Idk if anyone else has this pet peeve, but one thing that annoys me a lot is when people over exaggerate Loki’s.. medievalness.. for lack of a better word lol.
Like in fanfic and headcanons, people have a tendency to write Loki and Thor as way more rigidly Shakespearean than they actually are. It’s canon in the mcu that Asgardians codeswitch a lot. And a large part of that is acting like dramatic old world figures when they’re surrounded by that atmosphere in Asgard. When they go off-world or start talking to humans, though, that changes immediately.
To hear Thor speaking in Ragnarok, you’d think he grew up in Australia and to see how Loki behaves in the series, you’d think he was just British. They’re very comfortable assimilating with human culture, appearance, and speech patterns. Granted, there is a sliding scale of human-ness depending on the individual characters and the time within canon. Like, the Warriors Three only ever seemed vaguely aware of human cultural norms, and Thor’s clearly grown throughout his time in the mcu. In the first movie, he was fairly clueless (and I’d argue loki was far more in tune with humanity than him from the very beginning). But still.
And I get why it happens. Folks miss when the Thor franchise was super serious and had the Shakespeare vibes so they overdo it a little bit. But I think it’s even more interesting that canonically Asgardians can do both. It’d be pretty unrealistic if the thousand-year-old characters from the realm ruling all others were so out of touch that they had no idea what a computer was.
It’s also just.. not accurate. In the Loki series, we see him using a phone and an elevator. We see that he’s familiar with movie premiers and bureaucratic processes and superstores. We see that he knows how to board a plane and dress stylishly for multiple different time periods- even all the way back in Thor 1. Like, guys, I promise he wouldn’t be confused by indoor plumbing 😭.
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I think this will be the last thing I tease from this fic, because otherwise I would have shared too much, I feel.
A few minutes passed in relative stillness and silence, broken only by the occasional shifting and muted sighs from hunters who had been standing alert in one spot for too long. But eventually, Loki came back to himself a little, reaching up to take Mobius’ hand and bringing it to his lips for a moment.
“Thank you,” he murmured against him, the ghost of a breath tickling his skin. “I know I told you not to come, but I’m glad you’re here all the same.”
Despite their grim situation and surroundings, a fond smile tugged at the corners of Mobius’ mouth.
“Where else would I be?” he asked rhetorically. “My beautiful is suffering and scared. Like Hel I’d be anywhere but right by his side.”
Loki had no words, apparently, merely blinking large, wet eyes at him with a doe-like ruefulness. But before getting as far as giving voice to his thoughts, there was a sudden tension spreading around the circle of hunters, those holding temporal aura scanners staring at their screens in shock and dismay.
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Day 13 - Daily Writing Challenge
Write a micro story about someone saying “thank you”.
Do it for yourself or put it under this post!
Waking with a start, Loki blinked a few times in weary and muddled confusion, immediately knowing that something was amiss… likely relating to the fact that he was sprawled on his back on the luxurious couch in his and Mobius’ living room, clad in nothing but sleep pants, with a tiny hoorijiin cub curled up on his bare chest.
And, across the room, a rather sheepish-looking analyst frozen on the spot, clearly having just come through the front door.
“Sorry kjære,” he winced, “I was trying so hard not to wake you, I think I ended up making more noise than I normally would.”
Wandering over as he spoke, Scamp gambolling excitedly around his feet, his eyes softened as he took in the sight of Holly; nothing more than a scrap of off-white fluff dwarfed by Loki’s broad shoulders.
“You didn’t need to entertain her all night,” he chided gently. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m insanely grateful…”
“It’s no bother, Mobius, truly. After all, it’s not like I can’t handle a day at work on no sleep,” Loki huffed, smiling ruefully. “I’ve endured much worse, if you can recall.”
Despite the life-threatening circumstances he was alluding to, Mobius still managed to offer a tight-lipped smile in concession.
“Well, you don’t have to this time,” he replied, perching on the couch in front of him and kissing his brow, his hand coming to rest lightly on the fuzzball that had vocally and ceaselessly demanded attention for several hours during the middle of the nighttime cycle. “I’ve just now come back from negotiating for your little solo mission to be moved to tomorrow.”
“You what?”
Incredulous, Loki stared up at him in shock. That he’d been able to wangle such a thing — and at such short notice — was nothing short of miraculous, and Loki wondered how many favours he now owed… or how much blackmailing he’d resorted to.
“Mm,” Mobius shrugged casually. “Also got myself the day off, so I can look after Thing 1 and Thing 2 while you catch up on sleep.”
“Didn’t you have about three ridiculously important meetings today?” Loki demanded.
“Four, actually, kinda,” Mobius replied, averting his eyes fleetingly. “But it’s all good, I swear.”
Unable to do more than gaze at him nonplussed for a long moment, Loki eventually shook his head, before looking down to address the now peacefully snoozing cat-creature.
“Look what you made him do,” he scolded her, and received nothing more in response than a languid yawn and a faint trilling.
Mobius snorted in amusement, and Loki looked back at him, softening in gratitude.
“You really, really didn’t have to,” he insisted quietly, “But thank you, elskede.”
“Hey, can’t have you going off doing dangerous shit with no back-up if you’re not on top of your game,” Mobius replied, hand abandoning Holly to stroke his cheek instead. “You could say my motivation was entirely selfish, actually.”
“Mmh,” Loki grunted. “I suppose. I mean, who else would cub-sit for you all the night through?”
“Yup. My thoughts exactly.”
Loki
Commission of Loki from the season 2 finale.
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