I get that this is mostly considered âUPGâ however, I didnât really create all of this inside of my own head so itâs not personal. It is observed behavior from Loki during my years of time working closely with Him and in relation to others.
I donât think any resource ever has done Him any justice and I think itâs the best practice to just not assume anything people write about Him here or otherwise is factual or evidence of His character.
Loki is controversial - but only because you cannot place Him under one single signifier. He is accessible but not because He is interested in being everyoneâs friend - in fact, Iâve never really known Him to tolerate just anyone and He actively doesnât.
The standards He has for those - humans as well as Gods - who He allows to see His true face are high.
Those who are just around for show tend to not see the entirety of who He is and instead see what He isnât. He wears different masks for different reasons and not because He is them - they are apart of Him, but they do not define Him.
Most people will likely never see the fullest extent of Loki if only because they canât or donât want to. So much mixed information goes around in His community because people donât often see who He is beneath all of the grandiosity and playfulness.
Otherwise, He is extremely private and keeps to Himself most of the time. Youâll find He doesnât share information about Him to just anyone. He also doesnât go out of His way to show just Himself to people, either.
Itâs intentional that not everyone gets to see His truest form or nature. It would be like showing everyone your hand in poker. When all of the cards are thrown, you have the power to be defeated. Loki uses His secrecy to His advantage and tends to only show people what they want to see because itâs easier than giving them the benefit to having any sort of power over His moves in the game.
The point of this is to say most people donât really know Loki. When I say âmostâ Iâm not talking about only a select group of people do know Him, I mean mostly, people donât know that He isnât obvious about His most truthful intentions, personality, and otherwise unless He chooses to be.
Iâve been led down false paths by Him that lead to dead ends for years. Iâve been told false things that I really only told myself were true that He let me believe because it suited what He wanted from me.
I stayed in groups I thought were good for me because I thought thatâs what He wanted for me. I stayed with people because I thought He wanted me to stay with them because He wanted me to power through difficult things.
In reality, Loki is an extremely discerning and opinionated Deity and would sooner have told me what He really wanted for me had it not also developed who I am as an individual and given me the power of discerning Him from my own false narrative and belief about Him. He has let me fail and believe false things about Him and others so I can get to the truth of the nature of my relationship with Him and also the truth of the people around me.
Loki is a trickster. Not because He lies or tells people false things, or because Heâs full of jokes and games or leads them into chaos but He letâs them believe things that are false to show otherwise. He shows people some of who He is if it suits the way He intends on it going. He doesnât show anyone the cards in His hand unless He knows itâll be kept secret and hidden or if it suits His intention.
The best thing you can possibly do with Loki is to allow Him to show you Himself. Allow yourself to be part of the game and allow yourself to be shown the truth. Youâre going to fail in front of Him and it will probably be miserable, but thatâs part of the strategy. Youâre also going to be proven wrong many times.
He will let you go in circles until He can convince you what He wants you to do. He will let you believe things about Him or others even when it hurts your feelings. He wonât try to convince you unless youâre willing to listen and give it the benefit of the doubt.
If things havenât changed for you, if you keep having the same issue again and again, itâs probably because thereâs more to it than whatever you think He is trying to say.
People who donât like Loki or get uncomfortable by Him only tend to do so because they donât like what they see in themselves because of Him. They donât actually know who He is. And they likely wonât.
Trust is a reward for the failure. Trust in Him and trust in yourself because it is not handed to you willingly. If you canât listen to your inner guidance, youâll never really know the truth anyway and youâll never fully listen, either. The reward is always greater than the cost in the end. Loki is generous to those who wander and those who are willing to get lost along the way.