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[isabellakristen]

‘ leaving so soon? ’ - Loki

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‘ leaving so soon? ’

“Oh yes,” Isabella said, turning to the man in surprise. She thought there was something oddly familiar about him, though she couldn’t place it. She paused on the steps of the N.Y.P.D. station, and frowned at his nosiness. “I was just here to talk to my boss. Not that it’s any of your business.”

[helshades]

"Loki Getting Off on Torture" - Answers

Mischiefmakerloki:

I feel that 2nd last expression is more business-like. Like… he has to do it - so he does. Rather neutral, really.

Oh well, that'll teach me to make up fannish nonsense at 2 in the morning  when practically brain-dead.

Of course it's neutral - where above did you read that he was grossly sobbing because "Waaah donwanna do it mamaaa" and all that jazz? I was merely commenting (rather too eloquently) on the fact that he doesn't enjoy seeing blood in that scene, and that it's power he craves.

Thormovies:

He is equating fear with respect, which in his eyes better than nothing. Go back to & note also several of Thor’s quotes early Thor 1 about making the Jotun fear him, and basically going down and bashing heads in order to get their respect/fear.

It's not better than nothing, methinks, it's better than anything. I think "fear" was "better than nothing" in that Thor deleted scene, when he frightens the poor attendant out his robes with wine turned to writhing eels in a goblet.

Loki does enjoy instigating fear in the minds of whomever he judges his inferior because he believes this equates with respect. And judging by Thor's reaction to all that ("Loki... That was a waste of good wine!") I'd wager it was neither the first time nor a thing particularly ill-perceived in Asgard.

Phospolarase:

That said, people have also pointed out his creepy breathing in the last gif and speculated that he literally gets off on fear and chaos. Which I would definitely not mind seeing more in fanfiction, just saying.

I’ve seen someone mention (it might have been you, I can’t remember) that this is probably the first time in a while that Loki has felt fully in control.

Er... this, this, yes, and oh gods yes? Also I approve?

I would like to point out that "getting off on fear and chaos" does not necessarily have to mean "gets off on spanking puny mortals" because I think we have quite a few of those fics already. I mean you do what you want with your spare time, but I'm still not convinced by the "let's forget our dignity and grovel at a mass murderer's feet" trope. Just sayin'.

But yes - I did say, and I was certainly not the only one, that Loki has plenty to enjoy in that scene, most notably the fact that he is more or less on his own (after a difficult confrontation with The Other), and finally getting a taste of what Ruling could be like.

We mustn't forget that the Sceptre is known to enhance and aggravate whichever violent traits you may have - as demonstrated aboard the Helicarrier. It doesn't mean that it creates evil, but it's very efficient in the spreading of chaos - and both Whedon and Hiddleston have insisted upon the fact that between his fall from the Bifröst into that wormhole and his lucky (?) meeting with The Other (and, perhaps, Thanos himself) he has seen terrible things and, er... lost a gold marble or two?