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variantl1130) wrote2021-08-08 01:14 pm
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Character Name: Loki Laufeyson (a.k.a. Variant L1130)
Age: About 1,050; appears late twenties/early thirties
Canon: MCU
Canon point: Toward the end of the Loki tv series, season 1. SPOILERS: The moment Sylvie pushes Loki through the portal in Richardson's home. Rather than winding up back at the TVA, he winds up at the ADI.
History: here
Personality: Spoiler warning for the Loki TV series!
- Loki is the most vainglorious person you will ever meet. He believes (or believed) himself to be above all else, having better judgment and leadership instinct than anyone who would even try. This presents itself in big ways and in small—from attempting world domination multiple times (at least, like, three), to dragging out the smallest of petty arguments just because he thinks he deserves to win it. He's desperate to lead, and will take any opportunity to run the show, whether it be faking his father's death to run Asgard (how many times has he done that...?) to befriending a ragtag group of misfits and "offering" his leadership skills. Major show-off. Definitely lacking in loyalty. Not very good at friend-making.
- All that said about his holier-than-thou attitude, Loki really is incredibly cunning. He almost (read: almost) deserves the leadership he aspires for, based on his knowledge and skill alone. He's a master trickster, having pulled wool over the eyes of several societies (worlds, even) for great lengths of time. If he's trapped, he'll befriend the man in charge. If he's threatened, he'll discover his enemy's weakest points and use them to negotiate himself to safety. If he isn't respected, he will force those who question him into submission, somehow. If his power is threatened, he'll convince those who would take it to stop trying. (See: convincing Thor that he had killed Odin, thus disgracing himself and leaving Loki the crown.) He always finds the upper hand. Also, he's very good at finding shiny rocks that give him extra superpowers.
- Loki is also incredibly knowledgable, making it his business to know everything. (A know-it-all, some might say.) He's had the time to learn every language in the nine realms, to conjure live-sized illusions that repeatedly trick his adversaries, and to defend himself in physical combat with blades, spears, and whatever else might be laying around. He makes it his business to know everything about how a world works—how else do you think he managed to hijack a plane on Midgard and escape it with $200,000? He would've had to learn everything about Midgardian flight and economics to pull any of that off. A thousand years' worth of study really does pay off.
- This is a fun one: Loki is theatrical as fuck. We've already been over how he loves to be in charge, but really, what he loves is to be the center of attention. Being a king doesn't just give him the power to dictate the people—it also leaves all eyes on him. In improving the lives of a kingdom, he receives praise for his hard work. He makes his people love him. When he has the upper hand on you, you're forced to acknowledge his superiority, whether he's about to take your life or he's just pulled a stupid prank on you. His illusion magic is his ultimate weapon and his greatest performance art. Also, he wrote a play about himself. And it was quite good. Spectacular, even. Everyone on Asgard loved it.
- Here's the kicker: right now, Loki's journey is changing. Actually, it's been changing a lot, repeatedly, for just about two years, which is incredibly small in comparison to his so-far thousand year life span. First, he learned he was not the Asgardian he was taught he was. This came with the knowledge that his parents had been lying to him for a millennium, and that he wasn't even in the same species as his people. His whole life had been a lie. Shortly after that, he learned that his entire existence had been a lie. To be set in a controlled timeline, without true free will... It's bad enough on its own, but when it had previously been his goal to take away the free will of others and thinking of it as doing them a service? Well, fuck. Thanks to all this, much of Loki's personality is under fire by his own conscience. He'd been a spoiled, overconfident, self-righteous prick for an entire thousand years, and he's trying to change all that. ...Or at least tone it down a bit. Yeah, that's a good start. Wouldn't want to push it.
Suitability: He has no way to escape this universe, and that's why he hasn't. As for sticking around the ADI, it's his closest lead getting back to his own universe/timeline/whatever. He doesn't trust them as an organization, but he's learned that it's possible to trust people within the slimy secret organizations that run the world behind the scenes. (That's what the ADI feels like to him, anyway.) So long as he cooperates, he thinks he may be able to use them (or work alongside them...? maybe?) to go home. ...Also, preventing apocalypses sounds like a good-ish cause.
Powers/Abilities:
- Skilled with blades and melee weapons.
- Specializes in illusion magic; he's able to create illusory objects and forms the size of a humanoid or slightly larger, that can speak and act as a person can. He knows he would be capable of larger illusions if he were to practice.
- He has minimal experience with enchantment (which, in his terms, involves memory manipulation and control over a person's actions).
Entity Affinity:I'd love mod feedback, since y'all are more familiar with the entities than I am, but here are my top picks:
- The Lonely. Loki has pushed away everyone who ever loved him, and it's starting to hit. He did so on purpose when he saw himself as above others (Thor, Odin, even Frigga); and after that point, even when he tried to keep people close, he lost them, too. His entry into the TVA took away his entire life as he'd known it, without even a chance to make amends with his family. Sylvie pushed him away over a disagreement... or, really, because she couldn't trust him. Mobius was taken from him, having lost all memories of Loki when the timeline collapsed. He's hyper-aware that even on the rare occasions where someone does want to love him, they either can't trust him, or he doesn't deserve them. And the reason this is so scary is because he's only just begun to care.
- The Vast. Loki had, in the past, considered himself the most important thing in the universe, the one thing that could bring it glory... and then, suddenly, that idea was taken away from him. He realized that in the grand scheme of things, he meant nothing. He wants desperately to matter.
- The Web. Loki has technically been manipulated, having been stuck on a timeline that was designed for him to fail, fail, fail, and die. On the other side of the coin, Loki's main tactic for asserting dominance has been manipulation, in two senses: control over people's actions, feelings, and opinions; and control over their perceptions, with lies and illusions.
UPDATE: Thanks to mod feedback, Loki is officially aligned with The Spiral.
Inventory: A stuffy desk-job uniform that's been damaged and bloodied; a backpack-style holster for two daggers, although it is empty.
Samples: one | two
Age: About 1,050; appears late twenties/early thirties
Canon: MCU
Canon point: Toward the end of the Loki tv series, season 1. SPOILERS: The moment Sylvie pushes Loki through the portal in Richardson's home. Rather than winding up back at the TVA, he winds up at the ADI.
History: here
Personality: Spoiler warning for the Loki TV series!
- Loki is the most vainglorious person you will ever meet. He believes (or believed) himself to be above all else, having better judgment and leadership instinct than anyone who would even try. This presents itself in big ways and in small—from attempting world domination multiple times (at least, like, three), to dragging out the smallest of petty arguments just because he thinks he deserves to win it. He's desperate to lead, and will take any opportunity to run the show, whether it be faking his father's death to run Asgard (how many times has he done that...?) to befriending a ragtag group of misfits and "offering" his leadership skills. Major show-off. Definitely lacking in loyalty. Not very good at friend-making.
- All that said about his holier-than-thou attitude, Loki really is incredibly cunning. He almost (read: almost) deserves the leadership he aspires for, based on his knowledge and skill alone. He's a master trickster, having pulled wool over the eyes of several societies (worlds, even) for great lengths of time. If he's trapped, he'll befriend the man in charge. If he's threatened, he'll discover his enemy's weakest points and use them to negotiate himself to safety. If he isn't respected, he will force those who question him into submission, somehow. If his power is threatened, he'll convince those who would take it to stop trying. (See: convincing Thor that he had killed Odin, thus disgracing himself and leaving Loki the crown.) He always finds the upper hand. Also, he's very good at finding shiny rocks that give him extra superpowers.
- Loki is also incredibly knowledgable, making it his business to know everything. (A know-it-all, some might say.) He's had the time to learn every language in the nine realms, to conjure live-sized illusions that repeatedly trick his adversaries, and to defend himself in physical combat with blades, spears, and whatever else might be laying around. He makes it his business to know everything about how a world works—how else do you think he managed to hijack a plane on Midgard and escape it with $200,000? He would've had to learn everything about Midgardian flight and economics to pull any of that off. A thousand years' worth of study really does pay off.
- This is a fun one: Loki is theatrical as fuck. We've already been over how he loves to be in charge, but really, what he loves is to be the center of attention. Being a king doesn't just give him the power to dictate the people—it also leaves all eyes on him. In improving the lives of a kingdom, he receives praise for his hard work. He makes his people love him. When he has the upper hand on you, you're forced to acknowledge his superiority, whether he's about to take your life or he's just pulled a stupid prank on you. His illusion magic is his ultimate weapon and his greatest performance art. Also, he wrote a play about himself. And it was quite good. Spectacular, even. Everyone on Asgard loved it.
- Here's the kicker: right now, Loki's journey is changing. Actually, it's been changing a lot, repeatedly, for just about two years, which is incredibly small in comparison to his so-far thousand year life span. First, he learned he was not the Asgardian he was taught he was. This came with the knowledge that his parents had been lying to him for a millennium, and that he wasn't even in the same species as his people. His whole life had been a lie. Shortly after that, he learned that his entire existence had been a lie. To be set in a controlled timeline, without true free will... It's bad enough on its own, but when it had previously been his goal to take away the free will of others and thinking of it as doing them a service? Well, fuck. Thanks to all this, much of Loki's personality is under fire by his own conscience. He'd been a spoiled, overconfident, self-righteous prick for an entire thousand years, and he's trying to change all that. ...Or at least tone it down a bit. Yeah, that's a good start. Wouldn't want to push it.
Suitability: He has no way to escape this universe, and that's why he hasn't. As for sticking around the ADI, it's his closest lead getting back to his own universe/timeline/whatever. He doesn't trust them as an organization, but he's learned that it's possible to trust people within the slimy secret organizations that run the world behind the scenes. (That's what the ADI feels like to him, anyway.) So long as he cooperates, he thinks he may be able to use them (or work alongside them...? maybe?) to go home. ...Also, preventing apocalypses sounds like a good-ish cause.
Powers/Abilities:
- Skilled with blades and melee weapons.
- Specializes in illusion magic; he's able to create illusory objects and forms the size of a humanoid or slightly larger, that can speak and act as a person can. He knows he would be capable of larger illusions if he were to practice.
- He has minimal experience with enchantment (which, in his terms, involves memory manipulation and control over a person's actions).
Entity Affinity:
- The Lonely. Loki has pushed away everyone who ever loved him, and it's starting to hit. He did so on purpose when he saw himself as above others (Thor, Odin, even Frigga); and after that point, even when he tried to keep people close, he lost them, too. His entry into the TVA took away his entire life as he'd known it, without even a chance to make amends with his family. Sylvie pushed him away over a disagreement... or, really, because she couldn't trust him. Mobius was taken from him, having lost all memories of Loki when the timeline collapsed. He's hyper-aware that even on the rare occasions where someone does want to love him, they either can't trust him, or he doesn't deserve them. And the reason this is so scary is because he's only just begun to care.
- The Vast. Loki had, in the past, considered himself the most important thing in the universe, the one thing that could bring it glory... and then, suddenly, that idea was taken away from him. He realized that in the grand scheme of things, he meant nothing. He wants desperately to matter.
- The Web. Loki has technically been manipulated, having been stuck on a timeline that was designed for him to fail, fail, fail, and die. On the other side of the coin, Loki's main tactic for asserting dominance has been manipulation, in two senses: control over people's actions, feelings, and opinions; and control over their perceptions, with lies and illusions.
UPDATE: Thanks to mod feedback, Loki is officially aligned with The Spiral.
Inventory: A stuffy desk-job uniform that's been damaged and bloodied; a backpack-style holster for two daggers, although it is empty.
Samples: one | two