There are many characters in the MCU all with their unique personalities, characterisation and backstory. But for me, the best character is that of Loki, the God of Mischief.

Loki is labelled as a villain within the Marvel Cinematic Universe and sure he does some things that can be perceived as villainous but in all honesty, I believe that he is a severely misunderstood character.

In the first Thor film, he finds out that he is actually not Asgardian but in fact a Frost Giant, the very creature that he was raised to fear and hate. This pits him against his ‘father’ and leads on to his actions against the Frost Giant and Asgard in the first Thor movie.

When he returns in Avengers Assemble, he has been sent on a mission to take over Earth as long as he retrieves the Tesseract for Thanos. He does do some evil acts here but this was because he had been tortured previous to the film and this is can be seen when he first arrives on Earth as he looks extremely sick and weak.

He fails in his mission and is taken back to Asgard for prison. Thor, however, needs his help and breaks him out of jail. This begins Loki’s slow but steady redemption arc back to the light. In Thor Ragnarok, he leaves the planet where he had finally found happiness and peace in order to help Thor again, something Loki would have never done back in Avengers Assemble.

His arc ultimately ends in him sacrificing himself in order to protect Thor again just after finally accepting that he is Thor’s brother, blood related or not. He is killed by Thanos after Loki attempts to kill him. This again shows his full arc as before, Loki served Thanos whereas at this point, Loki was prepared to kill Thanos to save Thor.

As you can imagine, I was devastated at his death.

However, in Endgame, Loki escaped with the Tesseract during the events of Avengers Assemble thus creating an alternative timeline prior to his redemption. This will be extremely interesting to see how his character develops for a second time round.

All Loki wanted was to be accepted and have a proper loving family and he finally found that within Thor who despite all of Loki’s faults, still loved him for who he was. I dont think Loki would have done everything that he had done if he had been treated so much better throughout his life rather than being lied to and treated as second best.  

I don’t think anyone else than Tom Hiddleston could play Loki to the same level that he does as he mages to play bot Loki’s good and bad sides to perfection.

The new Loki series in Spring next year and I for one can’t wait to see how this expands both Loki’s character and the MCU itself.

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