#meant to make a compilation ages ago and didnt bc iw is hard to track down. and hard to look at

[tyrannuspitch]

can't believe i went on that whole spiral in may 2022 trying to prove the neck touch thing Deeply Sinister (and many people to this day don't see it that way!!!) when it's literally right there in infinity war. that's where it leads. loki's love for his family + a possessive hand on his neck = loki being sacrificed. as many times as it takes for him to stay dead.

#space viking tag #meant to make a compilation ages ago and didnt bc iw is hard to track down. and hard to look at #but u could bookend the entirety of thor's sinister-affectionate neck touch motif with #a) odin holding baby loki #and b) thanos killing loki #hmm maybe also jotun soldier grabbing loki -> blue hand but it's not as fundamental #also you know in an earlier version of thor 1 laufey picked up loki by his throat when he recognised him as his son....... #god. it's so fucked up. #also this is a dog motif. to me #(or other animal it doesn't rlly matter) #also the collar in tdw. the fucking collar. g o d #odin i am killing u with hammers. #meta #ch: loki #s: a3 #th: neck touch #th: suicide + sacrifice #th: love as horror #th: abuse + empire