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[juliabohemian]

which Riker are you?

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[delyth88]

Loki - season 2, episode 6 series finale -immediate reaction

Okay, so this time I’m gonna have to split this into two posts.  This one is my reaction after just watching the finale, but this time it’s going to be mostly my emotional response, and the more considered post with images will have to wait till later.  I don’t have the heart for it right now.

So yeah, spoilers ahead.

Well that tore out my heart and stamped on it!

I mean it was an utterly perfect story for a character like Loki, but I’m still devastated. I love it. And I hate it.

I love it on a story level.  The whole season was beautifully done! Loki developed so much over the six episodes, and really won my heart back. I fell in love with the gang from the TVA, particularly OB and Mobius, and I warmed to Sylvie and just wanted her to be able to live the quiet life she’s wanted for so long.

I loved that they really went into the depth I had assumed I’d only get in a fic about the different attempts Loki made to fix things by going back in time. They didn’t just gloss over things, they really showed him trying.  I was shocked when after he asked OB how long it would take him to learn everything, he went and spent CENTURIES doing it!  My stomach dropped.  Because can you imagine what that means for someone?  Even someone as long lived as Loki?  What that has to do to your mind? And that should have been the first clue things weren’t going to turn up roses.

Then he finally succeeds! But they don’t show it to us like we’re experiencing that moment, but more as though we’re an observer, rushing through it because it’s yet another repeat. And for one brief moment Loki is happy because he thinks they’ve done it. But no, it turns out to have been an impossible task!

And then he finds out that HWR basically gave him his newfound powers, and that he still had a lot to learn, and then we see THAT HE ALREADY HAD LEARNED! The way they kept dropping the sense of time on us, that sense of dread and urgency. And inevitability. *shivers*

How he tries, and tries, and tries to convince Sylvie, but can’t get through to her, and how he has to contemplate whether he’s the sort of man who could kill her. I loved how he visited Mobius to ask for his advice. My god. What a horrible conversation to have to have.  But what trust he places in Mobius! 

And I loved how he kept refusing to take the easy path. How he decided he couldn’t kill Sylvie, and how he realised there was another way. But OMG at what price!? I can’t….

But I hated how much this hurt Loki, what this took from him.  When the gold from the rock trickles upwards to create a mockery of a throne, which is more a prison… just…. 😭 The look on his face once he knows what he has to do. He had to make the impossible choice, and he chose the impossible.

I love that it kept the tone of tragedy that has haunted Loki all through the MCU.  I love how they were true to his character in that way, but AT THE SAME TIME allowed him to retain his new sense of self, all that growth we’ve shared through this series but also the change that he’s experienced while he’s been isolated during centuries trying to find a way to defeat HWR and keep the people on the branched timelines safe. His desperate act to do the right thing.  And finally it is the right thing in the eyes of the universe and the audience, and yet he still loses. My heart just can’t bear it!

It’s perfect and it hurts.

Tagging @woodelf68 @pinkpondofasgard @projectprotectloki @scintillatingshortgirl19 @juliabohemian @galaxythreads @makerofrunevests @ladyofthestayingpower @thelightofthingshopedfor @sparklegemstone @iamanartichoke

#I just want Loki to be okay #that did not look like the face of someone who thought they'd be okay #and those were not the shoes of someone who expects to be walking around much #my poor boy #will they ever let you be? #*wails* #I'm heartbroken #its not as bad as Infinity War but its still going to take me some time to get over this #but I'm so glad they allowed him to be the serious character this season and for his actions to really matter #his intent to really matter #he did it all for those he loves #and i have to assume he was also thinking about his family and all the people he ever knew on Asgard #gah! #I'm gonna go cry some more now #loki #loki series #loki season 2 #loki spoilers #loki s2 ep6 #loki s2 finale #loki season 2 finale #loki series reaction #loki s2 #loki review #also I know nothing of the comics #so I have no idea if this is what happens in them

[lucianalight]

juliabohemian replied to your post “this th0r 4 news just... let me speechless you know? actually i am...”

I don't get why Thor needs a 4th movie. Is it just to prove that he's more interesting than Tony or Steve? Because we don't need another movie to know that he isn't.

@juliabohemian Well he wouldn’t need a fourth movie if they purposefully didn’t messed up his character arc(personally I think the real Thor is more interesting that Steve but that’s subjective). But the truth is it’s not “Thor” who needs a fourth movie; It’s Chris Odinson who needs it to finally can play himself, screwing around and does what he wants without having to worry about someone outshining him. He has the chance to have the spotlight all for himself.

#juliabohemian #anti thor4 #anti chris hemsworth #chris odinson

[pinchtheprincess]

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[icyxmischief]

@juliabohemian every time I try to reblog your posts Tumblr won’t let me, but I know you don’t have me blocked so this is a strange conundrum indeed. Anyway you posted something that just circulated my dash and I spent a while making an addition, so here it is: 

Not to compound your heartache, but I’ve been writing about this stuff since 2012 and it’s even worse than that.  

The entire Thor narrative has brought Odin’s family full circle back to where they began in 2011′s first film.  I mean this in terms of filial dynamics and discrete roles within a dysfunctional family structure.  Not only is Loki still always the responsible party for everyone’s missteps and crimes, the “progress” that the family has made is actually a regression that reinforces his scapegoat role.

This is why when others are endlessly celebratory about the moment in Infinity War during which Loki refers to himself as “Odinson,” I cringe.

Because Loki WAS allowed a redemption, in Ragnarok, and then, in Infinity War: but one contingent upon Thor’s, and, by extension, Odin’s, idea of what connotes heroism (and, even though Mjolnir is long gone, “worthiness”).   Loki became a hero when Loki stopped having his own thoughts about what to do after Hela’s invasion, when he stopped having ANY healthy notions of self-preservation, and when he followed THOR’S plan to defeat Hela.  ONLY when Loki emulated Thor did Loki become a hero.  The one thing that has always driven Loki to lack inner peace has been incessant negative comparison to Thor.  So it’s only in an extremely toxic message of SELF-ERASURE that he completes the Thor films’ narrative of “healing” and “redemption.”  Just like when Odin imprisoned both Hela and Loki under Asgard, to ritually erase them both from the fabric of his family tree, only FAR more subtle and insidious, by giving him NO OTHER OPTION FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE BY HIS SOLE LIVING FAMILY MEMBER (Thor) EXCEPT TO “CHOOSE” TO STAND AND FIGHT (AND DIE) AT THOR’S SIDE.  

Loki is only granted redemption when Loki IS NO LONGER LOKI.

 And the freakiest part about this is that the broader Marvel audience has accepted this as “evidence” that Loki “was a hero all along” and it is the ONE THING that has made fans lighten up on hating him.  The story stuffed Loki, who is a marvelous gray-amoral antihero, in a hero box--and not just ANY HERO BOX, but the box labeled “ultimate self-sacrifice in death, even against characterization and logic.”

Think about it.  

--What was Loki in Thor 1?  A passive receptacle for Thor’s warmongering and impulsivity, who must “shut up” and “know his place” at all times, whose plans to divert Thor from a disastrous place on the Throne were thinly veiled by the “heroes” as “treason” and “a whiny jealous younger brother’s petty vendetta.”  

--What was Loki in The Dark World?  A prisoner Odin and Thor genuinely hoped the world would forget, whose inconvenient truths about mirroring his father and brother’s warmongering on a protected (translate: already “owned”--claimed by Thor as “his” because of Jane Foster)  territory of Asgard (Midgard) got him thrown in prison for life. Odin was angrier that Loki brought up these truths of Odin’s hypocrisy than he was that Loki tried to take Midgard as his own.  Because unlike Thor, Odin couldn’t control Loki’s cognitions and beliefs. He never could.   And when was Loki released from prison? Only when he became useful to Thor.  A passive receptacle, being retrained as such, being told his mission basically to escape Thanos’s abuse with Midgard as a consolation prize was basically just a “childish tantrum” for which he should be gaslit and punished. And when was Loki forgiven? When did Thor weep for him, and say he’d take memory of his noble deeds to their father?  ONLY when it appeared he had made a self-sacrifice in extremis, and was dying.

--What was Loki in Ragnarok?  A traitor and a laughable clown. How dare he lay around eating grapes and watching theater that craftily reinvented his image to a previously disdainful populace?  How dare he SURVIVE?  Thor is angrier at Loki for surviving, seemingly, than he is relieved! Simply because Loki didn’t die for him, so of course, to Thor, it’s tantamount to another betrayal, it can’t be anything in between total self-effacement and total selfishness: it isn’t all about Thor, God forbid!  Loki must be again a passive receptacle! How dare he cunningly outwit all of that lifelong conditioning to be silent and obeisant?  So Thor acts juvenile, and emotionally strongarms Loki (yep, electrocution scene) and refuses to speak to him, and unfairly blames him for Hela’s return (WHEN IT’S ODIN WHO RAISED HELA TO BE A MONSTER AND THEN IMPRISONED HER! but if you’re groomed to be a narcissist by your father and emotionally dependent on your father’s praise then you can’t turn on your father, EVER) untilllll? Loki shows up with a ship from Sakaar and fights on Thor’s behalf.  

“If you were here I’d give you a hug” translates to “If you would only abide by MY rules for what connotes a good person (cause after all Thor knows best, right? ‘That’s what heroes do!’) then I’d reward you for it.”  And the whole movie ends with Loki going “I’m here” which is tantamount to saying “I YIELD.”

PASSIVE. RECEPTACLE.

Ergo Odin remains the benevolent all-controlling patriarch. Ergo Thor remains the petulant narcissist who always gets his way. Ergo Frigga, dead, is more absent from stopping the toxicity than ever, because fridging! Ergo, Loki remains the silent scapegoat.

Seven. Years. Of films.  And counting.

#meta #Loki meta #juliabohemian

[iamhisgloriouspurpose]

Where have I been? An excellent question, my dears. I’m so sorry I haven’t been around much to play—the past couple of weeks have been an insane combination of work craziness, being sick, taking time out for friends (one had surgery, another just entered hospice care), and trying to get ready for a 2-1/2 week business trip.

I have all kinds of lovely tags and messages and fic notifications (and multiple ones from some people!), and I *will* get to them! I’m not ignoring you, my dears, I promise—I’m just utterly overwhelmed by The Everythingness of It All.

Here’s a Loki to convey my apologies (especially to @writernotwaiting, @malicemanaged, @mastreworld, @juliabohemian, and @pedeka), and to keep you company for now!

#writernotwaiting #pedeka #juliabohemian #malicemanaged #among others

[veliseraptor]

juliabohemian replied to your post “I have a question. In avengers when Loki is talking to Natasha and she...”

I never read it as a win for Nat. Loki didn't reveal anything he didn't completely intend to. If anything, he played her.

I disagree. I know this is a common thing that pops up especially in the Loki end of fandom, but I think it undersells Natasha’s ability to manipulate people and undermines the whole scene (which, frankly, I love).

Loki tends to underestimate people around him, and he definitely underestimates humans - both him and Thor have a lingering tendency to see humans as - well, Thor says it later in the movie: “petty and tiny.” (True, Thor’s under the (scepter) influence at the time, but I think the scepter mostly just distorted what was already there rather than manufacturing emotions that didn’t exist.) He pegged Natasha when she walked in as someone there for a selfish reason - to save Clint - because that’s the kind of thing he would do, and Loki sees himself in Natasha (as is even more obvious in the speech he gives her, which, as discussed often in fandom, is as applicable to Loki himself as it is to her, right down to the mirror image of his face being visible almost superimposed on Natasha’s as he’s talking). 

Additionally, as someone for whom vulnerability is anathema, Loki I think has a very hard time taking the position that Natasha does - pretending at weakness. Especially at this point in his timeline, when everything Loki is doing is about acting bigger than he is (right down to the costume), the idea of someone actively exposing their metaphorical throat as part of a tactic is genuinely something I don’t think would occur to Loki. 

That it doesn’t materially impact Loki’s plans (as far as unleashing the Hulk) doesn’t mean that he meant for Natasha to know about it, and given Loki’s aggressive outburst in Natasha’s direction immediately beforehand I don’t think think there was anything intentional about what he was saying (in terms of manipulating her). He was trying to get an emotional reaction; he didn’t expect her to get anything out of him.

#juliabohemian #conversating #loki trashblogging #natasha romanova is better than you #loki's a goddamn mess #i've seen this argument before but i've never bought it

[philosopherking1887]

@juliabohemian replied to your post “@foundlingmother replied to your post “Ugh, I really don’t like it...”

I consider Ragnarok Thor to be woefully inconsistent with other films. My analysis of Ragnarok Thor is based on the premise that the film is intended to be part of a continuous narrative -despite its failure to be so. All of my analysis is based on my study of human behavior/child development & has zero to do with who I do or do not ship. I do not mind you disagreeing with my views & continue to enjoy your discourse. But I do not wish to be misunderstood.

No, I didn’t think it was a consequence of your not shipping Thorki; sorry for giving that impression. If anything it would be the reverse: Loki fans who have a darker view of Thor to begin with are unlikely to ship him with a character they love. (That doesn’t really explain the Thor*-stanning Thorki shippers who seem to believe that Loki has absolutely no redeeming characteristics, maybe beyond physical attractiveness... but then I don’t really expect consistency from people who don’t seem to know what it is.)

Thanks for clarifying on the issue of continuity of character. I’m operating on the assumption that the creators of Ragnarok honestly didn’t give a shit whether the narrative and/or characterization was continuous. In fact, I think they were banking more on the assumption of continuity with Loki than with Thor: they were trying to remove or forestall people’s sympathy for Loki by reframing everything he had ever done as merely an expression of his asshole-ish trickster nature, while they made it pretty clear that they were “reinventing” Thor.

#juliabohemian #thor ragnarok hate #thor ragnarok criticism

[theotherodinson]

juliabohemian replied to your post: juliabohemian replied to your post ...

I’m looking forward to the Grandmaster awkwardly hitting on Loki and Loki being like “well, when in Rome, I guess…”

oh my yes.

#juliabohemian #replies #loki/the grandmaster

[renmorris]

juliabohemian replied to your post: praxid replied to your post “okay maybe people...

Not sure what you mean by abelist. They are simple people for sure, which is what makes them so easy for Dopplecooper to manipulate, but I don’t think they are developmentally disabled. They are certainly skilled in their own way, but you are either that devoted to someone out of love or fear, and they don’t really seem to be afraid of him per se.

i’m a bitter mentally ill southerner who has a nasty gut reaction to the phrase ‘crazy hill billies’ my dude. i’m not saying they’re geniuses its just....really bad wording. and I agree that their whole situation makes it easier for booper to manipulate them

not much to analyze here. kinohole’s whole response had a lot of wording I didn’t like the tone of and don’t feel like engaging with  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i’ve been dealing with a lot of fans since the new season started who just hate any kind of discussion or analysis of the show which is...hilarious and annoying 

#juliabohemian

[juliabohemian]

Just stop being disabled and poor

So, I came across this image in my FB feed. The person who shared it is someone I have known for many years, is over the age of 70 and fairly conservative. I didn’t bother commenting on the original post because the page it came from appeared to be aimed at conservatives. I scrolled through the comments, hoping to find some indication that people realized how problematic this is. The only negative comment accused the post of being pretentious, which it is.

As an Education Specialist who also has ADHD and Autism, I find the sentiment expressed here to be ableist. The use of the word “reward” implies that those who are unable to sustain their intention are doing so intentionally, that it is something that they can control at will.  Is the sunset a reward for being able to see?  Are stairs a reward for being able to walk? Is music a reward for being able to hear? If only the disabled would stop being so stubborn. Are they even trying???

I don’t think the person who created this was trying to be offensive. But I’m fairly certain that they’ve never cried over a textbook, while scanning the same page over and over, desperately hoping to retain something. They’ve never suffered the wrath of the teacher who had no qualms about venting their frustrations in plain view of the other students. They’ve never endured the social isolation of being the kid who is always in trouble, while not fully understanding why. The list goes on and on.

And that’s not even addressing the fact that this image is also classist because it implies that everyone has access to books. Do you know how many of my students don’t have any books? Some of them don’t even have a table to do their homework on. Some of them don’t get enough sleep because they share a bed with all of their siblings.

#uh no #juliabohemian rant #ableism #special education #adults with adhd #adults with autism #the privilege it burns #fuck you very much #adhd #neurodivergence #juliabohemian #classism #socioeconomic

[ollebosse]

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[lucianalight]

juliabohemian commented on loki-god-of-menace's post “I…. just noticed that Thanos broke Loki’s left arm in Avengers:...”

I have not been able to watch that scene again since I saw it in the theater. I didn’t even notice that his arm was broken. I don’t even want to think about it. It’s like watching footage of a loved one being assaulted. It’s pointless violence.

Exactly! I feel completely the same about that scene. The graphic violence that they dragged it out, hurt more than anything. I didn’t have this problem with watching Loki’s death in TDW, even when I thought he was really dead. Watching Loki’s death in IW feels like watching a loved one go through all that. I’ve recently come to realization that I mourned Loki and suffered from that scene, exactly the way I would mourn for one of my loved ones. The depression, anxiety, nightmares, insomnia, sleep deprivation. I experienced them all the same way I would for a loved one in real life. I’m never going to forgive Marvel for putting me through that.

#juliabohemian #loki #loki's death #iw #no more marvel #no marvel this time

[latent-thoughts]

Hi! could you reccomend a few more Loki tumblrs? Like people who write about him or draw fan art (sorry about the bad English it's not my main language)

Hi dear Anon,

Off the top off my head-

Loki fic writers/meta writers- @mastreworld @wolfpawn @vodka-and-some-sass @nildespirandum @caffiend-queen @talklokitome @emeraldrosequartz @gingerwritess @grufflepuff-writes-stuff @nekoamamori @illegalcerebral @realityhelixwrites @imnotrevealingmyname @shiningloki @wrathkitty @dangertoozmanykids101 @toozmanykids (she recs a lot of good Loki stuff) @ragnarachael @just-the-hiddles @dianamolloy @worstloki @lucianalight @stellophia @willow-of-stars @whatafuckingdumbass @mooncat163 @michelleyeahhh @villainousshakespeare @izhunny @sabine-leo @poetic-fiasco @gaitwae @nikkoliferous @schlotzshewrote @juliabohemian

Loki artists- @amatasera @sigynart @ladymintleaf @turntofactsmyfantasies @whitedaydream @theshatteredsilhouette @juliabohemian @kreugan @m0rbs @evankart @muffinshark @brilcrist @muirin007 @briannacherrygarcia @loptrlaufey

[iamhisgloriouspurpose]

I was tagged by @juliabohemian (an embarrassingly long time ago), and am finally getting around to playing!

Rules: Answer the questions and then tag 21 people.

1. Name: Leda

2. Zodiac sign: Aquarius

3. Favorite food: Really good bread.

4. Favorite season: Winter

5. Jeans or shorts: Ankle-length, full-cut skirts.

6. Where are you from? Currently residing in California.

7. Last book you read? Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples, by Neil MacGregor

8. Favorite movie? We’d be here a long time if I had to narrow it down to one.

9. Dream vacation? I’ve been fortunate that my work has allowed me to travel extensively. I’d love to go back to Florence, Italy and to Iceland.

10. Eye color: Light blue

11. Natural hair color: Dark brown (now mostly silver!)

12. Height: 5′3″

13. Introvert or extrovert? Introvert.

14. Tea or coffee? Coffee in the morning, tea the rest of the day.

15. Do you work out regularly? Yoga every day, or otherwise my back gets cranky.

16. Favorite beverage? Moët et Chandon Impérial Champagne.

17. Do you have pets? Not at present. I grew up with dogs and cats, but as an adult, my allergies (and my travel schedule) preclude having furry friends.

18. Your ideal day off? A day to read, weave, and nap.

19. In a relationship or single: Next topic.

20. Something unique about me? I am named after the last girlfriend my dad dated before he married my mom. She didn’t know the source of the name until many years later.

21. If you choose to, post a selfie? Here’s my alter ego:

Tagging whoever wants to play, as I’ve taken so long to do this, I think everyone else has already done it!

#tag game #juliabohemian

[veliseraptor]

juliabohemian replied to your post “has anyone made a mirror/parallel images gifset of Loki’s fantasy in...”

Could you expand a bit?

oooh, let’s see if I can find caps, at least, since I can’t do gifs. 

in The Dark World, in his cell, we see Loki (in a deleted scene) projecting a fantasy of himself being crowned king to applause and acclaim, complete with Mjolnir and a red cape. he’s doing everything but emulate Thor’s face to pretend that he is Thor, and when Frigga warns him about pretending too hard he basically says “yeah, and?” 

and then at the end of Ragnarok, there’s the “Asgard, your savior is here!” moment, and man why can I not find a decent screencap. this one’ll have to do.

same pose. there’s even a cape. but here Loki’s coming as himself. and I have feelings about it.

#conversating #juliabohemian #loki's a goddamn mess #loki trashblogging #ragnarok spoilers