“Lokes, what have you been telling my ki–Peter?” Tony looks flustered at the slip, eyes wide as he stares at the trickster for a moment before turning away to return to his workshop. “You know what? Nevermind. Just… ignore what I just said.” – @starkastichotmess

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Loki watches Tony fumble with his words then with his dignity.  A lifetime at the side of his exceedingly mercurial brother–complete with the most sensitive of male egos–has taught the Trickster God to pace himself with sensitive topics.  Ever the diplomat, he ventures a hand onto the Iron Man’s shoulder. 

“You are a master builder of armor.  Your inventions are unerringly meant to protect.  Sometimes one might have cause to wonder whether that skill has been counterproductive when you are the one being protected.  Take care … not to confuse invincibility with isolation. With my lies and illusions, I have made the selfsame error far too long.  Tony Stark, there is no shame … ehm, in claiming a child as yours.  In claiming another person, of any kind, as yours.  It is well worth the threat it poses you.”

I died for my brother.
And I do not regret it.

Thor clapped his sibling upon his shoulder, before giving said shoulder a squeeze. “Brother, tonight is a fine night, and I have brought upon mead and wine to indulge ourselves in, come have a seat.”

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“Brother, if you had it your way, all nights would be defined as ‘fine nights,’ so that you had an excuse for mead, but!”

Loki follows his sibling to the overturned tree overlooking the ocean, and perches there.  He conjures his own mug–decked with gold serpent trim, of course–and extends it wryly.  

“Alright, furbish me with that rank stuff.  The things I do for you.”  

The stars above form constellations unknown on Asgard; still, the brothers are home.  

Peter leans in close to Loki, whispering, “Did you ever find out Doctor Strange’s real name? He only ever told me his made-up hero name. I can’t stop wondering…” // the same Spider-Man who brought Loki hot dogs in exchange for homework help

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“ … ah yes, I fear I have not.  You know, young Master Peter, I do believe this is the product of ‘Doctor Strange,’” and Loki, who knows full well that Steven Strange is the charlatan’s real name, uses air quotes, “having difficulty learning to trust his comrades.  Do you know what I suggest?  I suggest you continue to irrigate fertile pathways of trust with your elder.  Give him a sense of camaraderie. Bother him … I mean, nurture him … . with your relentless questions and tokens of affection. Eventually, child, I daresay he’ll crack.  Most definitively.”   

asoiafuniversity:

TUMBLR 101: HOW TAGS WORK! (May 2017)

Tags vs. Search

The first 5 tags!

  • The first 5 tags are your best bet! 
  • Only the first 5 tags show up in tracked tags. Tracked tags are more reliable than search if you want your content to be seen and / or reblogged.
  • Put the important tags (ex. show name, actor name, artist name) in the first 5 tags.
  • Only the first 20 tags show up in search.
  • Only the first 20 tags will cause the post to show up in the tag on your blog
    (i.e. asoiafuniversity.tumblr.com/tagged/resources)
  • So start with the important tags for tracked tags / search, then add tags like “my edits” or “mine” for your own blog organization, and then add FEELINGS and TAG COMMENTARY at the end. 
  • Only new posts will show up in public tracked tags or search. Reblogs will not show up in tracked tags or search.
  • Avoid unnecessary punctuation. Apostrophes ’ are ok to use, but tags with a slash / or a hyphen – or a plus sign + or an equal sign = will NOT show up in tracked tags. 

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Tagging Etiquette

  • Don’t tag your hate; it’s considered rude
  • If you use anti tags like #ANTI SHIPNAME, everyone who is searching for SHIPNAME will see your anti post. Don’t use SHIPNAME when creating your anti tag if you don’t want people to get upset about it. 
  • Don’t put something that isn’t an edit in an edit tag. People are going into the edit tag to look for edits and if your post isn’t an edit, it defeats the purpose of the edit tag. 
  • Don’t spam the tags. 
  • Reblog; don’t repost
  • The OP (original poster) will often read your tags when you reblog a post, so if you say something nasty in the tags, the OP will (probably) see it. Say something nice instead!

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Inspired by this post

theavengers:

You’re full of tricks, wizard.

Loki could literally do stuff at this level, canon confirmed, but MCU squandered the opportunity out of fear it’d “overshadow” one of their straight up heroes, which is a logic I will never understand. Clearly Strange is awesome and can stand on his own here. 

sciencespider:

Peter: Mr. Stark I need a rocket ship ASAP

Tony: what, why?? Where are you going???

Peter, crying: It’s the Curiosity Rover’s birthday and he has to sing happy birthday all by himself on Mars and thats sad

Tony, already building a rocket: Say no more