But truthfully, this was a HUGE plot point for his character. If not THE plot point. Every action he spirals into doing is directly attributed to the discovery revealed to him in that moment. The situations those actions caused him to be in are because of that moment.
That moment he found out was when he snapped. If it hadn't happened, his world and sense of self and place in his family wouldn't have shattered. Sure, he was still treated like shit and his reserve may have broken further down the line, but it was that discovery that led to every. single. action. of his after that which moved the plot of the next movies along.
Loki never found out? Then he never confronted Odin in the vault about the lies he was fed his whole life. He never would have known the reason why he was treated so differently in their family. He never would have hated himself so much, feeling like he was a monster, causing his mental break. That hate wouldn't have been there to spur him into killing his own biological father, Laufey. He wouldn't have tried to kill all of Jotunheim. He and Thor wouldn't have had their fight that resulted in him hanging off the edge of the rainbow bridge. He wouldn't have let go. He wouldn't have ended up as one of Thanos's children because the fall wouldn't have happened. Hence, bye bye to Avengers 1, cause without Loki being under Thanos's control, it wouldn't have happened. Avengers 1 never happened? Then Loki wouldn't be imprisoned for the crimes he committed on Earth in Thor: The Dark World. ALSO, huge one here, Avengers 1 never happened? Loki never ends up with a chance to steal to tesseract, meaning he doesn't get arrested by the TVA. Meaning He Who Remains stays in power, and the scared timeline stays as the only one. Meaning Loki never ends up taking the position to hold the multiverse in his hands and give life to every new, flourishing timeline.
I missed a lot of things in there, but you get the general point. None of those things would have happened if it wasn't for Loki finding out he was Jotun.
And I know, I know, some are gonna say, "Yeah, that's how stories work. Major event happens, which causes all the other events that take place after that." And bingo. That's my point. Loki finding out he was Jotun was THE major event.
So why has it never been acknowledged again?
Yes, in the movies it is obviously mentioned in passing about his adoption and such. But why is Loki never shown as Jotun again? He goes through huge character arcs in both the movies and his show. But in those arcs, and changes, and redemption, they never allowed Loki to truly accept himself. All of himself.
And it's not even like they do it in a way of like, "well, he's changed but he still doesn't accept his true self as being Jotun, and that's something left for us to explore," no. They have just completely forgotten.
It feels like this extremely important part of his character is just shoved under the rug. I know they've shown him as Jotun in like the little blink-and-you-miss-it hologram of a variant or in What-If, but those moments are played as jokes. I want to see our Loki take his Jotun form. I want to see how that affects him. That it's difficult for him, and raw, and emotional. That maybe he can grow into a place of acceptance for that part of himself. Maybe he does it in a fit of rage that he can't control the transformation and starts throwing ice everywhere in a battle. Or maybe it's during a moment that he slips into his true form because he sees that it can be used to his advantage in a tricky situation. Just something. Some acknowledgement that they remember this is a part of his character. As long as it isn't handled as a light-hearted joke and is actually given the honor and gravitas it deserves.
I think I feel this a lot with the mcu (particularly speaking about projects with Loki in them, like Thor movies, his show, etc.) that they have a lot of really interesting storylines or parts of his character that they just.. never dive into again after setting them up. And it's really frustrating to see the lack of follow-through or care from them.
So in conclusion: I would really like the mcu to remember that Loki is Jotun and it's a huge pivotal point for his character that has led to a lot of the other events in their movies so let's acknowledge it please?
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