“Some truths, over time, can learn to play nice Some truths are sharper than knives Some truths we only see in the corners of our eyes Some truths we wish we could hide”
Loki was convinced his brother was invulnerable and indestructable.
His big brother. His personal god.
He “tried to kill him” lots of times, but it was always really just to get his attention, because nothing could hurt Thor. When he sent the Destroyer to attack him on Earth, he might have told himself it was to kill him, but he just wanted Thor’s attention back on him, and somewhere, buried deep, he knew Thor would find a way back to him if he needed to. And dropping Thor out of the Helicarrier? Brotherly fun.
When he sees Thor’s lost his eye, he doesn’t quip. He has nothing clever or biting to say. He just looked shocked. Shaken to his core, as his certainty in Thor’s invulnerability is shattered.
So he hauls ass to bring about Ragnarok, because… he suddenly knows that Hela might actually kill Thor.
And it’s only then, knowing his brother can break, that he goes to Thor and doesn’t say a single hurtful thing, and offers his support. He tells him the eyepatch suits him, he tells him he’s there, he goes to his coronation, and supports him as king. We never see him being difficult with Thor after Thor loses his eye.
And, knowing his brother can break, he trades an infinity stone for him. He flings himself bodily between Thor and two giant fighting monsters that *personally* terrify him.
Once he knew Thor could break, Loki did anything and everything to protect him.
You may not be able to trust the trickster god Loki, but at
least you can admire his fashion sense. Always well dressed, Loki won
over Marvel fans with his sophistication and class, which carry over in
this Loki-inspired lapel pin. Once a villain, Loki came around to help
Thor and is now here to help add a hint of style to your wardrobe. Show
off your love for Loki and the Marvel Cinematic Universe with this
fashionable pin.
Thanos is dead and the war is over, but the universe hasn’t seen fit to give Thor anything back. When he finds out that there might be a way to return at least one person to life…how can he not take the chance?
Unfortunately, everything has a price.
Notes:
*fingerguns* IT’S HERE
So I know I wrote kind of another version of this not too long ago, but…then there’s also this one, which I’m pretty sure is 90% @led-lite’s fault, and exploded into a huge thing, and before I knew it I had sixty pages written and was still going strong. This just happens sometimes, I guess. Especially when I’m basically writing a whole bunch of sibling angst crammed together with a bunch of tropes that I also love. Seriously, I had a great time writing this, and you can tell because of how much everyone in it suffers.
Many thanks to my loyal beta for finishing this monster on a deadline, and helping me out of a plot hole I fell into halfway through.
Enjoy the show. And mind the tags – this one does get pretty dark (before it gets better).
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