Given so much of Loki's MCU story has centered on his transition from villain to hero, oftentimes his stint as the former villain character archetype in the franchise can be forgotten. Loki's fan-favorite status also means that his villainous beginnings in the MCU are forgotten in favor of his more lovable side.
What is Loki the god of? Loki is considered a trickster god, known for being neither fully good nor evil since his main aim was always to create chaos. Despite his father being a giant, he is still counted a member of the Aesir—a tribe of deities including Odin, Frigg, Tyr, and Thor.
Although they are commonly represented as brothers in modern literature and representations, traditionally they were not considered brothers. Loki became blood brothers with Odin, Thor's father, after they participated in a blood-sharing ritual. Loki is thus Thor's adopted uncle, not his adopted brother.
Loki was once one of Marvel's most important villains, and his time thereof may not quite be finished. According to Brad, Loki's villainous return is inevitable, but it might also be necessary in order to defeat the coming variants of Kang the Conqueror.
Here, holding on to all of the timelines, he became a kind of tree god, physically representing the Norse tree of life, Yggdrasil. It was a poignant and painful ending for Loki, who now seems to be sentenced to being alone for eternity as he watches over the timelines.
By saving and organizing every existing timeline, Loki has become the God of Time — a higher being who keeps the past, present, and future of every universe from being erased by outside forces. However, Loki has also become the God of Stories, as he has placed everybody's personal journey above his own.
Loki is Thor's adopted brother and the Asgardian god of mischief. In his younger years, he and Loki were very close and good friends, even if occasionally irritated by Loki's mischief. However, it is later revealed that Loki was often jealous of Thor even back then, and resented being left in his "shadow".
While Loki and Thor did, by heart, truly love each other as brothers, their intention to rule Asgard made them fierce rivals. However, Thor evolved himself by learning that a true leader doesn't start wars or seek to conquer other territories, while Loki sought to control the world and gain more power over others.
While ruling Asgard as Odin, Loki cast a spell on his father to make Odin forget himself and exiled him to Earth, leaving him dazed at Shady Acres Care Home: a retirement home in New York City. The retirement home was destroyed and he eventually overcame Loki's strong enchantment.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), why did Odin love Loki more than Thor? In the end, Odin loved both his sons equally. And at the end (or so we thought), Loki finally acknowledged Odin as his father as well.
Loki's greatest weakness is that he doesn't always think things through. His mischief makes enemies, and Sif never forgives him for the prank he played with her hair. In his anger over being imprisoned, he offers the dark elf Kurse information, which leads to his mother's death.
This perceived weakness that causes Loki's villainy stems from his childhood and the reveal of his heritage that made Loki assume Odin did not love him. This was disproven in Thor: Ragnarok when Loki finally accepted he was Odin's son and turned the corner into an MCU hero.
However, as soon as he discovers that Odin lied to him about being his son and that he was actually a Frost Giant, which everyone on Asgard told him were vicious and heartless monsters, Loki broke down as he started to feel like Odin saw him as a monster as well, which caused him to believe it was the reason why he ...
A different interpretation of the theory says Odin intentionally changed Loki's appearance and made him look like Hela. In order to keep the baby safe, Odin had to make him look like a human immediately, but instead of making him look like Thor, he chose Hela, as a constant reminder of his daughter.
Loki often hid a degree of jealousy that Thor was to become King, and felt that Odin perhaps favoured Thor over him. As Thor was always the center of attention, Loki found himself longing for a spotlight over the years, which manifested itself in extreme attention-seeking behaviour.
The spell was permanent, making it so Loki only reverted to having blue skin when touching a Frost Giant or one of their artifacts. Since Loki's appearance was a spell, not just an illusion, it could not be broken or reversed by Odin's death.
After he's captured by the TVA, Loki's tasked with helping it track down a variant of himself — Sylvie, a female Loki hellbent on revenge against the Authority. After facing down an apocalypse together, the two fall in love, which has reality-shattering implications.
Believing himself to be the rightful King of Asgard, Loki schemes to undermine the God of Thunder's ascension to the throne, desperate for his father's approval and to be seen as an equal to Thor.
It's not that he never had - or can never have - those powers, but rather that he hadn't obtained them yet. Classic Loki was powerful enough because he lived a long life and found ways to survive, even living through his own Avengers: Infinity War.
Surtur is reborn and destroys Asgard, killing Hela. Aboard the Grandmaster's spaceship, the Statesman, Thor, now king, reconciles with Loki and decides to take his people to Earth.
Meanwhile, the events of Endgame and Loki gave fans hope that Thor would get a chance to see the person Loki became, easing the grief from seeing his brother's death. Unfortunately, the Loki finale all but ensures that won't happen. There is one small glimmer of hope, though.
Abstract. In Norse mythology, Loki was seen as a fluid entity who had the ability to change his gender. This dissertation will analyse how modern productions have adapted this characteristic of his – he is often portrayed as genderfluid, i.e. a person whose gender is not fixed nor in identity or expression.
