(I am a smol, angry bun with obsessive tendencies and someone asked me to rant about this nonsense)
In the beginning of Thor, Odin tells this frankly unbelievable story about the Jotnar attacking earth and “that’s why we took away their planet’s life-force and left them to die a slow, agonizing death with no hope of escape.”
(I’ll get to Loki later, patience)
We all go along with the story because, whatever. We’ve seen less logical plots in movies.
But later on, he’s proven to be a child-thief.
Not just that, but he stole a child from a temple.
If you know your history, you know that a lot of societies would take the children (especially babies) to the temple when they thought they were going to die or when their city was attacked and both parents had to fight. No honorable warrior would attack a temple, let alone enter with a weapon.
So Odin proves himself a dishonorable warrior and a liar in one fell swoop. (And does no one else realize where the priests went??? He probably slaughtered them all on his way in!!!)
In Thor: Ragnarok we learn that he did a number of things:
Lied about Thor being his firstborn, in multiple ways and for centuries. That’s a huge friggin’ deal in their culture.
He forced his generation to help him cover up how Asgard became the rulers (or “protectors” as he likes to call it) of eight other realms and lied to the future generations about the whole thing.
(Ever wonder why there aren’t hardly any people older than Thor in Asgard? Odin had the power and “right” to have anyone he considered a “danger to Asgard” executed)
He imprisoned his own daughter after brain-washing her into becoming this murderous monster. He was afraid of what he had done.
So, taking all of this into account: Did he lie about why he imprisoned the Jotnar on their planet?
I would bet on it, because he is shown in the secret murals standing side-by-side with Laufey, seemingly at peace. But later in the murals we see he and Hela riding into each of the nine realms (Jotunheim included) with murder and subjugation in their eyes.
Now here’s the real question: What if, when they saw that the Asgardians were going all-out Colonial Britain on every planet they could get their hands on, Laufey sent his men to the one place no one would expect to ever turn on their new overlords?
In the story he tells Thor and Loki, he says that the Jotnar came and murdered whole towns of humans. This is just speculation, but what if Odin came to earth, murdered a bunch of rebellious humans and runaway Jotnar, and said that the “evil Frost Giants” did it when he came back to Asgard?
It would fit in to all of his lies and make everything that sounded like nonsense before begin to make sense.
Now let’s get this over with: You may be thinking, “Well, Laufey was obviously the bad guy. Look at how he treated Thor and what he almost did to Odin.”
Let’s discuss that, shall we?
Firstly, Thor just showed up on his planet with no prior warning (kinda like that one “friend” that just shows up at the most inopportune time) accusing Laufey and his men of attacking Asgard. He had every right to be upset.
Secondly, the man was obviously in mourning. If you’ve ever lost a child, you know that you do not get over that. And where is Loki’s other parent? Or his older brothers? (He has two, according to both the old stories and the comics) According to the comics, Loki’s other parent died in the battle. Then their baby is missing and (presumably) all of the priests that were supposed to protect him are slaughtered?
You look me in the eye and tell me you wouldn’t want to kill the monster at fault for all of that.
The kid is there in the beginning with that story, hearing about how his “father” slaughtered these evil monsters.
Then, centuries later, he’s spent his entire life being taught this. He even says that he’s the “monster that parents tell their children about” when Odin gives him the “I felt sorry for you” speech.
He’s always been different, even to the point of everyone around him only being there because they love Thor and Thor loves Loki so they have to hang out with him. (Except for Frigga, because she’s a supportive mom, even when being a captive bride with no agency, but that’s another rant altogether) but this is an entirely different can of worms altogether.
Of course he loses his mind. But here’s the thing: He goes on to try and prove himself to the “benevolent father who had mercy on him” by murdering the one person he knew his father hated and trying to eradicate the other “monsters” to prove his loyalty to Asgard.
Then he goes and commits suicide. He’s found by Thanos, tortured (rewatch the beginning of the Avengers and pay attention. That’s heat stroke, kiddies) and brainwashed (his eyes are way too blue, almost akin to Clint’s, only going back to their normal when the Hulk *ahem* gives him some cognitive recalibration) and then imprisoned.
I’m not excusing his actions, but you guys will forgive Kylo Ren (a member of a regime that was literally based off of the Nazis) and give Bucky (a guy who, in a lot of different versions, shot his abusive father as a child and, in every canon, later became the Winter Soldier with a death count that no one has quite been able to pin down) but Loki is “too evil” for you???
I mean, if you’re stuck on the brainwashing stuff, so was Bucky but you’re all cool with that.
Oh, yeah. And a fun fact to pull everything back to the beginning for you: ODIN’S MOM WAS A FULL-BLOODED JOTUNN
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