Ah—good and bad, some things are better with Thor there. You can see what happens when he's absent. He didn't take too well to being cloned and used as a living weapon against those he considered friends. There was quite a lot to make up for, on Stark's end.
[ he does, however, allow himself sound a little relived. ]
[ Maybe not. Natasha thinks of what she lost in the fallout. Steve's alive (so far), yes, but the Avengers aren't, so isn't the effect the same? ]
I'm sure it won't be a problem, given present attitudes, but I want to make sure we're on the same page: You can't tell them any of this.
[ As much as he likes to pretend that he hates Steve for what he'd done, Tony wouldn't be able to live with the guilt of starting the ball rolling on the events that led to his death. ]
[ there's a long pause that says that he's still sore. both with Stark's accusations that he's torn a rift and their world and is by proxy responsible for this, and Captain America's insistence that he's a threat. ]
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Would they believe me, if I told them? They're looking for someone to fight, I just seem to have a large, multiversal target on my back that they're aiming for.
If your only impetus to do something is to get a certain reaction, you might want to reassess your motives. Otherwise, you'll be pretty disappointed in how this "Good Loki" thing works out long term.
[ he admits without hesitation or self-depreciation. the line between good and evil was already too grey for him, and good brought some comparisons in nobility to Thor that he'd rather not repeat. once their father had posted them apart (or in Loki's mind, he had posted them apart) as contrary players. they were never that, and Loki refuses to fit the expectations of any meaning of the term. ]
Honestly—honestly?—I'll settle for "Loki that doesn't hurt people anymore."
[ which means he'll lie and steal, be an annoying probe and amuse himself with reactions.
but he wouldn't go that far ever again. ]
I'm still Loki after all. I have a role to play, I just have to make a damn good story of it.
[ Her tone is so dry and placid that it's nearly impossible to tell that she's joking, ribbing the overdramatic reactions of Steve and Tony's testosterone-fueled posturing. ]
If we're throwing out cliches, I should probably point out that beggars can't be choosers. [ And his current standing with the Avengers—she grits her teeth to suffer the sting of not counting herself among them—certainly makes him that. ] You're lucky. As long as you keep your hands clean, Stark and Rogers should keep each other too busy for either one of them to make a preemptive move against you. [ If anyone did, she reasons to herself, it would be Tony. He's all about preemptive strikes. ] So whatever role it is you're playing, I hope it plays well with ours.
[ She doesn't give him the chance to counter because she just lets the feed cut then, closing the book on this very weird ? ? ? ?? interaction. Sometimes it's hard to ignore the way her skin crawls on principle. ]
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[ he does, however, allow himself sound a little relived. ]
Some events never lead good places.
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I'm sure it won't be a problem, given present attitudes, but I want to make sure we're on the same page: You can't tell them any of this.
[ As much as he likes to pretend that he hates Steve for what he'd done, Tony wouldn't be able to live with the guilt of starting the ball rolling on the events that led to his death. ]
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Would they believe me, if I told them? They're looking for someone to fight, I just seem to have a large, multiversal target on my back that they're aiming for.
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[ There's some chagrin there, but empathy too. ]
If your only impetus to do something is to get a certain reaction, you might want to reassess your motives. Otherwise, you'll be pretty disappointed in how this "Good Loki" thing works out long term.
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[ he admits without hesitation or self-depreciation. the line between good and evil was already too grey for him, and good brought some comparisons in nobility to Thor that he'd rather not repeat. once their father had posted them apart (or in Loki's mind, he had posted them apart) as contrary players. they were never that, and Loki refuses to fit the expectations of any meaning of the term. ]
Honestly—honestly?—I'll settle for "Loki that doesn't hurt people anymore."
[ which means he'll lie and steal, be an annoying probe and amuse himself with reactions.
but he wouldn't go that far ever again. ]
I'm still Loki after all. I have a role to play, I just have to make a damn good story of it.
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[ Her tone is so dry and placid that it's nearly impossible to tell that she's joking, ribbing the overdramatic reactions of Steve and Tony's testosterone-fueled posturing. ]
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[ he adds as a last note. ]
Though I don't like the term dog, myself ...
[ it reminds him of All-Mother's lapdog, and the little woof that accompanies his calling card. ]
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[ She doesn't give him the chance to counter because she just lets the feed cut then, closing the book on this very weird ? ? ? ?? interaction. Sometimes it's hard to ignore the way her skin crawls on principle. ]