#loki redemption

[k-she-rambles]

Have an outline for a fic I may never write:

some background: the year is 2012, and everything is Avengers. People still write these (❤️ u), but it's the golden age of avengers tower fics. Everyone is friends in messy dramatic ways, overpowered oc's abound and it's fabulous.

This is also the golden age of Loki drama. It started with Thor, but ramped up with Avengers. The discourse was usually "Loki is entirely Evil mcEvil" vs "Loki is my perfect shmoopy-poo, and Thor is a Murderous Meanie"

I'd settled (& found others too) on "Loki DEFINITELY killed people but he was also obviously under duress." I'd recently read some early Diana Wynn Jones (Dogsbody and Eight Days of Luke), I was listening to a lot of Florence and the Machine (Heartlines) and somehow all of that blended to create...this tropey monstrosity. I just didn't have the skill to sit down and bang it out, and I still don't really

(tw for...well Loki's mental state at the end of Thor did not exactly get better by Avengers.)

This is part one|

We start out directly after Avengers, with Thor bringing Loki home to Asgard to face judgement.

Imagine Loki, before the dias in the throne room of the palace of Asgard. It's fall, there is an occasional chill breeze.

Odin, Frigga, and Thor are on the dias above him. The rest of the court behind him. Loki himself in chains.

Odin has described the charges against Loki, and has asked, each time, if Loki had anything to say.

Each time, Loki has remained silent.

He has nothing to say for himself. He's not sorry for trying to conquer Earth. Thanos is coming for them all, and they don't deserve a warning.

In the jumble of grief over losing the approval of the man he once called his father (if he ever had it in the first place), his madness inducing fall through multidimensional space, capture and manipulation by Thanos, and use of an infinity stone, his "crimes" are small potatoes to him. He can't muster the energy to care.

Finally, Odin asks if there is anyone willing to speak in Loki's defense, or on his behalf in regards to his character or extenuating circumstances.

Thor, grief stricken and angry, looks away.

But from the crowd, someone does volunteer: Baldur. Not the wet blanket of the comics, but the closest thing Asgard has to a real lawyer, and someone who grew up with Loki. They have similar fighting styles, and spent a lot of time together as kids.

We get an inside look at Loki's head and discover that this (for reasons that will be revealed later) is, in Loki's opinion, the WORST turn of events. Loki despises Baldur. Baldur obviously does not share Loki's antipathy, and Loki hates him even more because he should.

Despite Loki being uncooperative, Baldur and Frigga argue for leniency.

The closest Loki comes to breaking his silence is when Frigga kneels before Odin to beg for her son's life.

It's granted. Loki is free within the realm of Asgard, but his magic is dampened by what's basically a magic handcuff.

And, because he refused to speak at his trial, he is forbidden by magic to speak within the realm of Asgard.

After this opening, we get into Loki's new life. He's shiftless, depressed, and doesn't want to be here.

He stays in his rooms for the most part. Frigga visits. Thor does not.

Eventually Loki's habits of wanting to get into everything slowly resurface. He's persona non grata in the court. People don't trust him, and mostly ignore him. The exception is Hodur, Baldur's brother, who really does hate Loki, and makes Loki's life miserable whenever possible.

It's not like Loki can say anything.

There is some recovery as Loki goes back to something he used to do as a boy --helping in the stables.

It's hard work that he's no longer used to. And the enchantments binding his words and his magic are affecting his health: he gets dizzy sometimes. A tremor in his hands.

It is a reason to haul himself out of bed at the same time every day.

It is a long winter caring for the horses. One of the mares has a difficult pregnancy, but under Loki's care, Ashes and Ember are born healthy, and spring comes.

Slowly, in small ways, Loki and the Warriors Three make amends, mostly through visits to the stables.

Loki and Thor's old friend and tutor Amora the Enchantress visits. She asks some very interesting questions about Loki's magic handcuffs. Namely, WTF --they are, apparently, pretty overkill --but also, eventually, about Loki's health.

Loki hasn't put much thought into it because his mental health has improved tremendously by not being in Thanos' direct thrall + regular work + a dose of silence being good medicine, but over spring, as people who were once prince Loki's friends become familiar with Loki the very good groom, it gets confirmed: he looks like shit. Is he sick?

It's not the handcuffs --they're only designed to suppress the wearer's magic. He could probably still shape-shift, Amora explains, but that wouldn't affect the cuffs.

Loki gives her a look. He never could shape-shift anyway.

Shape-shifting requires you to pass through your true shape each time, Amora explains. Loki the Asgardian can't shape shift. He already is shapeshifted. Loki the Jotunn could.

Loki's not too keen on this, to put it mildly. His head may be clearer but he still harbors a deep self hatred for being Jotunn. He was raised Asgardian, and the Aesir consider the Jotunn lesser at best, savage monsters at worst. Every day Loki lives he lives a lie, and it's not one of his choosing.

The symptoms Loki displays look more like...well they look like a blood curse of some kind, but that can't be right because if it's a blood curse it's older than Loki is and...blocked somehow, as if someone else is suffering part of it, or part of it has already been fulfilled.

Meanwhile, Thor is sick with guilt over having turned away from Loki --symbolically giving up on him during the trial. Especially now that he sees, from a distance, Loki's progress.

It drives home once again how thoughtless and self centered Thor has been over the ages, that it was Thor himself who was, directly and indirectly, telling Loki that his only value came from being prince and heir, that Loki the person wasn’t worth anything. So that when Loki realized he would inherit nothing and that he wasn't a prince of Asgard he lost his sense of self, and started scrabbling for things to make him worthy...much like Thor himself had

Sometime in this time, Thor finally puts together something that he noticed but didn't comprehend during Loki's trial: Baldur carries Mistilteinn.

When Mjolnir was made, a companion weapon was made for Loki: Mistilteinn, a dagger as well suited for Loki as Mjolnir was for Thor. Only Thor received a ceremony, but he'd never really noticed that Loki didn't carry the princely weapon he deserved. How did Baldur have it?

When Thor goes to find out, he catches Hodur harassing Loki. It's escalated, and Thor intervenes, bodily dragging Loki to the healers afterwards.

Why didn't he say anything? Thor wants to know.

Loki only gives him an ironic look. It's not like Loki could have. It's not like Thor would have cared.

Thor does. At one time it was Loki who rejected Thor. But what recent evidence does Loki have that Thor wouldn't reject him?

This is also where Thor realizes that Loki was acting under threat of torture just as much as willingly conquering Earth. Those burn marks weren't there before.

The story of Mistilteinn is this: the drinking at the ceremony celebrating Thor as crown prince got a little out of hand. Loki, pleased for Thor but still struggling with resentment and the blow at being...pretty much ignored even though part of the royal family, had reacted badly when his childhood companion Baldur had thought to console him.

Baldur asked for Mistilteinn, the weapon that had almost killed him, instead of publicly humiliating his friend, and never revealed what happened except to Odin and to his brother, who found him injured, alone, with Loki nowhere to be found. Loki took this as in deference to Thor's special day, and deeply resented it. Hodur held a grudge for Loki almost killing his brother.

Loki has a vision and comes to realize that Thanos can and probably will track him down for his failures, realizes that he does in fact care if Asgard gets flattened, shapeshifts into his Jotunn form and leaves Asgard for Jotunheim.

Loki reveals that the spell keeping him silent has worn off by whispering a goodbye before he slips through a gate in the world-tree's branches

Baldur reveals that he enchanted Mistilteinn in much the same way Mjolnir was: if Loki should voluntary bear the consequences of harm that he caused another and make amends, the dagger will return to it's rightful owner.

#avengers fic #classic avengers fic #kj writes #fic #loki fic #Honestly a little nervous about putting this out there #It's been banging around in my head for a decade #Got long so it'll be a two parter #fic summary #fic ideas #plotbunnies #Loki redemption

[kitsune024]

Marvel Cinematic Universe & The Avengers Fanfiction

Loptr Farm by Oceanbreeze7

Where Loki decides that the best place to stay hidden in all the realms, is right in the dead smack middle of Iowa.

He didn't mean to adopt a dog, or two, or four...Or a goat, a cat, a horse- wait, is that a lion?

Or:

Where Loki hides out on a farm and accidentally makes it an animal rehabilitation service and home for wayward or abused creatures. And of course, Clint's dog runs away from his farm and ends up in the middle of it all.

Chapters: 2/2

#Oceanbreeze7 #ao3 fanfic #loki fic #fic rec #the avengers #loki mcu #completed fic #loki runs a farm #loki adopts a lot of animals #loki redemption #mcu loki #loki fanfic #loki fanfction #top faves

[ramen-flavored]

#marvel #disney plus #mcu #disney+ #disney #marvel cinematic universe #marvel comics #loki laufeyson #bucky barnes #logan howlett #moon knight #marc spector #the mandalorian #din djarin #the last of us #joel miller #red dead redemption 2 #arthur Morgan #the withcher #Geralt of rivia #bucky barnes x reader #loki laufeyson x reader #joel miller x reader #din djarin x reader #marc spector x reader #geralt of rivia x reader #arthur morgan x reader #logan howlett x reader #miguel o’hara x reader #ramen-flavored

[here-on-occasion]

loki and sylvie are a particularly interesting dynamic to me coz someone could be like "they're the same" and i'm like no you don't get it, but someone else could be like "they're different" and i'm like no you don't get it

#nobody understands them like me fr #i genuinely think that the first series of that show is one of the most creative redemtion arcs in existence #like redemption is a very internal process but they externalised it through Weird Stuff #loki season one #sylvie laufeydottir #Loki #sylki

[art-ro-vert]

Took me 11 hours, so reblogs are welcomed 😅

Backstory: my favorite head canon is that after Loki is gone Sylvie and Mobius become close. She notices how deeply Mobius grieves and feels responsible for what happened, so she tries to be there for him so he does not feel so alone.

Mobius is having a severe panic attack, he uses the time door to Sylvie, cuz she is the only one who knows how extremely bad he is taking the loss 🥲

❓So, do we feel bad for Mobius or for Sylvie’s wasted dinner? 😅

#yeah I love the pain #wanna grieving Mobius #and redemption for Sylvie #lokius #loki series #loki season 2 #loki #mobius m mobius #mobius #loki x mobius #sylvie laufeydottir #Sylvie #sylvie goddess of mischief #art ro vert

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

God of War Thor expectation: Brutal and cruel warmonger that kills puppies for fun.

God of War Thor reality: Depressed alcoholic combat veteran with severe PTSD and trying to be a better father than his was to him.

#incorrect super smash bros #God of War #Ragnarok #God of War Ragnarok #Thor #Kratos #Atreus #Thrud #Loki #tbh he deserved better #spoilers #god of war spoilers #spoilers in tags #he shouldn't have died just as he completed his redemption arc #f you odin

[morgangalaxy43]

Having a character suffer their entire life and then killing them off for shock value after they are finally happy and have a family is NOT character development, it’s just cruel and unnecessary

Redemption should be a new beginning and not a death sentence

#izzy hands #ofmd #our flag means death #loki laufeyson #loki odinson #avengers infinity war #natasha romanoff #tony stark #marvel #character development #redemption arc

[cherriiramen]

Some WIPS I seriously need to finish (and some I probably won’t 🥹)

#red dead redemption 2 #arthur morgan #john marston #WIPS #art wips #morston #noriaki kakyoin #JJBA #Thor odinson #Loki odinson #Loki laufeyson #thor movies #marvel #avengers #javier escuella #bill williamson #Willscuella #Bill x Javier #art

[sallyastral]

You want villain Loki back, but Loki knows that being evil will lead to his death, he is proving that redemption is possible even for the worst of villains, he's finally having some self-esteem, and he has understood that he can be the hero everyone in his life told him he couldn't become. And you still want villain Loki back.

#Loki as a villain was super cool #but they're doing a beautiful job with his redemption #loki love #loki redemption arc #loki marvel #loki #loki series #loki series 2 spoilers #loki series spoilers #loki odinson #I know

[theshatteredsilhouette]

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#not me thinking again about how Loki is a god of chaos and change and infinite possibilities #and the MCU decided his best ending was to be stuck in the same place keeping things stable #never gonna get Loki at his height now I guess #marvel was so afraid to let him be morally grey #he didn’t need a redemption arc #sigh #just using tags cause I don’t want to get reblog discourse

[tinywalkingheater]

I need to ask my past self why 30 straight pages of my ao3 history is codywan fanfics, why 20 more pages is charthur fanfics, why 10 pages is frostiron fanfics and why the last 10 pages is durgetash fanfics

#star wars #star wars tcw #star wars the clone wars #star wars clone wars #commander cody #obi wan kenobi #codywan #red dead redemption 2 #red dead redemption two #rdr2 #arthur morgan #charles smith #charthur #marvel mcu #mcu #marvel cinematic universe #marvel #tony stark #mcu loki #loki laufeyson #frostiron #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #enver gortash #the dark urge #durgetash

[gayladygrey]

kinda hate the redemption equals death trope actually. why do we feel as though someone must earn their redemption not through commitment and reparations but with some kind of cosmic payment. why must writers throw away characters with problematic pasts instead of showing the hard work of change and growth

#redemption equals death #tropes #writing #thinking about izzy hands again #thinking about hugo from kipo #thinking about film loki vs tv loki #as always the trope isnt inherentlly bad i just think its over used #ofmd spoilers #thinking about suder in voyager #NOT thinking about that the genius boy who blew up the sontarons in dpctor who i thought that was baller

[niniane17]

I know it's 2024 and nobody cares anymore (I hope), but I finally watched Adam Driver's latest interview about Star Wars that he made about two months ago and I felt like commenting on it, because why not?

Quite frankly, I don't know why anyone is so surprised. What he said, essentially, is something we already knew: that there was no Great Plan on the sequel trilogy and that Kylo Ren was originally conceived as an unsympathetic, irredeemable character that got popular against the production's intentions.

Mind you, I'm not happy about any of this. But surprised? Nah. In fact, my only consolation is that I sensed bullshit all the way back in 2018, when I looked at Kylo Ren's haunted face and thought "this is gonna be another Loki: rooting for him will only end in heartbreak". Then the Rise of Skywalker happened, and it was so bad that basically turned me into a Kylo -and yes, even Reylo- fan overnight. As I said many times, the shortest way to make me love a character is to treat them unfairly. It doesn't matter to me if they are "good" or "bad": fiction isn't reality and it doesn't follow the same rules. In fiction, the most important thing is to be consistent: among other things, you have to make sure you follow up to all the things you've planted beforehand (unless, of course, there's a theme about incompleteness or something).

I was angry on his behalf for a good while, I can only imagine feeling like this for years. I said before that I got the feeling Ford had basically improvised the whole scene with Adam Driver, but now I'm wondering if maybe he was also the one who pushed for Kylo's redemption too. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised. Somebody had to point out that people watch Star Wars for the Skywalker family, hoping they get a happy ending.

How the fuck could the whole production be shocked that redemption -especially redemption for a Skywalker- was Star Wars' big theme? Especially AFTER they decided to make a sequel trilogy NOBODY had asked for? I guess this is what happens when a franchise gets lost in too much lore and details, or huge space fights.

Anyway, I'm sorry for Driver because it's clear they wasted his talent, but on the bright side, it put him on the map and now we can enjoy him in more projects.

#star wars #star wars sequel trilogy #kylo ren #adam driver #another bright side: no kylo tv show #i really don't want him to become another loki #with fans literally begging to complete his character arc for a decade #his arc being a redemption arc after thor/his family/asgard did admit they contribuited to his villainy in some ways #and the studios giving us ANYTHING BUT THAT

[loki-us]

Glorious Purpose: Loki’s greatest fear fulfilled

#loki fulfilling his deepest fear #and accepting a lifetime of being alone #because he knows it’s the only way to save everyone he holds dear #the heart wrenching tragedy of Loki’s redemption #will never not leave me sobbing on the floor #loki #loki glorious purpose #glorious purpose #pain #my HEART #im screaming #gifset #loki-us blog #loki tv #loki series #loki s1 #loki season one #loki s2 #loki season two

[iamnmbr3]

hilariously insensitive of Mobius to ask Larry (no that ooc clown mess is not Loki) if he’s homesick when in season 1 he destroyed Larry’s entire timeline and murdered his whole family

#the writers probably forgot that tho. This show is such a train wreck #Mobius is a brilliant villain. Idk why the show insists on framing him as a good guy #Frankly it’s disturbing that they present Larry participating in torture and working for an irredeemable organization as “redemption” #loki season 2 #loki season one #loki tv series #loki series #loki show #loki tv show #loki tv #loki 2021 #loki 2023 #MCU #random musings

[ch3rie-pop]

I gotta get this out before someone beats me to it

These two?

Are the fucking same

Honestly 035 is just Loki’s soul trapped in some ceramic, OR MAYBE IT’S THE OTHER WAY AROUND BUT STILL

BOTH ARE BISEXUAL CODED

BOTH ARE WILLING TO KISS ASS AND STEP ON THEIR BRETHREN TO GET WHAT THEY WANT

LOYALTY? WHAT’S THAT?

BOTH CANONICALLY ARE GENDER FLUID

They kinda sound the same with the way they’re depicted in their voices.

Okay, I know Loki has a redemption arc going on or whatever but he’s having that and a love arc with his (practically) sister so I don’t particularly care about it. I could make a comic about that but I don’t care enough for it. That being said the only appeal I have for these people is that I’d love to emasculate them.

(I gotta share this with my scp myoots)

@purpleart00 @ab-art-07 @boosterstudio

#please don’t take this seriously #shitpost #thank you for coming to my tedtalk #beLOVEd mutuals #loki #scp 035 #Just because I don’t like this category of people doesn’t mean they’re not great as characters as is #sometime we do just need a pure evil bitch #waiting for 035’s redemption arc #or not #keep him that way #just let me break him in the end #hot takes #<-JOKING #I really wanna be clear so loki or 035 stans don’t get on my arse #I am joking. #don’t chop off my toes. #scp foundation #scp