crunchysnow replied to your post “Something that has bothered me for awhile is wondering where, in MCU...”
I guess the main problem in this is that Marvel has never been very consistent with anything, timelines change, alternate universes are created, new directors change the view they have of the storyline...Every director and author brings in something different and changes old facts. Like the age of them, sometimes they are 1000 years ods, then 1500, the 600...Look at Loki powers, in the comic books he can teleport but in the MCU he is rather weak and constantly trapped.
I agree, Marvel is definitely very inconsistent - especially when it comes to the mythology surrounding Thor and Asgard, and yes, especially with Loki’s powers. I’ve gone to Loki’s MCU Wikia page to look things up and found out about powers that he has where I was like, shit, really? Because they were either downplayed or overlooked in the movies. Plus, it’s hard when you have such drastically different writers and directors taking over franchises - Taika Waititi is so different from Kenneth Branagh, and both are different from Joss Whedon, and so on. Unfortunately it leaves for a lot of logistical canon holes.
boredbrooder replied to your post “Something that has bothered me for awhile is wondering where, in MCU...”
I'll take a stab at #s 5 & 7. When it was established early on "We are not gods," I still accepted the titles, but not as actual gods, just as job titles or like the superheroes have titles. It doesn't change their physiology or nature. Also, I think other Asgardians can get these titles by excelling at skills. Hella had to be taught her skills before she became the goddess of death. Fan (is she called?) had an unique connection to water the same way Thor had a unique connection to weather, so she became the goddess of water, or whatever. As for #7, I want to continue the analysis of Loki's mischievous nature becoming a weapon. Early in Thor 1, and mostly in the cut scenes, we see this natural affinity to make people laugh. He turns it toward aggression during Avengers, after a year in hell. During the dark world, there are moments when he's still nursing that darkness, and moments when he's trying to remember his old self. By Ragnarok, he's more of the mischief for fun and less of the mischief as a weapon. Its a part of his growth arc that needs to be included in his overall growth analysis.
Thank you for your thoughts! I like the idea of god-titles kind of similar to superhero titles, like Iron Man or Captain America. I also like the idea of Loki’s mischief as a weapon and it kind of ebbs and flows with his character arc - more weaponized when he is at his lowest points, and less so when he is in a better place. His mischief is such a part of his identity, it seems, that it would make perfect sense that it becomes a tool as much as a character trait, and those things can all kind of tie into the whole “God of Mischief” thing.