| 1 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/loki_agent_of_asgard.png]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:301:[[CaperCrew Team Loki]][[note]]Teen!Loki in the middle and then clockwise: Lorelei, Thor, Verity, and Sigurd (The Ever-Glorious)[[/note]]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->''"'''Trust me.''' I ('''still''') know what I'm doing."'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Loki''', issue #1 (and #15) |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ''Loki: Agent of Asgard'' is the continuing adventures (after ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'' and ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'') of Marvel's lovable God of Mischief, [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]], as written by Creator/AlEwing. Only now those adventures involve doing wet-work for the All-Mothers of Asgard, in exchange for their freedom and the chance of redemption. The twist is that this time, Loki really, really, ''really'' means it. But the problem with having a past like Loki's is that sooner or later, it's going to catch up with you. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | !!'''This series ties-in to the following events[[note]]Damn it, Loki. Did you curse your own title? "...[[ComicBook/YoungAvengers be involved in a string of massive corporate crossover events for your entire run]]"[[/note]]:''' |
| 10 | [[index]] |
| 11 | * ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'' -- ''Thor & Loki: The Tenth Realm'' miniseries #1 - #5 |
| 12 | * ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'' -- issues #6 - #9 |
| 13 | * ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' -- issues #14 - #17 |
| 14 | [[/index]] |
| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Because this book is part of the ''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]'' family, all characters from this series can be found [[Characters/TheMightyThor here]]. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | %%Note to later editors: To avoid edit wars let's keep singular "they" as Loki's pronouns. |
| 20 | !!Tropes featured in this series include: |
| 21 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Tropes A-D]] |
| 24 | * 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. |
| 25 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: The "brown trout" joke. Verity cannot help laughing, and even Thor admits that it was pretty funny. |
| 26 | * 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''.]] |
| 27 | * 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 son and daughter. and that's not even touching all the stuff under IHaveManyNames. |
| 28 | * 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 affects the text, remember.]] |
| 29 | * AncientAstronauts: Touched on by [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki in the final issue, who isn't entirely sure whether ancient Asgardians influenced mankind's myths and legends or not, but as they admit their own memory is "rubbish" at that point. |
| 30 | * AndIMustScream: On being returned to Asgard by Amora, Lorelei and Sigurd are sealed in giant goose eggs and sent to the Isle of Silence, not to be freed until Ragnarok. [[spoiler:They're pretty pissed when they get out.]] |
| 31 | * 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 incredibly {{bittersweet|Ending}}. |
| 32 | * 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. |
| 33 | ** Magpies are a continuing motif since their introduction in ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery''. |
| 34 | ** Jackal when they briefly turn into Anubis while discussing how they can only turn into themself. |
| 35 | * ArcWords: |
| 36 | ** "Burning" |
| 37 | ** "[[ThisIsUnforgivable I am the crime that will not be forgiven.]]" |
| 38 | ** "[[VaguenessIsComing That which is called ego-death is coming to you.]]" |
| 39 | * ArtEvolution: Loki's design has a slight, noticeable shift during the course of the run. At the start his tunic is bright solid green with gold framing and looks more like plated armour, but as things go on, it shifts into a more of a scale-maille looking thing, with a olive bronze-like colour. |
| 40 | * ArtShift: During the ''Original Sin'' tie-in, the artist changes to Simone Bianchi when in Heven. |
| 41 | * ArtifactTitle: Loki quit his job as "the Agent of Asgard" in issue #5, but the subtitle stuck with the series until the end. |
| 42 | * AscendedMeme: During the ComicBook/OriginalSin tie-in issues, [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] is referred to as [[spoiler:Old!Loki, as they are on this very page.]] |
| 43 | * BackForTheFinale: Given the "Last Days" storyline is the GrandFinale for the majority of the Thor storyline, several characters reappear in issue #17, like Beta Ray Bill, or [[spoiler:Bill, Born of Bills]], to aid Asgard in its final hours. |
| 44 | * BadassBoast: [[spoiler: King Loki gives Loki one after Loki runs them through with Gram:]] |
| 45 | -->[[spoiler:'''King Loki''': I saw the ''effect'' and then built the ''cause''! I saw the ''story'' and then wrote the ''origin''! ''That's who I am!'']] |
| 46 | * 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.]] |
| 47 | ** 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.]] |
| 48 | * BagOfHolding: [[spoiler:Old!Loki]]'s can hold anything from a rocket launcher to a small mountain of gold. |
| 49 | * BaitAndSwitch: |
| 50 | ** [[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.]] |
| 51 | ** [[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.]] |
| 52 | * BatmanGambit: Gram owes its origin to a truly ludicrous gambit on the part of [[spoiler:Old!Loki, which in turn is part of an even bigger gambit.]] |
| 53 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Issue #11, Loki uses this against Frigga, pointing out that them [[ChronicVillainy going back to their old ways]] was exactly what she wanted, [[spoiler:and that's exactly what she's got, Loki the villain, hated and distrusted by all of Asgard.]] |
| 54 | * BerserkButton: Odin actually admitting he loves Thor and Loki [[spoiler:for Old!Loki, who angrily yells that [[YouNeverDidThatForMe he never said that]] to ''them'']]. |
| 55 | * BeYourself: Odin's admittedly ''very'' {{cryptic|Conversation}} advice in issue #11 seems to allude to this, with things like they should be worthy of their own power and not their brother's. This also says that Odin ''knows'' what Loki did on the moon in Axis, and isn't that impressed. [[spoiler:This gets heavier in issue #12: If they're telling the truth, Old!Loki has fallen because [[HisOwnWorstEnemy they couldn't reconcile what they thought to be their nature as "God of Lies" with their redemption]] which combined with weapons grade projecting made them hate the world even more.]] |
| 56 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:Old!Loki, who is the one pulling the strings behind all the bad things happening to our Loki.]] |
| 57 | * BlackAndGrayMorality: [[spoiler:Old!Loki and Mephisto]] are evil, everybody else varying degrees of {{jerkass}}. Closest thing to good people here are Verity, and Thor, who is way too nice (and impulsive) to be in this series. |
| 58 | * BlahBlahBlah: When Sigurd overhears Loki telling Verity about their plan in #4, it's represented as "Rhubarb rhubarb [relevant word] rhubarb". |
| 59 | * BlatantLies: During Verity's speed-dating attempts, one man tries to claim [[{{Megacorp}} Roxxon]] is a charity. |
| 60 | * BlessedWithSuck: Verity Willis can see through lies. All lies, every lie. She can't even enjoy a book or a film because she lacks suspension of disbelief. [[spoiler: She learns to suppress her reaction to books during the time skip in #13, armed with the knowledge that even if a story is fiction, it can still be true.]] |
| 61 | * BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Old!Loki to Teen!Loki, EvilGloating included.]] |
| 62 | * BrilliantButLazy: Loki is much happier at home playing video games, trolling the neighbourhood (or the internet probably), writing slash fiction, and having fun in general, than going on missions or such. Sadly for them this isn't [[SliceOfLife that kind]] of comic. |
| 63 | * CallBack: |
| 64 | ** During issue #3, Loki notes they have developed a fondness for the way humans prepare meat, something that came up occasionally in ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''. |
| 65 | ** In the ''Original Sin'' tie-in mini Thor also acknowledges the fact that since ''Young Avengers'' Loki is frequently found in eateries. |
| 66 | ** Magneto's [[TheCameo brief appearance]] in issue #7 has him quoting something he said all the way back in X-Men issue #16. |
| 67 | ** In issue #11, Sif notes the time Loki possessed her. |
| 68 | ** [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] brings up Loki's [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers dealings with Mother, and what they did to Wiccan and Hulking]] in the same issue, telling Verity about them. |
| 69 | ** Issue #13: [[spoiler:The ghosts of Original and Kid Loki recite their respective last words.]] |
| 70 | ** At the beginning of issue #14, [[spoiler:the spectral forms of Those Who Sit Above In Shadows recite the Beyonder's claim from the beginning of ComicBook/SecretWars1984.]] |
| 71 | ** Issue #14 ends with almost (adds a 'still') the same lines issue #1 began. "''Trust me''. I ''still'' know what I'm doing..." |
| 72 | * CallingTheOldManOut: |
| 73 | ** Loki, to Frigga in issue #11, for her treatment of them. [[spoiler:She lashes out and banishes them for it.]] |
| 74 | ** 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.]] |
| 75 | * CannotTellALie: |
| 76 | ** Loki after the inversion is undone can't take falsehoods, not even benign ones or jokes. They are not literally unable to tell them but [[BadLiar all come out incredibly weak]] and they feel so bad about them that they correct themself immediately. They theorize that this is either an after effect of the inversion, or being in the middle of the truth wave, or [[WillNotTellALie maybe they're just sick and tired of untruths]] or some combination of these. This prompts them to be [[BrutalHonesty suicidally honest]] with Verity and Thor. |
| 77 | ** And in issue #11, [[spoiler:Old!Loki calls them on it, and how they never told Verity about all the things they did before meeting her.]] |
| 78 | * TheCaper: Several. [[spoiler:A casino robbery by Lorelei, which Loki [[TheCon infiltrated]]; Loki and their ''friends'' breaking in Asgardia to "Save Sigurd" or actually check out the ''most secure cell''.]] |
| 79 | * CaperCrew: When Loki isn't working alone. It's currently also a FiveManBand: |
| 80 | ** TheLeader: Loki (The Master Mind, The Hacker, The Conman, The Pickpocket) |
| 81 | ** TheLancer: Thor (The Distraction, The Inside Man) |
| 82 | ** TheSmartGuy: Verity (The Coordinator, The Hacker (if it's illusions)) |
| 83 | ** TheBigGuy: Sigurd The Ever-Glorious (The Muscle, The Inside Man) |
| 84 | ** TheBait: Lorelei (The Burglar, The Roper) |
| 85 | * CardCarryingVillain: [[spoiler:Old!Loki, which is why the Sword of Truth doesn't even faze them.]] |
| 86 | * CarpetOfVirility: [[spoiler:Story!Loki's masculine form, much to their delight.]] |
| 87 | * CharmPerson: Both Amora's and Lorelei's signature spell. Seen for example at the SpeedDating episode when Lorelei ''robs'' a guy. [[spoiler:Also if you look closely when Heroic!Loki agrees to Inverted!Amora's plan in issue #9 there are some ''mostly green'' magic sparkles around their eyes indicating that someone is manipulating them.]] |
| 88 | * ChekhovsBoomerang: Andravi the dwarf's death-curse is important in issue #3, and again in [[spoiler:issue #15.]] |
| 89 | * ChekhovsGun: That super cell reception spell mentioned in issue #5? [[spoiler:It comes handy when Loki's forced to choose their destiny in the metaphorical realm in issue #13.]] |
| 90 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Valeria has observed that often when adults get in trouble, there's "kissing" involved. |
| 91 | * CloningGambit: [[spoiler:Loki isn't really Loki, they're a copy of the original Loki's personality, in Kid!Loki's body, made as the original Loki's Get Out of Jail Free card. However, due to the way they were created, they've inherited some of Kid!Loki's goodness, and isn't the same as the original Loki. They feel guilt, for one thing.]] |
| 92 | * ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Loki [[DownplayedTrope doesn't need equipment to be formidable]], but having some can't hurt, right? Right! As of issue #9 they have 3 pieces of [[InvisibilityCloak invisibility granting clothing]] (cloak, [[MagicalAccessory pendant]], belt), and a pair of SevenLeagueBoots, which allow them to walk on any surface. |
| 93 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Verity for Loki's TricksterGod-ness ("NO!", "WhatWereYouThinking") and PungeonMaster ("Shut Up!") tendencies. |
| 94 | * ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Both played straight and subverted with magic. Every spellcaster's power has its own color, like Doom's is light blue, unfortunately Lorelei's is blue too; Amora's is green, as is Loki's ([[spoiler:''Both'' Lokis' albeit the old one's can verge into yellow]]), which can make distinguishing between them kind of hard and defeats the purpose of the trope, but given [[MysteryFiction the nature of this series]] this might be the point. |
| 95 | ** When Loki is briefly inverted during ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'', their costume is white with gold highlights. |
| 96 | * 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. |
| 97 | * TheCon: As Loki themself said, there is always a Con going on somewhere, even if this [[FanConvention wasn't what the asker meant]]. For example the one to get [[spoiler:Sigurd in Asgardia as a preparation for the later caper. Yes. [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu Loki conned Mephisto]].]] |
| 98 | * ContinuityNod: |
| 99 | ** Loki uses that ''[[ComicBook/CivilWar2006 unpleasantness]]'' involving Thor's DNA and Iron Man to momentarily distract the Avengers. |
| 100 | ** The reason [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] managed to sneak into Thor is because he was already weak after a recent run in with Malekith in ComicBook/TheMightyThor. That run-in is also the ''reason'' Loki snuck in on behalf of the All-Mother. |
| 101 | ** Cul, [[ComicBook/FearItself brother of Odin]], appears in a flashback, which proves true his claim of being Odin's predecessor. |
| 102 | *** Cul later appears [[spoiler:in ''The Ten Realms'', revealed when Loki frees Odin from his self-exile. On the way home afterwards, what does Loki tell Thor under her breath?]] |
| 103 | ---->"[[spoiler:[[ComicBook/FearItself Uncle Cul says hello, by the way.]]"]] |
| 104 | ** During his attempted infiltration of Loki's apartment, Sigurd is noted as wearing clothing from [[ComicBook/MightyAvengers Cortex Sportif]]. |
| 105 | ** In issue #6, we see Latveria recovering from a scuffle between Doctor Doom and the Invisible Woman from Fantastic Four Annual. |
| 106 | ** [[spoiler:Old]] Loki mentions the time they crossed paths with Character/BuckyBarnes while Bucky was the Man on the Wall and having space adventures. |
| 107 | ** They also summarize the major plot points of the series, where they makes it sound like they physically rescued Sigurd from a lava river when they [[spoiler:thwarted Mephisto's plan to deceive him]]. |
| 108 | ** A flashback in Issue #15 shows Verity had to register herself when the [[ComicBook/CivilWar2006 Superhuman Registration Act]] was enacted, but that she never had to join a superhero team. |
| 109 | *** This issue also revealed that Verity is the daughter of Roger Willis, the keeper of the Casket of Winters from all the way back in the Simonson era. Another nod to this era is the reappearance of modern weaponry in Asgard (they grew fond of M-16s in that arc). |
| 110 | ** A continuity nod not in ''Loki: Agent of Asgard'', but directly of it. In ''[[ComicBook/MightyAvengers Mighty Avengers]]'' #8 (a series also written by Al Ewing), Power Man is trying to send messages to some of his fellow teen super heroes from an underwater base with bad reception. One of the replies makes it through. Loki's, who was in the middle of ''Loki: Agent of Asgard'' #2 when they replied to the message. |
| 111 | --->"Hi Vic! Sorry, got hands full :-("\ |
| 112 | "OF 1000000000 EUROS!!!! 8-O ha ha!"\ |
| 113 | "Anyway am holding up casino right now but hope Ava better soon. HUGS. --L" |
| 114 | * ContinuityPorn: This series exists, amongst [[{{fanservice}} other]] [[CrisisCrossover reasons]], to give a satisfying ending to all the continuity accumulated around Loki throughout ''Journey into Mystery'' and ''Young Avengers''. Add Al Ewing, who loves to connect everything to everything and reference everything else too, and we end up in this trope. It's a testament to Ewing's talent that this title is readable pretty much as a standalone series ''despite'' all of this. |
| 115 | * CoolShades: Sigurd's contribution to the preparation for the last battle in the name of the ''[[RuleOfCool heroic magic known as... "Cool"]]''. |
| 116 | * CoolSword: Gram, which used to belong to Sigurd (the Ever-Glorious), as piercing as truth itself. Most of the wounds it inflicts aren't fatal, because the truth usually just hurts. [[spoiler:Old!Loki had a large hand in its convoluted creation.]] |
| 117 | * DecapitationPresentation: [[spoiler:Old!Loki kills Balder and cuts off his head, and when they attack Asgard, they're carrying Balder's head with them.]] |
| 118 | * {{Determinator}}: Loki, [[spoiler:at least the young one]]. They [[IveComeTooFar came too far]], sacrificed too much, [[IDidWhatIHadToDo did what they had to do]] (even if they [[MyGreatestFailure regretted it later]]) for this chance to ScrewDestiny. |
| 119 | -->'''Freyja''': He will come to his senses in time. |
| 120 | -->'''Odin''': No. Not that one. He'll not go quietly into '''any''' box you build for him. |
| 121 | * DidYouActuallyBelieve: |
| 122 | ** [[spoiler:Old!Loki to Loki when they stab them with Gram in issue #5. A sword designed to reveal the truth doesn't work on someone who's honest about who and what they are.]] |
| 123 | ** [[spoiler:Story!Loki in issue #16 turns this on Old!Loki. Actually dying? Of course not, that was a metaphor, which gods do kind of literally, of the past that creates them being no more!]] |
| 124 | * DisproportionateRetribution: The Angels are so offended that Odin won't pay them for supporting him after they switched sides that they start a war with Asgardia and murder his baby daughter. |
| 125 | * DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Subverted with Sigurd. Him being imprisoned in the dungeons of Asgardia was planned so that he could act as the inside man.]] |
| 126 | * 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]]). |
| 127 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Loki's behaviour in issue #14, [[spoiler:with their reaction to their new appearance and claiming they're an entirely different person from before, all sounds entirely like he's just [[Series/DoctorWho regenerated]].]] |
| 128 | * DoesntLikeGuns: Loki doesn't usually use them. They prefer their own methods. |
| 129 | -->"What? NO! Why would I use a gun?" |
| 130 | * DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Played with and explored, regarding Lorelie's past use of this on Thor and Loki. When she's first introduced, the narration retcons the fact that her and Loki's initial fling was the result of Amora's spell on the two, and both were consensual. Her rape of Thor, however, ''is'' noted and Thor makes it clear he does ''not'' forgive her for it, and its largely what fuels Thor's disagreement with Loki's plan in #5. Loki personally doesn't have any disgust in her over it, ''but'' that's largely because they've personally done ''far'' worse to Thor themselves. |
| 131 | * 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.]] |
| 132 | * DragonHoard: [[spoiler: Old!Loki]] steals the gold hoard of a shapeshifter, who places a truth curse on it with his dying breath. This curse physically transforms the man it ends up with into a dragon, reflecting his greedy inner self. |
| 133 | * 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 as Einherjar.]] |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Tropes E-L]] |
| 137 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki's female form even more than before. |
| 138 | * EpicFail: Somehow ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} is so bad at video games that he manages to get the army after him, and has no health while he's falling out of a plane. This is something you'd expect to happen in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' or another similar game. He's playing ''a bass fishing simulator''. |
| 139 | * EscapeArtist: Loki claims that they are the bona fide expert on escaping from {{Cool And Unusual Punishment}}s, especially those by Odin. With their track record we're inclined to believe them. |
| 140 | * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Nobody thinks [[spoiler:Old!Loki]]'s jokes are funny except themself, while our protagonist's humor is groan-worthy and {{pun}}ny but at least not mean spirited [[spoiler:(their ''heroic'' version oddly [[InvertedTrope doesn't seem to really have a sense of humor at all]])]]. |
| 141 | * ExactWords: |
| 142 | ** 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. |
| 143 | ** Verity becomes angry when she realizes that he has been using this to get around her truthsense. |
| 144 | * FakingTheDead: Loki [[spoiler:taking the third option]] comes with the convenient side-effect of their apparent death, for the villain's great dismay. |
| 145 | * {{Fanservice}}: The book is dripping with it, both the typical (such as the second panel of the first issue being Loki naked in the shower,) and the non-sexual kind. |
| 146 | * FanDisservice: Issue #11 ends with [[spoiler:Loki bound and gagged to a chair, shirtless. What makes this a disservice? Their future self, King Loki, magically puts them in such a position. Extra points for Loki's arm being broken, meaning that just moving their arm would be extremely painful.]] |
| 147 | * FantasticallyIndifferent: Lorelei robs a man and makes him hand over his wallet while he just grins and shrugs. Justified, as 1) she's using magic to mess with his head and 2) it's [[QuirkyTown Marvel's New York]]. |
| 148 | -->"Ehh, it's New York. I mean, I was mugged by the Eel last week, y'know?" |
| 149 | * 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. |
| 150 | * FetchQuest: Loki had to go on one before the series began, fetching the keys to open the box containing Gram from all manner of places (outer space, the Red Skull's pocket, the Braddock Academy, and the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.) The last one is given to them by Thor as an act of trust. And this was a fetch quest in a fetch quest, since they needed the sword to cure Thor of a nasty case of possession. |
| 151 | * FirstPersonSmartass: The issues where Loki themself narrates, like the first. |
| 152 | * 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.]] |
| 153 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 154 | ** 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. |
| 155 | ** The fact that [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] uses a bazooka to kill Andvari is a hint that this might not be the [[spoiler:Loki]] that was, given [[spoiler:the Original Loki's disdain for mortals]]. |
| 156 | ** Andvari's death curse in issue #3, that gave Gram its truth revealing powers, explicitly specified that it's to "force ''truth'' upon ''all''! So all will ''know''" [[spoiler:Loki]]'s foul deeds (''murder'' and ''theft''). Lo and behold issue #10 and #11, impressive even counting in that the wrong theft and murder, [[spoiler:not to mention Loki]], got revealed. |
| 157 | ** Doom's speech [[spoiler:and pretend identity crisis]] in issue #6 foreshadows both [[spoiler:epiphanies]] at the end of the series. |
| 158 | ** 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]]. Her later learning to read stories because she realizes they can be true in a way even if the author thinks they are making it up, foreshadows [[spoiler:her giving Loki their way out of their "destined path"]] in the end. |
| 159 | * FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Teen!]]Loki has many of these. As lampshaded by Valeria and Loki in issue #7: |
| 160 | -->'''Verity''': What makes hate easy?\ |
| 161 | '''Valeria''': Mommy and daddy.\ |
| 162 | '''Loki''': Harsh! But yes. |
| 163 | * FunWithAcronyms: This series has the official acronym Loki:[=AoA=] which is pretty unassuming, but what ''[=AoA=]'' is can change depending on the issue: |
| 164 | ** FranchiseDrivenRetitling: Issues #8 and #9 are ''Agent of ComicBook/{{AXIS}}''. |
| 165 | ** QuestioningTitle: Issue #11 is ''Agent of Asgard?'' |
| 166 | * FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler:Loki]] feels this way about [[spoiler:Old!Loki.]] |
| 167 | * GambitPileup: The All-Mother has plans, as does Loki, [[spoiler:Old!Loki]], Odin, and who the heck knows who else. |
| 168 | * GatlingGood: [[spoiler:Odin whips out a Gatling gun as Old!Loki prepares to attack Asgard]]. |
| 169 | * GenreBusting: This is a {{Super|Hero}} AntiHero, RedemptionQuest, SpyFiction and/or CriminalProcedural comic about [[{{Metafiction}} stories]] with TimeTravel and a {{Unicorn}}! |
| 170 | * 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.) |
| 171 | * GoodCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:Heroic!]]Loki's costume still has the traditional green and gold, but also a lot of white, and switches horns for wings on their helmet/circlet. Maybe it's EvilCostumeSwitch though, depending on your opinion which one of them is better (or at least less annoying). |
| 172 | * GroinAttack: Sigurd (the Ever-Glorious) is reasonably convinced that if he ends up in Valhalla, the Valkyrie are going to remove Little Sigurd. |
| 173 | * GunsAkimbo: [[spoiler:Freyja, dual-wielding M-16s!]] |
| 174 | * GutPunch: You'll see this series called ''light-hearted'', which was true at the beginning (the [[{{Foreshadowing}} creeping shadows]] were there though), then it reached the end of issue #9 and this page grew a TearJerker subpage. |
| 175 | * 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]].]] |
| 176 | * HeroicBSOD: Poor Verity when the [[spoiler:end of '''everything''' sinks in]]. |
| 177 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Sigurd the Ever-Glorious, first legend of Asgard and hero of some of its greatest. Although the narration points out a more accurate title would be the Sometimes-Glorious. He's got [[NotStayingForBreakfast some]] [[{{Jerkass}} issues]]. |
| 178 | * {{Homage}}: |
| 179 | ** The cover to [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/imgsrv/preview/0/0/1/LOKIAOA2014008-DC11-7aa8d.jpg issue #8]] is a homage to the cover of [[http://www.comics.org/issue/28072/cover/4/ Giant-Size X-Men #1]]. |
| 180 | ** The cover to [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/7c73c84abb29c04d1265053cd461f7a4/tumblr_ngsj5gNPXS1qbr00oo6_1280.jpg issue #9]] is a homage to the cover of [[http://www.comics.org/issue/17212/cover/4/ Journey into Mystery #85]]. |
| 181 | * HopeSpringsEternal: Kind of. This is probably the ''least'' flattering way anybody ever worded it but [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki's very somber, and slightly exaggerated for dramatic effect, assessment of the situation (the end of the story/world) in issue #14 included this: |
| 182 | -->'''Verity''': But it's ''not'' the end? There's – There's ''hope''? |
| 183 | -->'''[[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. |
| 184 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: All [[spoiler:Old!]]Loki had to do to gain Freyja's trust was make a single accurate prediction. |
| 185 | * HowWeGotHere: |
| 186 | ** The 1st issue begins with Loki stabbing Thor through the chest with a sword, and a voiceover of them saying "I know what I'm doing." The rest of the issue is dedicated to explaining ''why'' Loki's doing it. |
| 187 | ** The 9th issue opens with Loki beaten up on the moon, with the rest of the issue being a flashback about the things leading up to this. |
| 188 | * IAmNotLeftHanded: Sigurd inverts the trope namer ("I'm actually left handed"), although not the trope itself. Loki tries to retort that [[Film/ThePrincessBride they've seen that same movie]], and gets kicked out a window for it. |
| 189 | * ICantLookGesture: [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] covers their eyes and proclaims that they can't bear to watch, when Loki attempts to lift Mjölnir. The thing is [[SubvertedTrope obviously an act]] as they are still looking, not to mention laughing their ass off. |
| 190 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:Inverted Amora]] justifies her actions an awful lot this way basically making it her version of NeverMyFault. [[spoiler:Heroic!]]Loki goes along with this but clearly has doubts and is uncomfortable. |
| 191 | * IDieFree: [[spoiler:Kid!Loki]] did if you ask [[spoiler:Teen!]]Loki, and in the end [[spoiler:they agree]]. Yes, they think that being forced to become [[spoiler:Old!Loki, or even ''themself'']], is a form of [[StatusQuoIsGod narrative slavery]] and a FateWorseThanDeath. |
| 192 | * IHaveManyNames: Loki has, albeit they generally don't use them, but the omen delivered by one of Odin's crows in issue #11 began like this: |
| 193 | --> O nobly born. (Listen well.) Trickster. Shapeshifter. Tamer of monsters. Moon king and wanderer. |
| 194 | ** 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. |
| 195 | ** They also gave themself a bunch (references to ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery''), when they confessed in issue #10: |
| 196 | --> I am the echo of a scream. I am the magpie who whispers. [[spoiler:I am the crime that will not be forgiven.]] |
| 197 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Most of the fight between [[spoiler:Heroic!]]Loki and [[spoiler:Villainous!]]Thor consisted of the heroic one trying to get through to the other by talking. |
| 198 | * 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. The same man also accuses his friend of worshipping Von Doom like a god by reading his "scripture", which he describes as "aheistic nonsense". |
| 199 | * InconvenientSummons: The All-Mothers have a bad habit of calling on Loki when they're trying to relax, or socialize with people, or in the shower... |
| 200 | * InDefenceOfStoryTelling: Stories change the world, stories change you, and your reading of the text affects the text. Even if stories are just lies it doesn't mean they aren't important. |
| 201 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Thor does this to himself in issue #1, when Loki insinuates that Tony kept Thor's DNA sample even though he promised to destroy it, and Tony points out that Loki has lied before. Thor retorts that Loki never pretended otherwise. Averts BatDeduction since we never find out whether what Loki said was true or just extremely plausible. |
| 202 | * InsistentTerminology: |
| 203 | ** Sigurd is almost never just Sigurd, but '''Sigurd the Ever-Glorious''' or when the narration feels snarky '''Sigurd the Sometimes-Glorious'''. |
| 204 | ** Loki states they ''liberated'' their SevenLeagueBoots from the Ljosalfar of Alfheim. |
| 205 | * InsubstantialIngredients: Gram is made of ''{{meta|fiction}}-l''. [[spoiler:A death {{curse}} combined with {{greed}}, a physical sword forged for {{revenge}}, [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality bound by story logic]] and made to last with the metaphysical weight of true {{legend|aryWeapon}}s.]] |
| 206 | * 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]]. |
| 207 | * IronicEcho: Inverted. In issue #1 Loki states that they would rather take an arrow to the face than burn. In issue #5, [[spoiler:Old!Loki says they would rather burn than take an arrow to the face]]. |
| 208 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 209 | ** The God of Lies becoming best friends with a human lie detector. |
| 210 | ** Moreover, the God of Lies being so honest with ''himself'' that Gram, the Sword of Truth that maims or kills you by making you look at your deepest truth, has no effect on him. |
| 211 | * 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.]] |
| 212 | * ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: What [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki claims when Verity questions why they [[spoiler:turned her "soul" into jewellery]]. |
| 213 | * JerkassHasAPoint: While being unyielding, rude and [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment cruel]] in issue #9 Odin also seems kind of disappointed in [[spoiler:Heroic!]]Loki opting to go with Amora [[spoiler:and ''not'' protecting their friends]], and berates them that they will never really grow and truly change as long they lack {{hum|bleHero}}ility, which prompts them [[spoiler:to get out some of their old GuileHero]]. |
| 214 | * 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. |
| 215 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Old!]]Loki telling poor Verity all the evil Loki committed in an attempt to destroy their friendship. Only that little spoiler makes it ''not'' a case of KickTheMoralityPet. |
| 216 | * KleptomaniacHero: Loki isn't above the odd bit of theft to get the job done. Or really, because they can. |
| 217 | ** It's how they acquired most of the keys to the box containing Sigurd's sword, including stealing one from the Red Skull. Without the now-telepathic villain noticing. |
| 218 | ** Sigurd (the Ever-Glorious) steals an [[InvisibilityCloak invisibility belt]] from A.I.M. in order to get to Loki. Loki then steals the belt from him. |
| 219 | * LadykillerInLove: [[spoiler:Sigurd the Ever-Glorious]], ''if'' Amora's self-righteous and jealousy-fuelled rant directed at Lorelei is to believed. |
| 220 | * {{Ladyland}}: The Tenth Realm is inhabited entirely by misandric and fringe-free-market-capitalist angels. Luckily, Loki has a way around that one. |
| 221 | * LargeHam: When [[spoiler: Old!Loki]] starts off on their explanation of what, exactly, is going on: |
| 222 | -->[[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.]] |
| 223 | * LaughablyEvil: [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] rivals the Joker when they feel like it. They can go demented WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, {{Catch Phrase}}s and apparent ToonPhysics included. |
| 224 | * LemonyNarrator: It's [[ComicBook/MightyAvengers Al Ewing]]. Those captions (and the recap page) can get quite strange. |
| 225 | * LetMeTellYouAStory: Inverted. In the middle of a conversation about [[spoiler:their [[TheNthDoctor changed looks and behaviour]], the [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 imminent end of all existence]]]] and the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking nature of stories]] [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki out of the blue asks Verity to tell them her story. Verity is as confused by this as the readers probably, but Loki says it's very important and you do not question the [[spoiler:Goddess of Stories]] about such decisions! |
| 226 | * 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.]] |
| 227 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: The title of issue #4. Someone in this comic's creative team might be a troper. |
| 228 | * LiteralMetaphor: Lots. Like Loki admitting that [[spoiler:"I killed my child self."]] gets "this must be metaphorical, right?" reaction from Verity, she remains convinced of 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. |
| 229 | * LivingLieDetector: Verity can infallibly tell when someone is lying, has no patience for any form of fiction, and can even see through high-level illusions. [[spoiler:If done carefully enough, she isn't immune to lies by omission, like what Loki pulled when doing the caper. She sarcastically congratulates them for that feat in issue #6.]] |
| 230 | * LoopholeAbuse: |
| 231 | ** No spell, hook or net can hold Andvari, [[spoiler:so Old!Loki just shoots him with a rocket launcher.]] |
| 232 | ** Loki cannot avert being the ''God of Lies'', but that way lies evil, so they decide to go around that by becoming the [[spoiler:''[[MeaningfulRename God of Stories]]'']] instead, because that sounds a lot nicer while meaning basically the same, and it ''works''. |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Tropes M-R]] |
| 236 | * MagicallyBindingContract: Mephisto tries to trick [[spoiler:Sigurd]] to sign one in {{blood|Magic}}, but Loki [[spoiler:switched it out with his own.]] |
| 237 | * 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]].]] |
| 238 | * MaliciousMisnaming: Verity dubs Amora the Enchantress ''{{Heteronormativ|eCrusader}}a'' behind her back as an insult. |
| 239 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Old!Loki, in spades.]] |
| 240 | * MasterOfIllusion: Loki uses their magic this way most. Like making [[spoiler:Bruce Banner]] look like themself for distraction, or [[MasterOfDisguise disguising themself]] as a middle aged man looking for love while SpeedDating. |
| 241 | * MathematiciansAnswer: |
| 242 | ** When asked if they're dressed for a [[FanConvention con]], Loki just responds with "There's always a [[TheCon con]] going on." |
| 243 | ** [[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."]] |
| 244 | ** In issue #13 when Verity asked Loki on the phone if [[spoiler:their evil future self]] was around, they answered "No", which was true. [[spoiler:In the metaphorical space where she reached them, anyway, and there ''were'' the spirits of the evil ''original'' Loki and Kid Loki in listening distance.]] |
| 245 | * MeaningfulEcho: In the first issue, Loki states they'd rather get an arrow in the face rather than be the villain again. Come issue five, [[spoiler:Old!]]Loki states they'd rather be the recurring villain rather than get an arrow in the face. |
| 246 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 247 | ** Loki's new friend Verity who can see through any lie. Veritas = Latin for Truth. Also a Roman goddess of truth. |
| 248 | ** 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. And that's mythologically accurate if we don't care for an AdaptationSpeciesChange. |
| 249 | * MediumAwareness: [[spoiler:Old!Loki gets bored in their cell in issue #3 and walks off-panel. And in issue #12 jumps out of it and sits a bit around in the space between panels.]] |
| 250 | * 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. |
| 251 | -->'''Recap of issue #15''': Warning: Your reading of the text affects the text. Use your power wisely. |
| 252 | * MetaphoricallyTrue: According to [[spoiler:story!]]Loki, everything depends on how you see it. |
| 253 | -->'''Verity:''' Are ''you'' him? Is... is he dead?\ |
| 254 | '''Loki:''' Dunno. Is Schrödinger's ''cat''? |
| 255 | * MoodWhiplash: Generally speaking Loki's most potent superpower is that their presence causes disruption in moods and patterns, in small scale this trope. |
| 256 | ** In a meta sense: the same month things went FromBadToWorse for Loki, they also appeared in ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'' to hand out hilariously bad romantic advice to teenagers. |
| 257 | ** 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.]] |
| 258 | * MoralEventHorizon: An InUniverse one that Loki believes of themself. Technically, happened back in ''Journey Into Mystery'', but a major element of Loki's characterisation: they cannot forget that they have committed a "crime that will not be forgiven." |
| 259 | * MrViceGuy: Young Loki is still Loki; a proud, thieving, manipulative, lazy etc. trickster but without most of the envy that characterized past Loki, with a GuiltComplex that acts as a (let's face it pretty screwed up) moral compass, and a less destructive outlet for their ambitions (screwing destiny not taking over the nine realms). In contrast our main villain [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] is also pretty much all of this without any of the redeeming qualities [[spoiler:except the lost envy, that they still seem to have.]] |
| 260 | * MuggleBestFriend: Verity, as much as being a LivingLieDetector counts as muggle, to Loki. The comic even calls her a ''Possible [=BFF=]'', and their ''Best and OnlyFriend'' even if many people mistake them for a couple. They aren't. As far as we know. But the HeIsNotMyBoyfriend reactions are certainly very suspicious. |
| 261 | * 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. |
| 262 | -->'''Innkeeper:''' B-but where did you get such a gold-hoard, old one? |
| 263 | -->'''[[spoiler:Old!Loki:]]''' [[BrutalHonesty I shot a fish with a bazooka.]] |
| 264 | * MundaneUtility: Issue #15 reveals how Verity affords that nice flat: using her ability to check census data (from home). |
| 265 | * MythologyGag: |
| 266 | ** 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. |
| 267 | ** When Lorelei uses magic to seduce an officer trying to arrest her, the resulting splash panel is drawn to mimic a typical cover off of the romance comics that Marvel did way back in the 1950s. |
| 268 | * NakedPeopleAreFunny: When Loki escapes from S.H.I.E.L.D. custody during their quest to attain the keys for Gram's container, they take the time to strip Agent Coulson while placing him in the cell Loki had just been put in. They also give him a {{safeword}} for no discernible reason, [[{{Troll}} except to]] [[TheTease make the scene more]] of a HoYay fodder than it already is. |
| 269 | * NamedWeapon / PublicDomainArtifact: |
| 270 | ** Gram the Sword of Truth / the Hero's Blade (most of its powers aren't myth accurate though.) |
| 271 | ** Laevateinn (Which is apparently Loki's AncestralWeapon) |
| 272 | * NarratorAllAlong: Issue #16's narrator is revealed to be [[spoiler:Loki, God of Stories]]. |
| 273 | * NestedStory: |
| 274 | ** Most of issue #2 consists of Loki telling the story of their current assignment to Verity. |
| 275 | ** Issue #12 of [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] telling their story to Loki. |
| 276 | ** The parts of issue #15 taking place on Earth have Verity telling hers to [[spoiler:Story!Loki]]. |
| 277 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: |
| 278 | ** The aforementioned [[spoiler:Thor/Angela fight]] went just according to plan. [[spoiler:Until Teen!Loki brought Odin into it, so making them meet prematurely ultimately resulted in ''averting'' a bloody Angel-Asgardian war.]] |
| 279 | ** Also, [[spoiler:Old!Loki's manipulations cause Odin to admit he does love Thor and Loki, changing history again.]] |
| 280 | ** Did you read about [[spoiler:Old!Loki's]] gambit to create Gram? Turns out it also created a small mountain of truth cursed gold from which a golden ring ended up in the possession of [[spoiler:Verity's father, which thanks to an accident gave Verity her LivingLieDetector power.]] |
| 281 | ** Old!Loki's meddling in the present trying to ruin Teen!Loki's life led to positive things, like them meeting Verity, and ultimately caused Teen!Loki [[spoiler:to be reborn as Story!Loki]]. |
| 282 | ** [[spoiler:Story!Loki's reconciliation with their old self's future self consists of them telling Old!Loki that their evil plan ultimately led to what they always wanted, to change.]] |
| 283 | --->'''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—'''.]] |
| 284 | --->'''Verity:''' [[spoiler:And hand out '''better''' ones.]] |
| 285 | * NothingIsScarier / FightUnscene: We don't get to see how Balder dies but it involved a golden sickle (which according to {{druid}}ic (and not Norse) lore is used to [[PoisonedWeapons gather]] [[KryptoniteFactor mistletoe]]) and it resulted in him loosing his head. |
| 286 | * ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Thor is reluctant to work with Amora, given their history. When Loki asks if that also applies to them, Thor says that's not the same thing, still believing Agent Loki to be an aged-up Kid Loki. Loki awkwardly changes the subject. |
| 287 | * OhCrap: Hawkeye aims for Loki, and manages to instead hit [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]]. [[HulkingOut Things quickly escalate]]. |
| 288 | * OldFlame: Lorelei, sister of Amora the Enhantress ([[TheGloriousWarofSisterlyRivalry they don't get along]]), former paramour of Thor (via sorcery) and Loki (sans sorcery). |
| 289 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted, during the creation of Gram, for there is a man named Fafnir who turns into a giant dragon, but is not the same as the other Fafnir Thor has encountered, though his death does cause the origin of the other. "Fafnir is in many", as the narration states. |
| 290 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: The Angels believe in fair trade, which means honor and such things don't mean anything for them. [[spoiler:They perceived it as a betrayal when Odin took issue with their, you know, doing the financially logical thing and changing sides to the highest bidder.]] |
| 291 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: [[spoiler:Old!Loki, who has StoryBreakerPower, and the benefits of foreknowledge, but no real inclination to use it for anything more than trolling. For the moment, they're quite content to kick back in their cell. An explanation for this could be that they are (allegedly) a time traveller, and when they actually mess with the present it could very well [[TemporalMutability derail it into something different]] or even [[NiceJobFixingItVillain better]] than what they remember and potentially [[PuffOfLogic destroy them]]. They become more active in issue #11, which isn't a good thing.]] |
| 292 | * 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.]] |
| 293 | * OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Averted with Andvari, a dwarf who turned himself into a giant magic-proof pike to protect his gold. |
| 294 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Verity]] becomes a ghost in issue #15 thanks to magic and a friend with consent issues. She is visible but transparent to a degree and pretty much invulnerable thanks to intangibility. Technically the ghost body is just there so she can interact with her surroundings though and her actual story/being/soul is the [[SoulJar gem]] on [[spoiler:Story!Loki]]'s bracelet. |
| 295 | * 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? |
| 296 | * OutGambitted: [[spoiler:Mephisto tricks Sigurd into signing a contract that condemns Sigurd to an eternity of punishment (and bad puns), only to find he's been played by Loki.]] |
| 297 | * OverlyLongGag: The Room Full of Incredibly Deadly Traps. |
| 298 | * PacManFever: The shooter Loki plays in issue #4 looks positively retro (16bit tops) despite the console looking current for the most part. But then again it gave them an opportunity to [[CatharsisFactor shoot the All-Mother in the face]], when they chose to manifest through it. |
| 299 | -->'''Loki''': Well, this is certainly '''[[LampshadeHanging therapeutic]]'''. |
| 300 | * PaintedTunnelRealTrain: How does Loki get out of the [[spoiler:void at the end of everything]]? He draws a door with "next" written over it and walks out. |
| 301 | * PassThePopcorn: [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] while watching [[spoiler:Thor and Angela]] fight. |
| 302 | * PlayAlongPrisoner: [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] is kept in a cell that has no doors and is stated to be the "most secure one in Asgardia", but they still can literally walk out ''[[ExactWords any time]]'' they want, they just don't want to. |
| 303 | * PopCulturedBadass: Young Loki very much; they are easily the most pop-cultured Asgardian, who are by definition badass. Actually this makes them the perfect agent for them on Midgard, as they would use information sources [[TechnologicallyBlindElders no other Asgardian would think of]] (or touch), like newspapers (yes, they are that out of the loop), TV or the internet. |
| 304 | * PostModernMagik: Loki likes to mix magic and technology because magic is "telling a story the universe believes" and "technology is very gullible". So they boost their cell-reception, hacks the internet and whatnot by magic regularly. Other magically inclined characters aren't averse to technology either, the All-Mother even manifested through their videogame once. |
| 305 | * ThePowerOfFriendship [[PowerOfTrust and Trust]]: One of the reasons Loki [[spoiler:takes the third option in issue #13]] is that they've a friend who trusts them. |
| 306 | * ProductionForeshadowing: During issue #12, [[spoiler:Old!Loki mentions that in their timeline they thwarted the Ultron Singularity, a reference to the ''ComicBook/UltronForever'' mini-series that began a few weeks after that issue was released.]] |
| 307 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The [[HonorBeforeReason Asgardians]] and the [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Angels]], albeit their philosophies can't be more different. Except both are prone to RevengeBeforeReason. |
| 308 | * PungeonMaster: Many. Loki's sense of humor is very punny and others aren't so far behind. Some highlights: |
| 309 | ** 'The wheel of rein carnations', [[spoiler:courtesy of Mephisto after tricking Sigurd into signing his contract.]] [[spoiler:It's a wheel that whips you with horse bridles shaped into flowers.]] |
| 310 | --->'''[[spoiler: Mephisto]]:''' [[LampshadeHanging And consider that pun the first of your many tortures.]] |
| 311 | ** [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] describing himself to [[spoiler:Verity]] as her 'Best Friend's Forever'. |
| 312 | * QuestionableConsent: Not the sexual kind of consent but [[spoiler:Story!Loki]] is very bad at it in general. It's one thing assuming that your best friend trusts you especially if you're trying to save her, and a very different one thinking she'll be okay with you turning her into magical jewellery without warning. |
| 313 | * RedemptionQuest: What Loki is aiming for. |
| 314 | * ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler:King!Loki]] claims that this is why they turned evil. [[spoiler:Even after completing their atonement, the Asgardians still looked down on them as the God of Lies and refused to trust them. After ten years of this treatment, with Thor calling them the God of Lies once again as the final straw, Loki stabbed Thor and embraced villainy.]] |
| 315 | * RefugeInAudacity: Surrounded by ComicBook/TheAvengers and looking decidedly guilty of ''something'', Loki takes their only remaining option: They tell [[CassandraTruth the complete and unvarnished truth]]. |
| 316 | * 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 and/or Valeria's truth ray. Thor refuses to listen]]. |
| 317 | * RetCanon: Apparently the Hulk ''has'' told the Avengers that [[Film/TheAvengers2012 he's always angry]]. |
| 318 | * RetroactivePreparation: [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] travels back in time to create Gram after being impressed by it in the present. |
| 319 | * RiddleMeThis: |
| 320 | ** [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] to Balder in issue #15. When he fails to answer the riddle they promptly dispatch of him. |
| 321 | --->'''[[spoiler:King!Loki]]''': Answer my ''riddle'' and I'll be on my way. I'm best known for [[UnderTheMistletoe spreading]] ''[[UnderTheMistletoe kisses]]'', and yet ''none'' dare to place their lips on me[[note]]mistletoe is poisonous[[/note]], and I ''kill'' what I cling tight to[[note]]mistletoe is parasitic and kills the trees it grows on[[/note]]. Who am I? |
| 322 | ** [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki to [[spoiler:Old!]]Loki. What makes them different from each other? [[spoiler:Old!Loki thinks nothing, Story!Loki points out that Old!Loki's [[ThenLetMeBeEvil fall]] presupposes that they [[StoppedCaring care about the Asgardians' opinion]].]] |
| 323 | * RousingSpeech: Loki starts one when leading the war-fleet of the Tenth Realm to Asgard, only to quickly turn it against them instead. |
| 324 | * RunningGag: Loki's new PrettyBoy form is repeatedly compared to Music/OneDirection. In the first issue, Hawkeye says that they look a little "Music/OneDirection-y." In the next issue, Loki claims they've had to move their apartment because they keep getting mistaken for Harry Styles. And in the ninth, Sabretooth actually uses it as their callsign. |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Tropes S-Z]] |
| 328 | * SavedByCanon: A cross-title version, but worth noting. In the also Creator/AlEwing-penned ''ComicBook/UltronForever'' 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.]] |
| 329 | * SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: In issue #7, Valeria is trying to explain to Verity how she's going to save Loki from Doom's time trap. When she's asked to give it in LaymansTerms, she explains that her device will go "ping" and the trap will go "vwoorp". Sure enough, those are the exact sounds they make. |
| 330 | * ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Loki, according to Lorelei. |
| 331 | * 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, renaming themself as a God of Stories instead.]] |
| 332 | * SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Mephisto knows exactly what happened to Kid!Loki. He's impressed.]] |
| 333 | * SenseFreak: Loki is a pretty downplayed example, but it's still implied, or in the case of food outright stated, that they find Midgardian food/customs/media/etc. more varied and exciting. We don't know if this is a [[IntriguedByHumanity compliment to Earth]] or [[CreativeSterility insult to Asgard]]. |
| 334 | * ShameIfSomethingHappened: How the All-Mother gets Loki to go after Sigurd, by threatening to rescind their own freedom of movement. |
| 335 | ** This [[CallBack isn't even the first time]] they used blackmail to make Loki [[ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery do their dirty work]]. [[spoiler:For their misfortune this isn't the Kid anymore to let them bully them around that easily.]] |
| 336 | * ShoutOut: |
| 337 | ** In the very first issue Loki sings a (decidedly self-referential) version of ''[[{{Theatre/Wicked}} The Wizard and I]]'' in the shower: |
| 338 | --->'''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..." |
| 339 | ** When Loki turns on the invisibility coat, [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland you can still see his grin]]. |
| 340 | ** In the midst of a sword-fight, Loki and Sigurd (the Ever-Glorious) start quoting Film/ThePrincessBride. |
| 341 | ** Issue #5 has one to this very wiki, when a man is viewing "[[BlandNameProduct Movie Tropes dot com]]" on his tablet. The tropes? |
| 342 | *** He seems to search for ''[[YouCanNeverLeave You Will Never Leave]]''. |
| 343 | *** And looking at ''[[GripingAboutGremlins Something On The Wing]]'' later. |
| 344 | ** Issue #7 has a few. |
| 345 | *** Doctor Doom is shown listening to a song with the lyrics "[[Music/TheBeatles All you need is Doom. Doom. Doom is all you need]]." |
| 346 | *** In reaction to the [[spoiler:truth wave]] plan, Loki's reaction is thus: |
| 347 | ---->'''Loki:''' AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle?\ |
| 348 | '''Verity:''' Shut up. |
| 349 | ** Doom's time trap goes "vwoorp", which was the onomatopoeia used for the noise the Doctor's time machine makes in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' comics that used to be published by Marvel UK. |
| 350 | ** Issue #12. "[[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny What's up, Doc]]?", "[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Assemble]]!", "[[FlameBait Actually It's About Ethics in Hammer-Wielding!]]". All courtesy of our meaner resident {{troll}}...um villain [[spoiler:Old!Loki]]. |
| 351 | ** Loki has a ''Music/DaftPunk'' ring tone according to issue #13. |
| 352 | ** Also in #13, historical flashbacks to "3000 years ago" reference several real ballads and stories from the Eddas. |
| 353 | ** Issue #14 has Loki do an extended reference to ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[TheNthDoctor regeneration scenes]], complete with a few digs straight from the show. |
| 354 | --->'''Loki:''' Although... not sure about these ears. What d'you reckon? Good ears? |
| 355 | ** [[spoiler:Freya]] dual-wielding M-16s is very reminiscent of Skurge's stand at Gjallerbru. |
| 356 | ** The mysterious arc words "That which is called ego-death is coming to you" are a famous quote from 1960s psychedelic drug guru Timothy Leary's ''The Psychedelic Experience,''describing the allegedly mind-expanding and empathy-enhancing effects of tripping. The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows," which is heavily based on the same work, is subtly quoted elsewhere. |
| 357 | * ShowerScene: In the first few pages, even! FemaleGaze ensued. |
| 358 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: [[spoiler:Old!Loki]]'s interactions with Loki has this in spades, issue #12 being the crescendo of it all. |
| 359 | * SinisterSurveillance: [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] is watching the series very closely from his cell. |
| 360 | * SleptThroughTheApocalypse: Lorelei and Sigurd (the Ever-Glorious) weren't present for Ragnarok, which makes them impossible for [[TheWatcher Heimdall]] to find. One of Loki's tasks is to bring them back home, regardless of whatever opinions they have on the matter. |
| 361 | * 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 and so on. |
| 362 | ** [[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.]] |
| 363 | ** Odin even [[WhatTheHellHero calls them out on this]], with surprising results. |
| 364 | * SoProudOfYou: The world must be truly ending as [[spoiler:Odin]] himself said this to [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki in issue #16. [[spoiler:And also because this Loki [[StoppedCaring doesn't care]] about what the old man or anybody in Asgard thinks rendering the trope a case of too little too late.]] |
| 365 | * SpeedDating: Where they meet Verity. [[spoiler:Emphasis on ''speed'', being a LivingLieDetector means she "next"els everybody pretty much after one sentence.]] And in issue #15 we get a reason why she was there, she promised to her mother. We also get this bit of CallForward (considering Loki also kind of an understatement): |
| 366 | -->'''Verity''': Fine. I ''promise'' I'll try it. ''Once''. But if I end up meeting some ''weirdo'', I'm holding ''you'' responsible. |
| 367 | * SpitTake: Verity as FunnyBackgroundEvent in issue #8 when Amora mentions that [[spoiler:Lorelei hasn't bathed since "her last rut"]] |
| 368 | * StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:Old Loki]] goes back in time to create the Sword of Truth after seeing it in the present day. |
| 369 | * StatusQuoIsGod: |
| 370 | ** Discussed in the first issue - Loki deletes the Avengers' computer files of their old self, as their stories have a metaphysical "weight" that could drag them back into being that person. |
| 371 | ** 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]]. |
| 372 | * StealthPun: |
| 373 | ** Loki escapes from Dr Doom with Verity's aid. Or to put it another way, ''the truth set him free''. |
| 374 | ** [[spoiler:Story!Loki]] pocketed the (story of) the Ragnarök and so all of Asgard ''is in his pocket''. |
| 375 | ** So Odin saying that he is proud of [[spoiler:Loki]] is literally ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs the end of the world]]'', huh? |
| 376 | * StoryBreakerPower: Loki's narration in the first issue discusses that ''Magic'' could be this if it weren't [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality story powered]], and [[WishFulfillment just getting what you want]] does generally not [[{{Conflict}} good stories make]], so they try to avoid that by [[WildMagic focusing on the needs of the narrative]] (and trying not to cast themself as the villain). |
| 377 | * SuperCellReception: Loki explicitly uses magic to boost their smartphone's reception, allowing Verity to remotely help them through a room of traps and illusions. |
| 378 | ** [[spoiler:It even works in Metaphorical Space, allowing Loki to talk with Verity and realise they can ScrewDestiny in issue #13.]] |
| 379 | * SuperRegistrationAct: Turns out Verity lived through ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' 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). |
| 380 | * TakeAThirdOption: How Loki solves the SadisticChoice presented to them in issue #13. [[spoiler:Claim their power and become like past Loki, or die like the kid. They redefined what ''God of Lies'' meant and took the power, which seemingly killed them, but actually didn't. They just changed. Again.]] |
| 381 | * TakeThat: |
| 382 | ** 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]]. |
| 383 | ** In the final battle, Odin calls his bazooka a god of Midgard, that the people of Midgard worshipped more than justice. |
| 384 | * TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki in issue #17 ''twice''. |
| 385 | * TastesLikeFriendship: After Loki moves, well, moves their apartment by magic, to the building where Verity lives they invite her over for a self-made dinner. Let's that sink in: ''the God of Mischief can cook''. Also Verity has to ask if there is an [[FoodAsBribe ulterior motive to this]]. It's Loki. Of course there is! |
| 386 | * 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, to name a few[[/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. |
| 387 | * 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? Moreover, what was Thor possessed by the first time around, when [[spoiler:old!Loki was still young and on their first mission]] that required him to be stabbed with Gram? |
| 388 | ** Not to mention that in the original timeline, Earth 616 never crashed with the Ultimate universe, at least as far as [[spoiler:old!Loki]] remembers. |
| 389 | * TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: |
| 390 | ** As long as the records and stories exist of what Past!Loki got up to, Loki will be defined by them. Since they're determined to have this HeelFaceTurn stick, they're out to erase those stories from existence. [[spoiler:It didn't work.]] |
| 391 | ** And as it turns out, Doctor Doom subscribes to this theory as well, in his own fashion. As Doom puts it, if his story shall one day end, then it is a better story than Loki's. |
| 392 | * ThickerThanWater: |
| 393 | ** In the ''Tenth Realm'' mini Angela is accepted immediately by her old family after her parentage came out and the Angels turned on her. And remember [[spoiler:Odin and his children]] only knew she even existed/was alive for some days at that point! |
| 394 | ** 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. Whatever else they are they are still his son and daughter.]] |
| 395 | ** In issue #13 when [[spoiler:Loki claims their power]] one of the things they decide to hold on to is that they have a brother they love. |
| 396 | * ThisCannotBe: The Asgardians' first reaction to [[spoiler:King Loki]]'s attacking forces. We don't know how they heard it but they yelled back: |
| 397 | -->[[spoiler:'''King Loki''']]: Oh yes it can! |
| 398 | * TimeSkip: The end of issue #13 jumps a whole eight months, just in time for [[spoiler:the start of ComicBook/SecretWars2015.]] |
| 399 | * TimeyWimeyBall: The origins of Gram involve no small amount of time-travel. |
| 400 | * TitleDrop: |
| 401 | ** In ''All-New Marvel Now! Point One'' [[spoiler:Teen!]]Loki calls themself Agent of Asgard. |
| 402 | ** In issue #5 [[spoiler:Old!Loki announces themself as the Agent of Asgard, not Loki.]] |
| 403 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Thor in issue #1, but only temporarily. [[spoiler:Because he's been infected by the essence of Old!Loki.]] |
| 404 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: [[spoiler:Inverted!]]Amora to [[spoiler:Heroic!]]Loki. If she wasn't there they would question themself sooner and [[spoiler:wouldn't give up two of their friends to Asgardian ''justice'']]. She is just so utterly convinced of her own righteousness it's hard to say no to her. |
| 405 | * {{Tradesnark}}: Sigurd is wearing clothes from Cortex Sportif™ and Lightbender® tech from A.I.M. |
| 406 | * TrashLanding: A fight between Loki and Sigurd (the Ever-Glorious) winds up with them beating each other up in a dumpster. [[spoiler:Or not, as it turns out. Loki was just trying to fool the All-Mother.]] |
| 407 | * TraumaCongaLine: If this isn't what Issues #10-#12 are, I don't know what is. |
| 408 | ** [[spoiler: Loki, god of lies, loses their ability to lie, Thor breaks their arm, one of their horns, and knocks out one of their teeth. They lose the respect of Asgard, their mother disowns them, their only friend in the world leaves them after she realizes just what they've done in their past, and this isn't mentioning everything King Loki does to them.]] No matter how you feel about what happened to kidLoki, the whole three issues just devoted to this are pretty severe. |
| 409 | * {{Troll}}: |
| 410 | ** Loki waves to a man who's looking at an article about [[GripingAboutGremlins that episode of]] ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', while they're sitting on the wing of a plane. |
| 411 | ** The admittedly most terrible ''{{slash|Fic}}es'' on the internet generally also have roots in {{troll|Fic}}ish tendencies. |
| 412 | ** [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] as well, but in a far more mean-spirited sense. |
| 413 | * ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: That VillainEpisode mentioned? That's (one of) the inspiration(s) for the Literature/SagaOfTheVolsungs in the Marvel universe. |
| 414 | * TryNotToDie: |
| 415 | -->'''Verity:'''...and try very, very hard not to die. Pretty please. |
| 416 | * {{Unicorn}}: [[spoiler:Heroic!]]Loki shapeshifts into one in issue #8, complete with sparkles and rainbows. |
| 417 | * UnPerson: What the Asgardians decide Loki is after the reveal about [[spoiler:Kid Loki]] |
| 418 | * UnreliableNarrator: Everything [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] claims about the future should be taken not with a grain of salt but enough to cause hypernatremia. |
| 419 | * UnsoundEffect: During the fencing scene in the fourth issue. 'SWAPP' and 'ALSO SWAPP' indeed. |
| 420 | * UnstoppableRage: Thor after Loki [[spoiler:confesses the murder of Kid!Loki]]. |
| 421 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki's general attitude towards the ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Incursion]]''. They get repeatedly sidetracked [[spoiler:for example by their new self and the [[MundaneMadeAwesome prospect of hearing Verity's story]].]] |
| 422 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: [[spoiler:The All-Mother is perfectly fine with what Old!Loki is planning, so long as Asgard's future is assured.]] |
| 423 | * 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''. |
| 424 | * VillainBall: During the ''Original Sin'' tie-ins in the Tenth Realm, [[spoiler:Old!Loki can't help but interfere in their typical trickster ways, and ends up causing the second Heven-Asgard war to be averted by their actions, to their irritation]]. |
| 425 | * VillainEpisode: The 3rd and 12th issues mostly focus on [[spoiler:Old Loki.]] |
| 426 | * VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler:King Loki]] when TheCavalry arrives, [[ImpactSilhouette leaving a person shaped hole]] in the [[MediumAwareness panel]]. |
| 427 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: An old Loki staple, although it doesn't come as easily as it used to. Everything they turn 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''. (But if they were, the door would have fried them anyway.) |
| 428 | * WalkingSpoiler: |
| 429 | ** It's near impossible to talk about this series without revealing what happened in ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery and ComicBook/YoungAvengers. |
| 430 | ** Everything to do with [[spoiler:Old!Loki.]] |
| 431 | * WasItReallyWorthIt: Freyja after Loki's CallingTheOldManOut: |
| 432 | -->'''Freyja''': [[spoiler:"King Loki."]] When you came to this time, you promised a '''golden future''' for Asgard. ''Now I find I question the '''price''' of gold.'' |
| 433 | * WeCanRuleTogether: Both Odin and Hela's side offer this to [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki [[spoiler:and they refuse both]]. |
| 434 | * WeGottaStopMeetingLikeThis: Said by Loki to the Avengers in issue #1. |
| 435 | * WeWantOurJerkBack: |
| 436 | ** The All-Mother want [[spoiler:the [[ChronicVillainy properly evil]] Loki back, because this new chaotic one is too unpredictable for [[TheFatalist their tastes]].]] and they don't know that Teen!Loki isn't [[spoiler:Kid!Loki who is and was for all intents and purposes an ''innocent'']]. |
| 437 | ** The sentiment of Loki's friends towards [[spoiler:their new ''heroic'' personality]], especially Verity's. She gets her wish... things go downhill from there. |
| 438 | * WhamEpisode: |
| 439 | ** 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.]] |
| 440 | ** 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.]] |
| 441 | ** 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.]] |
| 442 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 443 | ** Verity calls Loki out for withholding information from her in issue #6. |
| 444 | ** And in issue #9 Odin calls [[spoiler:Heroic!]]Loki out on, well, being a [[SmugSuper self-important, self-righteous, arrogant jackass]]. |
| 445 | ** 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.]] |
| 446 | * 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.]] |
| 447 | * TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: A member of the council of worlds expresses this notion which only irritates the already grumpy Odin further. |
| 448 | * WouldHurtAChild: The Angels of the Tenth Realm would kill a child. And when Loki brings it up in her rousing speech, they just keep cheering, until it becomes apparent Loki's not endorsing the idea. |
| 449 | * 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.]] |
| 450 | * WreckedWeapon: Thor breaks [[spoiler:Gram]] in issue #10 |
| 451 | * YankTheDogsChain: Issue #9. [[spoiler:The inversion spell ends at the end of the issue. No more heroism, guilt back, [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield unworthy of Mjölnir again]], and now they have a [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold story nobody will believe]] ''[[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold ever]]''. Oh, and they still lost two of their friends and insulted the third.]] Continues in [[HumiliationConga issues #10 and #11]]. |
| 452 | * YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Sigurd (the Ever-Glorious) briefly speaks like this when he first shows up. Mercifully, it's just an affectation. |
| 453 | -->'''Sigurd the Ever-Glorious''': "Everyone loves the oldie-worldie talk when Thor does it..." |
| 454 | * YouAlreadyChangedThePast: [[spoiler:Teen]] Loki's efforts to change their past enabled (or at least made it easier for) [[spoiler:Old!]]Loki to make the past the way it was. |
| 455 | * 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. Odin chuckles that he was complimenting them, since they are at war and the Vanirmen's supposed bad qualities would come in extremely handy. |
| 456 | * YouFightLikeACow: Issue #4, [[spoiler:Sigurd vs. Loki]] fencing scene. |
| 457 | * YouOweMe: Thor is reluctant to go behind the All-Mothers' back on Loki's behalf, and only agrees to help after Loki reminds him of the first issue. As he fulfils his end of the bargain, Thor notes that Loki now owes ''him''. |
| 458 | * YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: All over Loki's face when Mephisto praises them for what happened in ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery. |
| 459 | * YourSoulIsMine: [[spoiler:Story!Loki]]'s idea of saving [[spoiler:Verity]] is taking her story (being) and {{Soul Jar}}ring it into their bracelet. All this with the best intentions but pretty much for her utmost horror. [[spoiler: Next issue they pull the same with ''[[MonumentalTheft all of Asgard]]'' complete with their allies and enemies. And in the one after that with King!Loki.]] |
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