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The Ninth Deadly Sin by Philosopher_King for wouldyouknowmore
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
05 Jul 2018
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"It was virtually inevitable that Loki would end up both loving and hating Thor; it was in their natures.
"They worked in the Deadly Sins department of the Pre-Death Acquisitions division of Hell. It was a common misconception that there were seven of them—there was definitely something satisfying about the number seven, and 'Seven Deadly Sins' had a nice ring to it—but there were in fact eight. Someone should have told Pope Gregory that Pride was a very different sin from Vanity; it would have been obvious, Loki thought, if only he had met both Thor and Fandral. Vanity is the obsessive preoccupation with outward appearances and with the opinions of others; pride is an excessive inner confidence in one's own abilities and worth. Loki found vanity (and Fandral) to be contemptible, servile, and therefore unattractive. Pride, on the other hand… there was an alluring swagger to it (and Thor). It may have been a moral vice, but Loki considered it an aesthetic virtue.
"Loki envied Thor his prideful swagger. Of course he did; he was, after all, the embodiment of Envy."
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Prince of Darkness by Philosopher_King
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
15 Jul 2018
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"After Odin fell into the Sleep, Loki kept going back to the Vault every few hours to stand before the plinth where the Casket of Ancient Winters lay. Like a guilty man returning to the scene of the crime. But what was the crime, he wondered, and whose? Loki’s driving his father past the brink of exhaustion by confronting him with the truth? Or Odin’s abandoning his son when he most needed his father's guidance? Or was it earlier: the lie he had told Loki for his whole life only to reveal the truth in the wrong way, at the wrong moment, and then escape taking responsibility for the aftermath? ...
"He saved my life, Loki reminded himself; I would have died if he hadn't taken me. But was that even true? Could he believe Odin’s word about anything, now? Was he a rescued castoff or a hostage? ... Loki was starved for knowledge, and he knew he would not get it from Odin. Nor could he expect truth from his mother, from Frigga: Odin might well have told her the same lies. No, there was only one person he could ask: Laufey himself. As a king to another king, Laufey owed him the courtesy of truth."
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