The Musings Of An Obsessive Mind

# YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL THE INTERNAL SHUDDER HE GIVES AT SAYING HE’S FROM JOTUNHIEM (via  hxcfairy)

/shakes him///

Whats a good match without a little chaos?

First off, spin this wheel.

You just landed on one of 200 fandoms that have been very popular somewhere on Tumblr over the years. Topics were chosen either from appearing on a @fandom end-of-year recap or from my own long (long, long) site memories before that.

also all of these fandoms are definitely things that really exist in the real world and none of them are Tumblr creations

He can be a Disney princess if he wants to

besties!!!

ϟ “Thor”, Deleted Scenes » Alternate Bridge Scene, Pt. 1:  Heimdall Hears & Knows All ϟ

➜ Other Related GIF Sets [Deleted Scenes]:

I hate that they cut so much out. It shows so much characterization of everyone!

Me too. I’ve always headcanoned that Loki and Fandral got along fairly well and this partially demonstrates that. 

Really? Aw, that’s kinda cute. :D But it makes sense. Fandral seems like he’s a bit more of a thinker than Thor or Volstagg, so he might not be as quick to dismiss or deride Loki as some of the others do. (Granted, Fandral uses his thinking abilities to romance the ladies, but still.)

Also how cute is Loki’s laugh in that 9th gif. He’s genuinely amused and it’s so adorbs i might actually explode :3

After watching Thor:Ragnarok I was so inspired, so I decided to draw my favourite character - Loki Hope it turned out good 😊

some do battle, others just do tricks

I'm thinking in terms of actual real life experiences I've had when I say this, but I'd imagine part of what makes being a Thor enjoyer so frustrating in 2024/MCU's phase 4+ era is that... you're effectively not allowed to enjoy your favorite superhero.

I once had a conversation with a close friend of mine during a casual outing, and without going into very many details, this particular person is an enjoyer of Ragnarok, and enjoys Tailka's work overall. Now, I should say right off the bat: there is nothing wrong with these opinions. Everyone is entitled to like what they like and enjoy the work of creators just the same as other people are allowed to dislike them. For this particular post, I'm not here to get into fandom wars or "reasons why taika waititi is a terrible director" beef. I have other posts in line for that. But what I will say is that I already knew this about my friend, so it never surprised me when the topic of Thor came up that it would be a point of disagreement.

The issue I've found that continues to circle in the general space of "being a Thor fan" came when I expressed that I don't like Ragnarok, I do think Thor was funnier (and just better overall) before Ragnarok and therefore Taika's involvement, and quite frankly Taika had very little business taking on the mantle of director of a superhero franchise he has never liked or understood in his life just because he had mouths to feed. (There are other opportunities to fulfill that. And filmmakers know going into this industry that it's all gig-based and - if they're smart anyways - work around that.) I hadn't even gotten a chance to go through all of the reasons WHY I feel that way, of which I have had before compiled an organized list of about 16 talking points off the top of my head, so as far as that particular discussion goes... it didn't go anywhere. We were busy at the time.

But namely what I want to talk about is this:

The response I was given, in summary, was something along the lines of "well I think Thor was boring, and he wasn't my cup of tea, so I'm glad he changed."

But, you see, there's just ONE small issue with that: Thor isn't meant for everyone.

In fact, no character is meant for everyone. So why is it that Thor needs to change to be "for everyone" and be the MCU normies' "cup of tea" when no other character has to? Why does he need to lose his core identity (both as a character, as a franchise, you name it, it's been done) just because people like my friend don't understand him as well as Tony Stark or Spider-Man? And why should Thor fans have tow watch their favorite superhero get stripped down and turned into something completely divorced from the character, world and cast we were first involved with from the beginning?

Nobody at any point has been able to answer me that besides "well just because I didn't like Thor personally."

Iron Man won't appeal to everyone. Neither does Captain America, neither does Spider-Man, beloved as even Spidey is. They have their own quirks, their own villains, their own storylines... Every superhero has a core to them that their stories revolve around. He's from DC, but Superman, for instance, has the core of: love, justice and the American Way. Therefore, his stories revolve around challenging that core, and making Superman prove it. Steve Rogers/Captain America has a similar core. Justice, freedom and the American Way, is what I'd mostly boil his core down to. Thor's is "love" all around. I've written about that '(here)' in my post about his 2011 themes. Maybe it's different for other fans, but for me personally? I adore that about Thor. It's one of the many reasons I'm drawn to him over any other marvel Super besides Spider-Man. (not you tom holland ... yes you andrew garfield...)

So when I go to Thor for entertainment, I'm going to him above the other superheros because I want a story that revolves around HIS core and how Thor goes about reckoning with his challenges. I also go to MCU Thor specifically for his quiet, kind, regal nature. I come to him for his gravitas, his passion, his relationships with his cast of companions.

I go to him for high-sci-fi action/adventure, or for the "what if we took norse mythology and made it an alien superhero" route they took him in for the MCU. I go to Thor because he IS different from the rest of the Avengers... and that's the point.

So when someone says to me: "Well Thor wasn't for me so I'm glad he changed", or "Well I really liked Ragnarok because Thor kind of become more in line with the other Avengers"... they're fundamentally missing the point of why Thor has a fanbase at all.

You're right and I hope you know that. If you have to make a character ooc in order to enjoy their characterisation, that character was never written for you and you need to accept that and get over your need to be making everything about yourself. Imagine how awfully boring and one dimensional stories would be if they all had the same target audience.

New wave of hyperfixation in 2025 ehe Combined his Avengers look, Thor:Ragnarok look and Rivals look just for funs

1: Pirate Loki

2: Bridgerton Loki

3: Cowboy Loki

4: Gray Jedi Loki

5: Sith Loki

6: Witch Loki

A snake by any other name

Just remembering some covers from the Loki 2023 comics

Lady Loki as a Loki skin or drag Loki or Rivals Loki in Lady Loki’s clothes or whatever it is cos I’m not sure either