Infinity Wars Spoiler Warning
Can we please just talk about Lokiās flipping development here. Like, he went through everything in the first Thor movie only to fall into Thanosā hands and be manipulated to do what he did (he was obviously tortured when he came through the portal) and then be offered a shot at redemption which he begrudgingly took in dark world bc as much as he wanted to deny it, there was still a part of him that loved his brother and he loved his mother so much that he was willing to do anything to destroy her killers but his power hungry intentions remained and then ragnorak where the jig is up and Loki finally chooses to do some good and then. Just. Flipping. Infinity War. Where Loki thinks he can still be cold hearted and indifferent towards his brother. Where he realizes he never truly was and the God of Liesā attempts at a guarded expression crumble and he finally has to complete the mission Thanos gave him so long ago and give him the tesseract. Where he looks at Thorās pained expression and knows what he has to do because heās alone in this, thereās no backup and his brother has already suffered so much. Where, after experiencing long and drawn out suffering over the past years from the titan before him, the being who ruined his life, he makes a choice. Where he relies on his infamous silver tongue and quick wit, accepting his role as an asgardian prince and god of mischief. Where he knows how this will end because heās seen it in his nightmares all too often. Where, before his final moments, he looks at Thor and heās scared. Gods, heās scared, but his brother needs comfort. He thinks how they only just reunited and he wonders how he could have denied loving his brother for so long. Where, scrappy and ready to die because if he loses Thor he will have truly lost everything, he calls himself the son of Odin in an unspoken apology to his brother so Thor will know long after heās gone how much he truly loved him. He gives him an imperceptible nod āItās alright, it will be alright, Iāve got this. We tried your way of fighting, now weāll try mine. Donāt worry. Trust meā, a meager attempt at reassurance, but itās all he can manage before going against every single instinct for self preservation that heās built up over the movies because heās got to try. Impossible or not, he needs to try. That dagger was a shot in the dark and he knew it. He knew exactly what he was risking, but he also knew of the inevitable destruction if he didnāt. Like in the past few years of his life how heās experienced drawn out suffering as the grip of his destiny and previous choices slowly ebb away at his life, heās stripped of his only abilities and dangles helplessly. He has nothing. No silver tongue when his throat is closing in, and no wit when his head is clouded with pain. His thoughts can only drift to how this is it. After everything, this is how it will truly end. Infinity War, where, after so long, Loki truly dies a heroās death and Thor loses his brother for the third and final time.
