Avengers and Loki...

[kseenaa]

I don't get it. I really and honestly do not get it...

Maybe it is because I am Swedish and a history nerd. Not to mention a lover of all things Nordic mythology. I've read those stories since I was a kid, studied them for my own amusement. Maybe that is why?

I did enjoy Thor, although I laughed my big ass off at what they'd done with all them myths (Siv? A warrior-princess? Come on... X-D Not to mention Thor's friends there, geezes...) It was fun though, and what saved the whole cracky thing was Chris Hemsworth and the fact the movie didn't take itself seriously at all.

Then Avengers and in particular Loki took over Tumblr. Having me go: Huh? What? Why? And made me curious on said movie. So, peting73 bought it.

We watched it yesterday, and it was fun! A really really fun action-movie, with great special effects and a great GREAT cast! Quite obvious it was a Whedon movie, to be honest... And personally I feel head over heels for Banner/Hulk. He owned that movie, seriously... ("I stay angry all the time..." And I'd try and knock out Thor to, honestly! X-D)

And then there was Loki...

Again, I really REALLY don't get it! Sure, Hiddlstone looks sorta good. Not the classical handsome man, but still he got something. He is a great actor to. No question about it.

But I don't get the worship I see on Tumblr. I don't. *shrug*

Maybe it is with this like with so many other fandoms these days: I am not meant to get it. :-P

*shrugs* *goes to play World of Warcraft*

Comments

[volare.livejournal.com]

It's Marvel Comics-verse, very loosely connected to anything about the actual mythology. So us fanboys who read those comics get to squee our asses off, even knowing it's got zero accuracy about much of anything.

[lilliephoenix.livejournal.com]

sorry. i know i'm guilty of the avengers spamming on tumblr.

i'm not really a loki/tom fan either. he made a good villain, but i'm not really into tom's RL red hair. shallow, i know. he is intelligent, funny, and well spoken, though.

i'm in it for pretty much everyone else but loki. and i'm loving this new fandom while TH is on hiatus. i can get lost for hours on Ao3 with all of the ships.

[misswitch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't get the Tom Hiddleson worship either. Of course, I'm a bit biased because of my Tony Stark/RDJ lust, but that's neither here nor there.

But yeah, the movie was awesome. I can't wait until next Tuesday, when it's released in the States. I can't remember the last time I looked forward to a DVD being released.

[shapinglight]

I just think Tom Hiddleston is really, really good looking and a very good actor. :)

[astroflammante.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's the smirk? Alan Rickman's got it*, and Hiddleston too I think. Plus, fandom is insane... No matter which one.

Also, I really liked the Avengers.


*Although it's the voice that makes me get a bit weak at the knees...

[zeph317toho.livejournal.com]

I totally understand where you're coming from because, like I said on my one post, I love Sherlock Holmes but none of these new ones are my Sherlock. It just doesn't feel right! :P

I agree with you about the Avengers -- I really only wanted to see it at first because it was a Joss Whedon movie, and you know, I'm a Joss kind of girl. I'd never see any of the other superhero movies leading up to it, and now I've seen Thor and Iron Man and I don't think they were anywhere as great as the Avengers is. *braces for the wrath of Marvel fans* Like you said, it was huge and full of action and FUN and wit (because Whedon) and a perfect summer action movie, in my opinion.

BUT, I think that a huge majority of the Tom Hiddleston love comes from him as a person and not necessarily Loki. Yeah, I see all the Loki adoration on Tumblr, but I think a lot of it is girls loving on him because of him. I actually started crushing on him before I even saw Avengers because of all his press interviews I saw on YouTube. He's an incredibly well-spoken, intelligent man who's an unashamed fanboy in some ways, who's not afraid to act dorky, and as an actor he's really good but he doesn't take himself over-seriously and the combination makes him quite charming. Especially to U.S. girls who consider an English accent to be really hot. :P Plus, as an unabashed Shakespeare nerd, his love for Shakespeare's works gets me hot. xD

I also think part of the Loki-love is the same as the Spike-love when he first started on Buffy. He's a snarky bad-boy who's kind of cute but once you get to know him he's still a villain that the girls want to see redeemed and sexy. I feel like I'm in the minority because I love Tom but I'm just eh on Loki. xD

[ruchirahni.livejournal.com]

i don't get it either. i LOVED the avengers- even though i thought some of it was a little cheesy (the germany thing with captain america and loki, cmonnn) BUT i don't get the loki love. strange.ALTHOUGH ROBERT DOWNEY JR IS SOOOO SEXY OMG