Well, he's already tried to define himself as both the God of Stories and the God of Outcasts, it's just that neither of them seemed to stick (well, Outcasts never really got much of a chance to, to be fair) I suspect the problem is that it's not up to him to choose, exactly, because the roles are pre-defined. Hence why Blake had to inherit Loki's old title rather than getting a brand new one. There are certain lynchpin roles that MUST be filled, according to the rules of how Asgard operates. (see, they do have SOME kinda magic rules they stick to!)And we know that Loki knows this.
So his new role will be dictated by his actions and will probably be an already existing role filled by someone else.
And I am not too worried about what someone else may interpret this as, because I think Cates is not done here. this was clearly just the first step, I think it is Cates that will be giving Loki role to replace his old one, not someone else, so how some other writer may read this is probably irrelevant. It's just that how he gave up his old one is.... not the best, and could be interpreted badly. But at least Cates may be able to clarify his actions, and hopefully go somewhere good with it before anyone else can use this in a bad way
I am not sure what to make of it. And we have to wait an extra month to see any more for it, because Thor is skipping a month due to Heroes Reborn. Some of it could just be a disconnect between art and script, I think it may have seemed crueler because of the expression, and I get the impression that the Nic Klein's take on Loki is darker than Cates' take. Also just the fact that Loki was doing it rather than someone else. I mean, Blake did have to be punished, he had severely harmed many people, killed some others, stole their power, shunted everyone to another dimension, and was attempting to destroy all of Asgard. That's not something you should just walk away from. A severe punishment
is appropriate. And Loki may empathize with his experiences, but that doesn't mean he has to just let him off because of that. And the fact that he does seem to acknowledge that someone he empathizes with due to a similar past deserves to be punished kinda indicates that he now agrees that he deserved punishment as well, to be fair. And Blake's punishment could have come from Thor as well, and I don't think it would have seemed as bad from him. But the fact that Loki recreated his punishment for killing Balder, knowing how awful that was, and the whole renouncing his title and giving it to Blake could point to a more selfish and mean spirited motivation. But, i mean, it's not like he is doing this to some innocent person. Like i said in my original post, even if Blake's circumstances were bad, and that led him to snap, he did still cause great harm, and thus he earned the title. It could be that Loki saw his past self in Blake, and that made him realize Blake was the right person to give the title to. It's a lot better than just passing it off to someone who didn't do something bad to earn it, at least.
I actually agree about this, and it kept me from getting into Thor much in the early days too. But to be fair, they have dramatically cut back on the faux Shakespeare talk. Thor still does 'have at thee' and 'i would have words with thee' on occasion because they have at this point become kind of catchphrases of his, but in general, they just talk like regular people these days. And while it is part of Thor's character that he tends to be slow to adapt and lags behind the times somewhat, Loki at least is like, using cell phones and computers, has social media accounts, watches/reads/listens to current entertainment, uses current slang, etc.
Yeah, it is rare to find a really good magic system that holds itself to rules consistently. But making a magic ruleset is a lot of work and it just gets way harder when it is not one person controlling everything, like in a novel, but a shared universe where dozens of writers will participate, and some characters play by different rules than others. It's kind of a lost cause, probably.