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Possibly as a result of being introduced to "junk food" on Midgard.

[[spoiler: Malekith]] will offer things to Loki for either help or information. Loki turns him down. Expect this and the scene where Loki passes the information onto Thor to be his only two scenes.

* The fact that the casting choice inspired real-life white supremacist groups to protest the movie probably ''helped'' the movie a little bit - NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity, with the bad publicity drummed up by the lease agreeable source possible. It probably also helped quell many comic fans' complaints about the movie's color blind casting.

[[WMG: Time passes more slowly in Asgard than it does on Earth.]]

Not to excuse Loki's actions there, but he's one of the best-executed cases of CryForTheDevil in recent memory, and in this verse he's clearly in many ways still a really pathetic, attention-seeking ''boy''. Imagine if Odin had just sighed "Loki, please don't do this. You are ''my son'', and I could not bear to lose you." It seems pretty IC that this version of Loki might have allowed that, and then probably collapsed into angry, frustrated, needy tears. He'd probably still need a long, long time under the care of whatever the Asgardian equivalent of a psychiatrist is (not unlike [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]]'s final fate), but at the very least he wouldn't've ended up going to rampage on Midgard for shits and giggles.

** Or maybe the helmet itself comes with some important role in Asgard, like the Captain of the Guard or Head Mage or something - makes sense to throw Loki a bone when Thor is being made King of Asgard. However, this theory, if taken to its logical conclusion, also makes his continued usage of the helmet in ''Film/{{The Avengers}}'' either a Crowning Moment of Fridge Heartbreaking (as in, he can't bear to part with the only symbol of leadership they gave him in Asgard, regardless of how it is also a continual reminder of his perceived inferiority to Thor, and the idea that he is still Asgardian at heart and resolutely doesn't identify with the Jotun), or just really weird. (Or maybe this troper [[YoureInsane just needs to get some sleep]].)

[WMG: [[spoiler: Coulson]] and Loki will share a scene with eachother when they are saving the world.]]

Of the many weapons Loki uses in The Avengers, among them is ''not'' the casket, which we know he has with him. I'm guessing that he saw that his defeat was possible, so he left the casket on Earth as a way to either attract the Jotun to attack Midgard or as a form of bomb. The Casket will activate at a predetermined time, thus endangering the world since no mortal could approach it.

* This Troper (the one who speculated about Laufey below) is now writing an AU fanfic based on this guess.

* Regarding that decision, it could also be one of Loki's ideas that he believed would be in the good of Asgard. He could see that Thor wasn't fit to take the throne and that him being crowned king would ''not'' be in the good of Asgard, so he may have set up the "prank" to show his father that Thor was not ready. All he needed was for Thor to attempt to go to Jotunheim to show Odin the truth, but things got just a [[SarcasmMode little]] out of hand.

Or at least, a glimpse of one.

She will manage to end up in Asgard, but is found by two guards who do not recognize her as Thor's Midgardian love, but assume she is an enemy, chain her up, and bring her to the king. . .who is Thor.

Not to excuse Loki's actions there, but he's one of the best-executed cases of CryForTheDevil in recent memory, and in this verse he's clearly in many ways still a really pathetic, attention-seeking ''boy''. Imagine if Odin had just sighed "Loki, please don't do this. You are ''my son'', and I could not bear to lose you." It seems pretty IC that this version of Loki might have allowed that, and then probably collapsed into angry, frustrated, needy tears. He'd probably still need a long, long time under whatever the Asgardian equivalent of psychiatrist is's care (not unlike [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]]'s final fate), but at the very least he wouldn't've ended up going to rampage on Midgard for shits and giggles.

** And Loki refuses. Surtur then proceeds to kidnap/do something to get Loki out of the way while making it look like Loki's doing horrible things, hoping that Loki will be found and punished for them becuase no one would belive he didn't (an subquently go mad from whatever the awful punishment is)... [[SpottingTheThread But Thor and maybe Odin and Frigga realize it's not Loki's doing]], so Thor has to find and save Loki before Surtur destroys too much pretedning to be Loki, setting up an EnemyMine...and all that's the first act.

** The third act will look like Loki's defected to Surtur out of pragmatism, but it'll turn out to be a sneak SuicideAttack that nearly kills Loki when Thor rushes in to save him. The Magic Feather turns out to not be a MagicFeather, but actually have a use, and heals both of them, and they go after Surtur in a massive battle to top any and all previous massive battles and be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for both brothers. Then, Loki will leave, paointing out that he's still done horrible things, but he'll come by now and again "to make things not so boring" (aka help out if they need him). It will be a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, a {{Tearjerker}} and proof that Loki can never really be a KarmaHoudini here.

** Or he might decide that Red Skull/Hydra/whoever he's working with is ''too'' evil (Loki's mostly defined by wanting Thor dead/to prove himself better than Thor/to impress Odin in the movie, his whole "cause Raganarok" thing has never come up) and stop them, either for a "only I get to kill you" with Thor or becuase whatever the villains are doing threatans Asgard (and Loki has nothing against Asgard as much as Thor, unlike in the comics). He'll probably make a HeelFaceTurn, and leave after it's all over before anyone can stop him, hinting that he'll get Thor "next time" and therefore laying the groundwork for his appaearence in the sequel.

[[WMG: Ragnarok has already happened one in the MCU]]

So, the old myths get passed down to Earth/Midgard, but since events like Loki, since the Giants no longer look human, looks like an Aesir, and no longer has CosmicHorror children like Fenrir or Jormungand, are somewhat skeptically believed even by Aesirs, explaining why he wasn't chased off so much earlier and how some things still look the same but are also so drastically different at times.

YMMV on whether it's romantically or platonically, but during the fight beneath Yygdrasil, Loki starts berating Thor for his new softness regarding the jötnar and blames it on Jane. Loki's obviously not happy with this new development and if you watch closely, when he's talking about Jane, there's a tear running down his cheek before he starts taunting Thor and threatening to kill Jane in a tone that sounds very much like the MurderTheHypotenuse and IfICantHaveYou methods yanderes tend to favor. All Loki ever wanted to be was to be on equal footing with Thor and when (in his mind) Jane took that away from him and changed Thor, Loki's unstable mind immediately decided she had to go.

On the subject of Loki, why would Odin pick Thor as King? He was shown to be rash, was very agressive, and was still mentally a teenager. The only other candidate was Loki, since he was the only other son we saw. Except, two possibly reasons: Odin lost his eye, which was suposed to be when he gained a chunk of knowledge about future events, including Loki starting Ragnorok. He took in Loki just after loosing his eye, which was to bring peace to Asgard as he believed that by raising him as his own, he could avoid Ragnorok. However, he couldn't risk him becoming ruler of Asgard just in case he failed to raise him right. Alternativly, there's the reason why Loki would cause Ragnorok: Loki was to accidentally cause the Death of Baldur, one of Odin's sons, and would later insult them when they talked about him behind his back. They'd retaliate by binding him with a snake dripping venom into his eyes, which drove him insane and lead to him starting Ragnorok. In the film, Loki had recently caused the death of Baldur, and Odin didn't think he was ready to be king because of this. Which would then lead to the events of the film, which lead to Loki getting too out of hand from his growing hatred, resulting in Odin eventually having him binded, leading to Ragnorok. We're just in the stages in between Baldur's death and Loki's binding.

When at the begining and Thor and Loki are just young teenagers, Mjolnir is visible. Now, if people who know the mythology can tell you, Thor was given the hammer by some Dwarfs after Loki tricked them. Their retaliation for Loki tricking them was to stitch his mouth close. The reason Loki was all quiet all the time was that, as a child, he had his mouth stitched closed by some Dwarfs. That would, understandably, be very unnerving to a young child and leave them very quiet and withdrawn. Loki's entire confidense issue that lead to his slip into evilness was because of this event, and his resentment of Thor was fueled by Thor getting a hammer out of the deal while he was severly traumatized.

A short period of time in Asgard is a much longer period of time on Earth. This would explain why Thor's understanding of Earth customs is so out of date. It would also explain why he'd never see Jane again if he destroyed the Bifrost. The Asgardians ''could'' rebuild it but it would take so long that Jane would be old or dead by the time they finished.

Heimdall activates the Bifrost by plunging his sword into the main engine, so clearly his sword is the key. Now, in ''Captain America: The First Avenger'', Cap and the Red Skull accidentally created a Bifrost effect when Cap's shield hits the Valkrie's power source containing the Tesseract, carrying away the Red Skull. Cap's shield is made out of Vibranium, so it was the "key". Therefore, Heimdall's sword is made of Vibranium. Might the heroes ever figure this out to create their own Bifrost?

[[WMG: ''Thor 2'' will involve Thor, Sif, and the Warriors Three traveling to other realms to face a threat. Since the Bifrost is still damaged, they will be forced to [[ConsultingAConvictedKiller use Loki as a guide]].]]

[[WMG: The Enchantress from the comics is the same enchantress from {{Beauty and the Beast}}.]]