Primalamorous

Creative and Philosophical Writer

[earthyesworldno]

Headcanon: Loki's very first words to Frigga were "Hi Baby!" because that's how she always greeted him, so he just thought that was how you greet people. 🥹

[earthyesworldno]

Thor: "Loki, whatever I have done to drive you to this, I am truly sorry."

Loki: *tells him exactly what he did*

Thor: "Fuck you, that never happened."

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In Avengers, listen to the tone in which Thor says, "Loki~! Turn off the Tesseract or I'll destroy it!"

Sounds like the way you would tell your little brother to lower the volume on his video game or you'll unplug the console.

Or to stop driving his toy car into your bedroom or you'll take the batteries out.

And the cutest part is that he seemed to think Loki would listen to him.

[earthyesworldno]

I think one of the biggest flaws of the 2011 prequel was that the protagonist's humanity never came under question. I can't think of any point in this film where one can reasonably suspect that Kate was an imitation. This is bad because it offered the audience a sense of security throughout the entire film: we always knew that the most reliable character was human.

In the 1982 film, there were points where no one in the audience could know for certain if MacReady was human or not. This may have increased the audience's sense of isolation and paranoia, as the only character who seemed smart enough, tough enough and level-headed enough to get us through this nightmare could be the enemy himself.

[earthyesworldno]

I think Fuchs burned himself alive, and I think he did it because he knew MacReady was being framed. He knew the Thing was nearby, and that he probably wouldn't make it back to the others without being assimilated. He didn't want the Thing using his form to help frame MacReady, so he burned himself along with the false evidence (the garment that Nauls found in MacReady's furnace appeared to be different from the one Fuchs found in the snow).

[earthyesworldno]

Here's another subtle hint to first-time viewers that Clark was human the whole time, or at least up until Blair killed the last of the dogs: Clark's reaction when he found the rest of the dogs dead. He looked absolutely traumatized and was visibly shaking. He had to lean against the fence to keep himself steady. And he was alone, so there was no one to fake this reaction for.

Now, those who suspected Clark probably thought that this was the Thing expressing anger and fear over losing valuable organic matter... but that wouldn't make sense.

For one, right before or after that scene (I'm too lazy to go check), Blair had said: "You think that thing wanted to be an animal?! No dog makes it a thousand miles to the coast ... That thing wanted to be us!"

Secondly, it had already been caught trying to imitate the dogs, so that wouldn't have been amongst its smartest tactics by that point; therefore, it would make no sense for the alien to be that upset about losing the last remaining dogs by this point.

But it makes perfect sense for a human man to be devastated by the loss of his best friends, even/especially under these circumstances.

[earthyesworldno]

^ That makes so much sense.

If I recall correctly, the Thing's true form is visible to the naked human eye in the novel Who Goes There?, but the movies are only based on the novel; they don't necessarily follow all the same rules.

In a deleted scene from the 1982 movie, Blair says that he doesn't think the alien has any kind of cell structure, at least not as we know cell structure.

Virtually everyone assumes that the Thing Beasts/Imitations fundamentally comprise of The Thing's mere cells, but perhaps what we assumed to be its cells are actually the creature itself; or creatures themselves, rather. That would explain why every piece can operate independently of all others.

So this is my theory: The Thing is a microscopic organism that can fuse with others of its kind to increase its size, intelligence and physical capabilities. Its digestive and reproductive processes are one and the same; when it absorbs organic material (e.g., animal cells), it somehow turns it into a member of its own kind gives them the fuel they need to asexually reproduce. The more lifeforms it absorbs, the larger its collective mass grows, and larger masses can absorb larger lifeforms at a faster rate. While The Things prefer to remain united, they will break off pieces of themselves whenever it is most conducive to their survival and reproduction. They will also take on any form they can in order to meet these ends; that includes imitating its prey/enemies whenever necessary.

On an individual level, it's just an animal with no other purpose than to survive and reproduce, but who knows how its motives may evolve as it absorbs more and more intelligent lifeforms? The original backstory of the 2011 prequel is that The Thing was a mere specimen on the ship it crashed here in, but I've always assumed it was the pilot. At some point, it grew sophisticated enough to build a spacecraft that enabled it to explore the cosmos for who-knows-how-long, but something went wrong as it entered our atmosphere.

Maybe the mass that crashed here is only a small fragment of its entire species; a piece that was broken off and sent away to seek more worlds, more knowledge and more power. But as Peter Watts suggested in 'The Things' (an award-winning short story written from the Thing's perspective), the pilot's body was scattered in the crash, causing it to lose most of its memories, reducing it to more primitive forms, and forcing it to restart its mission from scratch.

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I think I just thought of a good name for the alien from "The Thing": Xenosapien.

Because no matter what lifeform it imitates, it always retains the intention of spreading itself without any regard for the people/things that its victim once valued. This suggests that it is sapient on a cellular level. But it's also an alien, hence the "Xeno" prefix.

[30kinshasha66]

That is such a good name, Mind If I nab it?

[earthyesworldno]

I don't mind at all! Go for it! 😀

[earthyesworldno]

I think I just thought of a good name for the alien from "The Thing": Xenosapien.

Because no matter what lifeform it imitates, it always retains the intention of spreading itself without any regard for the people/things that its victim once valued. This suggests that it is sapient on a cellular level. But it's also an alien, hence the "Xeno" prefix.

[earthyesworldno]

Perhaps Thor never noticed that Loki was living in his shadow, because to him, Loki always shined bright.

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Anderson: "You are not the only one who wields a mighty weapon, vampire." *reaches into his pocket*

Alucard: "Is this the toy that's supposed to defeat me?"

Anderson: *pulls out a Pokéball*

Alucard: "What the fuck?"

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I wish Christian Bale wanted me to clean my vagina. 😉

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Loki: *barely suppressing a devilish grin*

Tony: *totally noticing*

Loki: *clears his throat* "Sorry to go off-topic, but no one here happens to be a war veteran, right?"

Tony: "Loki, don't."

Loki: *frowns innocently* "Don't what?"

Tony: "If you have to ask people if they've been in a war before pulling a prank on them, it's a terrible prank."

[earthyesworldno]

"Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out."

My Brain:

[earthyesworldno]

Alien: Dogulus

[earthyesworldno]

I don't think this is a bad series; just a bad Loki series. Making him OP at the last minute doesn't change my opinion that his "character development" seemed rushed and ignored about 99.9% of his prior development. "The perfect ending" doesn't justify a terrible build-up.

I have always firmly believed that Loki's villainous actions were mainly inspired by the worst case of unchecked 'Daddy Issues' in the universe, and that any positive, seamless and plausible character development would have to involve addressing and overcoming those particular issues. Just hearing Odin say "I love you" and calling him "Son" wouldn't be enough; it would be a long, painful, messy, multilayered healing process with more ups-and-downs than the world's oldest seesaw, and getting through it without Odin's explicit approval might be the only way he can truly overcome those issues.

Figuring out where he stands with Thor would be essential as well. He seriously attempted to murder Thor, and everyone just brushes it off on some "Oh well, boys will be boys!" crap. I believe he truly loves Thor, but that he loves Odin that much more, and he obviously blames Thor a great deal for Odin's (perceived) favoritism and abandonment. Loki must accept that even if Thor had deliberately overshadowed him, Odin alone is responsible for his unequal treatment of them. This would go hand-in-hand with realizing that Odin isn't the "perfect" being he always idolized him as, which Loki already started doing in Dark World (e.g., pointing out Odin's hypocritical warmongering).

Furthermore, I don't see why every beloved villain must die in battle and/or become a hero to earn their glory. There are other destinies to explore beyond 'Hero' and 'Villain'. I believe Loki is an overall decent person and deserves a chance to prove it, but the MCU doesn't need any more full-blown altruists. I think Loki should live primarily for his own separate and unique interests.

And despite any changes he undergoes, I think Loki should always be mischievous by nature just as Thor has always been valorous by nature. Mischief is an essential component to social evolution, after all; it is virtually impossible to shift or expand paradigms without causing some measure of discomfort and disorder. Mischief in itself catches people off-guard and forces them to learn and/or reveal things about themselves that were once hidden from themselves and/or others. In a fanfiction I'm writing, Loki will explain that he earned his "trickster" reputation by challenging social norms and putting people in vulnerable positions for the sake of knowledge, freedom and evolution, not solely for entertainment.

[earthyesworldno]

Loki: "Success is not in my nature."

Thor: "And discernment is not in mine."