Originally Posted by
Raye
I just don't see WHY they would target him without some larger reason though. We're not talking Mephisto here, whose whole deal is to mess with people for shits and giggles, we're talking cosmic entities that govern the timeline. They have ZERO reason to take a personal interest in Loki. None. Unless he somehow is damaging to the timeline. There has to be a larger reason behind this, and I don't think it is a bad one, I think they are trying to simply preserve the timeline using the tools available to them. They are being deceptive and shady in their methods, sure, but I think their intentions are likely good overall when you look at the bigger picture, of which Loki is just a small part. That is a long way from being malicious and messing with Loki's life just for the lulz. It's very similar to how Loki's been operating the past few years, really, which is why I think he may learn a lesson from all this.
And I think you're overestimating how much this can impact him negatively in terms of being 'split up'. If Thor, Wolverine, Spider-Man, and dozens of others are dealing with it just fine, to the the point where it appears they don't even notice anything is amiss, why would it be crippling for Loki? I think it's being made a plot point with Loki for a reason, sure, but I think the 'curse' aspect is simply that he is now fated to die in the future. And that he still has not managed to escape fate, he's just trapped in a different one this time. If anything, I think Loki will find some way to turn this around and use this new ability in a conscious way rather than the purely unconscious way that other characters do.
As for God of Stories... it's just that the more i think about it, him just kind of declaring a new role for himself makes less and less sense to me. For one, it kind of makes things too easy, if he can just declare a new role for himsellf any time he wishes, and that comes with powers related to that etc. It's just too easy. Also, he is a god, and part of that is having adherents. I think part of being a god, one of the tradeoffs, is that you are defined by what believers think you are. I think this is why the gods have such a hard time changing roles, because they are defined by the people, and changing your role should have to come with changing their perception of you, which takes time and effort.