Have you ever wondered why Loki’s eyes are so blue in The Avengers? In fact, Tom Hiddleston’s eyes are blue and he had to use green contacts plus effects in Thor. Loki’s eyes are blue in The Avengers because of his scepter. The same happened with Hawkeye and Selvig. Loki was very vulnerable when Thor smashed him on the floor. He had a few moments of lucity, just like when Natasha slapped Hawkeye. Thor asked Loki to look around and see the damage he caused, asking to help him. It was a conflict, you can see. Then his eyes became green. You can see in the last gif. The change is VERY notable. It was a conflict but the power of the Tesseract was stronger. Loki did many bad things, but he was being possessed most of time. NOT like a robot, as with the others, but as Loki said “It touches everyone differently”. Everything makes sense to you now? One of the reasons why I can’t hate Loki at all. I’m not saying he’s not guilty, he is, but the Tesseract’s power fueled his hatred. He was being, in fact, controlled. Now we have proof of it.
#this is exactly it #loki is being controlled #though not in the same way #nor as completely as the others #it is a matter of motivation vs agency #selvig and clint only had so much agency when they were being controlled #minimal amounts in the ways that were shown #clint pulled his shots as to kill fewer individuals #selvig installing the failsafe device #but their motivations were still ramped up in the same way loki’s was #selvig’s with his desire for knowledge #clint’s with his focus on tactics and proving himself useful#loki’s motivation was his rage #his desire for revenge #and to prove himself as something more than the second son forever standing in shadow #and while he’s still utterly responsible for the actions that he took #it was the contact with the tesseract’s power which drove the darkest parts of him #the scepter that kept him harnessed to it even when it was well outside of his range #and while the darkness still grips his heart #he may yet be able to surpass its influence #without something there to hold him to it
Bolded that part for emphasis because while Selvig and Clint didn’t have much choice in the matter, Loki willingly ingests the power given off by the scepter as a way to fuel and amplify his own rage and power. It was like a drug to him but it’s different from being possessed I think. Possession has to deal with having little agency at all over yourself. Clint and Selvig were lacking in agency in those moments but Loki was not. Being under the influence is a different story because it involves choice. Of course, the more you become obsessed with a substance the harder it is to give it up but there is still choice there.
The one thing I cannot agree with is this:
Loki did many bad things, but he was being possessed most of time. NOT like a robot, as with the others, but as Loki said “It touches everyone differently”. Everything makes sense to you now? One of the reasons why I can’t hate Loki at all. I’m not saying he’s not guilty, he is, but the Tesseract’s power fueled his hatred. He was being, in fact, controlled. Now we have proof of it.
Because it’s different from possession and is more like being under the influence. Because if you take away the influence of the scepter’s power, you are still left with an angry and spiteful individual who will stop at nothing to get what he wants, will stop at nothing to hurt his brother, and will continue to do terrible things. Because you don’t have to hate Loki to disapprove of/be disgusted by the things he does – I mean Thor doesn’t hate Loki despite all the terrible things he’s done but in no way does he condone Loki’s actions.
But yes, Loki’s plans end up backfiring on him terribly because he gets in over his head and makes the most foolish decisions ever. All the time. He thinks these things are going to get him what he wants even though Thor is trying his best to give his brother what he needs. Thor knows he’s under some kind of influence, -who controls the would be king and all that – even though it’s more of a what rather than a who. Sure he was shown this power but Loki himself most likely became obsessed with it by his own volition. Loki always gets obsessed with foolish ideas as I’ve stated before. Because he’s “full of childish ambition” and “lacks conviction.” He makes mountains out of molehills. He blames others for his problems. Etc.
Like I understand why Loki did this but I cannot sympathize with him at this point. He’s made his bed and now he has to lie in it.
And this is why I follow toomanylokifeels.