“Of course not.” Thor wanted an advisor, it sounded like time to advise. Past time, probably, if Thor really had been stewing this whole time. ”Thanos annihilates worlds, who knows how many, maybe for longer than we’ve been alive. You said yourself that you needed Stormbreaker to face him, and creating it nearly killed you. Why should you think you had any chance before that?”
For a moment, Loki stopped rubbing and just held his Thor’s hands. “Father’s sin wasn’t keeping secrets, brother. Everyone has secrets, even you. No. Odin took and held tight to control of things that weren’t his to judge or deal with. Our sister, my identity, your power.” What else had Mjölnir been, really, but a control? A necessary one for a while, yes, but no one would ever know how long it had been unnecessary. A long time for sure, given how precise Thor’s control was now. “If you really don’t want to be like him, you’ll see when things aren’t yours and let them go.”
He went back to rubbing. “Thanos is a horrible and unstoppable thing that happens. He happened to your Statesman. The best you could do at the time was survive, which you did, and buy time for your people, which you also did. The best you could do after was find a way to stop him later, which you did, are doing, and will do.”
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Date: 2018-12-12 09:38 am (UTC)For a moment, Loki stopped rubbing and just held his Thor’s hands. “Father’s sin wasn’t keeping secrets, brother. Everyone has secrets, even you. No. Odin took and held tight to control of things that weren’t his to judge or deal with. Our sister, my identity, your power.” What else had Mjölnir been, really, but a control? A necessary one for a while, yes, but no one would ever know how long it had been unnecessary. A long time for sure, given how precise Thor’s control was now. “If you really don’t want to be like him, you’ll see when things aren’t yours and let them go.”
He went back to rubbing. “Thanos is a horrible and unstoppable thing that happens. He happened to your Statesman. The best you could do at the time was survive, which you did, and buy time for your people, which you also did. The best you could do after was find a way to stop him later, which you did, are doing, and will do.”