Loki looks up from a spell with which he is conjuring increasingly elaborate water and ice serpents. The magic is part of a series of experimentations to augment the convincing nature of his illusions. It is quite literally a science to Loki, who loves the mystique, the enigma, of the Seidhrs, but is every bit as fond of the organized and regimented nature of perfecting one’s skills.
As fate would have it, his lover’s little boy is vexed with the same goal.
“Oh, darling. It is not a skill one acquires overnight. I know it is hard to hear such words at your age. Adults are ever saying, ‘be patient’ and ‘accept the seasons of life,’ and you want something to go your way right now, don’t you? Come, sit.”
He waves away the conjured serpents, which hiss and slither into vaporous nothingness.
“No one is going to tell you to study something else. Not in this household, and if they do so at school, you should look them straight in the eye and say, ‘why do you want me to stop doing what i love’? Say it politely but clearly, and then they will stammer and blush, and shut up. Now. What spell are you trying to cast? Cardinal directions? Love, that is easy. Draw a W on your left arm for West, an E on your right arm for East, and an S on your shoe for South. What remains of course is North. Make it a physical reality, and it is far simpler.”
He offers the child a quill dipped already in ink.
From what I know of the Infinity War plot (and yes, when things settle down from my move-in, I PROMISE to rent it from Redbox and watch it all the way through!) this is a brilliant theory that showcases the Time Stone’s properties and Strange’s particular skillset, given the critical scene “I saw fourteen thousand + outcomes and one in which we win.” I wonder if it’s TOO brilliant, given the trainwreck we saw already at the Russo Brothers’ hands, BUT. One can hope.
As single-minded as this sounds, should this prove true, I hope more than anything that one of the people Tony goes back for is, somehow, Loki. I hope that when Loki comes out from a long time off-screen, it’s because he’s conversed with Tony, or Captain Marvel, or WHOEVER has traveled back in time to alter the course of events, and he knows the real endgame, and how they will all survive.
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