Application for Parthas
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coldsongOOC
Player Name: Bridgie, the Wuggly Ump, or, preferably, just B (they/she pronouns)
Age: 43
Timezone: EST
What Other Characters Do You Play In This Game? None
IC
Character Name: Loki Odinson
Apparent Age: late 30s/early 40s (Tom Hiddleston is 42)
Actual Age: roughly 1,070 years
Canon: MCU
Canon Point: Immediately post his death scene in Endgame.
Which Deity Brought Them Here? Cuiristeach--while he'd like to think of himself and regal and powerful, he relies on intuition, perception and cold-reading, and generally just responding to others' actions rather than initiating his own. He's been taught to suppress the softer of himself, but he's at his best when he's able to be a scholar rather than a warrior. This will probably make him super defensive to start with, but it'll be more fun that way.
History: https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Loki - To be clear, I am applying for the 'Sacred Timeline' version of Loki, rather than the variant from the D+ show.
Personality: My take on Loki is more or less Chaotic Neutral, but with some serious psychological damage in his background that makes him prone to callousness and doubling-down on bad behavior when he's called out on it. He is NOT harmless, nor especially nice, but he does have layers upon layers of complex motivations. While his default attitude toward most people is either gleeful trolling or mild disdain, he has a soft spot for underdogs. He calls himself the god of lies, mischief, and the outcast, and he loves to see tables turned, the powerful brought down (unless he's the one being brought down, of course) and the neglected raised up.
Loki is:
A knee-jerk contrarian-particularly in a discussion. If you push him in one direction, he will often immediately become the devil's advocate. This is probably a reflection of how he can see multiple sides of an argument or situation at once, but it's also a way in which he himself can be manipulated, as in the elevator scene in Ragnarok; you'd think he'd be thrilled Thor wanted to go their separate ways, but that's not what his face says he's feeling.
Dysfunctional in any relationship that's deeper than casual acquaintanceship-growing up, he learned that in most cases affection was contingent upon his behavior, especially in Odin's case. Because he can't behave consistently up to anyone's expectations, let alone his own, he's internalized the idea that he's bad for people, and he can't not be bad for people. If he likes someone he will frequently show his fondness by being nasty in order to drive them away.
Traumatized-while the greater MCU has moved on a bit from Thanos being the darkest threat in the universe, Loki hasn't. The things that he was forced to do and the things that were done to him still haunt him. He's also never forgiven Odin for the situation he grew up in. At the same time, he's aware of his own guilt, but acknowledging it feels futile to him, since he can't change anything.
And too cunning for his own good. Which is where I draw upon the idea of the Trickster as an archetype. There's always a silly side to trickster stories, and the mythological Loki is no exception. In his grandiose designs, he frequently overthinks, overplans, or missteps, and falls on his face, which is how the god who bound the All-Father and took his throne is the same god who wrote the most cringey dialogue that's ever graced the Asgardian theater.
Appearance: In his usual Aesir form, he's about 6'2", with pale-ish skin, long black hair which appears to be weighted down with some kind of pomade-type product, and bluish-green eyes. By default, he moves pretty gracefully; his body language tends to project certainty and arrogance as long as he's in control of his temper.
Loki has a masculine form and a feminine form; both are Loki. The feminine form has the same coloration as the 'default' form we see in the MCU, and is almost as tall. The gestures and body language that seem effete or flamboyant in Loki's male form seem to come very naturally to this shape, and she can come across as flirtatious whether she means to or not.
It's worth noting that if he has the option to choose his own clothing, he will always be wearing something asymmetrical in design.
If in Jotun form, which is bound to crop up sooner or later, his skin is cobalt blue, with fine raised lines that create symmetrical runic-like patterns all over his body. His eyes are red, including the sclerae, but his hair and bone structure remain the same. His body language is likely to change in this form because he's incredibly uncomfortable in it; he'll be tenser, tighter, and maybe shrink in on himself a little, depending on circumstances.
How Do You Think They'll React to Being In Parthas? I think he will find the idea of being brought to some place to provide energy to other deities annoying and demeaning, and I suspect he'll give lip service to the idea of soulmates being childishly naïve. However, he also doesn't have too many hangups about casual (or romantic) sex, and the situation he's coming from was nightmarishly bad. He will assume he either died or was snatched away right at the moment he would have died, and in either case he doesn't feel the need to go back to that. Rather than fight it, he'll play along while being privately laser-focused on learning more about the gods themselves. He may also be afraid that this is some twisted mind trick Thanos is doing to torture him, though the chances of him saying that out loud to anyone are slim.
While he no longer desires kingship the way he used to, he doesn't like the idea of being beholden to anyone, or backed into a corner, so the possibility of attempting to overthrow, or at least ally on a more equal level, with the gods will absolutely cross his mind. Whether he's willing to suggest that to anyone else depends on how they get along and how useful they seem. He can be kind and even compassionate, but he's in a headspace where his own welfare and security are going to be his primary concern and to start with he will look at the people around him first and foremost by how they can be useful to him.
Sample(s)?
This thread with a Dr. Strange is a pretty good example of the kinds of conversations Loki will get himself into.
Cross-canon trolling turned unintentionally serious.
A miniature prose piece
This is an ancient entry into an open panfandom dressing-room type game. I had just started playing Loki at the time, and my narrative style with him is a little more relaxed now, but it's still a good example.
Anything Else?
Loki's MCU canon powers are listed on his wiki entry. Shapeshifting and illusion are the ones I use the most in threads; I feel like Loki loses some impact when played as too powerful, because such a huge part of his character is how aggrieved he feels. I do feel like he would have some basic healing and herbal knowledge in addition to the mostly combat-oriented magic listed in the wiki, but probably nothing earth-shattering.
I am a great big nerd and I will always try to ground his magical abilities in reality to whatever degree I can.
Loki will arrive with his daggers--probably several daggers, because that's the kind of person he is--and maybe some small trinkets in his pockets. In memes I sometimes play him as having access to pocket dimensions wherein he stores all kinds of things, but I feel like that's skirting game-breaking abilities so he will not be able to do that in Parthas.
Player Name: Bridgie, the Wuggly Ump, or, preferably, just B (they/she pronouns)
Age: 43
Timezone: EST
What Other Characters Do You Play In This Game? None
IC
Character Name: Loki Odinson
Apparent Age: late 30s/early 40s (Tom Hiddleston is 42)
Actual Age: roughly 1,070 years
Canon: MCU
Canon Point: Immediately post his death scene in Endgame.
Which Deity Brought Them Here? Cuiristeach--while he'd like to think of himself and regal and powerful, he relies on intuition, perception and cold-reading, and generally just responding to others' actions rather than initiating his own. He's been taught to suppress the softer of himself, but he's at his best when he's able to be a scholar rather than a warrior. This will probably make him super defensive to start with, but it'll be more fun that way.
History: https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Loki - To be clear, I am applying for the 'Sacred Timeline' version of Loki, rather than the variant from the D+ show.
Personality: My take on Loki is more or less Chaotic Neutral, but with some serious psychological damage in his background that makes him prone to callousness and doubling-down on bad behavior when he's called out on it. He is NOT harmless, nor especially nice, but he does have layers upon layers of complex motivations. While his default attitude toward most people is either gleeful trolling or mild disdain, he has a soft spot for underdogs. He calls himself the god of lies, mischief, and the outcast, and he loves to see tables turned, the powerful brought down (unless he's the one being brought down, of course) and the neglected raised up.
Loki is:
A knee-jerk contrarian-particularly in a discussion. If you push him in one direction, he will often immediately become the devil's advocate. This is probably a reflection of how he can see multiple sides of an argument or situation at once, but it's also a way in which he himself can be manipulated, as in the elevator scene in Ragnarok; you'd think he'd be thrilled Thor wanted to go their separate ways, but that's not what his face says he's feeling.
Dysfunctional in any relationship that's deeper than casual acquaintanceship-growing up, he learned that in most cases affection was contingent upon his behavior, especially in Odin's case. Because he can't behave consistently up to anyone's expectations, let alone his own, he's internalized the idea that he's bad for people, and he can't not be bad for people. If he likes someone he will frequently show his fondness by being nasty in order to drive them away.
Traumatized-while the greater MCU has moved on a bit from Thanos being the darkest threat in the universe, Loki hasn't. The things that he was forced to do and the things that were done to him still haunt him. He's also never forgiven Odin for the situation he grew up in. At the same time, he's aware of his own guilt, but acknowledging it feels futile to him, since he can't change anything.
And too cunning for his own good. Which is where I draw upon the idea of the Trickster as an archetype. There's always a silly side to trickster stories, and the mythological Loki is no exception. In his grandiose designs, he frequently overthinks, overplans, or missteps, and falls on his face, which is how the god who bound the All-Father and took his throne is the same god who wrote the most cringey dialogue that's ever graced the Asgardian theater.
Appearance: In his usual Aesir form, he's about 6'2", with pale-ish skin, long black hair which appears to be weighted down with some kind of pomade-type product, and bluish-green eyes. By default, he moves pretty gracefully; his body language tends to project certainty and arrogance as long as he's in control of his temper.
Loki has a masculine form and a feminine form; both are Loki. The feminine form has the same coloration as the 'default' form we see in the MCU, and is almost as tall. The gestures and body language that seem effete or flamboyant in Loki's male form seem to come very naturally to this shape, and she can come across as flirtatious whether she means to or not.
It's worth noting that if he has the option to choose his own clothing, he will always be wearing something asymmetrical in design.
If in Jotun form, which is bound to crop up sooner or later, his skin is cobalt blue, with fine raised lines that create symmetrical runic-like patterns all over his body. His eyes are red, including the sclerae, but his hair and bone structure remain the same. His body language is likely to change in this form because he's incredibly uncomfortable in it; he'll be tenser, tighter, and maybe shrink in on himself a little, depending on circumstances.
How Do You Think They'll React to Being In Parthas? I think he will find the idea of being brought to some place to provide energy to other deities annoying and demeaning, and I suspect he'll give lip service to the idea of soulmates being childishly naïve. However, he also doesn't have too many hangups about casual (or romantic) sex, and the situation he's coming from was nightmarishly bad. He will assume he either died or was snatched away right at the moment he would have died, and in either case he doesn't feel the need to go back to that. Rather than fight it, he'll play along while being privately laser-focused on learning more about the gods themselves. He may also be afraid that this is some twisted mind trick Thanos is doing to torture him, though the chances of him saying that out loud to anyone are slim.
While he no longer desires kingship the way he used to, he doesn't like the idea of being beholden to anyone, or backed into a corner, so the possibility of attempting to overthrow, or at least ally on a more equal level, with the gods will absolutely cross his mind. Whether he's willing to suggest that to anyone else depends on how they get along and how useful they seem. He can be kind and even compassionate, but he's in a headspace where his own welfare and security are going to be his primary concern and to start with he will look at the people around him first and foremost by how they can be useful to him.
Sample(s)?
This thread with a Dr. Strange is a pretty good example of the kinds of conversations Loki will get himself into.
Cross-canon trolling turned unintentionally serious.
A miniature prose piece
This is an ancient entry into an open panfandom dressing-room type game. I had just started playing Loki at the time, and my narrative style with him is a little more relaxed now, but it's still a good example.
Anything Else?
Loki's MCU canon powers are listed on his wiki entry. Shapeshifting and illusion are the ones I use the most in threads; I feel like Loki loses some impact when played as too powerful, because such a huge part of his character is how aggrieved he feels. I do feel like he would have some basic healing and herbal knowledge in addition to the mostly combat-oriented magic listed in the wiki, but probably nothing earth-shattering.
I am a great big nerd and I will always try to ground his magical abilities in reality to whatever degree I can.
Loki will arrive with his daggers--probably several daggers, because that's the kind of person he is--and maybe some small trinkets in his pockets. In memes I sometimes play him as having access to pocket dimensions wherein he stores all kinds of things, but I feel like that's skirting game-breaking abilities so he will not be able to do that in Parthas.