In Defense of Loki (Masterpost)
Since Tumblr mobile is a little bitch and won’t let people navigate to custom pages, I’ve decided to convert my Ragnarok Sucks compendium to a masterpost version for mobile access. So here we go.
Thor: Ragnarok was an objectively insulting and out-of-character portrayal of Loki Odinson. It wasn’t ‘another side’ of Loki, as some have said; it was a caricature, done in bad faith. Through this collection of meta-analyses thoughtfully parsed from a number of Loki stans on Tumblr, I will attempt to illustrate how and why Thor: Ragnarok was a slap in the face to Tom Hiddleston, Loki’s longtime fans, and basically every writer and director who worked so hard to create the three-dimensional, complex antihero we came to know and love over the past decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
One part of demonstrating this betrayal by Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, and Marvel Studios will be to explicitly detail who Loki had shown himself to be from his introduction in Thor (2011) through to The Avengers (2012) and finally Thor: The Dark World. We will also be directly contrasting this Loki with the Loki of Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok, so as to illustrate that these are not different facets of one individual person, but rather Waititi’s “Loki” is often in direct conflict with the Loki that Tom Hiddleston and Kenneth Branagh built from the ground up.
Additionally, we will be looking at direct quotes from Tom Hiddleston, Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth and President of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, on the precise nature of where Loki has come from and how his experiences have shaped who he has become.
So, without further ado, let us begin.
The Odinsons: An Asgardian Soap Opera
How Not To Talk To Your Son About Being A Tiny Blue Spoil Of War
Thanos Is A Big Purple Turd
BREAKING: Odin Is Still A Jerk
What Makes Someone A Villain?
Everything Wrong With Ragnarok
Tom Hiddleston, Professional Thespian™
Chris Hemsworth, Professional Wanker™
How Taika Waititi Knowingly Sabotaged A Beloved Character
Why the “Ragnarok Shows Another Side Of Loki!!” Argument Is Crap
Ragnarok Still Makes No Damn Sense
On Thor & Loki’s Broken Relationship and Odin’s A+ Parenting
Analysis of Loki & Thor in Childhood
Loki’s Backstory: Teased or Taunted?
Why Thor & Loki Suck At Understanding One Another
Thor’s Pattern of Threatening & Scapegoating Loki
Loki Does Not “Constantly Betray” Thor
Has Thor Actually Changed?
Does Thor Realise How Toxic Odin Was?
Healthy Sibling Rivalry Vs. Abuse
Loki’s Real Crime Was Disobedience
Thor Is NOT A Better Brother Than Loki
Like Odin, Thor’s ‘Love’ Is Conditional
Loki Is A Classic Case of Internalised Racism
When Will Thor Realise How Shitty Odin Was?
Did Frigga Believe Loki Should Be King?
Loki the Perpetual Scapegoat
Thor’s Love For Loki Is That Of A Child
The Symbolism of Odin’s/Thor’s One Eye
Odin’s Family Dynamic (A 5-Part Series)
Odin’s Abuse of Thor & Loki
What Happened To Loki After He Fell From The Bifrost?
Literally Everyone On Asgard Commits Treason
Loki, The Tesseract, And The Sceptre
Loki’s Complicated Relationship With His Father(s)
Some Of Loki’s “Imagined Slights”
Loki Has Never Faked His Death
Loki Has Never Known True Freedom
Loki’s Perspective (Masterpost)
Why Loki Let People Believe He Was Dead in TDW
Loki Has Always Been A Hero
Loki Did Not Fake His Death In TDW
Loki: Trust, Love & Loyalty
Loki’s Problem Is That He’s Not A “Perfect” Victim
Loki Was ALREADY Redeemed Before Ragnarok
How Hero™/Villain™ Coding Robs Your Critical Thinking Skills
Hero™/Villain™ Coding Has You Brainwashed
The Hypocrisy Of Hero™/Villain™ Coding
“Sorry About That Thing With The Tesseract”
The Sadistic Implications Of Villain™ Coding
The Hypocrisy Of Condemning Loki’s Actions While Ignoring Thor’s
With All Due Respectful Disrespect: Taika Waititi F%#(ing Sucks
Taika Waititi’s Defective Vision Of Loki As A King
Ragnarok Was A Slap In The Face To Thor Fans Too
How Ragnarok Took Everything From Loki
Ragnarok’s Thor Is A Villain
Loki Has Always Been “More”
Ragnarok’s Retcon Of Loki’s Power & Intelligence
Loki Was NOT Happy On Sakaar
Taika Waititi’s Declawing Of A God
The Terrible Interpretation Of Loki’s Character in Ragnarok
Why Loki Fans Cannot Accept The Retcon Of Thor in Ragnarok
Why Ragnarok Fans Have No Real Argument
The LGBTQIA Community Deserves Better Than ‘Frostmaster’
Taika Waititi’s Gross Hypocrisy
There’s No Logical Way To Reconcile All Three Thor Films
Ragnarok’s Thor Is A Jerk
Queer-Coding, Slut-Shaming And Heroism On A Trash Planet (A 5-Part Series)
In Ragnarok, Thor Is More Arrogant And Cruel Than Ever
Ragnarok’s Failure At “Show, Don’t Tell”
Ragnarok Destroyed Any Progress Thor Had Made Toward Heroism
The Problem With Ragnarok’s Depiction Of Loki As A No-Good Attention Whore
Ragnarok Robbed Thor Of His Autonomy From Odin
After Ragnarok, Thor & Loki Are More Broken Than Ever
What Reconciliation Looks Like And Why Ragnarok Failed To Deliver It
Why Ragnarok’s ‘Reconciliation’ Was Bullshit
Loki And Thor BOTH Deserved Better Than Ragnarok
Ragnarok Is Nothing But Retcons And Dropped Character Arcs
Everything Wrong With The Damn Obedience Disc
Misogyny In The Loki Fandom
Ragnarok Is NOT A Critique Of Colonialism
Ragnarok’s Thor Is A Dudebro
Ragnarok’s Shallow Exploration Of Emotions
Ragnarok’s Retcon of Thor and Loki’s Relationship Dynamic
It’s Still Bullying When The Protagonist Does It
Thor Is A Hero, But Not In Ragnarok
Ragnarok Takes The Side Of The Colonizer, Not The Colonized
Why The Fact The Audience Is Laughing Doesn’t Mean Loki Is Having Fun Too
Ragnarok’s Retcon of Loki’s History
It’s Not Loki’s “Character Growth” That Offends Loki Fans