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The Mighty Thor #701 and Loki: Sorcerer Supreme, Thoughts and Spoilers

The Mighty Thor #701, part one of The Death of the Mighty Thor arc

-Mangog is back and goggier than ever

-War Thor wants to tap* that**

-*bludgeon

-**that big Mangoggian Tiki god face

-Oh hey, there’s the Roxxon guys again! I guess Dario’s out of jail maybe? We don’t see him really, just the dragon-juiced muscle heads fighting the Vanir

-And oh look a hefty dose of napalm isn’t that nice

-There’s a bit of backstory given regarding the whole ‘creature born from the rage of a billion+ victims’ origin and a fairly decent upgrade to Mangog now being strong(er) due to taking on the mantle of a sort of judge/jury/executioner of ‘failed’ gods, those deities who do not answer their supplicants’ prayers or else go around, you know, slaughtering entire races or whatever. At least this is his Big Motive now

-He beats Volstagg to a pulp (RIP Ultimate Mjolnir, thanks MCU synergy)

-Balder greets Karnilla in Helheim! There’s a loving embrace! Yay!

-also fire giants are there to cook their immortal souls to a crisp golden brown and put Sindr on Hel’s throne*

-*seriously Hel’s throne has been holding more asses than the knife chair from G.o.T. at this point

-War Thor loses :c

-and is left to dangle from his less-mangled hand on the edge of Old Asgard :C

-and Mangog wants to know where the rest of the gods are so he can keep doing his Mangogging but Volstagg says him NAY >:C

-Malekith: Hey, guy. Manny. My gog.

Volstagg: Bitch don’t

Malekith: ;)

Volstagg: Do Not

Malekith: :3c

Volstagg: NO

Malekith: Fine, fine I won’t tell him

Mangog: Tell me what?

Malekith: That the gods are now residing in scenic Asgardia, right next to Saturn, big shiny chunk of god junk just floating there, defenseless, with your mortal enemy Odin sitting in it like a creamy, killable center. In case any mans or gogs wanted to know.

Mangog: :D

Volstagg: D:

Malekith: ❤️

Doctor Strange #381, first part of the Loki: Sorcerer Supreme arc

-I don’t know where to start hold on just hold on j

-just

-Okay

-ok

-SO

-I don’t know Ms. Zelma Stanton well, but I think I’ll like her. As far as I know she’s an established Doctor Strange character and Dr. S’s assistant/apprentice, so it’s understandable that we (S T I L L) can’t have Verity in the supporting character spotlight. We can’t tell yet if she’s playing a part to get close to Loki, but seeing as she seems to appreciate his humor* even when he’s out of earshot and is willing to trade phone numbers, I think this bit’s genuine**

-*”BY THE POWER OF THE DECIMALS OF DEWEY, BEHOLD! THE GREATEST LIBRARY IN ALL OF THE TEN REALMS!”

-**Loki now has two (2!) bespectacled friends (we’ll give Zelma the benefit of the doubt)

-Question for Doctor Strange fans: Did the Sanctum Sanctorum always have a plethora of snakes roaming the halls ranging from safely noodle-sized to the size of a scaly redwood tree?

If so, cool.

If not, Loki introduced talking snakes to the Sanctum Sanctorum.

Either way, the green fucker has put the Fear of Loki into the house-snakes to the point of them anxiously wheedling the apprentice into telling the house’s new master that they are Good and Respectful snakes, please tell him, p l e a s e

-Okay, artist, you’ve got some hits and some misses here with the characters. Mostly hits (I do like Wanda’s look in her costume and her civvies) but there are some bits where Loki looks a bit too much like he spent the night in a dumpster even for my questionable taste. Though, again, more hits than misses, because hey! Crazy-eyed, insomnia bags, scraggly-edged God of Stories is coming through again!

-Also, Loki is Not Good at playing with the other magical kids on the block. He comes off like the really eager newcomer who goes up to the cool people clique with cookies and questions he’s too new to know are out-of-place, the clique mocks him, Loki gets frustrated and picks a fight, then sulks off to text a friend about the mess :c

-Sidenote, the actual suggestion Loki brings up during the bar scene is really pretty interesting. If it hadn’t been Loki making the suggestion--and seriously, it’s a hell of a thing to want to try, even for a masochistic, slightly-deranged god trying to do his unique version of Good--my bet is the bar-goers would’ve been more inclined to just tell the guy, hey, wow, it’s super nice that you want to do this incredibly insanely dangerous task on our behalf, but how about you...maybe not? Do that? How about therapy instead, lets try magic therapy

-Zelma and Loki emoji back and forth. Excellent.

-Zelma should be Verity and Is Not. Less excellent.

-Loki uses a lightning bolt emoji rather than Thor’s name. Excellent again.

-oh shit shit oh shit Shit here we go Fu c k

-OKAY

-Jane Thor arrives

-Jane Thor confronts

-Loki surrenders

-Jane Thor is ???

-Loki is--he’s--he’s this:

You think I’m kidding. You think this is hyperbole. It isn’t. This is actually 110% less fucking heartbreaking than the Look he gives Jane Thor when she asks what he’s up to. Not demands, by the way. Asks. Civilly.

-Loki tells her he sewed the red cape back together with thread he made himself. Jane Thor compliments his knitting ability, but asks again what his game is.

-”There is no game, Thor. I just want to help.”

-Fast forward thru some heartfelt motive talk from Loki, Jane Thor hearing him out, and then cutting him off with...

-Jane Thor: ”Loki...” (cue an actual goddamn SMILE) “...dost thou ever tire of thine own bullshit?”

-Loki. Smiles. Back.

-And then takes them both to the Appalachian Mountains. And then shows Jane Thor a camp of frost giants about to spring an attack on Midgard. And then Jane Thor thanks him for the assist but warns that she’ll be keeping an eye on him. AND THEN.

-Loki: “I know you will be. Good luck...Doctor Foster.”

-Also Dr. Strange is a vet now, so there’s that woo (if the cover art for the next comic is any indication I think they’re setting the stage for Loki having done some Enigmatic Trickery to make this sudden job change happen, but it could also be a red herring dealie, we’ll see)

-Also also Wanda is rocking this art style and That Coat*

-*Loki, I’m impressed by your needlework, honest, but that coat is the better red look, let’s be real

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