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Tony Stark about Loki
#i have this head canon that loki absolutely has this crush on tony #that he would never admit to anyone #because tony is all showmanship #he is just this bright bright star #and he has so many problems #but god he’s so fucking cool looking #and he has that sass #and he walks the walk and talks the talk and a small part of loki is like #WHY CAN’T I DO THAT #I TRIED AND I GOT THROWN AROUND BY THE HULK WHAT’S YOUR SECRET #IS IT YOUR TRIMMED BEARD GOD YOU’RE SO HOT I HATE YOU
head canon accepted
I could see why in-universe Loki would be jealous of Stark. Tony has this great display of needing no one except for himself—he’s a self-made person, all intellect, no god-given powers, keeps himself going with his own wit and his own style and his own reasons behind everything he does. This is his world and everyone else is competing for second. Every other sentence coming out of his mouth functions either to patronize or minimize someone else—and vice versa.
This is the kind of existence Loki’s been craving—stepping out from the shadow of his mighty golden not-brother, having an entire planet bow before him, dominating a race of people who, he states, needs someone like him to step in and take charge. Instead he’s never mentioned in a sentence without his brother coming first, every attempt to make a public display is shot down by one or more Avengers, and even a weakling like Coulson on his dying breath calls out Loki’s lack of constitution to his face, before blasting him backwards into a concrete wall. It’s never meant to be.
So even in that final, glorious and not-lengthy battle, Loki wakes up after being smashed to smithereens by the Hulk to find the others standing over him and Stark has still somehow become the big hero with his near-suicide nuke move, standing over Loki like how it’s always been and with a smirk on his face. It’s the opposite of everything he’s ever wanted. It’s a miracle he can still give a graceful losing line. And Stark just smiles. They’re still in his house. Always have been.
I’m sure that Loki also envies Stark’s dynamism. He is not only constantly changing himself but also the people around him and the society that he lives in. Asgard is a very static place. They’re still using the same technology and fighting the same old conflicts that they have been for thousands of years. While someone like Stark is seen a this great genius on Earth, he would probably not be as welcome on Asgard. A society of immortals would also be full of people always longing for the days of yesteryear, probably to a fault, and such a place would consider someone like Stark, or for that matter Loki, a threat to their worldview.
We know from Thor that the Aesir consider magic and technology to be intertwined. What Stark does with the arc reactor by keeping him alive, and the suit by making him more powerful as well as all of his other inventions is, in its own fashion, creating his own illusions, his own magecraft. Loki recognizes this and knows that, with his technology, Stark is in a lot of ways much more powerful than either Thor with his brawn or his own sorcery.
So not only is Tony Stark incredibly powerful, but he also exists in a world where he is adored by the masses for being able to wield this power. This is something that Loki has never experienced.
Envy indeed.
I wouldn’t see a crush at this stage, but I could definitely see some degree of attraction or begrudging respect. Loki strikes me as someone who would be drawn, primarily, to intelligence, and Tony is very intelligent.
