By Clare Dargin
I like my heroes not so
perfect. I guess you can
call them Anti-Heroes. They
are often misunderstood by the people around them though they fight believe and
fight for the same things- they just go about it in a different manner.
The quintessential Anti-Hero is Loki Laufeyson. And with Thor 2 set to be released in
the fall and The Avengers 2 in 2015, I have some time on my hands before I
receive my next Loki fix.
Tall, pale and svelt, he
is not the sun kissed beauty of his more well known brother, his raven black
hair and smoldering eyes (hot enough to melt a Bifrost maiden's cold heart)
still makes him a gorgeous hunk of Asgardian flesh.
Loki, as misunderstood as
you are, I know you are not to be mocked nor underestimated in any way.
Ahh.....Loki, the God of
Mischief, how do I love thee? Let
me count the ways-- Three in fact.
1.(Ein) - My heart
flutters at the way you torture your brother, Thor, crown prince of
Asgard. A foolish and
impetuous man, his love for the humans is overshadowed only by his ardor for
Jane Foster. <Hurl!>
2.(Tveir) - Then there is
the Great Father, Odin the ruler of the Nine Realms and Asgard. You loved and trusted him before
discovering that you were merely a pawn in his dealings with your adopted family's age old enemy
the Frost Giants of Jotunheim. He
stole you, changed your body to match that of the rest of Asgard but 'forgot'
to tell you that you were adopted and had no chance at inheriting the throne.
Nor did it help matters
when you realized that the old man was too was blind, not just in the one eye
mind you, but in the heart and mind to the arrogance of his golden haired (yet
gorgeous..ahem...son) Thor. Did
he not see that it was you who, in the beginning at least, was truly obedient
to his will. If he could
see would open his heart and allow your actions to bear witness to your desire
for his love and approval.
3. (þrír) - Then there is
your intelligence and wit. Not
only do you make wearing horns on a helmet look cool, you make me wish that I
paid more attention to my teachers during their endless lectures about
Shakespeare in English Literature.
Your tearful lament to
your father over his deception was filled with a raw torment that would make
the Bard himself weep.
On a related note, when
asked about the nature of Loki's feelings regarding the betrayal he felt when
his character finds out his true heritage and the perceived favoritism that has
gone on between he and his brother their entire lives, Tom Hiddleston said, “if
you're uncertain in your affection and in their affection for you, you can so
easily be turned and possessed by the green-eyed monster of jealousy, which
eats you up and ultimately destroys the love that was there in the first
place.” And when asked
about the Shakespearean tone to most of Loki's speech, “...it's got some of the
most heart-attack poetry that's ever been written in the English language.”
So like many fans before
me, I am firmly in Loki's corner. Hmm....
I wonder how a gal such as myself could help out a lonely Norse god such as he.
When a fan asked during a
recent online chat if she was qualified to be in Loki's army and if so where
could she join? Tom
responded, “Last question first: I have no idea. And without revealing too
much, there's a specific skill set you need to be in Loki's army - let me know
if you have the qualifications.”
I could almost see the
mischievous gleam in his eye. I know I got them. Team Loki, All the Way!
Clare Dargin is a romance
writer and thanks Empire Mag online for their very cool online chat with Tom
Hiddleston that they so graciously transcribed for all of Loki's faithful
minions.
Her latest novel Cold Warriors (no not a connection to Loki and the
Bifrost, though it is a delectable notion) is available now from Decadent
Publishing.
Blurb:
Left in cryogenic
stasis for nearly a century, Caitlin Driskoll is awakened and drafted into a
war she knows nothing about. Expected to defend a world where her kind is
despised and expendable, she discovers love and respect from the one man who
can’t be associated with her.
Lieutenant Colonel
Medoro Keegan has spent a lifetime in the Marines. With no family to speak of,
the Corps and his ship, the USS Blanchard, are all the loved ones he
needs…until Caitlin sparks a fire within, that threatens to consume him if he
doesn’t walk away.
Will he choose a
life of certainty in the only world he knows or give it all to Caitlin and run
the risk of losing someone, yet again?
Genre: Sci-fi, military
romance, erotic futuristic, interracial/multicultural
The sequel Ice and Peace will be out soon.
If you'd like to
chat in general or lust over Loki you can find her on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/clare.dargin or
Visit her at her blog at www.claresblog2thehaven.blogspot.com
Also if you'd like a
really cool character sketch of Loki, check out this article....http://amyfowler.weebly.com/1/post/2012/06/thor-avengers-and-thor-2-spoilers.html
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