Thor could have considered why Loki behaved the way he did and try to understand him a little (which happened in the comics, Thor admitted that he had been a bully when they were growing up, I would have loved to see him acknowledge that he hadn't been the perfect brother either).
They both need to grow. Thor might have grown a since the first movie, but there are still key aspects of his personality that clearly haven't. He's still arrogant, brash, a bit of a bully and, frankly, uncaring. Loki might have deserved to be left in Sakaar with the obedience disk, but having Thor happily leave him there while he's being electrocuted tells me he hasn't changed that much from the guy who killed a bunch of Frost Giants for calling him a princess.
This movie could have had a scene similar to the one between Gamora and Nebula, it fleshed out Nebula's character and improved Gamora's too by having her realize that she could have spared Nebula's suffering but didn't out of fear of Thanos. It didn't portray Gamora as evil because, in the end, she acknowledges that she wished she could have protected her sister.
Like Loki isn't completely evil, Thor isn't completely good. And maybe that's what makes them so interesting and their relationship one of the best in the MCU.
Again, this is simply my opinion.
I respectfully disagree. Calling Loki twisted and evil with no shred of decency is looking at the character very superficially. You could use that label to describe the Red Skull and Thanos, but not Loki really.
It feels like you're describing the old school, comic book Loki before the Siege of Asgard. He hasn't been that character in the comics since 2010 and he clearly isn't as evil and irredeemable as you claim.
It would be too simplistic to simply call him evil. He tried to destroy Jotunheim because they were invading Asgard and he wanted to prove to Odin that he was a worthy son, Thor tried to do the same thing at the beginning of the movie because they crashed his coronation and one called him a princess. As for the Earth invasion, Loki tried to commit suicide after falling from the Bifrost, we're not told what happened after that except that he allied himself with Thanos. Anyone can tell Loki was mentally unstable and let's not forget the influence of the Mind Gem with it's mysterious AI that eventually became Ultron inside of the Gem. It turned all the Avengers into jerks when they were near it, so it's plausible it affected Loki's mindstate as well.
But even if it didn't, Loki was raised believing in conquest. Odin did it with several realms and the reason Thor grew out of it was because of his time on Earth. When Thor tells Loki to look around and he sees the destruction of NY, you can't tell he doesn't like it or want it, but believes it's too late to go back.
You are free to have your opinion, but I honestly will never agree that Loki is simply twisted and evil.
I'm going to put this on the spoiler thread to.
I'm over on tumblr and many are thinking that Grandmaster might have the hots for Loki, this is all due to the look that he gives Loki in that new contender clip.
So does anyone have an opinion on that? Because while I don't know when watching it if I see the same thing, it's an idea I like.
Jesus.. Christ. It's been A LONG time since Lokinposters like you guys have been around these boards. Please keep this stuff to the Loki thread
This is a thread about the movie is it not? Grandmaster and Loki are in the movie. This is something that might be within the movie, and I want an opinion on it. And this is for those that have seen the movie. You don't like or don't know then don't comment on it.
Thanks Draeck for taking the time to write up such a thorough, detailed synopsis of the movie. I've only skim read it because I want to go in not knowing absolutely everything, but kudos anyway.
I can see that the Loki fangirls have overtaken this thread so I'm out.
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You made an account just recently to more or less inquire and spam about over the top Loki questions. I know my place here, and you have a right. But when you come in using tumblr (the home.of fan fic) as a source for determining something that is occuring in the movie, yeah, you aren't gonna be taken seriously.
No one who has seen the movie has alluded to this. Grandmaster doesn't have the hots for Loki and it clearly isn't something that may be in the movie.
Thanks Draeck for taking the time to write up such a thorough, detailed synopsis of the movie. I've only skim read it because I want to go in not knowing absolutely everything, but kudos anyway.
I can see that the Loki fangirls have overtaken this thread so I'm out.
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I tried. This happened on TDW board too. There was one awesome spoiler thread, had all the greats, and these two Loki fangirls spammed the thread.. 30+ posts a day and were the only two posting in it for about 5 months. They literally ran everyone out of the thread
I've seen it all on tumblr dude, it's nothing new to me. Some of them were throwing epic hissy fits over the fact that Thor threw something lightly at Loki, blatantly not even injuring him. It's bizarre. I love the TV Tropes page on such fans. I honestly think that Loki could murder a whole planet in cold blood (which is pretty much what he attempted to do in Thor) and his rabid fangirls would still be trying to excuse his behaviour. I really like Loki, I think he's a very interesting character with genuine depth, but sheesh...
Would it not be easier to put a sticky at the top of the page saying "Loki fans not welcome here?"I tried. This happened on TDW board too. There was one awesome spoiler thread, had all the greats, and these two Loki fangirls spammed the thread.. 30+ posts a day and were the only two posting in it for about 5 months. They literally ran everyone out of the thread