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[prepare4trouble]

I'm still around, everyone.

I feel like I've dropped out of the Lost Boys fandom the last few days, I've got fic to read, reviews to post, responses to reviews to write, and I will do it, I promise. I'm not ignoring you.

I have an excuse. Not a particularly good one, but an excuse nonetheless. A temporary holiday in the Thor fandom. Weird, right? I mean, I don't know Thor at all, and although I liked the film enough, I don't know why it has hijacked my brain in this way. Obsessions are weird. Actually, it's more an obsession with Loki than with the character or the universe of Thor. He's awesome, the best thing about that film, the most interesting character by far, and reading about him online, finding out about the comics, and the hints about him I'm seeing in fic, it all just makes me want more. I'm considering getting some comics, but I probably won't, so instead I'm reading fic, and writing it too. And I can't make myself stop!

But give me a couple of days to finish up my fic for the meme I'm taking part in, and I'll be back in the Lost Boys fandom and working on the Enemy. I promise!

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[redeyedfeline.livejournal.com]

Hey, minature obsessions can't be stopped! They come and overwhelm you in gigantic spades of wonder, and one can't help but resist.

I seriously need to read some Thor. Loki was pretty complex; I was deeply involved in his relationship with his half brother and how he evolved in the film. He was the best bit in it, to be honest. I want to watch it again now.

I've been hi-jacked by some of my other fandoms, strongly by POTC and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Its been hard to stay faithful to LB, to be honest. :P

[prepare4trouble.livejournal.com]

There are some amazing Loki-centric fics in the meme I'm doing, if your looking for something to read that would be a good place to start.

I'm just fascinated by the character, I want to climb in his head and find out what makes him tick. The relationship not just between him and Thor, but him and Odin too. His father has been lying to him his entire life, and massive, crazy-massive lies worse than anything Loki comes up with. Also, Thor at the start is a total idiot, why was Odin going to let him be king..?

[redeyedfeline.livejournal.com]

May I be cheeky and ask for linkage to this meme?

At the start of the film, Loki seems so much more assured then his irresponsible brother in terms of inheriting the throne. And of course, his brother mucks up badly and his unappreciative father falls into his odinsleep...and then all the stuff with Laufey, all his plotting and planning...all comes down to a set up job to prove himself to his father. It has such build up, and I thought he hated his father and was looking for revenage, and sadly, its a retreat to his roots. He still looks for his father's appeal, and so much so he commits suicide by allowing himself to fall into the pit. Thinking about stepping into his skin...he must be an absloute twist of emotion and shattered ideals.

I wonder if Odin was just testing Loki. Or merely just favoured Thor more. God knows why.

[redeyedfeline.livejournal.com]

May I be cheeky and ask for linkage to this meme?

At the start of the film, Loki seems so much more assured then his irresponsible brother in terms of inheriting the throne. And of course, his brother mucks up badly and his unappreciative father falls into his odinsleep...and then all the stuff with Laufey, all his plotting and planning...all comes down to a set up job to prove himself to his father. It has such build up, and I thought he hated his father and was looking for revenage, and sadly, its a retreat to his roots. He still looks for his father's appeal, and so much so he commits suicide by allowing himself to fall into the pit. Thinking about stepping into his skin...he must be an absloute twist of emotion and shattered ideals.

I wonder if Odin was just testing Loki. Or merely just favoured Thor more. God knows why.

[prepare4trouble.livejournal.com]

http://norsekink.livejournal.com/

It's a kink meme, but has its fair share of other stuff too.

Exactly. Everything he does is to prove himself to his father. Even before he knows who he really is. It's different then though, he's all about making Odin think badly of Thor, like by tricking him into going to Jotunheim. Later, when he realises he never had a chance of being their father's favourite, he just wants Thor to stay away and never come back, so the incredibly cruel lies about him being dead. But that's all so Thor can't be around to steal the glory when he saves Odin from Laufey. It's an incredibly convoluted plan, but one that might have worked if Thor had stayed on Earth.

It's so great, the way you're not sure all the way through, he seems a bit off, then he genuinely appears to care about his brother, then maybe not, then he finds out he's a Frost Giant and for a while you think he just wants some kind of revenge, then no, he just wants to be loved (Aw) and to be Thor's equal in their father's eyes. And it just doesn't work. Ah, I just want to give him a massive hug.

I don't know about Odin testing Loki, but who knows? The guy is full of ulterior motives. Taking Loki thinking he could unite the two races, lying to him his whole life, and then it just didn't work out.

I figure Odin did favour Thor, but he cared for Loki a lot, he saw him as his son, but Thor as his heir. Even if he didn't realise it himself, he had been treating them differently and Loki had picked up on it. Thor probably hadn't becuase he was the one benefiting (and also he's not that bright) but the difference was there and Loki had been aware of it all his life. It shaped who he was. In the end, everything that happened was down to Odin.

I ramble. I blame exhaustion. Bed, I think!

[prepare4trouble.livejournal.com]

Wow, just reread that nonesense this morning. Worse than I thought it was. Lol, oops.

[redeyedfeline.livejournal.com]

What are you talking about? You articulated it so much better then I ever could. :P

And everythng comes down to Odin. Ouch.

[prepare4trouble.livejournal.com]

No problem at all, get to it when you get to it.

I tend to jump from fandom to fandom, I can only write something when I'm in obsession mode, it seems. Lost Boys obsession is still holding though, so when I've finished this stuff I'll be able to return to it.