Comments on: Thor #12 – Review

By: Rob G

Rob G — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:21:58 +0000

Yeah, Tony, I think your right. Loki just wanted to kill his father and did all he did (retrace the events with Odin, etc) so that he could retain the present reality, but also kill his father. He also says as much when he talks about saving millions of dollars if those in today’s world could do what he did.

This reading suports JMS’s disclaimer about Loki not sure if he’ll never be sure whether his manipulations were the “chicken” or the “egg”.

Well done, maestro.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:08:23 +0000

Thank you, sir!

Yeah, I shared your problem with this issue all weekend, and was even sitting there on Christmas Day trying to work out in my head why Straczynski would do this. I mean, he’s not an a dumb guy, he obviously understands how to pen a good tale.

I *THINK* it all came down to his daddy issue, because as you pointed out we already know that everything turned out the way it did, and even Loki comments that he’ll never know if his manipulations have any effect on him becoming who he is, and doesn’t really care.

But at one point in the story Loki also says something about how when he says he’s going to destroy someone it’s not an idle threat, it’s a statement of fact. The way I read this issue, he went so far as to strike a deal with Hela simply so that he could go back in time and kill his true father for beating him.

Extreme? Yes, but that’s Loki for you.

Thoughts?

By: Rob G

Rob G — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:30:42 +0000

Tony–Nice review.
—SPOILER ALERT–
My problem with this issue was that the whole thing seemed to be flawed logically. If Loki exists in the present with his powers and as a relative of Thor, etc, then why does he need to go back in time and do all that stuff? Obviously, everything went down as it had if he exists as he does. If that’s true, then this whole issue was pointless.
What do you think? Am I missing something here?