Originally Posted by
Raye
wow! long time no see! i think the new series will be very different from Agent of Asgard, just based on what I read of Black Panther vs Deadpool, but different doesn't mean bad. We'll see. Ewing can be funny for sure, but Kibblesmith is way more humor focused. It could be that it was in part just the fact that he was writing Deadpool, but it was pretty out there even for him, (he fused a zebra's head into his arm stump, among other things, it was totally nuts, but in a good way) but there was also some emotion underlying the humor, with Wade wanting to be better, but not knowing how, and Black Panther initially thinking he was irredeemable, but eventually deciding Wade could never be able to be better if never given a chance. Gee, does that sound like it might be a theme that could be applicable to another character? It was also very meta, which would also fit Loki. I mean writers don't use the same themes or tone with every book they write, so he may go a different direction, but it does demonstrate that he gets certain themes that would work well with Loki. My biggest concern is his voice, i am apparently pretty particular about that, and there is just no way to predict how well he will get how Loki talks these days.
As for how he comes back, that I am not sure about, but I am now pretty sure why he's still "alive"
a few more shower thoughts (and yes, I am quoting myself again. I'm on to something here, i think):
It may be possible to reconcile this with the reincarnation angle in two ways, that I can think of. One - Loki was written out of the Books of Hel by Hela.... Hela wasn't in charge of Hel since Angela took her throne, though. Balder or (more likely) Karnilla may have written him back IN. It may even have been a part of her deal with him when Balder was resurrected, we never saw what they said to each other. Two - It IS the Books of Hel. It may ONLY apply if he is destined for Hel specifically, not Valhalla. (kind of a shitty loophole but whatever)
And yes, this does mean he actually is dead, and thus harder to bring back. But with no Valkyries, he's got some time to figure something out. It's likely all the other dead destined for Valhalla are in the same sort of dream like in between space he spent most of the issue in, he just forced himself out when most others will happily bide their time in their little dream. And Jane was brought back from Valhalla by Thor, so it's not without precedent for someone to return. Though Loki's body isn't in any shape to come back TO, so that's a problem.
But I do feel that he shouldn't create a new body outside of Laufey, or whatever. it would kinda spoil the rebirth symbolism, I think he needs a violent rebirth that sort of symbolically destroys the aspects he dislikes about himself, by killing Laufey in the process. So i think he has to.... somehow... fix the body that's in there.
This also makes his "I'm never going to Valhalla" comments in the Hel arc have some ironic foreshadowing to them. He thinks he is not worthy to go to Valhalla, and never will be, so he said that. He's got it in his head again, and the last issue issue backs that up, that he's just kinda doomed to always be a bad person, so Valhalla probably felt like a ridiculous notion to him. But though he's destined for Valhalla, at least with this death, he's still not going there, we know that because of the solo. so foreshadowing.
Also - does this mean Tyr is all alone in Valhalla right now with the Einherjar? could the God of War lead them to battle?