LOKI

Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there in the multiverse?… and who’s behind it?

Loki, the god of mischief, the son of Fárbauti, the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr, husband of Sigyn, and the father of Narfi.

Back in the days when Marvel began his era with The Avengers, and My satisfaction threshold was below my feet, I saw Loki for the first time ever, in his golden-green amulets, spiky hairs, and with that beautiful illuminating smile. And I thought to myself… “hey! what a unique way to fire your magic stick”. But I also wondered, what the hell is this character? He was partly intimidating and partly funny. Yet, two sides countering one another. In the new series, Loki’s gender is described as fluid. This is quite interesting because I know there is lady Loki, kid Loki, Loki of different height and weight and hair, and why not a grandpa Loki. He can change his appearance. He is charming and deceitful. He can be highly intelligent but also fairly stupid at times. He is not pure evil by heart but wants to be. He loves his brother and father but also hates them.

What an ambiguous character that is! and now as I think back, I wonder how difficult it must have been to play a character like this. Or Is it because the studio has no idea what they were doing? Telling the actor, “make him funny, but also serious. He is a villain, but also a hero. Give him an evil smile and also a caring one”.

To this, the series answered, that it’s not only us, But he himself is confused with his role to the world. Is he born evil as a descendant of the frost giants? or is he benevolent, like his family in Asgard? We know that he can shift his personality for the mask that he adopts. Is it this ability of his along with the dilemma of his purpose, that made this persona who is ever-changing?

In Norse mythology, Loki’s intentions are more complex than what is shown in Marvel. Sometimes, he would assist the gods and sometimes behaves maliciously towards them. In many separate incidents, he appears in the form of a salmon, a mare, a fly, and possibly an elderly woman named Þökk (Old Norse ‘thanks’). Loki’s positive relations with the gods end with his role in engineering the death of the god Baldr, and eventually, Váli binds Loki with the entrails of one of his sons. The aftermath of which is fantasized in the book Eight days of Luke and in Sandman…

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