Reasons Why It Takes Me So Long To Finish Comics

Eragon would be the first one to cry watching a sad movie. Nasuada’s concerned, Murtagh’s asleep, Arya’s munching on popcorn, Roran and Katrina are not paying attention (at least not to the movie), Thorn’s wondering if Murtagh’s brother is okay, Saphira’s rolling her eyes and patting Eragon on the head, and Fírnen is really upset that the dog died.

Orrin’s drunk.

These drawings have no business being so cute!!! 😭😭😭

i hate these videos but these chibi planes are sooo cute & expressive & gauche

Okay, it's crazy playlist time again.

Crimson Peak:

She Blinded Me With Science (Thomas Dolby)

Heard Somebody Cry (Oingo Boingo)

Over My Head (Toni Basil)

Steam Machine (Daft Punk)

Thief Of Heart (Cynthia)

Change On Me (Cynthia)

Diamonds and Dancefloors (Ava Max)

The Night Manager:

Merchant Of Death (from "Iron Man")

Long Cool Woman (The Hollies)

Monaco (from "Iron Man 2")

Bang Bang (will i am)

Run Through The Jungle (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Canto Bight (from "Star Wars: The Last Jedi")

Green Theme (from "Loki")

Hi! I found your post describing how Odin abused Thor differently than Loki, and my goodness, everything you mentioned is spot on! I especially found your analysis about the brothers’ mindsets after being pitted against each other since they were kids so detailed and fascinating (what is LWML by the way? It sounds interesting). There was an Avengers Assemble episode or two that touches upon their forced rivalry. In them, Thor is upset about how they had to compete, and he struggles with insecurity about his academic performance despite being the stronger and favored brother (Odin actually pulled him out of school to go on advanced quests, which sounds cool at the surface level but really isn’t).

Odin’s behavior in the MCU reminds me so much of how he treats Thor in the comics, particularly the Journey Into Mystery comics from 1963 and the Thor comic run from 1966. I’ve probably squeaked about it here before, so apologies if I have. Also, feel free to not continue reading if you would prefer not to see comic spoilers or triggering topics. :)

In these comics, Odin absolutely does not tolerate any disobedience or perceived “threats” to his orders to the point of irrationality. I think the examples that stuck out the most to me the most are Journey Into Mystery #125-127, where Thor tells Jane that he is Donald Blake. Odin pretty much throws a hissy fit over that and forces everyone in Asgard to fight and try to kill him. Then when Thor escapes that, the jerk goes and tells his magician/vizier to halve Thor’s powers (because he “loves” Thor so much that he can’t bring himself to do it himself, ugh) while Thor’s in the middle of a fight with Hercules. At least it backfires, but Thor comes back to save Odin’s sorry butt (and nearly dies again!) despite being hurt by him. Odin shows remorse whenever he pulls nonsense like that, but he keeps doing similar stuff over and over again despite apologizing.

Another comic that was very upsetting was a brief narration in King Thor #4 that mentions how Odin got mad at baby Thor because he was crying about a storm (as you read on, it explains that Thor was causing the storm and implies that maybe something else made him cry). So what does he do? Put the poor little thing outside in the storm for a while and forbid everyone to comfort or help him! Thor is seemingly traumatized by this ordeal because when Odin goes to get him, he’s soaking wet but dry-eyed. I couldn’t help but compare that to Laufey abandoning baby Loki in the first Thor movie.

At least Thor calls out some of Odin’s awful parenting in the newer comics, like in Thor (2018). But he still is very forgiving of him.

Anyway, that’s my little rant that your analysis spawned. Odin’s A+ Parenting is far from being a new concept, and I find it to be great fanfic inspiration. :)

Thank you! Glad you liked my thoughts on the topic.

LWML is Loki: Where Mischief Lies book, it's supposed to be MCU-based but is as canon as any book about a popular movie franchise can be. It's from Loki's pov and he is being manipulated by literally (and I mean LITERALLY) everyone in the book while struggling with the choice between being who he wants to be (a decent person and a beloved political figure, not necessarily a king, but at least a prince) vs giving up and being who he is perceived to be (aka almost everyone treats him like a potential threat & not good enough, and there is sort of a "prophecy" of him becoming the god of evil), and because of that the book gives us a lot of odinsfam dynamic.

Thank you so much for all of this information, that's new to me, I don't read many old comics. I knew that comic book Odin was a horrendous straight-up abusive father, because, as you said, in the newer issues Thor mentions it on multiple occasions, but I never knew what exactly did this mf do, and the story about the storm made me tear up a little bit.

I think that while I do agree with the op of the post I responded to that Thor putting Odin on a pedestal and brushing off his abusive behavior as Loki's "imagined slights" is incredibly unfair towards Loki, I just have to point out that it seems like if MCU Thor recognizes Odin for who he was, he will break. Because that would mean Thor is the favorite child of a monster. That Thor spend centuries proud of and afraid of losing the approval and love of someone cruel. That he should've stood up for Loki. TDW mentions that Frigga was distant towards Thor and he took pride in the fact that his father loved him, if he had to recognize that the love was conditional and abusive, he would have nothing left. He was defined worthy by Odin's spell. He was named heir by Odin. He was fighting battles defending Odin's name. And if Odin's a monster, what does it say about Thor?

WIP Title Game

Rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs

Tagged by @galaxythreads , thank you! 💚

I've got wayyy too many WIPs, so I'll just share the ones that I plan to publish whenever I finish them.

CatSittingFic

steeeeeeem machiiiiiine

Spitefic TM

Tag List: @thelightofthingshopedfor , @thearunadragon , @worstloki and anyone else who wants to join!

wip title game

rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs

Tagged by @salparadiselost

i've made the executive decision that anything already posted on ao3 doesn't count, but you're welcome to ask about that too

behold my lack of commitment:

tim gets poisioned (not how that is spelled) fic

not feeling dick but if presented with one

the tenth plague

jason saves bruce fic

science says no, but my heart says otherwise

negligence

slave loki fic

guillotine dreams (don't tell me not to scream)

Villian Team "The Avengers"

The Bride

prDEMONth

spector, spector

but they cradled me, yes?

stryke out au

the HP fanfic

YSFSLWFTCA aftermath

trauma, trauma

The Bat and the Cage Debacle

And A Part of Me Still Belongs To You

Just A Little Rough, Huh?

plus the lots and lots of wips for my og stuff, but if i added those this would be 10 pages long

tag list: @fanfictasia, @newobsessioneveryweek, @thot-son-of-odin, @chemical-processes, and anyone else who wants to

This scene completely blew my mind when I first saw it. It was SO FREAKING COOL!!! Like, Marvel basically turned these Norse mythology characters into outer space Vikings who fly SPACESHIPS???

Dream Plane and I have soooooo many headcanons and plot bunnies revolving around Thor and Loki being pilots. It's such a cool concept to explore! Like, they would obviously have had flight training. How many flight hours do they have? Did they ever get into crazy scrapes during their cross-country (cross-realm?) solos? Did they have to learn stalls while flying within Asgard's atmosphere? Did they ever get to experience microgravity? How long does it take Thor (in normal circumstances) to familiarize himself with new spacecraft?? (dramatic gasp) What if Loki was a test pilot at some point??? (incoherent squeeing)

Loki in the Dark Elf Ship Appreciation Post

Dumb meme I made while reading the OG Captain America comics. What tags would you personally use for Cap?

“Untitled (Plane Perspective)” (2004) by Jules de Balincourt, oil and enamel on panel ✈️ Same seats, different destinations.