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TL;DR: Comics are confusing. This is not the Loki who Tom Hiddleston's character is based off of. He's a different Loki, on the side of the heroes (mostly).
This is not the god of evil, or even of lies. That was the Old Loki. The Loki that burned. The Loki that was so angry with the universe that he would stop at almost nothing to make sure everything burned along with him. He burned with such heat and fury that when he finally acted not out of greed or his own selfish interests, but out of guilt and what little shred of good will he still had left in him, it killed him.
This is not that Loki. This is the result of Old Loki's carefully-laid plans. This is a copy; an echo; a culmination of past sins, bottled away so it might be opened at a point when it would be most useful. This Loki was hidden away, so when Old Loki returned, reincarnated as a young boy, he would have none of these old desires or needs. He could clear his name, start afresh, and when the world least suspected it, open that botle and pour forth all that stored, concentrated evil.
But for all his careful planning, all that went exactly as it should, Old Loki still failed. Something went wrong. His innocent, youthful self found this copy and trapped it into something more manageable and kept it as a pet called Ikol. And while Ikol acted according to his nature, as a devil on the boy's shoulder, he too began to see the truth. He had been created only as a tool, to be used and discarded.
So Ikol killed the boy, took his body and good name, and made it his own. And with this sin, this wholly unforgivable crime, Ikol also took his guilt. Now, a brand new Loki, he seeks to atone for not only his own misdeeds, but the misdeeds of the Loki who came before. The Loki who was. The Loki who burned. This is not the god of lies, nor evil. He is the God of Stories and Outcasts, and when not running heists for someone else, or working to clear his name and purge his past sins, he is a general memeing shitlord who listens to EDM, plays video games, and writes bad slash fiction.
Loki is a literal god, and a sorcerer among them. He can tell when someone is a magic user, isn't human, or anywhere in between.
Asgardian Physiology: Loki possesses superhuman strength, durability, healing, and everything that tends to come with these traits. He can take a beating, and deliver one, if you are able to goad him into a fight. Generally, he perfers to exhaust all other avenues before getting to this point. This includes occasionally turning and running away.
Sorcery: He's a bit of a jack of all trades on this one. He can cast illusions, make copies of himself, affect the senses and perceptions of others, manipulate pocket dimensions, cast energy, and resist telepathy and similar abilities from others.
Astral Projection: Loki can also astral project across great distances. Sometimes he will send other forms that are not him to deliver his messages.
Shape Shifting: Loki can change his shape into anything that is himself. Meaning he cannot impersonate other people, but can take on any form representative of himself or aspects of his personality.
Allspeak: Even outside the bar, Loki can communicate with just about anyone.
Intelligence: He's often the smartest person in the room, but also just a complete idiot sometimes. Often at the same time. He's a skilled hacker, and adept at technology in general.
Techno-whatsit: In addition to hacking, Loki can manipulate technology to work above and beyond how it's intended to. He does this primarily to get wifi and cell signal on his phone as he travels the cosmos.
Combat: Loki is a skilled fighter, and favours a sword as his weapon of choice. Though any melee weapon will do. He has an axe called Jarnbjorn, and a sword called Lævateinn.
[OOC]
Backtagging: Usually fine, but it's probably best to ask if it's been more than a couple of days. I can be a chronic thread dropper myself.
Threadhopping: Yes
Fourthwalling: No. Wade Wilson gets a pass on this one.
For MCU/other timeline Marvels, it is at your descretion whether or not he is recognised as Loki. If your character happens to have trauma or left-over rage at what their respective Loki did (or if your character is not yet aware that there is a new Loki), by all means, feel free to act on that. He's a big boy. He hand handle it.
Meta knowledge: As a result of him being a carefully-built copy, Loki's memory of Old Loki's deeds and adventures is extremely spotty. A lot of what he knows, he has been told. Perhaps most egregiously, he does not even remember ever hating Thor. He will be likely to recognise the "A-lister" Marvels, even if he has not interacted with them. For most characters, it will be a first acquaintance.
Offensive subjects: Very few. Loki will swear very rarely, but what other characters say or do is of little consequence.
Tag style: Prose all the way. He's the God of Stories, and he's here to tell one.
Loki is a body-snatching, shapeshifting creep who is trying to be better. The body he currently inhabits was stolen from a pre-teen boy, and artificially aged up to increase his own magical abilities. Before this, he was a sinister voice; a devil on the boy's shoulders, given just enough knowledge to guide Kid Loki to make the proper choices. After taking over the boy's body, he realised he was just as much of a pawn of Old Loki and sought to sever that thread of fate and write a new story for himself. He tried to become a Young Avenger, only after causing the very problem that forced them to assemble, and earned a hard lesson in guilt. He is not proud of any of this.
He is still trying to be the hero, but in doing so needs to clear his name by erasing all memory of the previous Loki.
Obviously, he is not very good at this hero thing. But he tries.
Hugging this character: If you are friends with him yes. Otherwise he might think he is being attacked.
Kissing this character: Same
Flirting with this character: Absolutely
Fighting with this character: He's a Norse god. Yes.
Injuring this character: Same
Killing this character: No.
At the point he's entering Milliways, Loki has fragmented knowledge of what came before him. He is a young man, appearing in his early 20s, though it's more complicated than that. When he is not acting as a wannabe superhero, he dresses in casual Midgardian attire, and can often be found playing on his phone. He likes musical theatre and Daft Punk, and whiles away many an evening playing video games.
Loki is a memeing, slash-fic-writing, D&D playing shitlord. He's your typical 20-something on the internet, quite possibly an alcoholic, and really wants to be an Avenger.
Loki is also genderfluid, occasionally presenting as female. As a shapeshifter, he goes the whole nine yards and takes on a female body. He seems to generally favour his male form, and doesn't really care which pronouns are used by others.
Loki's magic is powerful, but limited. He can change into any shape, as long as that shape is himself. He cannot impersonate people or things he is not. His ability to slip beyond the gaze of Heimdall, and go unseen by mortal eyes is achieved not through his own magic, but through the coat he wears, woven from shadowthread.
His biggest power is as ever his ability to talk himself out of, or into, a given situation. Loki can tell you a lie by speaking only the honest truth. He uses this to play at the role of double agent, acting not just for the Allmother, but for himself, forging alliances with anyone who will help him achieve what needs to be done.
This is a comic book canon, which means that occasionally, Loki is just drawn weirdly, if not straigt up wrong. Details get forgotten or ignored as his story is passed from team to team. It's a whole thing.
For the purposes of Milliways, Loki will have a fairly consistent design.
Currently, he appears in his early/mid 20s. Because of his nature both as a god, and how he came to possess his body, it's incredibly unclear. However, he is old enough that the writers are not shy about his drinking or gambling habits, which is why I tend to lean early/mid 20s.
He's also a big lad. Old Loki has a canon height of 6'4" and weighs about 525 pounds, and judging from the spread below with Lorelei, that seems to have carried over (though there's no official documentation on this). I am going to assume this is the case, at least until things get confusing and inconsistent again. Which they do. When Loki is a woman, she does not seem to alter her height at all. She simply chooses to just be an enormous giant of a woman.
It is incredibly unclear whether Loki paints his nails black, or if they just are that colour. Old Loki was often drawn with black fingernails, and somehow he doesn't strike me as the sort to vainly make sure his nails are perfect each morning, free of chips and cracks. So I am going to assume that this is natural, and not the product of vanity necessarily.
His hair is also wildly inconsistent beyond Agent of Asgard. He is often described throughout this run as being a bit "One Directiony", with his hair stylishly shaggy, but not necessarily long. Beyond Agent of Asgard, it varies wildly from an almost short crop to long enough to pull into a messy ponytail. For the most part, at least beyond AoA, I'll likely split the middle and go with something that matches his default icon -- long enough to be in his face and irritating, but when pulled into a tail, just kind of a puffball.
Whether or not Loki wears his horns when not "in costume" is really random. The best way to describe his costume is that it makes him look like an Asgardian pimp. When he's not in costume, he seems to lean toward streetwear almost. Hoodies and fitted t-shirts, designer jeans and expensive shoes. He often seems to almost go out of his way to avoid looking like a Norse deity, though any magic-sensitive character should be able to tell at a glance that he reeks of magic and power.
When he astral projects, it's often described as smelling of sulphur. Other magics can also be described as smelling of musk and/or rotting parchment. According to Thor, he smells like a rat.
[MISC]
On the topic of pronouns, Loki canonically doesn't seem to care whether male, female, or neutral are used by others. For ease of understanding and convenience, narration will use male or female according to how he is presenting at the moment. Given that the majority of his page time is spent male, this is likely how he will be played and referred to the majority of the time in Milliways.
On the topic of magic, he is again wildly inconsistent in canon. He is established to have rigid limits on his ability to shapeshift, but that tends to go right out the window in any run that does not have his name in the title. Squirrel Girl is particularly egregious at breaking this rule. He can apparently open portals and establish magic links between realms and pocket dimensions. He has his own pocket dimensions where he stores things, which can easily be recalled as he needs them. Often, he is referred to one of, if not Asgard's most powerful sorcerer, but he also rarely seems to use it, relying instead on his own intellect and ability to swing a sword. (And then there was that time he stole the Sorcerer Supreme mantel, which was just a whole other can off worms.)
On the topic of his alignment, well. It's tricky. He was created to sow chaos and discord. And while he wants very badly to become an Avenger and do good, often his methods are less than heroic. He is trying, but there's a certain irony to his story. He'll never learn how to do proper good unless someone takes the time to teach him and show him how, and that'll never happen as long as he keeps dropping cars on supervillains, crushing them to death.
lokiofsassgaardTL;DR: Comics are confusing. This is not the Loki who Tom Hiddleston's character is based off of. He's a different Loki, on the side of the heroes (mostly).
[CANON]
This is not the god of evil, or even of lies. That was the Old Loki. The Loki that burned. The Loki that was so angry with the universe that he would stop at almost nothing to make sure everything burned along with him. He burned with such heat and fury that when he finally acted not out of greed or his own selfish interests, but out of guilt and what little shred of good will he still had left in him, it killed him.
This is not that Loki. This is the result of Old Loki's carefully-laid plans. This is a copy; an echo; a culmination of past sins, bottled away so it might be opened at a point when it would be most useful. This Loki was hidden away, so when Old Loki returned, reincarnated as a young boy, he would have none of these old desires or needs. He could clear his name, start afresh, and when the world least suspected it, open that botle and pour forth all that stored, concentrated evil.
But for all his careful planning, all that went exactly as it should, Old Loki still failed. Something went wrong. His innocent, youthful self found this copy and trapped it into something more manageable and kept it as a pet called Ikol. And while Ikol acted according to his nature, as a devil on the boy's shoulder, he too began to see the truth. He had been created only as a tool, to be used and discarded.
So Ikol killed the boy, took his body and good name, and made it his own. And with this sin, this wholly unforgivable crime, Ikol also took his guilt. Now, a brand new Loki, he seeks to atone for not only his own misdeeds, but the misdeeds of the Loki who came before. The Loki who was. The Loki who burned. This is not the god of lies, nor evil. He is the God of Stories and Outcasts, and when not running heists for someone else, or working to clear his name and purge his past sins, he is a general memeing shitlord who listens to EDM, plays video games, and writes bad slash fiction.
[POWERS AND ABILITIES]
Loki is a literal god, and a sorcerer among them. He can tell when someone is a magic user, isn't human, or anywhere in between.
Asgardian Physiology: Loki possesses superhuman strength, durability, healing, and everything that tends to come with these traits. He can take a beating, and deliver one, if you are able to goad him into a fight. Generally, he perfers to exhaust all other avenues before getting to this point. This includes occasionally turning and running away.
Sorcery: He's a bit of a jack of all trades on this one. He can cast illusions, make copies of himself, affect the senses and perceptions of others, manipulate pocket dimensions, cast energy, and resist telepathy and similar abilities from others.
Astral Projection: Loki can also astral project across great distances. Sometimes he will send other forms that are not him to deliver his messages.
Shape Shifting: Loki can change his shape into anything that is himself. Meaning he cannot impersonate other people, but can take on any form representative of himself or aspects of his personality.
Allspeak: Even outside the bar, Loki can communicate with just about anyone.
Intelligence: He's often the smartest person in the room, but also just a complete idiot sometimes. Often at the same time. He's a skilled hacker, and adept at technology in general.
Techno-whatsit: In addition to hacking, Loki can manipulate technology to work above and beyond how it's intended to. He does this primarily to get wifi and cell signal on his phone as he travels the cosmos.
Combat: Loki is a skilled fighter, and favours a sword as his weapon of choice. Though any melee weapon will do. He has an axe called Jarnbjorn, and a sword called Lævateinn.
[OOC]
Backtagging: Usually fine, but it's probably best to ask if it's been more than a couple of days. I can be a chronic thread dropper myself.
Threadhopping: Yes
Fourthwalling: No. Wade Wilson gets a pass on this one.
For MCU/other timeline Marvels, it is at your descretion whether or not he is recognised as Loki. If your character happens to have trauma or left-over rage at what their respective Loki did (or if your character is not yet aware that there is a new Loki), by all means, feel free to act on that. He's a big boy. He hand handle it.
Meta knowledge: As a result of him being a carefully-built copy, Loki's memory of Old Loki's deeds and adventures is extremely spotty. A lot of what he knows, he has been told. Perhaps most egregiously, he does not even remember ever hating Thor. He will be likely to recognise the "A-lister" Marvels, even if he has not interacted with them. For most characters, it will be a first acquaintance.
Offensive subjects: Very few. Loki will swear very rarely, but what other characters say or do is of little consequence.
Tag style: Prose all the way. He's the God of Stories, and he's here to tell one.
Loki is a body-snatching, shapeshifting creep who is trying to be better. The body he currently inhabits was stolen from a pre-teen boy, and artificially aged up to increase his own magical abilities. Before this, he was a sinister voice; a devil on the boy's shoulders, given just enough knowledge to guide Kid Loki to make the proper choices. After taking over the boy's body, he realised he was just as much of a pawn of Old Loki and sought to sever that thread of fate and write a new story for himself. He tried to become a Young Avenger, only after causing the very problem that forced them to assemble, and earned a hard lesson in guilt. He is not proud of any of this.
He is still trying to be the hero, but in doing so needs to clear his name by erasing all memory of the previous Loki.
Obviously, he is not very good at this hero thing. But he tries.
[IC]
Hugging this character: If you are friends with him yes. Otherwise he might think he is being attacked.
Kissing this character: Same
Flirting with this character: Absolutely
Fighting with this character: He's a Norse god. Yes.
Injuring this character: Same
Killing this character: No.
At the point he's entering Milliways, Loki has fragmented knowledge of what came before him. He is a young man, appearing in his early 20s, though it's more complicated than that. When he is not acting as a wannabe superhero, he dresses in casual Midgardian attire, and can often be found playing on his phone. He likes musical theatre and Daft Punk, and whiles away many an evening playing video games.
Loki is a memeing, slash-fic-writing, D&D playing shitlord. He's your typical 20-something on the internet, quite possibly an alcoholic, and really wants to be an Avenger.
Loki is also genderfluid, occasionally presenting as female. As a shapeshifter, he goes the whole nine yards and takes on a female body. He seems to generally favour his male form, and doesn't really care which pronouns are used by others.
Loki's magic is powerful, but limited. He can change into any shape, as long as that shape is himself. He cannot impersonate people or things he is not. His ability to slip beyond the gaze of Heimdall, and go unseen by mortal eyes is achieved not through his own magic, but through the coat he wears, woven from shadowthread.
His biggest power is as ever his ability to talk himself out of, or into, a given situation. Loki can tell you a lie by speaking only the honest truth. He uses this to play at the role of double agent, acting not just for the Allmother, but for himself, forging alliances with anyone who will help him achieve what needs to be done.
[APPEARANCE AND PHYSICAL]
This is a comic book canon, which means that occasionally, Loki is just drawn weirdly, if not straigt up wrong. Details get forgotten or ignored as his story is passed from team to team. It's a whole thing.
For the purposes of Milliways, Loki will have a fairly consistent design.
Currently, he appears in his early/mid 20s. Because of his nature both as a god, and how he came to possess his body, it's incredibly unclear. However, he is old enough that the writers are not shy about his drinking or gambling habits, which is why I tend to lean early/mid 20s.
He's also a big lad. Old Loki has a canon height of 6'4" and weighs about 525 pounds, and judging from the spread below with Lorelei, that seems to have carried over (though there's no official documentation on this). I am going to assume this is the case, at least until things get confusing and inconsistent again. Which they do. When Loki is a woman, she does not seem to alter her height at all. She simply chooses to just be an enormous giant of a woman.
It is incredibly unclear whether Loki paints his nails black, or if they just are that colour. Old Loki was often drawn with black fingernails, and somehow he doesn't strike me as the sort to vainly make sure his nails are perfect each morning, free of chips and cracks. So I am going to assume that this is natural, and not the product of vanity necessarily.
His hair is also wildly inconsistent beyond Agent of Asgard. He is often described throughout this run as being a bit "One Directiony", with his hair stylishly shaggy, but not necessarily long. Beyond Agent of Asgard, it varies wildly from an almost short crop to long enough to pull into a messy ponytail. For the most part, at least beyond AoA, I'll likely split the middle and go with something that matches his default icon -- long enough to be in his face and irritating, but when pulled into a tail, just kind of a puffball.
Whether or not Loki wears his horns when not "in costume" is really random. The best way to describe his costume is that it makes him look like an Asgardian pimp. When he's not in costume, he seems to lean toward streetwear almost. Hoodies and fitted t-shirts, designer jeans and expensive shoes. He often seems to almost go out of his way to avoid looking like a Norse deity, though any magic-sensitive character should be able to tell at a glance that he reeks of magic and power.
When he astral projects, it's often described as smelling of sulphur. Other magics can also be described as smelling of musk and/or rotting parchment. According to Thor, he smells like a rat.
[MISC]
On the topic of pronouns, Loki canonically doesn't seem to care whether male, female, or neutral are used by others. For ease of understanding and convenience, narration will use male or female according to how he is presenting at the moment. Given that the majority of his page time is spent male, this is likely how he will be played and referred to the majority of the time in Milliways.
On the topic of magic, he is again wildly inconsistent in canon. He is established to have rigid limits on his ability to shapeshift, but that tends to go right out the window in any run that does not have his name in the title. Squirrel Girl is particularly egregious at breaking this rule. He can apparently open portals and establish magic links between realms and pocket dimensions. He has his own pocket dimensions where he stores things, which can easily be recalled as he needs them. Often, he is referred to one of, if not Asgard's most powerful sorcerer, but he also rarely seems to use it, relying instead on his own intellect and ability to swing a sword. (And then there was that time he stole the Sorcerer Supreme mantel, which was just a whole other can off worms.)
On the topic of his alignment, well. It's tricky. He was created to sow chaos and discord. And while he wants very badly to become an Avenger and do good, often his methods are less than heroic. He is trying, but there's a certain irony to his story. He'll never learn how to do proper good unless someone takes the time to teach him and show him how, and that'll never happen as long as he keeps dropping cars on supervillains, crushing them to death.
