Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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Clearly, I'm not up on my lore.
le nubian, did you see the first Thor? Because Loki finds out about his true parentage and it's a Big Deal. And that's what Loki is referring to in The Dark World when he says "I am Loki, of Jotunheim" -- Jotunheim is the world of the frost giants.
I love superheroes and their stories but I don't actually like the comic book format. So I always feel like I have a lot to learn.
Oh yeah, me too, absolutely.
Music, but I'm putting it here because it's for Catching Fire: Lorde covers Everybody Wants to the Rule the World. It's really dark and haunted.
Hmm, I think it could grow on me, but I think it starts out a bit too dirgelike. The thing I always liked about the original was the contrast between the upbeat tune and the depressing lyrics.
I think I like it, but it does take some getting used to.
And you made me realize I really need to start rereading Catching Fire since I'm seeing it Monday!
Why is Loki regular human size when all the other frost giants are giants? This has always bugged me.
I think the baby scene with Odin implies that he sort of imprinted on Odin to look like a human. But I'm reading a lot into that 2 seconds. I think it's weird that Loki didn't *know* he was a frost giant.
So Loki shapeshifted into an Aesir when he was a baby and never realized it wasn't his true form until Laufey grabbed his arm in the first movie. It doesn't make sense to me.
My own personal headcanon was, with Odin's talk about how both boys were born to rule, Odin is secretly Loki's father after all, and he and Laufey intended to put the half-blood prince (...wait) on the throne of Jotunheim to bring peace to the two realms. Which would explain why Loki could "be" an Aesir and never feel that it was weird. And would also explain Odin's cryptic blahblah about both being meant for the throne (which, no, they couldn't both have the throne) and how he wanted to achieve peace between Jotunheim and Asgard. And then we could have yet another dramatic reveal of Loki's real parentage, yay!
Poor guy. He's crazy, but it's not hard to see why.
NB: Asgardians = Aesir. I don't think they ever said "Aesir" in the movies.
Asgardians = Aesir. I don't think they ever said "Aesir" in the movies.
Yay Norse mythology! Thanks for bringing that in. I like "Aesir" so much better than "Asgardians," which just sounds like someone watching over the booty if you say it out loud. Which is also a time honored activity, but still.