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Loki’s relationship with his mother is just as complicated as the one with his father. While he does love and even respect Frigga, her love and approval just wasn’t enough for him. The second Thor movie leaves very little doubt that she was there for him in ways the Allfather wasn’t or couldn’t be. The beginning of his quest to master magic, even begins with her and her teachings. However, the fact that Frigga loved both her sons very much meant that neither Loki nor Thor ever really needed to or felt that they needed to compete for her affection. Which led Loki to take for granted that she would always be there, no matter what lies he weaved or tricks he pulled. That of course turned out to be a grave miscalculation on his part, since ultimately the advice he gave Kurse on what path to take led to Frigga’s untimely demise.
A death that did indeed affect him, far more than he was willingly to let on and that he even attempted to hide with illusions. Though her death was enough for him to agree to helping Thor fight Malekith and the Dark Elves, it wasn’t enough to keep him from scheming where his own interests lied. The entire time, he aided Thor and helped protect Jane Foster, he was still looking for a chance to put his own plans into action. The opportunity arose, when he saved Thor from Kurse and then allowed himself to be run through in order to fake his own death. While Thor went off to save Earth and the rest of the Nine Realms from Malekith, Loki snuck back into Asgard and secretly usurped the throne.
Essentially Loki managed to regain some semblance of his old self and sanity, but he proved that a leopard can’t change his spots. He is the trickster, the lie-smith and the betrayer. As he said in the second Thor film, “Satisfaction is not in my nature.” He couldn’t simply be satisfied with aiding Thor in saving the Nine Realms or partly redeeming himself in his brother’s eyes. His goal of finding a throne was never cast aside, it was merely put on hold, until he could find the opportunity to take what he desired. It remains to be seen if he murdered Odin or simply imprisoned him somewhere secret, but there is very little doubt that he is enjoying his victory. Even if he does have to wear Odin’s face in the mean time. He can simply gloat over the fact that the fools who shunned him, now hang on his every command with none of them being the wiser. In the end, despite how close to got to finding the path to redemption, he made the choice to continue being self-serving and unrepentant of his actions.
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Loki’s relationship with his mother is just as complicated as the one with his father. While he does love and even respect Frigga, her love and approval just wasn’t enough for him. The second Thor movie leaves very little doubt that she was there for him in ways the Allfather wasn’t or couldn’t be. The beginning of his quest to master magic, even begins with her and her teachings. However, the fact that Frigga loved both her sons very much meant that neither Loki nor Thor ever really needed to or felt that they needed to compete for her affection. Which led Loki to take for granted that she would always be there, no matter what lies he weaved or tricks he pulled. That of course turned out to be a grave miscalculation on his part, since ultimately the advice he gave Kurse on what path to take led to Frigga’s untimely demise.
A death that did indeed affect him, far more than he was willingly to let on and that he even attempted to hide with illusions. Though her death was enough for him to agree to helping Thor fight Malekith and the Dark Elves, it wasn’t enough to keep him from scheming where his own interests lied. The entire time, he aided Thor and helped protect Jane Foster, he was still looking for a chance to put his own plans into action. The opportunity arose, when he saved Thor from Kurse and then allowed himself to be run through in order to fake his own death. While Thor went off to save Earth and the rest of the Nine Realms from Malekith, Loki snuck back into Asgard and secretly usurped the throne.
Essentially Loki managed to regain some semblance of his old self and sanity, but he proved that a leopard can’t change his spots. He is the trickster, the lie-smith and the betrayer. As he said in the second Thor film, “Satisfaction is not in my nature.” He couldn’t simply be satisfied with aiding Thor in saving the Nine Realms or partly redeeming himself in his brother’s eyes. His goal of finding a throne was never cast aside, it was merely put on hold, until he could find the opportunity to take what he desired. It remains to be seen if he murdered Odin or simply imprisoned him somewhere secret, but there is very little doubt that he is enjoying his victory. Even if he does have to wear Odin’s face in the mean time. He can simply gloat over the fact that the fools who shunned him, now hang on his every command with none of them being the wiser. In the end, despite how close to got to finding the path to redemption, he made the choice to continue being self-serving and unrepentant of his actions.