i am forever baffled by the way the warriors 3 and sif immediately turn on loki in thor 2011. i mean. he's the next in line for the throne. he explained his reasons for continuing thor's banishment. they had not problem with it when odin did it but they immediately reject his rationale and openly turn against him. you'd think they'd feel more chastened since they too are partly responsible for the looming war. and loki was the only one who tried to argue against going or reduce the tensions.
Lokiās the only one actually trying not to get them to go at all, or telling the guard as a preventative measure, or stalling with Heimdall, or not going under pretense of peace in ceremonial battle armour, or accepting the peaceful offer to leave jotunheim, but no one cares about Thor starting a war because Lokiās King which is Bad and Oh!! he must be Up To Something⢠planning to steal Thorās position this whole time!!
And what makes it even worse that they know their lives were saved but instead focus on how Thor was banished because Loki told the guard instead of how he wasnāt killed but only after Loki reveals his part in it!!
Loki even explains why he did it. And they all know heās right about Thor not being ready!! But then Sif brings up that heās jealous as an argument and no one disagrees!!Ā
Fandral even points out how ridiculous their accusations sound, but he still goes with them and follows along.
And then Loki tells them heās king and they show no respect and ask for every other alternative to dob to, and he has to remind them heās the ruler and he gives them another valid explanation along with the earlier one about why itās better for Thor to be banished a bit!!
And now youāre thinkingĀ āhey, itās okay, at least Asgardās most loyal gatekeeper wonāt support their idiotic accusations and help them commit treasonā but then think again!:Ā
So we have Loki who already starts out getting no respect not even gain any support when heās King. And heās already been doubting his place in the world because heās already having the Jotun/Laufeyson identity crisis! He is going around reminding people heās King to reassure himself that not everyone is going to betray or abandon him⦠even as he takes note of all their behaviourĀ indicating otherwise.
Is it any surprise Lokiās plan only required himself? Everyone else turned cloak in a time of warĀ for the imbecile and the only one who accepted the legitimacy of his Kingship and his word⦠was alsoĀ Thor, who he wasnāt the brother of, who was on Earth as a mortal, who Loki was being pitted against for the purpose of filling the slot of son/heir and reasonably thought would kill him on sight if he knew he was JotunĀ :)Ā
Ā And! As an extra bonus fun feature, itās extra fun to remember that thanks to the deleted scene at the beginning of the film we know Loki is honest and open to the point where he speaks and admits that he gets jealous, but he doesnāt mind because he loves Thor.
He admits to his faults.Ā Deleted opening scene of Thor 1 and he literally does what Frigga vilifies him for in Thor 2.Ā
Loki is literally that good a person.Ā He means the best for Thor despite blatant favouritism and being overshadowed his whole life and the degrading comments where heās looked down on for his skills. And along with everything elseĀ he faces in the film Loki comes to realize that it amounts to nothing because despite everything heās ever done everyone doubts his love for Thor and loyalty to Asgard and he has no one thatās going to side with him regardless of who is right or wrong. Lokiās been on the best behaviour he could the past millennia of his life trying to be a good son a good brother and good friend and the second he inadvertently attains the throne there is not one person who will believe he intends to do well by it.Ā