Ok, so Kibblesmith has been dropping what may be really vague teases
on his twitter, just here and there, and back to the earlier speculation about the Jotunheim symbol in the logo, I am now 99.9% convinced that Loki is King of Jotunheim. I did skim through some of the earlier issues from Aaron's run recently, and what may be some early foreshadowing does seem to support that. Laufey said to Loki, after Loki brought up that he had previously killed him with time travel shenanigans, "that might have been enough to earn my respect, Loki, had you struck me down in order to seize my crown, as any true frost giant would have done" rather than out of anger, which he saw as weak. Not that I think Loki will actually be
trying to seize the crown, or wants to do things according to frost giant traditions, but Laufey basically confirmed there that had Loki killed him, he would actually have a claim to the throne. I suspect inheriting the throne of Jotunheim is less about a hereditary claim than it is about killing the old ruler (in which case Loki will get a big ol target on his back), or maybe a combination of both, kind of like a pride of lions or something. It could explain why Loki never tried to exert a claim before. Presumably he never claimed it before out of a combo of Loki not actually wanting to rule over a primitive frozen wasteland, and the fact that he killed Laufey
in secret, no one but he and Laufey knew, everyone thought it was Odin. For his claim to be legitimate, presumably there needs to be witnesses. so... if Loki kills Laufey when he resurrects, bam, king of Jotunheim because he is both
technically a frost giant, even if he doesn't look the part, is Laufey's son, and he killed the old ruler. And that would be his new responsibilities, at least some of them.
also,
apparently there are swords. Though, I mean,
Asgardians, so hardly a surprise. And I am a bit more interested in hammers this time around, personally.