MULTIMUSE ASK MEME! send in the name of a muse you don’t know at all and i’ll tell you…
their general personality - secretive, paranoid, adaptive, false (as in whatever will keep him safe and on top of any given situation), deeply disturbed and melancholy
their hobbies - seeking rare artifacts, drinking Asgardian mead (is that a hobby or a problem?), spellweaving
things they like - Frigga, nice clothes, power, Thor
things they dislike - Asgard, Laufey, weakness, vulnerability, Thor
some things people do that annoy them - BE THOR. presume that his morals in any way resemble theirs, trying to “understand” or “relate” to him
how easily they form friendships - easily! it’s kind of his thing... is it REAL friendship? probably the fuck it’s not
how easily they get crushes - debatable--he’s kind of a tart, but he’s way more likely to be that way if sleeping about will earn him some position, status, or power... how easily he develops TRUE feelings? he’s a frost giant, emphasis on frost... it’s no simple thing
the kind of person they get along with the best - someone whose stubbornness matches his own flippancy, his polar opposite, which he cannot stand
the kind of person they get along with the worst - people who are like him... familiarity breeds contempt, after all
whether or not they could get along with your (the sender’s) muse(s) - on the surface, certainly, but I’m sure she’d see right through him, though he’s perfectly capable of being civil if she doesn’t pose a threat
[@ Loki] ♐: What is your muse particularly unskilled at?
Being honest. Listen, the man is an adept liar; it’s like, a good chunk of his existence. He’s shitty at being honest with both himself and others. It makes him hard to love. Honesty means opening up, however, and opening up means vulnerability, which means he could get hurts and he is... very fragile.
Laufey's people fall under the control of Asgard, when Odin conquers Jotunheim in order to subjugate the violent, raiding frost giants, who are known throughout the realms to cause trouble and general mayhem during particularly harsh seasons in Jotunheim, when resources are scarce. Odin offers Laufey what they call an alliance, but what is one side ceding to the other. (Though in terms of brute strength, Jotunheim is only second to Asgard). In return for peace, however, one son is a small price, and the tradition of conquest. Odin takes the meager offering, knowing the Laufey has, in his way, slighted him, but cares little for this frost giant or that.
Loki is no mere frost giant, however. His parentage is half, of course, for he is Laufey's son, but his mother's line is… dubious. Loki himself does not know that his mother had been a powerful dark elf sorceress and that the frost giants and dark elves have been engaged in subterfuge for years, forging a secret alliance with the mutual goal of stealing the power of Asgard, the bifrost, and all the magic of the Asgardian people—if they can.
The sorceress dies in the birthing bed, but the child she bears is healthy. Laufey declines to answer any messages from svartalfheim, thus putting that alliance on shaky grounds, made worse, eventually, by the fact that one of the rising sorcerers in svartalfheim, Malekith, is the dead woman's brother and her rightful intended. Dark elf royalty, much like old earth royalty, think nothing of incestuous unions, considering it a strength to their line to keep the blood pure.
A child when he is given over as ward of Odin and Bride-to-be of Odin's son, Thor, Loki has barely more than a vague concept of what has happened. He learns, of course, but thinks perhaps the Asgardians are not such monsters as his father and brothers told him. Thor is kind to him and befriends the young frost giant quickly. The two grow up together.
Loki's father has warned him of the Asgardian's supposedly brutal ways and reminds the boy to be ready whenever the brutish desire should overtake Thor, that the man would have him over and over, violently and however he pleased. Thor does not. In fact, it is not until he is forced, by old traditions and a father concerned with a tenuous “alliance”. Thor declares to his father that he will not take a boy barely out of his clouts, though Loki is quite old enough to know the ways of royalty and the duties of a Bride.
Loki concedes to his duties and, eventually, desires. Thor is a tender lover. They are fond of each other. There is no malice between them and the bond is consummated—several years after the “gift” of the boy, Loki, but it matters not; traditions have been honored. At Loki's request, they're honored several more times that night.
Asgard goes on to make alliances with Alfheim and Vanaheim, taking brides from both, though Loki remains the first and favorite. Thor becomes a powerful warrior and a brilliant tactician, this second thanks, in part, to Loki, whom Thor has taken as a confidant, as a Bride is meant to be. Loki is clever, skilled, ruthless, and wise in the ways of subterfuge and open combat, as well. He plays the weaknesses of enemy armies like fine-tuned instruments and uses the strengths of Asgard and her allies to full advantage.
One fateful evening, however, as Odin nears his cyclical need for Odinsleep, Jotunheim and Svartalfheim, their alliance renewed (Malekith has gone into hiding, an outcast even in his own dark society, raving about something called “the aether”, though truthfully, he's the eldest among them, their rightful ruler, and one of the only survivors from a war in which the dark elves did use the aether against the forces of Asgard and king Bor), attack the celebrating Asgardians and end the life of the All-Father.
In their grief and surprise, the Asgardians do not pursue. Yet. Thor is forced to take the mantle of All-Father. He does so with grace, as much as can be expected from a grieving son and vows revenge on Jotunheim. Loki councils caution. They will be lying in wait. Thor concedes. It will take time to stabilize Asgard.
Once the required amount of time has passed, and Loki is assured (by spies, most likely) that Jotunheim is unaware, Thor moves. Gathering the combined forces of Asgard, Vanaheim, and Alfheim, then, he plans an all-out assault on the realm of the frost giants. This time, it will be full conquest. There will be no alliances, no mercy. The house of Laufey will fall.
Fall they do. In a grand and violent sweep, Asgard kills every member of Laufey's household, to a man. The rest are enslaved and a permanent base of Asgardian power is set up in Jotunheim. Thor has established himself as the new All-Father and not to be tested. But he has gained a taste for conquest.
Odin's death, unfortunately, signals the weakening of the seal on Hela's prison; it takes her years to claw her way up from Hel and by the time she does, she is quite mad (if she wasn't already).
The realm of Svartalfheim has long been out of Asgard's reach. Thor aims to change that. The mad sorcerer, Malekith, has risen back to his rightul seat of power once more as whisperings of Asgard's armies moving on Svartalfheim begin to gain footholds.
He moves on Asgard in the night, intent upon taking back that which is his, the aether, once used with such devastating effect against the armies of Asgard. The Convergence is upon them and he hasn’t much time. He is certain that this time, with age and experience on his side, he will succeed where once he had failed. Frigga is killed defending the stone, knowing what it truly is. With her dying breath, she warns Loki of the power of the Infinity Stones.
Thor and Loki combine their might and that of their armies to pursue Malekith and destroy his weapon. Loki has, in the meantime, done some searching in the archives of Asgard regarding the Infinity Stones and they intrigue him. It would be best, he thinks, to keep them close; better Asgard has them than some other realm. Unlike the films, Loki does not fake his death, but does still come very close to it. Asgard is victorious in this battle at least, and liberates the Aether from dark elf hands. It falls out of reach, returning to its original form, the Reality Stone, and presumably returns to Midgard, its rightful plane of existence. There, it falls into the hands of a creature named Taneleer Tivan, the Collector.
In his studies, Loki finds that all the stones are originally from Midgard, the roots of Yggdrasil and are said, in Asgardian cosmogony, to be “the stones that Spirit, Will, and Warmth could not remove”. He seeks clarification from the Norns, who confirm that it is indeed true, that they are part of the “Seed”, that which created the realms. He speaks to Thor briefly of the true source of Asgard's life and power, but Thor does not hear him… not yet.
The former executioner of Asgard and Odin's first, and most powerful child, Hela, has finally found her way to Asgard and seeks revenge on those she feels have wronged her merely by their existence and she, too, draws her power from Asgard. The demon Surtur, prophesied beginner of Ragnarok, is, in the end, the only thing that can stop Hela. Thor and Loki resurrect the beast, using its soul, the eternal flame, and, with the rest of the Asgardian people, flee their home—and the source of Thor's power.
They establish themselves on Vanaheim, but Thor's attention goes almost immediately to Midgard, the roots of Yggdrasil, and the place where once the very seed of the world tree sat. Loki pushes him to this, because he has other plans… Over long years of war and conquest, Loki has grown tired of his status as “Bride”, tired of his authority hinging on Thor's title and power, wants his own power. He has set his sights on ancient items known as the Infinity Stones. Now, Thor is listening, though Loki has conveniently left out the part about the Infinity Stones.
Loki is eventually able to convince Thor to allow him the privilege of learning of Midgard himself, reasoning that no other spy could work as effectively or had as much of a vested interest in this. Thor agrees, reluctantly. Unfortunately, Loki runs afoul of Thanos. Loki does indeed lead the Chitauri assault on Earth—Thanos has yet to make himself known to anyone but his closest servants—and is defeated, but again, unlike the films, succeeds in escaping using the Space Stone, the Tesseract.
He returns to Thor years later, battered but wise. He gives Thor all the information he has on Midgard, but leaves out Thanos and the Tesseract, secreting it, his first Infinity Stone, away upon his own flagship. He is glad to be back amongst true friends and Thor is pleased to have his First Bride. Loki's condition provokes anger in the All-Father, however, and he begins gathering his hosts for an assault on Earth.
The war lasts a decade, but eventually, Earth is conquered and its mightiest heroes are enslaved. Loki, during this time, has begun collecting Infinity stones. Thor's initial invasion allows Loki to nab the scepter (and the Mind Stone) from SHIELD and add it to his collection. Through subterfuge and trickery, Loki's most powerful weapons, he is able to steal the Power Stone from Xandar, right out from under the collective nose of the Nova Corps.
Now, Loki possesses Space, Mind, and Power. Thanos is very much aware of this, but allows it to continue, reasoning that having someone else gather them is a wise strategy—especially someone over whom he has previously exercised power. It will save him time and the ambitious Loki has no idea.
The remaining stones, Reality, Time, and Soul remain outside Loki's grasp, but he continues the search.
//Well given that Loki’s tag is “octohorsemom”…. yeah he has. Piccolo has been/is too, depending on the thread and how domestic @pride-of-the-prince and I wanna get. Like father like son–minus the Goku-shaped hole, I hope. I think Abe thought he was once, but it was just gas. He’s a fish man, y’all, and he wasn’t born that way. His own anatomy never ceases to amaze him.
