// Amber, what are your thoughts on the confirmed Loki series on Disney streaming?

icyxmischief:

AHEM okay SO! I am so excited and hopeful to SEE: 

  1. –Potential to tastefully retcon some of the damaging, clownish “whiny white rich boy twink” characterization in Ragnarok (???? i have literally seen these terms used by Waititi stans and i am just like uhhh have we all been sleeping through the whole “Loki is a child of an imperialist colony of Asgard that Odin treats as subhuman and Loki has internalized racism” thing), which has been too easily “explained away” as “Chaotic Neutral Loki.” Not really guys, while I agree Chaotic Neutral is absolutely Loki’s truest alignment, that’s not interchangeable with “constant brunt of jokes often centered on the effects of genuine trauma.”  
  2. –Potential to resurrect the character from the dead (PLEASE) post-infinity War.
  3. –Potential to more fully exploit the character’s role as a gray-amoral antihero and Trickster, capable of working both against and FOR the “good” guys (such as the Avengers) without the guilt and sanctimony frequently exhibited toward him for not fitting the prescribed role of “hero” BY the so-called “heroes” who often do just as bad or worse things but it’s “okay” because they’re the “good” guys.  Basically I can’t wait to see a narrative that centers on Loki by Loki’s own terms.
  4. –For that reason I actually hope we don’t see much of Thor in this series. Thor tends to overshadow Loki and while I like Loki and Thor both best when they are with each other, being complementary halves of a whole entity, I think proximity to Thor is rarely good for Loki’s mental, emotional, or physical wellbeing.
  5. –Potential to explain, and fully, certain loopholes between The Dark World and Ragnarok, such as how the hell he survived being impaled by Kurse, when he clearly actually was injured (illusions cannot be run through, they’re just glamours that solid objects pass through and reveal as tricks). 
  6. –Potential for further flashbacks into Thor and Loki’s childhood, fleshing out their dynamic with each other and with their parents.
  7. –Frigga cameos in said flashbacks???? MAMA! ;A; ❤ 
  8. –Please God do not make Loki enter a romance with Amora or Lorelei (nothing against either character, Amora in particular is mega awesome, but I have no interest in seeing forced heteronormative romances with characters who are so SIMILAR to Loki and will only bring out the worst in him. 
  9. –Please God DO show romances or flirtations confirming Loki’s queerness/bisexuality. 
  10. –GENDERFLUID. LOKI.  CONFIRM THIS COMICS CANON.  LOKI. IN. FEMALE. FORM. RIGHT. NOW. LADY LOKI RIGHT NOW. NOW!!!!!
  11. –Loki doing a thousand million different comedic and clever and cutthroat disguises, shape shifting!!!!!!
  12. –LOKI SHOWING THAT LOKI IS A HYPER-COMPETENT SORCERER ON TIER WITH DR. STRANGE, NOT A LAUGHINGSTOCK PISSBABY THAT THOR HAS TO RESCUE FROM A PORTAPOTTY
  13. –Finally maybe some scenes of Loki interacting with Thanos’s other “children” like Nebula and Gamora. Dare I say it, maybe even scenes of Loki’s mistreatment by Thanos thanks to people like Ebony Maw (since it’s on Disney, I doubt they’ll ever go into as graphic of detail as I imagine his torture being, but I’d like to have something concrete to point out to Loki naysayers, to show that no, I’m not just a “bleeding heart imagining he was mistreated.”)  Actually that’s a good question, does anyone know the intended viewing audience for this show? is it gonna be like TV-14, or TV-MA?  
  14. –As an anon has now CONFIRMED, Tom Hiddleston has CHOSEN to contractually enter into this show.  It wasn’t an obligation, he’s done his six out of six movies. This means Tom likes what he sees, and Tom has great integrity to the character.  Since Chris Hemsworth sadly seems to have lost patience with the Loki fandom, this is why I also hope he really isn’t involved too much.
  15. My only fear is that this is a consolation prize for Loki being “really dead” in the MCU movies, and that these will be “fill in the blanks” episodes taking place strictly while Loki is on the throne of Asgard, or in Sakaar, which means they’ll carry the sort of frantically neo-Dadaist tone of Ragnarok, in which Loki’s character doesn’t fare well.  Again, I hope Tom’s enthusiasm for the role proves this wrong. 

// Amber, what are your thoughts on the confirmed Loki series on Disney streaming?

AHEM okay SO! I am so excited and hopeful to SEE: 

  1. –Potential to tastefully retcon some of the damaging, clownish “whiny white rich boy twink” characterization in Ragnarok (???? i have literally seen these terms used by Waititi stans and i am just like uhhh have we all been sleeping through the whole “Loki is a child of an imperialist colony of Asgard that Odin treats as subhuman and Loki has internalized racism” thing), which has been too easily “explained away” as “Chaotic Neutral Loki.” Not really guys, while I agree Chaotic Neutral is absolutely Loki’s truest alignment, that’s not interchangeable with “constant brunt of jokes often centered on the effects of genuine trauma.”  
  2. –Potential to resurrect the character from the dead (PLEASE) post-infinity War.
  3. –Potential to more fully exploit the character’s role as a gray-amoral antihero and Trickster, capable of working both against and FOR the “good” guys (such as the Avengers) without the guilt and sanctimony frequently exhibited toward him for not fitting the prescribed role of “hero” BY the so-called “heroes” who often do just as bad or worse things but it’s “okay” because they’re the “good” guys.  Basically I can’t wait to see a narrative that centers on Loki by Loki’s own terms.
  4. –For that reason I actually hope we don’t see much of Thor in this series. Thor tends to overshadow Loki and while I like Loki and Thor both best when they are with each other, being complementary halves of a whole entity, I think proximity to Thor is rarely good for Loki’s mental, emotional, or physical wellbeing.
  5. –Potential to explain, and fully, certain loopholes between The Dark World and Ragnarok, such as how the hell he survived being impaled by Kurse, when he clearly actually was injured (illusions cannot be run through, they’re just glamours that solid objects pass through and reveal as tricks). 
  6. –Potential for further flashbacks into Thor and Loki’s childhood, fleshing out their dynamic with each other and with their parents.
  7. –Frigga cameos in said flashbacks???? MAMA! ;A; ❤ 
  8. –Please God do not make Loki enter a romance with Amora or Lorelei (nothing against either character, Amora in particular is mega awesome, but I have no interest in seeing forced heteronormative romances with characters who are so SIMILAR to Loki and will only bring out the worst in him. 
  9. –Please God DO show romances or flirtations confirming Loki’s queerness/bisexuality. 
  10. –GENDERFLUID. LOKI.  CONFIRM THIS COMICS CANON.  LOKI. IN. FEMALE. FORM. RIGHT. NOW. LADY LOKI RIGHT NOW. NOW!!!!!
  11. –Loki doing a thousand million different comedic and clever and cutthroat disguises, shape shifting!!!!!!
  12. –LOKI SHOWING THAT LOKI IS A HYPER-COMPETENT SORCERER ON TIER WITH DR. STRANGE, NOT A LAUGHINGSTOCK PISSBABY THAT THOR HAS TO RESCUE FROM A PORTAPOTTY
  13. –Finally maybe some scenes of Loki interacting with Thanos’s other “children” like Nebula and Gamora. Dare I say it, maybe even scenes of Loki’s mistreatment by Thanos thanks to people like Ebony Maw (since it’s on Disney, I doubt they’ll ever go into as graphic of detail as I imagine his torture being, but I’d like to have something concrete to point out to Loki naysayers, to show that no, I’m not just a “bleeding heart imagining he was mistreated.”)  Actually that’s a good question, does anyone know the intended viewing audience for this show? is it gonna be like TV-14, or TV-MA?  
  14. –As an anon has now CONFIRMED, Tom Hiddleston has CHOSEN to contractually enter into this show.  It wasn’t an obligation, he’s done his six out of six movies. This means Tom likes what he sees, and Tom has great integrity to the character.  Since Chris Hemsworth sadly seems to have lost patience with the Loki fandom, this is why I also hope he really isn’t involved too much.
  15. My only fear is that this is a consolation prize for Loki being “really dead” in the MCU movies, and that these will be “fill in the blanks” episodes taking place strictly while Loki is on the throne of Asgard, or in Sakaar, which means they’ll carry the sort of frantically neo-Dadaist tone of Ragnarok, in which Loki’s character doesn’t fare well.  Again, I hope Tom’s enthusiasm for the role proves this wrong. 

tbh, the only thing that gives me any hope for the new loki series is that TH agreed to do it. his contract was for 6 movies; he’s been in 6 movies. theres no obligation for him to do this. after seeing how run down and tired he’s looked the last two or so years, and seeing how the disney/marvel machine treated him during the IW pressers I hope that the only reason he would have said yes was because he thought he could fix some of the Waititi/Hemsworth/Russo damage (££ too ofc) But HE said YES

//OKAY see this was the question I had last night, thank you for answering it! I wasn’t sure if he were still contractually obligated to Marvel and Disney, and you’re saying he’s not, which is indeed wonderful news and means he entered into the deal willingly.  

wickedlymeme:

  • “I wish it could always be like this.”
  • “You’re always there for me.”
  • “The stars are the only thing that makes sense.”
  • “There’s more out there, you just have to be patient.”
  • “It doesn’t all have to be existential dread.” 
  • “You’re so much different when we’re alone.”
  • “I like it when the worlds quiet.” 
  • “There’s a place for us somewhere.”
  • “They’ll name constellations after you one day.”
  • “Your hearts beating so fast.”
  • “They don’t know what they want.”
  • “You don’t know what you want.”
  • “That’s what they’re supposed to say.”
  • “We really don’t know what we’re doing.”
  • “I miss the old you.”
  • “Nostalgias a trap.”
  • “Aliens are out there.”
  • “Did you hear that?”
  • “I really want pizza right now, think it’s open?” 
  • “What time is it?”
  • “But why would they abduct cows?”
  • “We’ll all be dead soon enough anyways.” 
  • “I wish we didn’t have to sleep.”
  • “What do you believe in?”
  • “What happens after we die?”
  • “Seems like a silly thing to say, don’t you think?” 
  • “And what’s your excuse?”
  • “You’ll get it together soon.”
  • “Sometimes I feel like I’ll never have it together.”
  • “It’d be better if people weren’t so afraid of their feelings.”
  • “You keep quiet and we both lose.”
  • “I wish I could save this forever.”
  • “When did you realize you were in love with me?”
  • “The rooms spinning.”
  • “I loved you long before you knew.”
  • “I’m not afraid of death, I think it’ll be peaceful.”
  • “The Universe is too big for that.”
  • “Do you think we’ve met in other lives?” 
  • “I’d come back to haunt you.” 
  • “Would you come back to haunt me?”
  • “What’s alternate universe you doing right now?”
  • “Tell me a secret.”
  • “Why haven’t you told anyone?” 
  • “I wish we knew each other sooner.”
  • “You’re a game changer.” 
  • “I’m a game changer.”
  • “Don’t ignore fate.” 
  • “Ignorance isn’t bliss.”
  • “What, is that a conspiracy theory?”
  • “It’s probably the Illuminati anyways.” 

classic-starters:

starters from the 1607 shakespeare play, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

  • “in time we hate that which we often fear.”
  • “put on my crown.”
  • “i have immortal longings in me.”
  • “make death proud to take us.”
  • “we are for the dark.”
  • “the bright day is done.”
  • “come, sir, come, i’ll wrestle you in my strength of love.”
  • “thus i let you go, and give you to the gods.”
  • “the april is in your eyes.”
  • “my desolation does begin to make a better life.”
  • “did i ever love ( name ) as much as this?”
  • “may you choke on any other sentiments like that!”
  • “is this true?”
  • “usually that means a person is foolish.”
  • “if it be love indeed, tell me how much.”
  • “there’s beggary in the love that can be reckoned.”
  • “see how i convey my shame out of thine eyes by looking back what i have left behind, ‘stroyed in dishonour.”
  • “i little thought you would have followed.”
  • “you did know how much you were my conqueror, and that my sword, made weak by my affection, would obey it on all cause.”
  • “fall not a tear, i say.”
  • “give me a kiss.”
  • “fortune knows we scorn her most when she offers blows.”
  • “kind sir, give me a good fortune.”
  • “i don’t make fortunes, i only see them.”
  • “you will love more than you are loved.”
  • “to be furious is to be frightened out of fear.”
  • “when valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.”
  • “may you die of the worst disease!”
  • “in nature’s infinite book of secrecy, a little i can read.”