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He dies - the same day the entire world gets dusted.

He dies - the same day Hank Pym brings a zombie virus that infects everyone on earth and beyond.

Like, I love the idea of him either having perfect timing, dying right before the worst smoke, or the universe crumbling because its god of stories died, or, even more narratively fitting, Loki dying being an omen of the avengers losing (reminder that in the comics his existence matters to the avengers as a team).

A twisted version of Clint, cold and only caring about the mission. His own pragmatism, the thing that has made him a good agent, being exaggerated to the point of cruelty.

A twisted version of Selvig, fascinated by the knowledge working on Loki/with tesseract can give him, his scientific curiosity exaggerated to the point of obsession, when he doesn't care about the cost of all of it.

A twisted version of Loki, barely walking and knowing nothing but the fact that his world betrayed him (they did), that everything hurts (Thanos made sure of it), and if only he could make them hurt just as much as he does. He can't be controlled the same way Selvig and Barton are, but, oh, does the scepter make him angry, the pain that already existed not being exaggerated, on the contrary, when he holds on the scepter its song is louder than pain. So he holds on it. And it twists his justified anger and hurt into vengeance. Because the abused is so easily turned into the abuser, especially when magic is involved.

Look at it, when Loki starts walking he’s got the business end pointed at Steve, not just a sharp object but the damn mIND stone, and this fucker. In the middle of his own theatrical effort to sow panic and make a big distraction and ideally get the Avengers to get their shit together and fight him. He tURNS THE SCEPTRE 180 DEGREES SO THAT HE CAN PUT THE BLUNT END ON STEVE’S NECK.

Loki could not have made it any more obvious that he wasn’t trying to cause actual harm during this fight. Not just ‘he was throwing the fight, maybe he wasn’t trying too hard’, no Loki was actively avoiding causing any actual injuries. And he frankly did not need to do that to accomplish his goals in this scene.

Because remember Steve isn’t the reason Loki surrenders. Loki wipes the fLOOR with Steve and then Tony shows up with Natasha and I think some like missile launcher level artillery. Loki could just as easily have killed Steve, made an even bigger scene and made it even clearer that he was a problem that needed to be stopped immediately. He wants the Avengers to fight him. He wants them to stop the invasion. Killing Steve would have been a pretty effective way to get the world to take him seriously as a threat.

Happy birthday, Hayley Atwell! (April 5th, 1982) 🎈

They are best friends, your honour.

Peter: thank you, but I can’t

Bartender: why not

Peter:

Bartender: