Okay, here's how this is going to work. You comment with a fandom question. I answer it and then ask you a question that has some thematic relevance to the question you asked me.
Actually, Sif/Loki having an element of safety to it makes total sense to me - it's one of the reasons I ship Sif/Loki and not Darcy/Loki is because Loki could have a temper tantrum and kill Darcy - Loki could probably kill Sif, but he'd have to work damn hard to do so, and I buy that Sif is enough of a statigist and knows Loki well enough that most of his favorite tricks wouldn't work on her
All of this. Plus, I think in a lot of situations, Loki's background with Sif means he's less likely to threaten her because he knows that she knows. Even at that, it's a delicate dance between keeping him IC and not crossing a line.
it also reminds me of when I was talking about my list of favorite male character and how all of those men are people I would feel safe with
Even Tony Stark?
That's really fascinating though. I have a lot of favorite male characters that are objectively unsafe people to be around, even though I'm fairly sensitive to in-story dynamics.
On that subject, you are not the only friend of mine who's a fan of mad scientist characters, and I think that element of chaos and unpredictability is part of why I don't fall for crazy mad scientist characters
That is 100% legitimate. With me, I sort of take it as a challenge to explain the method behind the madness. Like, if I can't see why that character is behaving in that way or what fuels their actions, I'm less likely to enjoy them.
it also reminds me of when I was talking about my list of favorite male character and how all of those men are people I would feel safe with
Even Tony Stark?
Even Tony Stark. Especially Tony Stark post the midpoint of the first movie. Like, I'd 1000x rather meet Tony Stark in a dark alley than, say, Toni DiNozzi (or whatever) from NCIS.
I have a lot of favorite male characters that are objectively unsafe people to be around, even though I'm fairly sensitive to in-story dynamics.</iM
Most people do! And I have a lot of favorite ladies who aren't safe people to be around but my list of favorite dudes is skews much more heavily towards legit heroic dudes. The outliner is Barney Stinsten who is... words fail.
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All of this. Plus, I think in a lot of situations, Loki's background with Sif means he's less likely to threaten her because he knows that she knows. Even at that, it's a delicate dance between keeping him IC and not crossing a line.
it also reminds me of when I was talking about my list of favorite male character and how all of those men are people I would feel safe with
Even Tony Stark?
That's really fascinating though. I have a lot of favorite male characters that are objectively unsafe people to be around, even though I'm fairly sensitive to in-story dynamics.
On that subject, you are not the only friend of mine who's a fan of mad scientist characters, and I think that element of chaos and unpredictability is part of why I don't fall for crazy mad scientist characters
That is 100% legitimate. With me, I sort of take it as a challenge to explain the method behind the madness. Like, if I can't see why that character is behaving in that way or what fuels their actions, I'm less likely to enjoy them.
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Even Tony Stark?
Even Tony Stark. Especially Tony Stark post the midpoint of the first movie. Like, I'd 1000x rather meet Tony Stark in a dark alley than, say, Toni DiNozzi (or whatever) from NCIS.
I have a lot of favorite male characters that are objectively unsafe people to be around, even though I'm fairly sensitive to in-story dynamics.</iM Most people do! And I have a lot of favorite ladies who aren't safe people to be around but my list of favorite dudes is skews much more heavily towards legit heroic dudes. The outliner is Barney Stinsten who is... words fail.