Isle of Tom

What OP said.

“No one made him attempt suicide, survive despite absurd odds, land practically on the doorstep of a sadistic lunatic despite MORE absurd odds, get mind-warped, coerced, and horrifically tortured, and be forced to attack Earth.”

I…I don’t….

That has got to be the most utterly nonsensical crap I have heard about anyone or anything, real-life or fictional. How anyone could genuinely think that is beyond me.

Logically speaking Loki should have died. Is someone REALLY going to blame him for somehow not getting disintegrated—despite wanting to—and turning up where Thanos was out of all possible places he could’ve landed, thus making his already ridiculously terrible situation worse?!

I….Personally, I am confused.

Audience members pride themselves on their judgement of each character, and they don’t like to be proven wrong, especially when they are proven to be an asshole judging somewhat unfairly. Lets be real, Loki creates a lot of cognitive dissonance. This is what makes him so poignant and discussed, it’s why Marvel cannot get rid of him. 

We want the world to be fair: the good will be rewarded, the evil punished. As a result, we blame the victims of misfortune.

It started with me complaining that hero-coded characters like Clint, Natasha, Thor or Tony get away with killing people, while characters like Bucky or Loki get hunted or imprisoned despite being mind-controlled (Bucky) or influenced by the mind stone (Loki).

This person then replied that “the Avengers kill bad guys while Bucky and Loki kill innocents”. When I listed examples of the Avengers killing innocents, they insisted that that was “before they became heroes” and came up with some excuses like “Tony didn’t know the wrong people used his weapons” - as if there was ever any “right” people for weapons of mass distruction.

That person then said that people deserve second chances. I asked why so many people in Civil War weren’t ready to give Bucky a second chance before trying to kill him, and why Odin never gave Loki a second chance before locking him up for life.

And that was when they said that Odin and Thor trying to stop Loki from falling off the Bifrost was them giving Loki a second chance, but that Loki let go instead and ended up with Thanos and that was “his decision, no one forced him”. And that just - blew my mind. Because not only is it implying that ending up with Thanos was Loki’s own fault for trying to commit suicide, it’s also saying that not wanting a family member to literally kill themselves is equal to “giving them a second chance”, which… no, it’s not???

How were Thor and Odin giving him a second chance right then? They were stopping him from immediately falling off the Bifrost by providing him something to grab. That’s keeping him from dying for the moment. As stated above, that’s the BARE MINIMUM. It’s not giving him a second chance, it’s being a basically decent person. And then Odin rejects him with “No, Loki”. When he’d just had an utter emotional breakdown. While he was self-destructively trying to end everyone of his species. While he was HANGING OVER AN ABYSS. That is not giving him a second chance. “Giving him a second chance” would be pulling him (and Thor) up onto the Bifrost and offering him a way to make up for his crimes/redeem himself (like Odin did when tossing Mjolnir down to Earth for Thor). That is so very much not what happened that I don’t even know what to say.

NO, he could NOT have come back to Asgard when Thor asked him to in Avengers (2012). There is a deleted scene that shows that the Other (who works for Thanos!!!) can see/hear Loki at all times. If Loki said yes, Thanos would know. Even in the final cut of the movie the Other threatens that Thanos will make him ‘long for something as sweet as pain’ if they don’t get the Tesseract. Loki can’t just back out. He has to go through with this (or make it so that if he doesn’t deliver the Tesseract, Thanos can’t do anything about it). So no, Loki does not have the choice to just drop everything and go back to Asgard.

Yes it is his fault to commit suicide

‘This is a very nice lift.’

               ‘Private… You won’t be needing that!’

He also plays this gay-ass autistic alien:

He also posted this delightful tweet in response to some homophobic Catholic bullshit:

And he’s been very openly anti-Trump:

https://popculture.com/celebrity/news/dave-bautista-controversial-donald-trump-tweet-divides-fans-wwe-marvel-guardians-star/

We are in the New Browser Wars. This time there’s a helluva lot of money up for grabs, because a lot of it is about running those ads. Monopolies are bad for consumers.

In addition to using Firefox or Opera (which is another great pro online privacy browser)

please PLEASE PLEASE

(on a browser) do not stay logged in to Google (Gmail), Facebook, or any other platform constantly if you want to protect your privacy.

Side note: tbh they’re as bad on apps too - stay logged out on them as well if you’re serious about your online privacy and log in only when you really want to check them out. This has an additional benefit: it makes it more laborius to use those apps and you will use them less - because let’s be honest about it: you know you’re checking them WWWAAAAAAYYYYY too often anyway ;)

Sure, it’s so convenient to stay logged in but you are doing your privacy a disservice with it. It might not feel as a big issue to you now but guess what: any of them can turn around in a flash, make any changes they want to their terms of service and you have no other option but to agree if you want to keep using them. Not to mention all the data you’ve already given them even if you delete your account later: rest assure, they won’t delete it all even though they might remove your personal details. Your user habits will remain in their databases for sure.

Truth to be told - you CAN’T avoid being tracked by Google or Facebook no matter how hard you try. Thank Google Analytics and FB pixel for that. Most commercial websites use them or similar systems to track their users for business analytics and marketing efforts. Unfortunately Google and FB use that data for their own purposes as well. But Google and FB aren’t the only ones: whenever any commercial content is “free” online you’re being tracked and the data is used to enhance someone’s business aspects - and also Google’s and Facebook’s at the same time.

But there’s a lot you can do to make it harder for them to track you - even if you use Chrome…

Easy tips that help you to keep your privacy online:

Remember to sanitize your browser weekly or at least SOMETIMES by removing cookies and your browser history…

…Or use private windows to ensure nothing nasty remains in your cookie stash - ever. (Remember, websites CAN remember your device’s IP, so if they’re saying “Welcome back” even though you’re using private tabs or windows it’s not necessarily bc of cookies)

Do not log in to Chrome - that is a feature you do not need unless you really REALLY want to share everything you do online with Google.

Use browser extentions such as Privacy Badger (for Chrome and for Firefox - on FF it’s also available for mobile browser) that blocks most trackers automatically.

Remember to use an adblocker such as uBlock Origin (for Chrome and for Firefox) to keep unwanted ads following you around.

If you really need to stay logged in to Google or Facebook, use multi-account containers (only available for Firefox) in your browser. Create a separate container for Google, log in and use it only on that tab (you can force any other Google addresses and gmail to open only in that tab too). This way it is harder for them to connect your personal details and any website you access outside their search engine.

Last but not least

Remember that Google isn’t the only search engine around. DuckDuckGo is a good alternative. They might not be exactly AS good as Google yet, but they’re getting there and fast.

I always remember ripping a pair of linen shorts (whose idea was that??, for a kid!???). And that week the comment was "Youd be pretty if you werent such a tomboy!!". I loved to run &, play! It was more fun than being pretty. I was about 12 at the time.

With the new Disney+ series coming soon, I think this would be a wonderful time to revive the Loki Tumblr community!

Please reblog this if you are a Loki- and/or Tom-positive blog, so that we might find one another, and so resurrect the fandom (let's face it, like Loki himself!)

So, let's bring it on back for a Loki-loving group hug!

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- An adjunct professor

- A lawyer

- A real estate agent

- A state legislator

- A CEO of a company

A LOT of these people, thorough their occupations, family connections, what-have-you, all had varying degrees of institutional power to inflict their menacing politics on people and harm them. Do you think a MAGA real estate agent is gonna help a black family looking for a good home at a fair price without regards to whatever the neighborhood is? Do you think that MAGA teacher or that MAGA university adjunct professor is treating his non-white students fairly? Are you sure that MAGA CEO gives a single fuck about creating a safe working environment or not discriminating against employees that aren’t white? We all know the power of a racist legislator, but even a single racist, with the backing of the white supremacy system, can ruin a life pretty effortlessly.

White supremacy is a cancer. It infests and infects every aspect of a person’s life. It is truly insidious.

I don’t know how to wrap this up conclusively but maybe this tweet thread will sum it up better

“However, on closer inspection, the Thor trilogy suggests a deeper ambivalence towards Asgard and towards its ruler. The history of Asgard paints Odin as a benevolent and well-meaning leader, a man who has ensured generations of tranquility for the inhabitants of his kingdom. However, the films also repeatedly point out that this peace is both based on falsehoods and incredibly vulnerable.”