re: New Avengers trailer, of course... Spoilers?

[tricksandmischief]

It is good to see something that is not my fault for a change.

Although I am sure some will always try to blame me.

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[madesacrifices]

I think you put too much importance on yourself.

[tricksandmischief]

I have to live with myself. Of course I consider myself to be important.

At least with this I can just sit back and enjoy the show.

[Well, and keep an eye on Thor.]

[cthulhu_ficcer]

Everyone and their companion creature seems to be a critic these days and they seem to choose their targets with little rhyme nor reason. May I ask why they seem to make a target of you?

[tricksandmischief]

Because they do not think I can be trusted so I am always under suspicion.

[cthulhu_ficcer]

I am sorry to hear that. That smacks of rather circuitous logic on their part, or is it borne of past prejudice on which they cannot release their grip?

[tricksandmischief]

These people have fought me before so they may think the mistrust is justified.

They would think me dead or imprisoned.

[cthulhu_ficcer]

They seem to lack the makings of very honorable opponents, from what you've told of them, but life only seldom gives us adversaries which we can admire, despite the opposition.

[tricksandmischief]

They had to send a group of super-powered humans to stop me. Some would call that unfair.

Something like... six? Or more. Against one.

[cthulhu_ficcer]

Six against one... I'm hardly a man of action, though I've learned the use of a sword when the need arises, but those hardly sound like odds in favour of anyone.

....Did you say 'super-powered' humans...?

[tricksandmischief]

Yes... Hm... Let's see. Two very skilled at fighting with a specialised bow and another with wordplay and hand to hand combat. One soldier with enhanced strength and stamina and a nearly indestructible shield. One very large angry green monster. One man in a super strong metal suit that can fly.

And my brother. Not a human, but a god.

[cthulhu_ficcer]

And they sent all of that to engage you in combat? That sounds more like the justice of a mob -- which one can barely dignify by calling it 'justice' -- than the actions of warriors.

Wait... did you say that your brother is a god? Do you mean that in the metaphorical or the literal?

[tricksandmischief]

I could have promised them a kind of peace but they refused to even listen. Free will is not always a good thing.

My brother is Thor, the God of Thunder.

And I am Loki. They call me the God of Mischief.

[cthulhu_ficcer]

If it is even true that we are possessed of free will at all: while I am no believer in blind fate, it seems to my observation the universe moves by its own rules and humans exist at its caprice, rather than it's mercy --

You're serious...? I thought of gods as man's names for forces too great for their comprehension, but it seems I am gravely mistaken...

[tricksandmischief]

You certainly are. The gods truly exist.

[At least, he will say so. Odin and Thor may have a different opinion of that.]

[fiercestwarrior]

If anyone could find a way to be at fault from the other side of the grave, it would be you.

[tricksandmischief]

Have you always been this suspicious of me, Sif? I should be offended.

[fiercestwarrior]

Should you? What reason have I to be anything but suspicious?

[tricksandmischief]

A thousand years of friendship? Or was that a lie to you.

[fiercestwarrior]

Years of friendship you were only too happy to end with my death

[tricksandmischief]

Well, not directly. Nothing personal... You were just in the path of Thor.

Besides, you did very well against the Destroyer. A true warrior. It was most impressive to watch... even though you failed.

[fiercestwarrior]

If it was nothing personal? Then where was this friendship you seem to think I should be so attached to?

You were the one who failed, Loki. You failed your realm, your friends, your family and yourself.

[tricksandmischief]

And why do you think that you are the one to judge these things?

[fiercestwarrior]

If a thousand years of friendship does not grant me that right, do not point at them as a reason to trust you.

[tricksandmischief]

It wasn't really friendship. All of you only ever really cared about Thor, not about me.

[At least that's the way he sees it.]

[fiercestwarrior]

If that is truly how you feel, why speak of it in the first place?