History ComicBook / LokiAgentOfAsgard

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: During issue #6, two Latverians are talking, and the one affected by the Red Skull's hate plague complains that there's no freedom of religion in Latveria, then immediately grumbles about there being a mosque in Latveria, much to his friend's confusion.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Verity for Loki's {{trickster}} ("NO!", "WhatWereYouThinking") and PungeonMaster ("Shut Up!") tendencies.

* ScrewDestiny: The series encompasses Loki's attempt to do so, by erasing the myths of their villainy so they don't turn out like the pre-''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'' Loki, in order to make their HeelFaceTurn stick. [[spoiler:They seem to finally manage it in Issue #13 with a HeroicSacrifice of their self as a God of Lies, rechristening themself as a God of Stories instead.]]

* ScrewDestiny: The series encompasses Loki's attempt to do so, by erasing the myths of their villainy so they don't turn out like the pre-ComicBook/{{Siege}} Loki, in order to make their HeelFaceTurn stick. [[spoiler:They seem to finally manage it in Issue #13 with a HeroicSacrifice of their self as a God of Lies, rechristening themself as a God of Stories instead.]]

-->'''[[spoiler: Mephisto]]''': [[LampshadeHanging "And consider that pun the first of your many tortures."]]

** When Loki turns on the invisibility coat, [[AlicesAdventuresInWonderland you can still see his grin]].

* AmbiguousGender: Loki can only shapeshift into themself. That's a no on houseflies, a yes on femme-presenting. This means young Loki ''has'' a female aspect to change into (there is also WordOfGod on this), which they do sometimes just because they can, and they identify as a woman when looking like one to boot (things like referring to themselves as ''Goddess'' or using ''she''). [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Odin called them his child who is both son and daughter]]. and that's not even touching all the stuff under IHaveManyNames.

** The name of the shapeshifter whom [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] killed as part of the BatmanGambit behind Gram's creation is Otr. Because he turned into a giant otter. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93tr And that's mythologically accurate]] if we don't care for an AdaptationSpeciesChange.

** 'The wheel of rein carnations', [[spoiler:courtesy of Mephisto after tricking Sigurd into signing his contract.]]

* MythologyGag: While fetching the keys to Gram, when stealing one from S.H.I.E.L.D., Loki notes it's the one for "[[Film/TheAvengers2012 old ledgers, and the red gushing from them]]". This has nothing to do with Loki's story, but it does lead in to a short segment about the Black Widow.

* ProductionForeshadowing: During issue #12, [[spoiler:Old!Loki mentions that in their timeline they thwarted the Ultron Singularity, a reference to the ''Ultron Forever'' mini-series that began a few weeks after that issue was released.]]

* SavedByCanon: A cross-title version, but worth noting. In the also Al Ewing-penned ''Ultron Forever'' mini-series, [[spoiler:a Thor from some time after ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' mentions Loki in the present tense, indicating their survival in on one way or another from whatever that event, and Old!Loki's machinations, may bring. That title also had a future version of Loki, who was a [[ContagiousAI digital being]] and very much not Old!Loki.]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: Yes. [[Comicbook/SecretWars2015 The whole world ended? There is only Battleworld (and doom… or maybe Doom)]]? GrandFinale everybody! [[spoiler:Or [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere rather not]]. It's Loki, who does what they want, so after solving the loose plot-threads decides to end the last tale of Loki of the main Marvel universe by skipping to the [[Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel next one]].]] In mood it's an incredibly {{bittersweet|Ending}}.

** Jackal is one when they briefly turn into Anubis while discussing how they can only turn into themself.

* BerserkButton: Odin actually admitting he loves Thor and Loki [[spoiler:for Old!Loki, who angrily yells that [[YouNeverDidThatForMe he never said that to ''them'']].]]

* ActuallyADoombot: Discussed in issue 6. Doom himself notes that his Doombots have given him the perfect out if he's ever defeated or acts "[[DependingOnTheWriter unworthy of myself]]" - everyone just assumes it was a robot.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: [[spoiler: Old!Loki claims that they succeeded in escaping the role of "God of Evil"...but went right back into it after ten years of being reminded they were still the God of ''Lies''.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Are Those Who Sit Above In Shadow really back to life thanks to Ragnarok, or are they Beyonders pretending to be them in order to escape Doom? They do use a version of the Beyonder's old catch-phrase, but then again... Loki only suggests the Beyonder option is a "nice explanation for the science crowd". Your reading of the text effects the text, remember.]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: Yes. [[Comicbook/SecretWars2015 The whole world ended? There is only Battleworld (and doom… or maybe Doom)]]? GrandFinale everybody! [[spoiler:Or [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere rather not]]. It's Loki, who does what they want, so after solving the loose plot-threads decide to end the last tale of Loki of the main Marvel universe by skipping to the [[Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel next one]].]] In mood it's incredibly {{bittersweet|Ending}}.

* YouKnowImBlackRight: In Issue #14, Odin, in full-on grumpy old man mode, loudly complains about those Vanir. Freyja pointedly interject that ''she's'' a Vanir.

** Issue #14 ends with almost (adds a 'still') the same lines issue #1 began. "''Trust me''. I ''still'' know what I'm doing..."

* ScrewDestiny: The series encompasses Loki's attempt to do so, by erasing the myths of their villainy so they don't turn out like the pre-ComicBook/{{Siege}} Loki, in order to make their HeelFaceTurn stick. [[spoiler:They seem to finally manage it in Issue 13 with a HeroicSacrifice of their self as a God of Lies, rechristening themself as a God of Stories instead.]]

--->'''Loki''': "No All-Father's not proud of you... no brother acts a-shamed... and all of Asgard will love you, when as wiz-ard you're ac-claimed..."

** Issue 5 has one to this very wiki, when a man is viewing "[[BlandNameProduct Movie Tropes dot com]]" on his tablet. The tropes?

** Issue 7 has a few.

** Issue #12. "[[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny What's up, Doc]]?", "[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Assemble]]!", "[[FlameBait Actually It's About Ethics in Hammer-Wielding!]]", etc.. All courtesy of our meaner resident {{troll}}...um villain [[spoiler:Old!Loki]].

--->'''Loki:''' Although... not sure about these ears. What d'you reckon? Good ears?
** [[spoiler:Freya]] dual-wielding M16s is very reminiscent of Skurge's stand at Gjallerbru.

* SmugSuper: Loki's all new and ''heroic'' self after the ''[[MirrorMoralityMachine Inversion]]'' in ''{{Comicbook/Axis}}'' seen in issue #8. They are selfless in intention but [[LackOfEmpathy fail at empathy]], which makes them unthinkingly hurt the people who care for them; have no self-doubts which makes them unbearably arrogant etc..
** [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] thinks it's hilarious, though. [[spoiler:The narration points out that ''they'' didn't change one bit, which could {{foreshadow|ing}}... Well, apparently that the inversion won't last long.]]

* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: Old Loki]] goes back in time to create the Sword of Truth after seeing it in the present day.

** By contrast, this is exactly what [[spoiler: Old!Loki]] wants out of life, though old habits die hard, and [[spoiler:their meddling in the "Original Sin: Thor & Loki: The Tenth Realm" tie-ins to ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'' make life ''better'' than what they remember, to their chagrin]].

** [[spoiler:It even works in Metaphorical Space, allowing Loki to talk with Verity and realise they can ScrewDestiny in issue 13.]]
* SuperRegistrationAct: Turns out Verity lived through ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' and she's a registered super (mostly because she heard Iron Man's "register or '''else'''..." speech and being what she is ''knew'' he meant it).

* TakeThat: Read carefully the conversation in the metaphor space between [[spoiler:Lokis]]. It has something to say about NostalgiaFilter, people betting on StatusQuoIsGod while hypocritically praising the new, [[spoiler:and people [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking calling the 3rd Loki]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking just a copy]]'' / not the ''real'' Loki]].

* TemporalMutability: This work seems to engage in "Temporal Balancing Act" at least. The villain [[spoiler:''intends'' to change history, and actually considers the possibility that they could have accidentally unmade their already established future by changing things in the series]]. There are obviously things that didn't happen[[note]]The possession of Thor, Loki's friendship with Verity, the heist of Asgardia etc.[[/note]], or have analogues but went differently[[note]]the Tenth Realm adventure (resulted in a war), Sigurd's contract (he went to hell), AXIS (Loki never lifted Mjölnir) etc.[[/note]] in [[spoiler:Old!Loki]]'s timeline. At issue #13 Loki breaks the timeline which leaves [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] time displaced.
* TemporalParadox: [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] insists that they made only small changes, and it shouldn't have changed things as much as it did. However, on the one hand, they inadvertently gave Verity her power when they, in their own words, saw Loki stab Thor with Gram and went back in time to cause the sword to exist in the first place, and their friendship with Verity changed everything. On the other hand, where did the sword come from before they caused its existence?

** Even after everyone else has turned on them, [[spoiler:after what happened to Kid!Loki is revealed, Odin still cares for Loki, and tries to help them rather than blaming or attacking them.]]

* TimeSkip: The end of issue 13 jumps a whole eight months, just in time for [[spoiler:the start of ComicBook/SecretWars2015.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: Thor in issue 1, but only temporarily. [[spoiler:Because he's been infected by the essence of Old!Loki.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: If this isn't what Issues #10-12 are, I don't know what is.

-->'''Verity:'''...and try very, very hard not to die. Pretty please.

* VanishingVillage: Well, apartment anyway. Loki's is unfindable in the eight months they [[spoiler:propel it forward when breaking the time stream]]. Verity even checked the building plans -- it was apparently ''never there''.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: An old Loki staple, although it doesn't come as easily as it used to. Everything they turns into has to be somehow "them" - for instance, them can become more femme-presenting or [[CunningLikeAFox a fox]], but not shrink down to a fly, since they're not that kind of ''person''.

** Issue 5. [[spoiler: As it turns out, Old Loki was actually from the future, showing that no matter how hard they try to change, Loki will always return to their old ways. Worse is that the All-Mother knew all along, but tried to keep it that way to ensure the future of Asgard. Loki quit being their agent when they found out.]]
** Issue 10. [[spoiler: Loki, now unable to lie, comes clean to Thor and Verity about what happened to Kid!Loki. Thor promptly goes berserk, refuses to listen to Loki's apologies and very nearly beats them to death. When he realises that, because of what he said to Kid!Loki, he can't, no matter how much most of him wants to, he drags Loki to Asgard and reveals the truth. Loki is left beaten, bleeding and begging for Thor to come back.]]
** Issue 11. [[spoiler: Loki is ostracised by all of Asgard, with only Sif, of all people, prepared to consider that they might not be the Loki of old. The All-Mother banishes them (after a blazing row), while a hallucinatory Odin both assures them that they are still loved and warns them that they will have to answer for the blood on their hands. Then they end up in back in their apartment with Verity - only for King Loki to show up and reveal--in the most damning and contextless way possible--how they manipulated and betrayed the Young Avengers, a crime that was entirely theirs. Unable to handle all this, Verity makes a break for it - leaving Loki alone with their evil future self.]]

** Verity calls Loki out for withholding information from her in issue 6.
** And in issue 9 Odin calls [[spoiler:Heroic!]]Loki out on, well, being a [[SmugSuper self-important, self-righteous, arrogant jackass]].
** Issues 10 and 11 are basically a crescendo of "what the hells". [[spoiler: It starts with the truth about Kid Loki being revealed, to the disgust of all Asgard; the only one Loki can actually argue back to is the All Mother. Then King Loki drops by to tell Verity everything they did during Gillen's Young Avengers run, which included letting Mother into our reality and nearly driving Billy to kill himself. After she leaves, King Loki even notes that Loki never questioned how she doesn't seem to have any other friends.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The BigBad of the series, by the end of it, which is to be expected, given its [[spoiler: Loki's future self. In the last issue, Story!Loki unmasks King!Loki to show that, behind the sadism and CardCarryingVillainy, he's still the same Loki we were following the adventures of, who wanted to change the same as this Loki did, but eventually broke thanks to the ReformedButRejected treatment they got.]]

* WouldntHurtAChild: Loki. We don't see to what extent but they are at least strictly against child murder. That's a [[EveryoneHasStandards standard they have for everybody else too]]; if you would kill a child they will not hesitate to ''kill you''. Which is all sorts of ironic given [[spoiler:Kid!Loki's fate... but goes back to ''Young Avengers'' where they didn't have the heart to let Wiccan commit suicide, despite this being their idea in the first place. Apparently when it comes to morality Loki is ''not'' a fast learner.]]

-->'''Sigurd the Ever-Glorious''': "Everyone loves the oldie-worldie talk when Thor does it..."

* YouKnowImBlackRight: In Issue 14, Odin, in full-on grumpy old man mode, loudly complains about those Vanir. Freyja pointedly interject that ''she's'' a Vanir.

* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:Old!Loki, in issue 14, faced with the Final Incursion, decides he might as well get down to some serious dog-kicking, starting with murdering Balder and unleashing the hordes of Hel.]]

* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: [[spoiler: Apparently Old!Loki's mission – they deliberately tampered with Thor and Angela's first meeting to make it come out worse than it did in their history. Of course, now that they've changed one thing, other changes are happening too, some of which [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong are]] ''[[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong better]]'' [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong than the history they remember]].]]

** Issue 13: [[spoiler:Ghosts of the original Loki and Kid!Loki are talking to Loki, trying to convince them to give in to Old!Loki's demands. Then Loki's phone goes off.]]

* MugglesDoItBetter: In Issue 3 [[spoiler:Old!Loki]], as part of a BatmanGambit, goes to steal the horde of the [[SeaMonster giant fish]] Andvari, who is so strong and slippery that "neither hook nor net nor magic could land him". [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] decides to instead [[SchizoTech use a rocket launcher]] and take his gold that way.

** [[spoiler:Story!Loki's reconciliation with their future self consists of them telling Old!Loki that their evil plan ultimately led to what they always wanted, to change.]]
--->'''Loki:''' [[spoiler:So you go back in '''time'''-- 'cos you '''can'''-- and think you know '''why'''. You want to be you '''sooner'''. But when you're '''here'''... You just '''smash''' it all. Tear down everything that '''made''' you you-- all the '''support systems--'''.]]

* NothingIsScarier / FightUnscene: We don't get to see how Balder dies but it involved a golden sickle (which according to {{druid}}ic, which is kind of not Norse, lore is used to [[PoisonedWeapons gather]] [[KryptoniteFactor mistletoe]]) and it resulted in him loosing his head.

* OtherMeAnnoysMe: There are currently [[spoiler:three versions of Loki in the story: Old!Loki or King Loki if you prefer, teen-Loki, and their conscience in the form of Kid!Loki]]. They don't get along. [[spoiler:Later Teen Loki changes to Loki the God(dess) of Stories, who we will call Story!Loki on this page. Are they the same person just without the baggage of the past? Or Teen!Loki [[DeathOfPersonality died]]? Maybe [[TheNthDoctor regenerated]]? We don't know. Loki is strange.]]

* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: And '''how'''. OK first things first: in the Marvel universe "gods don't have history, they have a story", so the way [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] travels in time looks more or less ''Wormhole Time Travel'' done MediumAwareness style. They walk out of the panel into the "draft of the story" and then walk back in a different panel in a different part of the story... [[FridgeLogic does this mean they are actually]] {{Intrepid Fictioneer}}ing their ''own'' tale?

* ThePowerOfFriendship and [[PowerOfTrust Trust]]: One of the reasons Loki [[spoiler:takes the third option in issue #13]] is that they've a friend who trusts them.
* ProductionForeshadowing: During issue 12, [[spoiler:Old!Loki mentions that in their timeline they thwarted the Ultron Singularity, a reference to the ''Ultron Forever'' mini-series that began a few weeks after that issue was released.]]

* RejectedApology: Throughout issue 10, Loki is trying to apologise to Thor for [[spoiler:killing Kid!Loki and taking their body, with a literal inability to lie in the wake of AXIS. Thor refuses to listen]].

* LiteralMetaphor: Lots. Like Loki admitting that [[spoiler:"I killed my child self."]] gets "this must be metaphorical, right?" reaction from Verity, she remains convinced by this until [[spoiler:King!Loki]] basically tells her that gods are living myth and metaphor and they do ''everything'' literally, even the metaphors. The literal-metaphorical-literal-metaphorical fire to the point when even the characters lose count of the quadruple subversion. Showing what's BeneathTheMask by doing a literal DramaticUnmask. etc.

* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: [[spoiler: Apparently Old!Loki's mission - they deliberately tampered with Thor and Angela's first meeting to make it come out worse than it did in their history. Of course, now that they've changed one thing, other changes are happening too, some of which [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong are]] ''[[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong better]]'' [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong than the history they remember]].]]

** [[spoiler:When the All-Mother asked Old!Loki what happens to Midgard in his future, he just responds "T'was governed most perfectly. By my reckoning."]] Issue 6 shows why they worded it this way: [[spoiler: The future is a barren, desolate wasteland that they refer to as "The end of all things."]]

** The name of the shapeshifter whom [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] killed as part of the BatmanGambit behind Gram's creation? Otr. Because he turned into a giant otter. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93tr And that's mythologically accurate]] if we don't care for an AdaptationSpeciesChange.

* MetaFiction: Carries on the tradition from Journey Into Mystery. Loki's struggles to avoid falling back into their old role as a villain is a commentary on the fact that characters in fiction, and comic books in particular, tend to return to a familiar status quo, and it is very rare and difficult for them to truly change in any meaningful way since fans and future writers will often want to revert the characters. The All-Mothers' desire for a known and familiar future for Asgard at the expense of Loki's new life underscores this theme. Loki will have to fight for their new characterization both in the story itself, and outside it, as fans of villainous Loki want them to go back to their old ways.

* TheFogOfAges: When Odin and [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] finally meet in issue 7, Odin states that he stirs a ancient memory in him that he can't properly recall. This would be their meeting during issue 3, when [[spoiler:Old!Loki travelled back to Odin's past as a specific part of his BatmanGambit to create Gram. Old!Loki even told him at the time he wouldn't remember their meeting.]]

* FreudianExcuse: As lampshaded by Valeria and Loki in issue #7:

* GoneHorriblyRight or [[GoneHorriblyWrong Wrong]]: ''[[UnreliableNarrator If]]'' [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] is to be believed, this happened to create them in their timeline. They succeeded in rewriting their past and redeeming themself... except [[ReformedButRejected for the "sin" of being themself]]. (It actually can come more off as [[HisOwnWorstEnemy them doing this to themself]], though.)

* GunsAkimbo: [[spoiler: Freya, dual-wielding M16s!]]

* IDieFree: [[spoiler:Kid!Loki]] did if you ask [[spoiler:Teen!]]Loki. Yes, they think that being forced to become [[spoiler:Old!Loki, or even ''them'']], is a form of [[StatusQuoIsGod narrative slavery]] and a FateWorseThanDeath.

** Issue 13 has an extended version which adds things like: "moon queen", "lotus lord of dance", "mother of gods" and "master-magician of them all" among others.

--> I am the echo of a scream. I am the magpie who whispers. [[spoiler:I'm the crime that will not be forgiven.]]

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: During issue 6, two Latverians are talking, and the one affected by the Red Skull's hate plague complains that there's no freedom of religion in Latveria, then immediately grumbles about there being a mosque in Latveria, much to his friend's confusion.
* InconvenientSummons: The All-Mothers have a bad habit of calling on Loki when they're trying to relax, or socialise with people, or in the shower...

** Loki states they ''liberated'' their SevenLeagueBoots from the Ljosalafar of Alfheim.

* IResembleThatRemark: In issue 1, Thor says that Loki created "a most terrible slash" upon the Internet. Loki says [[{{Malaproper}} that's not the right word]], but [[SlashFic it's still true]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler: King Loki believes this of themself and the younger model, sarcastically asking if they ever stopped to note Verity's lack of other friends.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Loki's actions from the end of ''Journey Into Mystery'' finally hit home in issue 10, but by then, Loki's changed, and is honestly trying to be better. Which just makes what happens worse.

** Sigurd (the Ever-Glorious) steals a [[InvisibilityCloak invisibility belt]] from A.I.M. in order to get to Loki. Loki then steals the belt from him.

-->[[spoiler: '''Old!Loki''']]: You think I'm [[spoiler: the Loki that was]]?! Dolt! Simpleton! I am [[spoiler: what will be]]! I am [[spoiler: the destiny you run from -- but will never escape! Because nobody else wants you to]]! I am [[spoiler:King Loki! I am your future! I am YOU!]]... [[MoodWhiplash and I am]] '''[[MoodWhiplash dreadfully]]''' [[MoodWhiplash prone to histrionics. Do excuse me.]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: Yes. [[Comicbook/SecretWars2015 The whole world ended? There is only Battleworld (and doom... or maybe Doom)]]? GrandFinale everybody! [[spoiler:Or [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere rather not]]. It's Loki, who does what they want, so after solving the loose plot-threads decide to end the last tale of Loki of the main Marvel universe by skipping to the [[Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel next one]].]] In mood it's incredibly {{bittersweet|Ending}}.

* BerserkButton: Odin actually admitting he loves Thor and Loki [[spoiler:for Old!Loki, who angrily yells that [[YouNeverDidThatForMe he never said that to them]].]]

* BiTheWay: Loki, who doesn't even differentiate between genders him / herself, has no problem hooking up with anyone interesting, regardless of gender. Sigurd too:
-->'''Sigurd:''' But I swear - I will make it up to you. Especially ''you''. I'm thinking dinner, a little dancing, see what happens...

* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler: Old!Loki to Loki, EvilGloating included.]]
* BrilliantButLazy: Loki is much happier at home playing video games, trolling the neighbourhood (or the internet probably), and having fun in general, than going on missions or such. Sadly for them this isn't [[SliceOfLife that kind]] of comic.

** Magneto's [[TheCameo brief appearance]] in issue #7 has him quoting something he said all the way back in X-Men issue 16.

** Also done in an immensely satisfying manner in issue #16 where [[spoiler: Story!Loki finally gets Odin's and the asgardian's approval and respect, placing them at the same level as Thor... and tells them to stick it]]

* CardCarryingVillain: [[spoiler: Old!Loki, which is why the Sword of Truth doesn't even faze them.]]
* CarpetOfVirility: [[spoiler: Story!Loki's masculine form, much to their delight.]]

* ChekhovsBoomerang: Andravi the dwarf's death-curse is important in issue #3, and again in [[spoiler:issue 15.]]

* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Considering the belief that the comic came about as a bit of corporate synergy at Marvel due to Loki's popularity in the films (note the lineup of Avengers they meet in Issue 1 is the exact same lineup of the movie,) it only makes sense that they would borrow Loki's likeness from Creator/TomHiddleston.

*** Cul later appears [[spoiler:in Asgard, revealed when Loki frees Odin from his self-exile. On the way home afterwards, what does Loki tell Thor under her breath?]]

* CoolShades: Sigurd's contribution to the preparation for the last battle in the name of the ''[[RuleOfCool heroic magic known as..."Cool"]]''.

* TheDividual: The All-Mother is a triumvirate of Frigga, Gaea and Idunn. Frigga usually speaks for all three, though on occasion Gaea and Idunn raise doubts and concerns about what exactly they're doing (Gaea asking [[spoiler:Old!Loki about what became of Earth in their future]], Idunn objecting to Sigurd being thrown in a dungeon). They have a vague [[TheHecateSisters Hecate Sisters]] theme going on (Idunn being the maiden, Frigga the mother, and Gaea the [[HollywoodOld crone... well, slightly older mother]]).

* DoNotGoGentle: [[spoiler:Issue 14 revolves around the imminent end of all existence, And Old!Loki decides to storm Asgard with the forces of Hel. So Odin and Freyja break out the big guns. As in literal guns.]]

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Freyja goes out stabbing the Midgard Serpent, which then explodes. She gets to go to Valhalla for it, and since it's Ragnarok, comes back to life.]]

* FantasticallyIndifferent: Lorelei robs a man and makes him hand over his wallet while he just grins and shrugs. Justified, as a) she's using magic to mess with his head and b) it's [[CityOfWeirdos Marvel's New York]].

* AmbiguousGender: Loki can only shapeshift into themself. That's a no on houseflies, a yes on femme-presenting. This means young Loki ''has'' a female aspect to change into (there is also WordOfGod on this), which they do sometimes just because they can, and they identify as a woman when looking like one to boot (things like referring to themselves as ''Goddess'' or using ''she''). Odin called them his child who is both his son and daughter... and that's not even touching all the stuff under IHaveManyNames.

* AnimalMotifs: Magpies became Loki's. Fits with the [[MagpiesAsPortents portent]] (Odin even hears "Thunder, and the laughter of magpies" in issue #4 of the ''Comicbook/OriginalSin'' tie-in (The Tenth Realm), when Thor and Loki need him), [[ThievingMagpie thief]] and [[CleverCrows conman]] interpretations. They even play on it like in ''All-New Marvel Now! Point One'', making "magpie" the "safeword" for Agent Coulson after tricking him. In issue #3, [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] turns into a magpie as part of their plan to create Gram.

* BadFuture: Judging by what's shown in issue 6, [[spoiler: this is where Old!Loki ''really'' comes from - a future in which Midgard is a barren, blasted wasteland. They might not be lying and Asgard lives a new golden age... but it comes with a price Thor would ''not'' pay willingly.]]
** Issue 12 follows up on this. [[spoiler:Asgard has a good future, but every living thing on Earth was killed by Old!Loki simply to hurt Thor, including the Earth itself.]]
* BagOfHolding: [[spoiler: Old!Loki]]'s can hold anything from a rocket launcher to a small mountain of gold.

** [[spoiler:Done through the first five issues with Old!Loki. From their appearance and behaviour, the audience is led to believe they're the original Loki reborn somehow, and up to their old tricks again. Then in issue 5 Loki stabs them, and they reveal the truth, that they're Loki from the future. They even taunt Loki, and the audience as well, about this.]]
** [[spoiler:And then throughout issues 10-13, where the most telegraphed message was ''King Loki will win!'' and so forth. See the YMMV subpage for the reactions which ranged from resignation to "it's Loki, things can't be this simple". And... well this entry is under this trope so yes, things were more complicated.]]

* ExactWords: To go with the BaitAndSwitch, even the recap page takes time to note that [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] ''looks'' like Loki, never actually outright saying that they are.

* TheFatalist: The All-Mother. [[spoiler:They perceived Old!Loki's appearance as a godsend as it fit their belief of everything will be as destined, they also imply this about the other Asgardians. And then Old!Loki even told them what they wanted to hear...]] They lectured [[spoiler:young Loki]] on the benefits of FreedomFromChoice, but they were always designated as ''villain'' so totally didn't buy it.

** Loki's ''The Wizard and I'' rendition places them as [[spoiler:both Elphaba ''and'' the Wizard, so hero and villain (which turned out to be true), ''child'' of the villain and ''father'' of the hero (yeah, metaphorically at least), woman and man (see: ambiguous gender); and so forth.]] That play also goes suddenly crashing and burning around the end of the first act, is notoriously mocking of the idea of BlackAndWhiteMorality, and... you know what? Just go and read up on ''{{Theatre/Wicked}}'' (or even ''{{Literature/Wicked}}''), and enjoy your very own forest of EpilepticTrees.

** Verity's inability to listen to most stories as ''anything'' not 100% true will set off her power since it feels like a lie [[spoiler: foreshadows Loki shifting from God of Lies to God of Stories, the more positive side of his old title.]]

** FranchiseDrivenRetitling: Issues 8 and 9 are ''Agent of Comicbook/{{AXIS}}''.
** QuestioningTitle: Issue 11 is ''Agent of Asgard?''

* HatePlague: In issue #6 and 7, [[ComicBook/{{AXIS}} courtesy of the Red Skull]]. [[spoiler:But what counters hate better than truth? Well, in the case of Doom, [[IgnoredEpiphany apparently delusions also work]].]]

-->'''Verity''': But it's ''not'' the end? There's -- There's ''hope''?
-->'''[[spoiler:Story!]]Loki''': It's never the end of ''all'' stories. They get everywhere. Like '''roaches'''. Wipe out the whole ''omniverse'' -- There'll ''still'' be a story ''somewhere''. ''Loads'', probably.

* TemporalMutability: This work seems to engage in "Temporal Balancing Act" at least. The villain [[spoiler:''intends'' to change history, and actually considers the possibility that they could have accidentally unmade their already established future by changing things in the series]]. There are obviously things that didn't happen[[note]]The possession of Thor, Loki's friendship with Verity, the heist of Asgardia etc.[[/note]], or have analogues but went differently[[note]]the Tenth Realm adventure (resulted in a war), Sigurd's contract (he went to hell), AXIS (Loki never lifted Mjölnir) etc.[[/note]] in [[spoiler:Old!Loki]]'s timeline. At issue #13 Loki breaks the timeline which leaves [[spoiler:Old Loki]] time displaced.

** As long as the records and stories exist of what Past!Loki got up to, Loki will be drawn back to them. Since they're determined to have this HeelFaceTurn stick, they're out to erase those stories from existence.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Old!Loki. And as of issue #4, the All-Mother. Possibly.]]
* BiTheWay: Loki, obviously. Sigurd too:

* GenreSavvy: Loki, [[spoiler:Old!Loki]], Verity, Sigurd... really, most of the characters. The funniest instance is in the first issue:
-->'''Thor:''' Tell me, is there time for a drink before you make your inevitable escape?

** "Burning" comes up a lot.