{"id":14091,"date":"2014-02-20T19:55:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T19:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/20\/lokizillas-girlsbydaylight\/"},"modified":"2015-02-20T19:15:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T19:15:08","slug":"lokizillas-girlsbydaylight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/20\/lokizillas-girlsbydaylight\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14091 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/20\/lokizillas-girlsbydaylight\/attachment\/14092\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/files\/2014\/02\/tumblr_mmca8y566A1rzhkddo1_250-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/20\/lokizillas-girlsbydaylight\/attachment\/14093\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/files\/2014\/02\/tumblr_mmca8y566A1rzhkddo2_250-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/lokizillas.tumblr.com\/post\/50288437745\/girlsbydaylight-ilvalentinos-the-fucking\">lokizillas<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/girlsbydaylight.tumblr.com\/post\/50283386376\/ilvalentinos-the-fucking-ugly-broken-rage-and\">girlsbydaylight<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/ilvalentinos.tumblr.com\/post\/49772224449\/the-fucking-ugly-broken-rage-and-disillusionment\">ilvalentinos<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"post_footer_links with_tags with_source_url\"><span class=\"source_url\" id=\"source_url_49771901266\"><\/span><span class=\"post_tags_wrapper\" id=\"post_tags_wrapper_49771901266\"><span class=\"tags  draggable\" id=\"post_tags_49771901266\"><a class=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/the-fucking-ugly-broken-rage-and-disillusionment-in-his-face\">#the fucking ugly broken rage and disillusionment in his face<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/god\">#god<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/chris-hemsworth-the-most-underrated-actor-in-the-mcu\">#chris hemsworth the most underrated actor in the mcu<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/thor\">#thor<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/avengers\">#avengers<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I was going to tag spiral about this, but I quickly realized that I was going to go well over the limit of what tumblr would allow, so instead, okay, here, have some word vomit.<\/p>\n<p>I have a lot of intense feelings about Chris Hemsworth as Thor and how entirely overlooked he too often is. \u00a0It\u2019s not that the other actors don\u2019t deserve the kudos they get and god knows I plaster Tom\u2019s perfect fucking face all over nearly every blog I have. \u00a0But my appreciation for Chris\u2019 acting is a different sort of thing, if no less intense for it. \u00a0Because\u2014and not to take anything away from the brilliant performances, because they\u00a0<em>are<\/em> brilliant performances\u2014it\u2019s sort of easy to stand out when you have a lot of hilarious lines to work with or these big dramatic scenes. \u00a0But Thor\u2019s not necessarily that kind of character. \u00a0Thor is almost understated, for all that he\u2019s one of those larger than life sort of characters, because he\u2019s not prone to screaming or flying off the handle or quipping at his enemies.<\/p>\n<p>So there\u2019s not a lot of chances for you to point to a specific scene and say, oh, that\u2019s why Thor\u2019s my favorite. \u00a0Not that there aren\u2019t some\u2014you know when I really lose it and start to tear up in the\u00a0<em>Thor<\/em> movie? \u00a0As much as Loki\u2019s utterly blank face when he\u2019s hanging off the Bifrost builds it up, it\u2019s not until you see it dawn on Thor\u2019s face, it\u2019s not until Chris Hemsworth is yelling, \u201cLoki, no\u2014!\u201d when Thor realizes that Loki\u2019s about to let go that I really break out the waterworks. \u00a0It\u2019s the devastation and horror on Chris\u2019 face in that moment that really cuts into me.<\/p>\n<p>Thor is a character of deep feelings and deep motivations, both happy and sad. \u00a0He loves and laughs with as much passion as he mourns and is furious. \u00a0But he expresses it in a way that I think a lot of people overlook and it\u2019s not just Chris\u2019 acting that gets overlooked, but FAR TOO OFTEN fandom overlooks Thor\u2019s character as well. \u00a0Too often he\u2019s just used as a cardboard prop, he has no presence or affect on a scene, and it leaves me feeling restless and empty, because that\u2019s not Thor at all. \u00a0And that\u2019s even setting aside the \u201cdumb jock\u201d stereotype that\u2019s just\u2026 completely inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, though, he was dropped into an entirely new society, one he had Z E R O knowledge of, and he adapted incredibly well in THREE DAYS. \u00a0He didn\u2019t have a meltdown of self-identity, despite that everything he\u2019d known for his incredibly long life had been ripped away from him, even Mjolnir would no longer answer his call, and he still managed to pull himself together. \u00a0He had help, he had friends to lean on in that time, but it\u2019s still something you have to do yourself\u2014adapt to the new life you find yourself in. \u00a0He has no way of knowing what computers are or what cameras are or how food is served or what kind of pets are available. \u00a0But he adjusts quickly, we see him riding in Jane\u2019s van later and he understands what it is. \u00a0He knows how to find his way around New York to go chasing after Loki.<\/p>\n<p>No, he probably doesn\u2019t know how to work a computer but a) he\u2019s not had reason to ever try before, b) he could probably figure it out relatively quickly, and c) frankly, I don\u2019t think Thor really gives a shit about mortal technology. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t really vex him, he gets the basic idea of it (we see Coulson showing him stuff on the computer even and Thor clearly understands what he\u2019s seeing), he understands why mortals use it and probably thinks it\u2019s clever for them, he just doesn\u2019t really have a personal use for it, I don\u2019t think.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I\u2019m getting off track. \u00a0The point is, there\u2019s so much to Thor\u2019s character in the little touches that Chris puts into the role, like with this moment where you can see how disillusioned he is about his brother, how badly he wanted to believe that things could be fixed, but his hopes have been dashed. \u00a0Or the scene in the field where he hesitates before picking Mjolnir back up, where you see everything written on his face: \u00a0What Loki just did\/tried to do, what it means when he has to pick Mjolnir up again, knowing that it\u2019s truly come to having to use Mjolnir against Loki. \u00a0Not just to pin him down this time, but to truly fight against him, to use his beloved weapon against his beloved brother. \u00a0You see that\u00a0<em>all on Chris\u2019 face<\/em>. \u00a0That this character has to be willing to do that now.<\/p>\n<p>Chris isn\u2019t Thor to me just because of how he looks or how fucking huge that dude is. \u00a0It\u2019s because he understands these things about the character and brings them out in his acting. \u00a0He understands the difficult sides of Thor\u00a0<em>and<\/em> the side that makes friends wherever he goes, because Thor\u2019s that guy you can count on, he\u2019s that guy who\u2019s always direct and genuine with you, who will always let you know where you stand with him, and who will do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s Thor to me because he carries his scenes and is an actor that a film can be based around. \u00a0He\u2019s Thor to me because I did not give a shit about the character beforehand (I\u2019ve tried a fair amount of times to read Thor comics before, but nothing ever really stuck) but he made the character interesting to me. \u00a0He made me understand this character and what he goes through and what his motivations are.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Chris Hemsworth\u2019s performances are always some of the best in the MCU for me and why I will always go on (at length, obv.) about how great they are for me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And then if you ever wanted to know how I felt about Chris\u2019 performance as Thor, well, there you go, too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lokizillas: girlsbydaylight: ilvalentinos: #the fucking ugly broken rage and disillusionment in his face\u00a0#god\u00a0#chris hemsworth the most underrated actor in the mcu\u00a0#thor\u00a0#avengers I was going to tag spiral about this, but I quickly realized that I was going to go well over the limit of what tumblr would allow, so instead, okay, here, have some word &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/20\/lokizillas-girlsbydaylight\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span> <span 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