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I was a hero to our people long before I met any humans.
[ He's only known Earth for a few years, very few compared to their long lives. His fondness for it is very real, but new. ]
Why do you seek to fight with me? I have done naught to deserve it.
[ He's only known Earth for a few years, very few compared to their long lives. His fondness for it is very real, but new. ]
Why do you seek to fight with me? I have done naught to deserve it.
You were a hero of beating things up and wanting to kill giants. Not exactly the noblest of pursuits.
[ his arms tighten, still crossed. ]
And I'm not picking a fight.
[ his arms tighten, still crossed. ]
And I'm not picking a fight.
You are picking a fight and being mean-spirited for no reason.
[ Thor looks genuinely confused. ]
How was I showing off?
How was I showing off?
I don't need to hear about you and that stupid robot lifting Mjolnir.
[ Thor just stares, considering numerous things to say, some of them mean, but instead he shrugs. ]
Stark and Rogers say it doesn't count. It's a machine, like one of their elevators, which can also lift the hammer.
Stark and Rogers say it doesn't count. It's a machine, like one of their elevators, which can also lift the hammer.
[ loki purses his lips tightly. ]
And what would Stark and the Captain know of anything?
And what would Stark and the Captain know of anything?
Well they all tried to lift the hammer and couldn't.
[ Thor had suspicions about Steve but he is definitely not sharing them with anyone. ]
I have no opinion about whether the robot counts. It was only a minute old when it lifted it, a baby.
[ Maybe babies can lift the hammer! ]
[ Thor had suspicions about Steve but he is definitely not sharing them with anyone. ]
I have no opinion about whether the robot counts. It was only a minute old when it lifted it, a baby.
[ Maybe babies can lift the hammer! ]
[ shocking that tony stark and steve rogers can't lift it. truly. who would have thought.
his body language remains closed off and he keeps his eyes fixed upon the window. ]
Why would you? You've never had to care about it until it was taken from you. That's how it always is. It never matters until it's yours.
[ worthiness, the throne, the hammer. only when it's taken away that thor is possessed with a singular instinct to do something about it. ]
his body language remains closed off and he keeps his eyes fixed upon the window. ]
Why would you? You've never had to care about it until it was taken from you. That's how it always is. It never matters until it's yours.
[ worthiness, the throne, the hammer. only when it's taken away that thor is possessed with a singular instinct to do something about it. ]
Loki, Hela carried the hammer. It is hardly the judge of character anyone thought it was.
[ that cracks his veneer a little. ]
I . . . didn't know that.
I . . . didn't know that.
Father decided the rules of the hammer, brother.
[ Thor loves their father. Misses their father. But he is far more aware of the many layers of feelings like that currently. ]
Who is to say if he was worthy when he made it?
[ Thor loves their father. Misses their father. But he is far more aware of the many layers of feelings like that currently. ]
Who is to say if he was worthy when he made it?
Why would he care?
As long as he got to arbitrate, I doubt it mattered much to him.
As long as he got to arbitrate, I doubt it mattered much to him.
I think he cared very much, actually. What people thought of him, of us.
[ loki gives a low snort at that. ]
Not of me.
Not of me.
I loved our father, but it is clear reputation was of high importance to him. Perhaps out of guilt for his darker days.
If only he cared that much about his family.
He did love us, brother. But he loved Hela once too.
[ And that is the sticking point, to be honest. ]
[ And that is the sticking point, to be honest. ]
Honestly, Loki, your obsession with the hammer is foolish. In the end it was one of the tools he used to make me into what he wanted.
[ loki whips his head to face thor, fire in his eyes. ]
And you loved every minute of it! When they made me king, I was alone. Our mother handed Gungnir to me like it was nothing. No one clapped. No one cheered.
You have no idea what I would have given just to feel . . . [ loki shakes his head. the fire dims. it's pointless to expect thor to understand anyway. ]
And you loved every minute of it! When they made me king, I was alone. Our mother handed Gungnir to me like it was nothing. No one clapped. No one cheered.
You have no idea what I would have given just to feel . . . [ loki shakes his head. the fire dims. it's pointless to expect thor to understand anyway. ]
The fact you expected a celebration for your ego when I was in exile and father forced into Odinsleep is insane, Loki. You cannot force people to feel what they do not.
[ Thor waves at the ship in general. ]
But they would cheer for you now, is that not enough? Neither of us deserved it back then, but we do now, why must you always live in the past?
[ Thor waves at the ship in general. ]
But they would cheer for you now, is that not enough? Neither of us deserved it back then, but we do now, why must you always live in the past?
[ flatly. ]
Yes, Thor. It was clearly about my ego. My imagined slights. You know our history best, after all.
At least my ego was good enough to bring you a ship.
Yes, Thor. It was clearly about my ego. My imagined slights. You know our history best, after all.
At least my ego was good enough to bring you a ship.
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