| 1 | '''''Loki: Agent of Doomgard''''' is a ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' and ''ComicBook/{{Thors}}'' crossover fanfic by [=Sand3=], that you can read [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4259934 here]]. |
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| 3 | What if Loki, God(dess) of Stories (Story!Loki), [[WhatIf didn't decide to skip Doom's patchwork planet of fun?]] Well, they could end up as special agent tasked with solving the ''trickiest'' cases while having the rookiest of rookie Thor (Kevin Masterson, Mini!Thunderstrike) assigned as partner. |
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| 5 | First assignment? ''The Loki Murders''. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:Lokis so far in order of appearance. SPOILERS]] |
| 8 | # ''Loki Ikolbur, God(dess) of Stories, Special Agent Storyteller (Story!Loki)'' -- ALIVE. Region: Marvel 616. Species: God (Jotun, raised Asgardian; [[FourthWallObserver Narrative deity]]). Gender: Genderfluid. Relationship status: Single. |
| 9 | # ''Nokke Laughlin (Timely!Loki)'' -- DECEASED. Region: Timely, Doom Valley (Marvel 1872). Species: Human. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Married (wife: Sybil), at least one child (Vale). |
| 10 | # ''Lucy Woad'' -- DECEASED. Region: Technopolis (Iron Man: Armor Wars). Species: Human probably. Gender: Female. Relationship status: ??? |
| 11 | # ''Loki Alberich, King of Faerie'' -- DECEASED. Region: King James' England (Marvel 1602). Species: [[TheFairFolk Fae/Royal]] probably. Gender: Male. Relationship status: In Relationship (with Amora). |
| 12 | # ''???'' -- DECEASED. Region: ??? (killed while trying to assassinate Arcadia!Loki). Species: God (probably). Gender: Male. Relationship status: ??? |
| 13 | # ''Loki Farbautadóttir, Mistress of Secrets and Moonless Nights (Arcadia!Loki)'' -- ALIVE. Region: Arcadia (ComicBook/AForce). Species: God. Gender: Female. Relationship status: widowed. Has two adopted children (Nico Minoru, America Chavez). In her original world she was married, had two children. |
| 14 | # ''Loki Odinson, God of Destruction (maybe) (Hobo!Loki)'' -- ALIVE. Region: Manhattan 1610 ([[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Marvel 1610]]). Species: God (Jotun Asgardian hybrid). Gender: Male. Relationship status: Single. |
| 15 | # ''Loki Odinson, L'il God of Mischief (Little!Loki)'' -- ALIVE. Region: Marville (Giant-Size Little Marvel – [=AvX=]). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Single (he is just a kid). |
| 16 | # ''Luke Watson (Wotanson), CPA'' -- ALIVE. Region: Old Town (Marvel Noir). Species: Human. Gender: Male. Relationship status: ??? |
| 17 | # ''Loki, No Surname, No Title (Paradise!Loki, Peripeteia)'' -- ALIVE. Region: Paradise ([[ComicBook/{{EarthX}} Earth X]]). Species: SufficientlyAdvancedAlien ([[FourthWallObserver Narrative deity]]). Gender: {{Ambiguous|Gender}}. Relation status: Single. |
| 18 | # ''???'' -- DECEASED. Region: ??? (found in Killville: M.O.D.O.K. Assassin); Hobo!Loki identified him as one of the ''players''). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: ??? |
| 19 | # ''Loki Laufeydóttir, Goddess of Traps and Poisons (Nu!Loki)'' -- [[TakenForGranite DECORATIVE STATUE]]. Region: Nutopia (ComicBook/TheNewUniverse). Species: God. Gender: Female. Relationship status: Single. |
| 20 | # ''???'' -- DECEASED. Region: ??? (head found in Nu!Loki's freezer). Species: ???. Gender: ???. Relationship status: ??? |
| 21 | # ''Loki Odindóttir, Goddess of Seduction and Intoxication (Metro!Loki)'' -- ALIVE. Region: Metropolis 51. Species: God. Gender: Female. Relationship status: Technically single... in practice she lives with a polyamorous circle of worshippers. |
| 22 | # ''Loki 'Serrure' Lokason, God of Fiction (Kid!Loki)'' -- ALIVE. Region: Marvel 616 (Found in Avalon ComicBook/CaptainBritain). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Single (just a kid) |
| 23 | # ''Loki Farbautason, God of the Hunt (Úlfheðinn/Berserker)'' -- [[TakenForGranite DECORATIVE STATUE]]. Region: Norseheim (Killer of the Loki of King James' England; attacked Avalon in search of Serrure). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Single |
| 24 | # ''Loki Laufeybur (Weird-Loki)'' -- ALIVE. Region: Weirdworld. Species: Frost giant and Fire demon hybrid. Gender: {{Ambiguous|Gender}}. Relationship status: Harem person of Morgan Le Fay. |
| 25 | # ''Loki Odinson, God of Lies (Ultima-Loki)'' -- [[TakenForGranite DECORATIVE STATUE]]. (Murderer of the Loki of Technopolis and dozens of bystanders). Region: Ultimation ([[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Single. |
| 26 | # ''Loki, Merchant of Curios (Lost-Loki), a merchant at the Sinner's Market'' -- ALIVE. Region: The Lost Land. Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: ??? |
| 27 | # ''Loki Laufeyson, God of Mischief and Evil (Dad-Loki)'' -- ALIVE. Region: [=McTwo=] (ComicBook/MarvelComics2). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Widowed. |
| 28 | # ''Sylene Lokadóttir, Goddess of Guile, copy of Dad-Loki raised as his daughter'' -- ALIVE. Region: [=McTwo=] (ComicBook/MarvelComics2). Species: God. Gender: Female. Relationship status: Single. |
| 29 | # ''Loki 'Numen' Laufeyson, God of Discipline'' -- ALIVE. Region: Mondo City ([[ComicBook/JudgeDredd totally not Mega City One we promise]]). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Single. |
| 30 | # ''Loki Farbautason, God of Hate (Nazi-Loki)'' -- [[TakenForGranite DECORATIVE STATUE]]. Region: Metropolicia. Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: ??? |
| 31 | # ''Loki Odinson, God of Wrath'' -- [[TakenForGranite DECORATIVE STATUE]]. Region: Revivalation (found in Hala Fields, but chased there). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Single. |
| 32 | # ''Loki Oddsen, God of Entertainment'' -- ALIVE. Region: Holy Wood. Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Single. |
| 33 | # ''Loki Odinson, God of Anarchy (Not-Hydra!Loki)'' -- ALIVE. Region: Hydra Empire (Hail Hydra). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Married (wife: Skadi Culdóttir). |
| 34 | # ''Loki Snoogums, Kitty of Tricksies (Lokitty)'' -- ALIVE. Region: New Quack City (Howard the Human). Species: [[FunnyAnimal Anthropomorphic Cat]] Magic User (God?). Gender: Female. Relationship status: ??? |
| 35 | # ''Loki Laufeyson'' -- DECEASED. Region: Witland (Squadron Sinister). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: ??? |
| 36 | # ''Ikol Lokason, God of Fact (Agent!Loki)'' -- ALIVE. Region: Marvel 616 (found in Killville: M.O.D.O.K. Assassin). Species: God. Gender: Male. Relationship status: Single |
| 37 | [[/folder]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Comics reading list by chapter (with occasional artist comments). Also SPOILERS!]] |
| 40 | '''CHAPTER 1''' |
| 41 | * ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' |
| 42 | * ''Thors'' - ComicBook/SecretWars2015 mini-series |
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| 44 | '''CHAPTER 2''' |
| 45 | * ''Thunderstrike'' vol 2 - mini-series (Masterson comes from it. meh) |
| 46 | * ''1872'' - ComicBook/SecretWars2015 mini-series (cute, worth a read) |
| 47 | |
| 48 | '''CHAPTER 3''' |
| 49 | * ''Armor Wars'' - ComicBook/SecretWars2015 mini-series (meh) |
| 50 | * ''1602: Witch Hunter Angela'' - ComicBook/SecretWars2015 mini-series (awesome) |
| 51 | * ''ComicBook/AForce'' - ComicBook/SecretWars2015 mini-series (good start, disappointing end) |
| 52 | |
| 53 | '''CHAPTER 5''' |
| 54 | * ''[[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate Thor]]'' - mini-series from something like ten years ago (good for understanding what's up with Ultimate-Loki's Oedipus-complex) |
| 55 | |
| 56 | '''CHAPTER 6''' |
| 57 | * ''Giant-Size Little Marvel: A vs. X'' - ComicBook/SecretWars2015 mini-series (fun, no plot) |
| 58 | |
| 59 | '''CHAPTER 7''' |
| 60 | * ''Marvel Noir'' - gimmick/event (I actually really enjoyed, they did a good job on it) |
| 61 | |
| 62 | '''CHAPTER 9''' |
| 63 | * ''ComicBook/EarthX[=/=]Universe-X[=/=]Paradise-X'' - mini-series series (Loki is the most interesting part of it and it is a DENSE and confusing read) |
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| 65 | '''CHAPTER 10''' |
| 66 | * ''M.O.D.O.K. Assassin'' - ComicBook/SecretWars2015 mini-series (funny, plot is minimal and largely unimportant) |
| 67 | |
| 68 | '''CHAPTER 13''' |
| 69 | * ''Machine Man'' - mini-series in the 2008 Marvel Comics Presents anthology. (where the setting comes from) |
| 70 | |
| 71 | '''CHAPTER 14''' |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' and ''ComicBook/{{FF}}'' - series (I've read from Civil War forward; I like it.) |
| 73 | |
| 74 | '''CHAPTER 15''' |
| 75 | * ''Weirdworld'' - ComicBook/SecretWars2015 mini-series (fun, not much plot) I also make some vague (fairly unimportant) references to the older Weirdworld comics (short-stories inside of the old sci-fi/fantasy anthologies Marvel used to do, Tolkienesque setting) |
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| 77 | '''CHAPTER 16''' |
| 78 | * ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'' - mostly Gillen's run (all the love) |
| 79 | |
| 80 | '''CHAPTER 17''' |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/CaptainBritainAndMI13'' - Jamie and Brian Braddock and Lionheart are all part of ''ComicBook/CaptainBritain'' continuity but (becaue I haven't read the old ones at all) I am more familiar with them from ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' (in relation to their sister Betsy/ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}) and ''[[ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} New Excalibur]]'' (which parallels the second half of Exiles, it's okay but nothing to write home about) and MI 13. |
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| 83 | '''CHAPTER 21''' |
| 84 | * ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' (is pretty sweet) I missed the sequels at first because while the first series is just titled '1602', so shows up in the alphabetical listing under '1', two of the sequels are titled as 'Marvel 1602' and so are under 'M' and the last one is 'Spiderman 1602' and so is under S (I ended up doing a page-search to find them all). This setting is likely to come up fairly often since I've made it Storyteller's home base. |
| 85 | |
| 86 | '''CHAPTER 33''' |
| 87 | * Squadron Sinister - ComicBook/SecretWars2015 mini-series |
| 88 | * Doctor Zero - Epic Imprint miniseries, part of the Shadowline Saga. |
| 89 | [[/folder]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | ---- |
| 92 | !!Tropes found in this fic: |
| 93 | * AllThereInTheManual: A complete list of all the Lokis is available in sand3's discord server. |
| 94 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: Apparently Story!Loki doesn't really know how exactly they managed to bottle up all Asgard at the end of ''Loki:[=AoA=]''. They theorize that whatever their essence did in the 8 month time skip also included preparations for the end of the world. Or maybe just made them ignore the possible consequences[=/=]implications[=/=]general impossibility because [[GodzillaThreshold it was the end of the world]]. |
| 95 | * AffectionateNickname: Story!Loki has a lot of nicknames for [[spoiler:Serrure]] with "Lamb" being the most used. |
| 96 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Once [[spoiler:Ultima!Loki]] was brought to Doom's court, he resorted to sweet-talking Doom to save himself. [[spoiler:It didn't work.]] |
| 97 | * AlienSky: It's Battleworld; there are no stars, no real moon, and at the start of the fic not even a ''sun'' yet. There'll be light because Doom wills it so. |
| 98 | * AlternateSelf: Kind of the point. In particular, it has a lot of Thors and similarly powered individuals, and of course Lokis. Lokis come in a bewildering variety. Young, old, men, women, and where you can't tell, married, single, with or without children, on every medium awareness and/or sanity level, gods, mortals, others, with different titles and domains... there are even some who aren't trolls! |
| 99 | * AlternativeSelfNameChange: |
| 100 | ** Story!Loki uses Storyteller to distinguish themselves from other Lokis. |
| 101 | ** Discussed by Story!Loki and Verity on giving the recurring Lokis some might be a good idea (albeit as Story!Loki intends to go by "Storyteller", Verity points out that "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Storyteller, God of Stories]]" sounds dumb). |
| 102 | ** [[spoiler:Paradise!Loki chooses "Peripeteia", which gets promptly shortened to "Perry" by Story!Loki, which earns a snarky response about "Telly" or "Tillie"... or may probably continue to be an OverlyLongGag.]] |
| 103 | * AmbiguousGender: |
| 104 | ** [[spoiler:Paradise!]]Loki, and [[spoiler:Weird-]]Loki are androgynous. |
| 105 | ** Story!Loki is generally fifty-fifty on being man or woman[[note]]this page references them as the fic does. He when male, she when female, they when it can't be determined at the time the example happened. This won't cause any confusion what... so... ever![[/note]], if they stick in one form for more than a day or two Verity becomes concerned for them. |
| 106 | * AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe: [[spoiler:Story!Loki]] gets a magic dagger from [[spoiler:Doom]] that can turn people HumanPopsicle for an hour while also being an AbsurdlySharpBlade otherwise. |
| 107 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Sun Wukong gets distracted and/or bored very easily so this trope is common with him. [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki has their moments too. |
| 108 | * BazaarOfTheBizarre: The ''Sinner's Market'' located in the Lost Land. As one character put it: "If you can't find what you're looking for at the Sinner's Market, then you're just not looking hard enough!". Expect currency to be quite [[InsubstantialIngredients abstract]] if not literally [[AnatomyOfTheSoul parts of your soul]]. |
| 109 | * BeleagueredAssistant: Mini!Thunderstrike definitely feels like he is this trope (filing papers, making coffee, being underrated), [[SubvertedTrope actually he is a teen, who vastly overestimates himself]]. |
| 110 | * BerserkButton: Nobody earns the godly title "God of Wrath" for ''not'' having a HairTriggerTemper, but the Loki with it reacts especially badly (misogynistic slurs included) to being called a ''liar'' (because he sees himself as a god of truth). |
| 111 | * TheBerserker: The Loki [[spoiler:who tried to hunt down Kid!Loki in Avalon]]. |
| 112 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: |
| 113 | ** [[spoiler:Arcadia!]]Loki and her daughters are such a nice and adorable family. [[spoiler:Attacker kill count: 1]] |
| 114 | ** Also [[spoiler:Timely!]]Loki's family. [[spoiler:They would take avenging him in their own hands if they could.]] |
| 115 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: [[spoiler:Paradise!]]Loki who lives a very ascetic life and doesn't have much urge to meddle. Woe betide you if they think you're their enemy. [[spoiler:Attacker kill count: 3]]. |
| 116 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: |
| 117 | ** Story!Loki ([[spoiler:Arrest count: 5]]). |
| 118 | ** The whole region of Marville (Sheriff Strange outright warns Loki to not underestimate the locals), and various other cartoon worlds. |
| 119 | * BigApplesauce: What did anybody expect from a Marvel fanfic? Let alone ComicBook/SecretWars2015 fic? It's more worth mentioning if a city ''isn't'' a New York for a change. |
| 120 | * BloodMagic: [[spoiler:Hobo!Loki]]'s advice involves this. [[spoiler:Alternate selves are basically ''you'' so your own blood can very well serve as a conduit for tracking spells.]] |
| 121 | * BuddyCopShow: Story!Loki and Mini!Thunderstrike fight Loki-related crime. |
| 122 | * ByTheBookCop: 'Numen' Laufeyson. By his own admission, he brought forth the circumstances for and ''wrote'' the first book of law so he got a book to be a cop by. Storyteller theorises that this makes him outright incorruptible for [[PureIsNotGood better or worse]]. |
| 123 | * ChekhovsGunman: Mr. [[spoiler:Nancy, aka Anansi]], who appears mostly just to talk a bit and give directions in [[spoiler:chapter #7]], but returns in [[spoiler: chapter ''#34'']] to be much more plot-relevant. Later chapters revealed that all members of the OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness except [[spoiler:Karn]] appeared before the reveal about the council, [[spoiler:the Bride of Nine Spiders guided Loki to Sun-Wukong]], and [[spoiler:Madam Webb]] intervened to stop them from bugging [[spoiler:the Young Ultimates]]. |
| 124 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Discussed as a reason why genuine child gods (as opposed to creatures that only ''look'' like children) are almost never evil, when Story!Loki introduced [[spoiler:Kid!Loki]] to Verity. |
| 125 | * ComesGreatResponsibility: Referenced when Sheriff Strange questions why he should trust Story!Loki not to become TheStarscream. Well, yes, Loki loves power very much... but being the God of the (Battle)world comes with great responsibility too, which they would rather ''not'' have. Also discussed later thanks to various Spider-related-people, which is somewhat unhelpful when someone fears the corrupting side of great power. |
| 126 | * ContinuityNod: A whole lot thanks to the writer putting a lot of research and thought into this fic. For example: |
| 127 | ** The AlienSky - According to Secret Wars #2 Johnny Storm was made the sun as a punishment for some incident... so there is a time before that incident. |
| 128 | ** Also Story!Loki muses why isn't there a Spider-Man in Manhattan when there should be two. Of course, there aren't. Both got away before the incursion hit and will only arrive when the true event begins. |
| 129 | * CrazyHomelessPeople: [[spoiler:Hobo!]]Loki's way of being invisible. And yes. He is both homeless and crazy, but [[ObfuscatingInsanity plays it up]] so people leave him alone. |
| 130 | * CuteButCacophonic: Young Nico is very '''cute''' but unfortunately has NoIndoorVoice so she is very '''LOUD''' too. |
| 131 | * DaChief: |
| 132 | ** Sheriff Strange for Story!Loki and gods know they do everything to annoy him. |
| 133 | ** Lawspeaker (King Thor) for Mini!Thunderstrike but we see less of them. |
| 134 | * DemocracyIsBad: Story!Loki facetiously made the case for this while waiting for an audience with the Regent. It earned him basically an EvilLawyerJoke made by the secretary. |
| 135 | * DesperatelyCravesAffection: [[spoiler:Paradise!]]Loki. Story!Loki believes that being a meta-god made them lonely. |
| 136 | * {{Disneyfication}}: Story!Loki said that this way they can test their [[RealityWarper narrating]] ability while doing less harm. They're still highly concerned about the ethical implications of narrating people. |
| 137 | * DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Paradise!]]Loki would narrate any Loki dead who dared to enter their territory. Justified that they were attacked several times. [[spoiler:Story!Loki, after narrating herself back to life, asks them to not do that anymore and they agree.]] |
| 138 | * DistressedDude: Story!Loki ends up needing rescuing after the confrontation with [[spoiler:Nu!Loki]] goes south. |
| 139 | * EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Not only Earth but Europe and the U.S., as evidenced by Battleworld being almost completely made out of these parts of it. Story!Loki's theory of this Eurocentricness is that Doom grabbed parts he could recognize which were, well, like this mostly. |
| 140 | * ElementalPowers: Some Lokis have elemental powers, [[spoiler:Nu!]]Loki got some [[CastingAShadow darkness]] ones, and Story!Loki makes references to chaos being an element (and common to Lokis), but the best example is [[spoiler:Weird-]]Loki, who got both [[AnIcePerson ice]] and [[PlayingWithFire fire]] (which they, for example, use to test if someone is human or not... because they and their friends are kinda jerks). |
| 141 | * ExpectingSomeoneTaller: The Regent has to ask why Story!Loki didn't bring "full size" Thors with him. |
| 142 | * TheFairFolk: Amora of King James' England [[spoiler:and probably the Loki who was her consort too]]. Before Story!Loki meets her he muses that fairy tales with "playful forest spirits" and horror movies have the same sound library. Gee I wonder why. |
| 143 | * TheFakeCutie: [[spoiler:Nu!]]Loki is a small, cute, harmless-looking woman, who is obviously [[WoundedGazelleGambit scared and hurt]]... she is actually incredibly manipulative and dangerous because she is [[spoiler:the goddess of traps and poisons and a SerialKiller]]. |
| 144 | * FakeMemories: Doom's memory manipulation towers make the people of Battleworld think that the world is as it always was. Occasionally the cover-up story generated to reconcile the characters' reality with this lie became very complex in the process. [[spoiler:For example the Thors and related characters who weren't actively Thoring (616!Odinson, Don Blake of Paradise City) when the Incursion hit their world got a tale about a rogue domain called Lemuria, and them being dishonorably discharged for defying orders to [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide purge]] it.]] |
| 145 | * TheFashionista: Story!Loki. Sheriff Strange is on the fence if this means Loki doesn't take the job seriously or takes it ''way'' too seriously. |
| 146 | * FlatEarthAtheist: Fairly common thinking amongst citizens of less magical baronies as the no travel between regions rule makes it harder to notice how ''weird'' the world actually is around them. Well, probably some would at least ''say'' they believe in God Doom, because he's very prone to smiting the heretics, but outside of that? There is no such thing as the supernatural! This even includes the Lokis of those places. [[spoiler:Luke]] literally called even the notion of magic "smoke and mirrors". |
| 147 | * TheGadfly: The ''not'' Spider-Woman (Venom) of Paradise city. The highlight was probably her inquiry if [[spoiler:Story!Loki and Serrure]] are [[spoiler:Paradise!]]Loki's "[[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend secret]] [[IsThatCuteKidYours family]]" while assuring them that [[BlatantLies she is very good at keeping secrets]]. |
| 148 | * GiverOfLameNames: Story!Loki's naming is best described as hit or miss... but when Sheriff Strange feels need to override them that isn't much of an improvement (as in "Hoboki" might be all kinds of questionable but "Sixteen-Ten-Loki" is just plain boring). |
| 149 | * GooGooGodlike: Franklin Richards. [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki likes him on the grounds that he is a sweet kid and that he is one of the few people who won't just grow old and die on them in the long run. |
| 150 | * GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: Officially Story!Loki works for the "inquiries and investigations department for the Doomstadt Ministry of Sorcery" as "Special Agent Storyteller". They're saddled with Mini!Thunderstrike thanks to JurisdictionFriction. |
| 151 | * HappilyAdopted: |
| 152 | ** The girls of [[spoiler:Arcadia!Loki]]. |
| 153 | ** Later Story!Loki annoys Doom into letting her adopt [[spoiler:Kid!Loki]]. |
| 154 | * HehHehYouSaidX: Mini!Thunderstrike is secretly twelve. For example: |
| 155 | -->"Masterson, are you twelve?" Loki demanded, laughing. "For pity's sake, just say 'fuck'! It's not that hard!"\ |
| 156 | Masterson turned his robot-suited head to look at Loki for a moment. "... '''Hard'''? Seriously?"\ |
| 157 | "You ''are'' twelve!" Loki exclaimed. |
| 158 | * TheIdealist: Wilson of the Manchester gods in this fic is very much a hardcore Marxist of the highly idealistic bent with a deep belief that RousseauWasRight. |
| 159 | * IdleRich: Johnny Storm truly detests being one. As he's part of the Storm-von Doom (*cough cough* Richards) family, Doom is stuck with him, but doesn't want him close to anything even vaguely important, so he's mostly just sitting around bored. |
| 160 | * IKnowWhatYouFear: Terror of the menagerie can project illusions of people's greatest fears. When the others goad him into using this on Story!Loki the result is [[spoiler:a gruesomely murdered Third Loki]] which is not something they expected or were prepared for. Story!Loki just comments that fears are generally not punchable. |
| 161 | * InSeriesNickname: |
| 162 | ** Mini!Thunderstrike calls Story!Loki "Teller". |
| 163 | ** Story!Loki prefers to call [[spoiler:Kid!Loki[=/=]Serrure]] Lamb. |
| 164 | * InsistentTerminology: Story!Loki is not a Thor but a ''Special Agent''. They're really not a Thor, but as Thors are the most visible part of Doom's law-enforcement, people tend to think of them and be confused that Loki doesn't fit the stereotypical image of a Thor at all when they mention working for Doomgard, so they end up correcting this ''[[RunningGag a lot]]''. |
| 165 | * IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Well, the heightened awareness of their fictional nature made [[spoiler:Paradise!]]Loki very, very lonely. |
| 166 | * IWillFindYou: Another reason why Story!Loki wanted a job in the Battleworld is to look for Thor, [[spoiler:and their two previous incarnations, Kid!Loki and Teen!Loki, and the ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers''. See SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong below]]. |
| 167 | * KidSidekick: Verity's opinion on Mini!Thunderstrike. |
| 168 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Story!Loki over Lockheed, which horrified Doctor Strange at first because he expected a general CutenessOverload which probably wouldn't go over well with the alien dragon. |
| 169 | * LampshadedTheObscureReference: Apparently, Franchise/TheMatrix series does not exist in [[spoiler:Paradise!]]Loki's domain. |
| 170 | * LetsJustBeFriends: [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki to Striker. They aren't against FriendsWithBenefits though. |
| 171 | * LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Mini!Thunderstrike would rather not talk about what happened in Arcadia ever again. [[spoiler:The ten-year-old Miss America overpowered him while play fighting.]] |
| 172 | * LoveGoddess: Well, something like that anyway, as [[spoiler:Metro!]]Loki, Goddess of Seduction and Intoxication is basically SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll personified, [[{{dissimile}} except she prefers jazz]]. Her mere presence makes people [[{{Glamour}} adore her]] and shower her with gifts; [[ThePornomancer sex]] and {{intoxication ensue|s}}. |
| 173 | * MadeOfIron: Inhabitants of cartoon worlds tend to be this when compared to more realistic worlds thanks to genre conventions. |
| 174 | * MadOracle: Invoked by Story!Loki when she asked the mad but mostly docile [[spoiler:Hobo!]]Loki for advice in the case. |
| 175 | * MaleGaze: InUniverse example with Mini!Thunderstrike planned to spend the time with ogling Story!Loki's ass... who at that point changed gender to male to his great disappointment. Loki points out that he still could, but that "somehow" didn't make him feel better. |
| 176 | * MediumAwareness: Being narrative deity comes with perks like hearing the narrator. |
| 177 | --> ''For me, it happens all too regularly. I’m Peter Parker, the Ultimate Spider-Man, and today is the day I realize that everything I '''thought''' I knew is '''wrong'''.''\ |
| 178 | “Hoooly smeg, it’s a ''voice-over'',” Storyteller whispered. “... This place has a ''narrator? That’s so cool!''” |
| 179 | * MentorArchetype: Sheriff Strange ([[spoiler:in ethics]]), [[spoiler:Sun Wukong (in staff fighting)]], and [[spoiler:Karn (in weaving)]] to Story!Loki. One of them is wise and caring, one is, well let's say he and Loki are great enablers of each other's bad behavior and hedonistic impulses, and one has some severe social anxiety issues. |
| 180 | * MerlinAndNimue: When Story!Loki becomes Steven Strange's apprentice they trollingly discuss the trope, and conclude that it's a phenomenally bad idea despite all the precedent. Helps that Loki isn't there to learn more magic [[spoiler:they want to learn ethics]]. |
| 181 | * MetaGuy: |
| 182 | ** Narrative deities begin at this medium awareness level if they aren't outright {{Fourth Wall Observer}}s. |
| 183 | ** Witch Hunter Serah of 1602. |
| 184 | ** Any Wade or Wanda Wilson. |
| 185 | * MistakenForGay: {{Invoked}} by Verity when she implied to her mother that Story!Loki doesn't date women to stop [[ShipperOnDeck her shipping]]. |
| 186 | * MistakenIdentity: Ultima-Iron Man mistakes [[spoiler:Story!Loki]] as [[spoiler:Ultima-]]Loki, fortunately, a Thor can be found to clear up the situation, but unfortunately [[spoiler:not before Ultima-Loki gets away.]] |
| 187 | * TheMole: Lockheed is spying on Story!Loki for Valeria von Doom. Not spoilered because he isn't exactly secretive about it. |
| 188 | * MoodWhiplash: Loki can go from joking to disturbing/creepy in half a sentence. Any Loki. All of them. |
| 189 | * MugglesDoItBetter: At least one contestant isn't above killing a god with anti-tank weaponry. [[spoiler:That's how the Loki found in Killville died.]] |
| 190 | * NakedFirstImpression: Downplayed, but [[spoiler:Metro!]]Loki isn't exactly subtle. She is introduced by answering the door in nothing but lingerie. |
| 191 | * NarniaTime: Downplayed but the various parts of Battleworld have different flow of time. It also messes with time magic on some level. |
| 192 | * NonIndicativeName: It's pointed out repeatedly that ''Paradise City'' is not an aptly named place. |
| 193 | * TheNoseKnows: Story!Loki theorizes because they shielded their home from magical detection, that [[spoiler:Berserker-Loki]] must have found them by tracking ''their scent''. |
| 194 | * NoSell: Doom inflicted LaserGuidedAmnesia on all his subjects but despite this: |
| 195 | ** Most magical Lokis remember their old worlds to some degree. |
| 196 | ** As does Lockheed thanks to BizarreAlienBiology. |
| 197 | ** Fate related characters seem to have some level of immunity too, like [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Madam Web]]. |
| 198 | ** [[spoiler:And some other spider totems.]] |
| 199 | ** And it only limitedly affects PhotographicMemory. Meaning it might make the person think the thing they remember actually was/happened on Battleworld but does ''not'' change the memory itself. |
| 200 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Some Lokis are ''very'' bad at the personal space issue. The effect ranges from the [[CuddleBug adorable]] ([[spoiler:Arcadia!Loki]]), to the [[ScrewYourself possibly incesty]] ([[spoiler:Paradise!Loki]]), or even [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty downright creepy]] ([[spoiler:Nu!Loki]]). |
| 201 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler:Ultima-]]Loki was described as a relatively harmless DenserAndWackier version. Turns out that's just because of the [[spoiler:NobodyCanDie nature of the cartoons. Let him loose in world where he can murder people and he will, gleefully. He killed thirty people in Technopolis including the Loki of the barony for ''fun''.]] |
| 202 | * TheNthDoctor: To the point of numbering [[spoiler:Earth-616]] Loki's incarnations. |
| 203 | ** 1st Loki -> The Original one |
| 204 | ** 2nd Loki -> Kid!Loki |
| 205 | ** 3rd Loki -> Teen!Loki/Agent!Loki |
| 206 | ** 4th Loki -> Story!Loki |
| 207 | * OddJobGods: There are Lokis with very odd godly domains. “Goddess of Moonless Nights” for example; she is very stressed by the fact the Battleworld ''has no real moon''. |
| 208 | * TheOmniscient: |
| 209 | ** [[spoiler:Paradise!]]Loki can “read the matrix”, the limit being that they can only read what they can sense and focus on. |
| 210 | ** [[spoiler:Karn]] can set alerts for specific events unfolding but insists that he is not watching everything all the time. |
| 211 | * TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: What remains of the protectors of the Web of Life and Destiny. [[spoiler:Anansi, Madam Webb, the Bride of Nine Spiders, and Karn. At least they're not intentionally vague most of the time, just masking their own lack of information... not that that stops them from being smugly condescending about it.]] |
| 212 | * OneSteveLimit: |
| 213 | ** Averted thanks to the alternate self nature of the fic. |
| 214 | ** There is also a King James who rules over Avalon and another in King James' England (Braddock and Stuart respectively). |
| 215 | * OtherMeAnnoysMe: Loki's relationship with Loki is almost always around these lines. For example [[spoiler:Hobo!]]Loki was annoyed by Story!Loki because she was young, sane, and [[FreudianExcuse she reminded him of his mother]] (at least she didn't have a hammer, that would be a reason to die of shame); he also reacted with disgust to the thought that there could be non-magical Lokis. |
| 216 | * OurGodsAreDifferent: There are discussions about the nature of gods and other ''mythoform'' (physically manifested mythological characters) in this fic especially between Strange and Story!Loki or between Lokis. Do humans create gods or did the gods create humans (or maybe both?), what does a godly title mean and how can that change over time, and so forth. |
| 217 | * APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: [[spoiler:Metro!]]Loki's parties are very exclusive, only the most powerful, rich, or smart are ever invited to them. After arriving the first thing the guests generally notice is that they're woefully overdressed. |
| 218 | * PastLifeMemories: Story!Loki has the memories of all three Lokis who came before them. |
| 219 | * PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: In chapter #36, [[spoiler:Storyteller says "I love you" to Paradise!Loki and adds that he is glad to have met them and proudly calls them family.]] |
| 220 | * {{Protectorate}}: |
| 221 | ** [[spoiler:Serrure]] is this to Story!Loki. |
| 222 | ** It's also their advice to Ultima Spider-Man for how to cope with the whole "end of the world" thing. Sure, countless people died, if you have loved ones still around ''focus on keeping them safe''. |
| 223 | * PoisonousPerson: Loki Laufison, God of Wrath, spent so much time under the canonical mythological punishment of Loki that his whole body oozes snake venom. Yes, he has some control over this and can weaponize it. |
| 224 | * QuirkyTown: Any Marvel New York and so most of Battleworld, but special mention goes to ''Paradise City'' where in addition to the very colorful population EveryoneIsASuper. |
| 225 | * RealityWarper: |
| 226 | ** Any narrative deity can mess with the story. It's [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy ill-advised]] to do so lightly though as the [[WildMagic story]] has its own [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality rules]]. |
| 227 | ** King James Braddock the baron of Avalon, who can "pull on quantum strings". |
| 228 | * ReallyWasBornYesterday: [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki is only some months old as they were born just before ''Doom's Day''. Being BornAsAnAdult and with PastLifeMemories might lessen the squick factor. [[spoiler:Or not. Striker took a simple friendship after Loki told him this.]] |
| 229 | * RelationshipUpgrade: Story!Loki offers Verity that they could try being a romantic couple. [[spoiler:She [[SubvertedTrope refuses]] on the grounds of MayflyDecemberRomance being a phenomenally bad idea, and friendship not being something lesser than romance.]] |
| 230 | * {{Retconjuration}}: Story!Loki can do this. When they played around with their powers they managed to break Verity's sink by defining the cause of its dripping as material fault... and it retroactively became so. |
| 231 | * RetiredMonster: [[spoiler:Hobo!]]Loki God of Destruction ([[UnreliableNarrator maybe]]). As Story!Loki put it, he considers himself a has-been and just wants to be left alone. |
| 232 | * RoyalHarem: Morgan La Fey of Weirdworld has one, referred to as the 'menagerie' and composed of 'tributes' including half-demons (read unwanted children) of some magical lords of the realm, so a whole bunch of {{Royal Brat}}s. |
| 233 | * ScrewDestiny: Story!Loki's general attitude, as an extension they have a great moral problem with inflicting fate on others too. [[spoiler:Yet another reason she doesn't want to be anything like the Norns.]] |
| 234 | * SecretKeeper: As Mistress of Secrets, you'll end up keeping a ''lot'' of them. |
| 235 | * SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Nu!Loki, but any Loki participating in the game really.]] |
| 236 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Lampshaded even. |
| 237 | -->'''Verity''': You just used at least ten times the words needed to say 'kung fu',\ |
| 238 | '''Story!Loki''': I am verbose. |
| 239 | * SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Story!Loki used their newly gained retconjuration ability combined with the imminent end of all existence including space and time [[spoiler:to time-displace their innocent previous incarnations so they might not die and could end up on Battleworld]]. |
| 240 | * SexyDiscretionShot: Let's just say the fic cuts very often in the chapter where Story!Loki meets [[spoiler:Metro!]]Loki and leave it that. |
| 241 | * ShadowWalker: [[spoiler:Nu!]]Loki and [[spoiler:Not-Hydra!]]Loki. |
| 242 | * ShipsThatPassInTheNight: {{Invoked}}. Story!Loki suggests Verity should date [[Comicbook/NewMutants Doug Ramsey]] despite the two never having met, on the grounds that he doesn't do the social courtesy lying thing that makes Verity avoid human contact most. And also to [[{{troll}} provoke]] her mom. |
| 243 | * ShoulderSizedDragon: Lockheed. |
| 244 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Story!Loki thinks off Tony Stark this way. Every. Single. One. Of. Them. Why? The main universe one was a jerk to Kid!Loki on his first day of self-awareness. This generally manifests in Loki trolling and being as obnoxious and unhelpful as possible, but can escalate quickly. |
| 245 | * SpeechImpediment: [[spoiler:Little!]]Loki has a "norse lisp" ("Ð/ð" instead of "s"). |
| 246 | * TheStoryteller: That's ''Special Agent Storyteller'' for you! Also here is the description of an improvised story told to the Little Marvels (guess which part was requested by Cyclops): |
| 247 | -->''He began to weave a story about {{unicorn}}-riding princesses (who were [[FantasticRacism discriminated against for being robots]]) heroically interceding in a [[TrainJob train robbery]] committed by [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot villainous insectoid cowboys]], and being commended be the governor for their noble and selfless deeds.'' |
| 248 | * SuperWristGadget: Mini!Thunderstrike gets a bracelet that receives {{Distress Call}}s from Story!Loki whenever a Thor-intervention is needed. |
| 249 | * TakenForGranite: Calling Doom false god to his face while his whole court is watching is not good for health. Later, Story!Loki and [[spoiler:Paradise!]]Loki discuss if this qualifies as FateWorseThanDeath. |
| 250 | * TaughtByTelevision: Not exactly television but Story!Loki's skills and knowledge come from the combined memories of all their predecessors, ''and'' all stories ever told thanks to their godly domain. So for example, their fall back in case of social-ethical questions (as Loki generally had NoSocialSkills) is ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. |
| 251 | * TheTease: Story!Loki has the habit of flirting with everybody. And we mean [[ExtremeOmnisexual everybody]]. |
| 252 | * ThereCanBeOnlyOne: The Loki Murders are apparently this. Some Lokis think that one Loki per world would perfectly suffice and now hunt and kill the others. By the point the fic begins, the not-hiding ones still alive are either very lucky (example: [[spoiler:Luke]]) or know how to defend themselves. |
| 253 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Story!Loki's way of gaining an audience with Doom involved annoying the Thors with not leaving until they brought her before him. And after getting an official title and badge, now they ''definitely'' won't leave. |
| 254 | * ThinkUnsexyThoughts: Story!Loki tries and fails to do this while meeting the fairy queen, Amora, so he resorts to cold water to keep his cool (while mentally kicking himself for letting this opportunity go). |
| 255 | * ThouShaltNotKill: [[spoiler:Story!]]Loki feels this is the line they must not cross [[spoiler:as that lead from being a God of Chaos to the God of Evil in most of their iterations]]. To the point of no killing by proxy, giving the order to kill, or other rules lawyering. |
| 256 | * TimeCrash: The Barony of Manhattan suffers this thanks to being a mashup of the remnants of at least two different Earths, one with an already broken timeline (Earth-616) and one where time progression is three times faster (Earth-1610). This manifests in regular ''time quakes'' that [[GroundhogDayLoop reset everything inside back to the time]] when Battleworld was formed. And Verity is the only person who remembers. [[spoiler:This also means that everybody living there is functionally immortal.]] |
| 257 | * {{Toontown}}: Marville, home of the [[SpinoffBabies Little Marvels]]. In Story!Loki's opinion, it is the most adorable and terrifying place on all of Battleworld. |
| 258 | * TrapMaster: You don't get the godly title “Goddess of Traps” without being this. |
| 259 | * TrulySingleParent: Dad-Loki of the [=McTwo=] domain is the only parent of a magic female clone of himself Sylene. Contrary to most examples of this trope he's actually a passable dad, who has a good relationship with his daughter, and they love each other like family. |
| 260 | * UnholyMatrimony: Discussed as grounds for Loki to not date Amora (she is evil even if [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman she is very hot]]) not that there weren't Lokis dating her [[spoiler:for example the one in King James' England]]. |
| 261 | * UnreliableNarrator: The only Lokis to ever be particularly honest are [[spoiler:Paradise!]]Loki and [[spoiler:Numen Laufeyson]], and several are also [[TheMadHatter not]] [[AxCrazy that]] [[ReluctantPsycho mentally]] stable so they might misremember stuff even if they don't mean to deceive. |
| 262 | * VictoryIsBoring: Doom achieved godhood, got rid of Richards, got the family he always wanted, made his own world (named stuff after himself and his old country) etc. just to realize that running the place involves an awful lot of boring bureaucracy and politics. |
| 263 | * VillainCred: Doom has it, especially in [[spoiler:Original!]]Loki's eyes. |
| 264 | * TheWatson: This series has a Watson ball so to speak going around, as pretty much any character can turn into this temporarily around Story!Loki (guy is weird, and very eager to exposit). But the role generally falls on Verity, Mini-Thunderstrike or [[spoiler:Ultima-Spider-Man]]. When Sun-Wukong got the ball he rejected it with "Wait. Don't explain it. I don't care!" |
| 265 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: What Story!Loki fears could happen if she did what the [[spoiler:Protectors of the Web of Life and Destiny]] want from her. Namely [[spoiler:embracing that her powers are akin to rewriting destiny]], and so designate her as a replacement for [[spoiler:the Norns]]. Given Lokis' tendency to insanity, and that [[spoiler:Marvel Norns]] were pretty unhinged her fear is understandable. |
| 266 | * WretchedHive: Unsurprisingly, Killville. A city run by the guilds of ''very'' organized crime. |
| 267 | * YouOweMe: Story!Loki got her job by invoking the debt owed by Doom for Loki's help in Comicbook/{{Axis}}. |
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