Primalamorous

[primalamorous1]

I am anti- Everything Marvel/Disney has done with Loki after Thor The Dark World, and/or the way they have done it. I'm not arguing about it. I'm not circle-jerking about it, either. I just think you should know that so you're not confused when I completely disregard all of it in my fanfictions and headcanons.

[primalamorous1]

Headcanon: Loki hid his homosexual relationships from his parents not because he was afraid they would disapprove, but because he was afraid they wouldn't. If they were too cool about it, then in his mind, that would confirm his uselessness to them as an heir (i.e., they don't care if he never has biological children).

[primalamorous1]

How My Favorite Twilight Characters React When You Ask For Their WiFi Passwords

Bella:

*social battery implodes* "I forgot it. Sorry."

Edward:

Already knows what you want to use it for, and cannot condone that as a Christian.

Alice:

But his sister doesn't mind.

Carlisle & Esme:

They're just so grateful that you're visiting their home, they'll give you whatever you want. Their WiFi network is open, and your favorite meal is already on the table.

Charlie:

"Sorry, what was it you needed?"

Victoria:

"Oh look, a snack!"

Laurent:

"I'm already letting you live. Don't push it."

Emmett:

"Only if you're willing to fight for it."

[primalamorous1]

No judgment, but I'm personally tired of reading being portrayed as Loki's only non-magical hobby in fanfictions, headcanons, and even in AI-generated content. I'm sure there are other things he likes to do, and even most avid readers occasionally get tired of reading.

[primalamorous1]

How My Favorite MCU Characters React When You Ask For Their WiFi Passwords

Loki:

Asking the important questions, as always.

Thor:

Wants to, but been duped too many times.

Odin:

... ok but you could have just said no

Frigga:

Odin's "better half" for a reason, but still no.

Steve Rogers:

"The what password?"

Tony Stark:

"No problem. It's ironman365."

Bruce Banner:

Doesn't need the internet to do his work or keep up with the world; it's just an unnecessary stressor.

Thanos:

"New phone, who dis?"

[primalamorous1]

Tony: "I just realized something."

Steve:

Tony: "When you eat eggs..."

Steve:

Tony: "... you are literally eating chicken."

Steve:

Tony: "Just in a different stage of development."

Steve:

[primalamorous1]

When Sam returned from Hell without his soul:

[primalamorous1]

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. 🥹

[primalamorous1]

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."

[primalamorous1]

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.

[primalamorous1]

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.

[primalamorous1]

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).

[primalamorous1]

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.

[primalamorous1]

^ 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.

[primalamorous1]

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?

[primalamorous1]

I don't mind at all! Go for it! 😀

[primalamorous1]

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.

[primalamorous1]

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