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Love Is A Dagger by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
07 Sep 2024
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Loki once described love as being like a dagger, though he didn't explain it well then.
Like a dagger, love was beautiful. Mesmerizing to see it at work. It could be forged into different forms to serve different purposes. It could be easily concealed from sight. It could give someone the courage to do something that they would be too scared to attempt without it. And it might give them the power to succeed.
If you give it to someone, you have to hope that they won't turn that weapon against you and carve out your heart. Sharing it could make you vulnerable if you chose wrong.
And most importantly, Loki had always preferred to wield two daggers.
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First Kiss is the Final Kiss, Final Kiss is the First Kiss by Bookwormgal
Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
03 Aug 2024
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“There may come a day when you have need of your magic after exhausting your usual reserves already. Just as your brother may need to fight while already injured. Life is not always willing to wait for better circumstances.” Letting one hand drift up to his shoulder, Frigga said, “Energy is energy, regardless of the form it takes. In the right circumstances, your magic can be briefly rekindled by powerful emotions fueling the strength that only the truly desperate can reach. It won’t be easy and it won’t endure long, but it can be done if your need is great.”
“Powerful emotions?” asked Loki.
“Overwhelming rage and hatred. Fear for your life or for those around you.” Leaning forward, Mother pressed a small kiss to his forehead. “Love. All of them overwhelming forces capable of the impossible, my child. Never underestimate any of them. Especially the last.”
Centuries later and outside of time, his mother's words become far too relevant. Because Loki is truly desperate and those powerful emotions are certainly present in ample supply. There are some people that he refuses to lose, even if they have the worst timing on making certain feelings known.
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This is a me-trying-to-process-the-last-episode-of-Loki fic.
This fic starts with a prologue of Sylvie when she renames herself and discovers she is the Goddess of Mischief.
Sylvie and Mobius cope with the aftermath of the events of S2, and try to move on; but it's not as easy as it sounds. Sylvie is wracked with guilt and goes to Mobius for comfort. The bond that triggered the Nexus event on Lamentis-1 turns out to be the start of a stronger, more potent metaphysical link that lets Sylvie recall her memories of the timeslipping. Eventually she gains the courage to meet Loki at the End of Time, and what she finds isn't just him in a way she didn't anticipate, but also some clarity about her own godhood and glorious purpose. Mobius meanwhile wonders about the things in common he has with Loki, and what Loki has meant to him all this time. They bond together about Loki and find hope at the end of it.
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Breaking the Habit by CloseToSomethingReal
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
10 Jul 2024
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Despite having many chances, Loki didn't flee. He did not leave his brother or his people to perish while he escaped. He knew that when Thanos found him, his life was forfeit. His fate was sealed the moment that he failed to retrieve the Tesseract years ago. No tricks, no illusion, no lies, and no last-minute escapes. He couldn't save himself this final time.
Thor failed in so many ways. He failed to protect his people. He failed to save Heimdall. He failed to stop Thanos from murdering his brother. And then he failed to kill Thanos and half the universe was lost as a result.
When they failed to stop Thanos and so many lives were lost in an instant, Tony was powerless. He could only watch as the teenager who should've never been halfway across the galaxy dissolve in his arms. There was nothing that he could do. But when he and Nebula, in their attempt to limp their way back to Earth, find the site of a destroyed vessel floating in the middle of space with the bodies of the Aesir drifting in the vacuum, he remembers enough from Bruce to realize what they'd found. And he sees one face he recognizes and comes to a grim decision.
Sometimes you can't save everyone. But you can sometimes save someone. -
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An encounter with a Variant results in Loki coming in contact with a dangerous magical artifact. One that is guaranteed to extinguish the life out of anyone who is unfortunate enough to be affected by it. He knows that he is doomed the moment it happens.
His friends are not likely to let that happen.
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The Burden of Eternity by Bookwormgal
Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
10 Apr 2024
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It had been the hardest thing that he’d ever done. Harder than spending centuries reliving the same handful of hours in order to learn everything possible from O.B., Victor Timely, and even Casey. Harder than mastering his ability to timeslip and manipulate time.
The hardest part was leaving. Walking away from that door while Mobius and Sylvie begged him to stop. Unable to give them a proper goodbye or embrace them before he did what was necessary. Not only would they have tried to stop him, but he honestly didn’t know if he would have the willpower to continue if he allowed himself that small moment. It had been painful enough when he looked back near the end, seeing his friends watching through those distant windows, and knowing that he could never have that again.
Wrapping himself in those countless timelines filled with infinite lives that were now truly free. Ensuring the survival of everything at the cost of an eternity of endless solitude. That was the hardest part.
That was his great and glorious purpose. The king of everything and nothing. Bound to a golden throne by metaphorical chains of an impossible responsibility that he freely shackled to himself. Alone and guarding eternity without end.
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Grief is her bones and her soul and the blood in her veins, and even her mind has taken its shape, irregular and sharp and cutting. But it’s all that she has left of him. She’d rather have grief than nothing at all.
Or, Sylvie searches the time for a reason to stay and finds one outside of it.
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- Part 1 of Slowly, agonisingly
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The Burden of the Throne by AJD52376
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Loki - Fandom, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, What If...? (TV 2021), Loki (TV 2021), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)
03 Oct 2023
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Loki and Thor are preparing for the Asgardian festival celebrating family when while hunting together in the forests of Asgard Thor is attacked and grievously wounded by unknown assailants. Loki is left to unravel the mystery, sensing that the event has caused a fundamental change in the universe. The events of The Burden of the Throne take place prior to those of the first Thor movie.
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Collapse by Bookwormgal
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
14 Dec 2022
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After being one of the lucky people revived in the aftermath of the Blip, Loki was presented with a choice: spend the foreseeable future in a prison called the Raft or perform “community service” by assisting the constantly-expanding Avengers team on missions also for the foreseeable future. And while annoying, things were going smoothly.
Until a Doombot and numerous explosions dropped a building on top of him. And unfortunately, he's left with the challenge of finding a way to lead someone down to the bottom through the unstable maze of rubble left behind. Loki doesn't have much time to waste.
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Feel Something by ishkadaresil
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Loki (Marvel Comics)
13 Dec 2022
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What if Odin sent Loki to earth in the aftermath of events on Jotunheim, instead of Thor? As penance for his crimes, Loki is banished to Midgard - powerless and completely mortal. Still coming to terms with the truth of his heritage, Loki must set aside his pride and seek alliances where he can find them. Darcy Lewis may be insufferable, but at least she is willing to help.
Darcy, on the other hand, is dealing with her own family issues after discovering she's adopted. But perhaps befriending a self-proclaimed god will help distract her from her problems? Or it will get her into even more trouble than Jane ever did. Six college credits is looking less and less worth it every day.
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- Part 1 of Love You for Infinity
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Ásgarðrian Galdr by Valerie_Vancollie
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies), Norse Religion & Lore, Marvel
22 Oct 2022
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What if Loki was able to warn his past self, so he did not lose control during his regency and was able to act as he normally would? What if he had been able to remain calm and in control of himself, and the situation?
"How?" Loki demanded.
"Betrayal," his future self stated simply, rage clear in every syllable. "But you must control your reaction and come to see me, or you will repeat my mistakes and we will miss an opportunity to take control and alter things in our favor."
It would have changed everything.
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- Part 1 of Song of the Yggdrasill
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Sylvie Odinsdottir knows her duty as a princess: to place Asgard above her own wants and desires. But when she meets the Jotun prince she's been promised to marry since she was young, she finds her loyalties begin to shift, and trust is a luxury she may not be able to afford for long...
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You Are Cordially Invited by MoonPaperWolf
Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
08 Apr 2022
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When would be the worst possible time for Loki to reappear on the timeline? In the middle of Thor and Jane's wedding day, of course!
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- Part 1 of Freya's Days
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Frost Queen by acharesia, KaleidoscopeEyez, overIndulgence, Padawan_Writer, Shoalsandsuch, Sylki_Writers_Group
Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), Thor (Movies)
29 Mar 2022
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Rumours have it that after centuries of civil war, Jötunheim is now under the rule of a new frost giant queen, Sylvie. When Asgard deals unwisely with its ancient enemy, Sylvie takes the crown prince Thor prisoner, and it is Loki who must journey to the land of frost to negotiate his brother’s return.
But Asgard also holds grudges and plans for Loki, and soon Loki and Sylvie are swept up in plots and secrets they could never have dreamed of. Can they find peace and a happy ending though it all?
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A Post Season One continuation fic, picking up more or less where Episode 6 finishes off.
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- Part 1 of Space and Time
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As the Valkyries Sing Their Song by ClockworkCrow (icemink)
Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies)
31 Dec 2021
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When Sylvie pushes Loki through the portal, he ends up back in New York, in what appears to be the Sacred Timeline only moments after he stole the Tesseract.
The web is now woven and the battlefield reddened;
The news of disaster will spread through lands.It is horrible now to look around
As a blood-red cloud darkens the sky.
The heavens are stained with the blood of men,
As the Valkyries sing their song.-Darraðarljóð
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Becoming who I was never meant to be (But did anyway) by overIndulgence
Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
19 Dec 2021
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Where after enchanting Alioth, Loki manages to shake off the lingering effects of the mind stone. In his newfound clarity, he gets in the way of Sylvie's glorious purpose. And before he can explain himself, he gets pushed through a time door and gets pulled into a completely different post-endgame timeline.
The TVA was like a fairytale where he could push aside the burdens and trauma of his past. But now he's forced to confront his past demons. All while trying not to fall apart running from the Avengers, killing minutemen, battling his own demons, and clinging to the hope that Sylvie might love him.
Or a deeper dive into Loki's past and present, and how the Norns try and help their child reconcile for his future.
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- Part 1 of Breaking from Hate, Building from Love
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At the Citadel at the End of Time, Sylvie sends Loki back to before everything seemed to go wrong in his life. One moment he was there with her, the next he was waking up in his bed on the morning of Thor's coronation. This time, Loki would make sure he wasn't the villain. And he'd be damned if he didn't find his way back to Sylvie while doing so.
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- Part 1 of Ablaze
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Thor brings a very scared, damaged Loki to Hayden (original character). He has a sense she's the only one who can undo the years long, horrific "training" the Grandmaster inflicted on him. Only she might be able to break through his fear, find out what he endured, and bring Loki back to himself.
(Post-Avengers 1 and 2 but pretending the Infinity Wars never happens. Also that Bruce never left.)
**CONTENT WARNING: Besides the above listed Archive warnings, Loki has trouble eating during parts of this story (though there are NOT negative thoughts about food/bodies). Also, Hayden has terrifically low self-esteem, and you get to hear it frequently. Not suicidal, just mean.
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- Part 2 of The Hayden AU
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we'll carry our brothers, and we'll carry them home by spoondrifts
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
11 Jun 2021
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The first clue is when Thor's blankets go missing.