Molly Reads 'Loki: Agent Of Asgard' (Part 2)

So, the third (and final?) volume arrived today, and here are my thoughts!

- Not sure how I feel about Loki's new form. Makes me think of a borderline-psychotic Hobbit.

- I also kind of miss when Verity was corporeal.

- Speaking of Loki and Verity, I'm a little disappointed that they didn't end up together-together, but she forgave him and saved him and it looks to me that they wander off into the great unknown together, so I'm okay with this. (Except for the non-corporeality thing. And Hobbit-Loki.)

- Lorelei and Sigurd are resurrected, which is awesome. And that bit with the sunglasses is awesome. And all instances when the gods use Midgardian firepower are awesome. This is some cracky-crack worthy of the best fanfic authors. To see that in canon works is rare and glorious.

- But what happens to Lorelei and Sigurd? And everyone else Loki preserves? (This is probably answered somewhere else; remind me to look it up.)

- King Loki is ...dead? Gone? Inert??? Awesome! (Albeit confusing.) But did they have to redesign him to look like early!AOA!Loki? Because no. (And what was with that weird kinda Loki/Loki moment?)

-Fem!Loki was so much better than Hobbit-Loki.

-So, is Loki technically genderfluid?

- This is a point about #11, actually, but it warrants mention. When Verity storms off because Loki 'can't change'...

1) seriously, Willis? You wanted him to tell you his whole criminal record?

2) your best friend is the God of Evil! You literally signed up for this! I don't know what you expected to happen.

3) honey, you can see through lies, and Loki can't tell them. When he tries to make excuses, chances are they're worth you listening to.

4) the fact that one of mythology's most famous antagonists took to cooking for you, was (sort of) worthy of Mjolnir for a while, and is the first person not to lie to you (that much) should be proof enough that people can change.

5) he did tell you about the whole infanticide thing. The fact that you chose not to believe him? That's all on you.

- WTF was going on in half of this?

- IS THERE AN ISSUE #18?

- Do people still write Loki/Verity, because I'm exhausting AO3's reserves.

- Loki is Chaotic Neutral. Called it.

-So...what happens next?

UPDATE: Apparently Loki is genderfluid. This makes me happy.

Molly Reads 'Loki: Agent Of Asgard'

Okay, so story time! On October 24th I went to my first ComicCon (Yay!) and picked up the collected Volume One of Loki:AOA. And I was hooked! Today my mum came home with Volume Two and I read it in about 20 minutes, which kinda sucks because #11 ends on a massive cliffhanger so I need Vol.3 ASAP!

But in the meantime, here are my thoughts!

- The Loki of AOA is aesthetically perfect. Just gonna leave that there
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- I called Lorelei/Sigurd at the end of #5 and I was right! I kinda ship that.

- I'm also shipping Loki/Verity pretty hard right now. I called this in #2, when he promised her someday she'd meet someone who'd never lie to her. And okay, he kinda lied about the whole break-in in #5, and lies of omission are still lies (or are they? She never saw through it, and he can stand not correcting them!) but as of #11 he has total honesty (apart from lies of omission), and I feel like the Trickster who can only tell the truth and the human lie detector would be a great match!

- BUT there's Verity's inability to lie to herself. She can lie, but she seems to genuinely believe there's nothing between her and Loki. However, she never actually says this. She only says 'we're just friends'. Not that she doesn't have feelings for him. And she's been wrong before, about the crime that will not be forgiven...maybe she's misread something?

- Another issue with L/V - why would she refer to Amora as 'Heteronormativia'? Is this foreshadowing something? (It's possible I've just missed some backstory here - maybe this was explained pre-AOA or in another coinciding series? But still.)

- Loki/Amora was disgusting anyway. Maybe Original-Flavour L/A would have been less heinous, but Good!Amora/Good!Loki kinda made me want to throw up.

-To be honest, I'm cool with purely platonic Loki and Verity. I mean, there's no reason they should be anything more than badass best friends taking on whatever the worlds have to throw at them other than my own opinions. And the world needs more platonic male-female friendships. Whatever happens, I'm okay with it AS LONG AS THEY MAKE UP SOON!

-Kid Loki isn't really Kid Loki? Didn't see that coming...

- I'm starting to see how Loki Laufeyson, adorkable little shit who loves breakfast meats, becomes King Loki, psychopath on a level not seen since BBC's Moriarty committed (apparent) suicide on the roof of St Bart's. King Loki told Kid Loki (I'll use the name Kid Loki for the young incarnation here for clarity, even though it's not technically accurate) he 'cannot lie, even by accident' when Kid Loki stabbed him with Gram in #5, and Kid Loki says in Vol.2 (I forget which issue precisely) he 'cannot let a lie stand' since being hit with the truth wave caused in part by Gram.

- Speaking of Gram, did Thor/Odinson really destroy it for good?

- I hope Loki really can change his fate. I mean, Verity seems to believe he can (or at least she did in #6 - events of #11 seem to have changed this somewhat), and I genuinely think he wants to somehow make up for killing the real Kid Loki. I think he has changed, but the question is, can he stay changed?

I guess I'll find out in Vol.3...

[Please don't comment spoilers!]