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May 26, 2016 20:45:12 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 26, 2016 20:45:12 GMT -5
Thor frowned. The thought of children was so far off into his future - he could not see past the loss of Jane Foster, for one - that he had not begun to consider this, but after a moment his understanding jogged.
Shortly he said, "Well, I shall not tell them they were born to be kings," with a smile both genuine and strained.
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May 26, 2016 20:50:09 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 26, 2016 20:50:09 GMT -5
"I imagine they'll figure that part out on their own, while whatever little motherless whelp I decide to elevate will eventually realize their claim sits on a pile of sand because Father robbed me of the chance to properly beget one.. What a fine future for the house of Odin-"
He realized he was clutching his cup a little too hard and set it down abruptly.
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May 26, 2016 20:52:51 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 26, 2016 20:52:51 GMT -5
"I do not understand. You will not raise Baldr and Hodr as your heirs?" Thor's confusion deepened.
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May 26, 2016 21:03:27 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 26, 2016 21:03:27 GMT -5
"The twins?" he retorted, raising his eyebrows. "That's brilliant, Thor, we'll let a few minutes' difference dictate which one grows up laden down with burdens and expectations and scrutiny while the other withers in his brother's shadow until he's convinced he'd do anything for that flavor of misery over his own instead of a few years'. You suppose things went sour between you and I? Just wait until those two come of age. Putting them in the succession seems rather counterproductive when my goal here is to not see them destroyed by my hand."
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May 26, 2016 21:04:45 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 26, 2016 21:04:45 GMT -5
Thor frowned again, his expression a little hard.
"Things did not go sour between us, Loki," he said quietly. "You went sour."
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May 26, 2016 21:06:15 GMT -5
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 26, 2016 21:06:15 GMT -5
"When have I ever claimed to be proud of what I am?"
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May 26, 2016 21:08:16 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 26, 2016 21:08:16 GMT -5
"I... could probably think of a few times," said Thor sheepishly. Loki had spent long years defending his mastery of magic, Thor had merely always assumed that those defences, and indeed his shunning of the warrior ways of their culture, were themselves proof that Loki took pride in what he was. It had never occurred to him before Loki's breakdown that he had been chafing under Asgardian judgment.
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May 26, 2016 21:12:33 GMT -5
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Post by Loki Odinsson on May 26, 2016 21:12:33 GMT -5
Loki laughed a little at that, finally breaking some of the tension.
"...do you still want it?"
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May 26, 2016 21:17:39 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 26, 2016 21:17:39 GMT -5
"No, I do not," said Thor gravely and without missing a beat. "Thirty years now father has asked me to reconsider my abdication and for thirty years I have refused him. He has told me it is not what you would have wanted, he has told me I am abandoning the people of all 9 realms to a terrible fate and he has told me I have failed him as a son, and many other things besides; but nothing has swayed me, and I do not feel any change of heart now that it has fallen to you, if that is what you fear."
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May 26, 2016 21:21:53 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 26, 2016 21:21:53 GMT -5
"It's just as well," Loki sighed, leaning back in his chair. "I mean, if you took it, I suppose I'd just have to stay here with these... adoring masses... letting Veidt sell little poppets of myself until one or the other of us keels over."
He sounded less than enthused by the prospect.
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May 26, 2016 21:23:07 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 26, 2016 21:23:07 GMT -5
"You and... I ? or you and Veidt-"
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May 26, 2016 21:28:38 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 26, 2016 21:28:38 GMT -5
"He'll probably ask you, too, you know. He wants to make a television show, and I'm going to need a supporting cast, he says."
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May 26, 2016 21:29:39 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 26, 2016 21:29:39 GMT -5
"A television show?" Thor brightened a little. "I know what a television show entails."
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May 26, 2016 21:30:59 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 26, 2016 21:30:59 GMT -5
"An animated one. Little drawings of me, with actors speaking my lines."
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May 26, 2016 21:31:36 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 26, 2016 21:31:36 GMT -5
"Oh, that is good-"
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