Marvel Has Seemingly Retconned Loki's Actions In AVENGERS To Make Him Appear Less Villainous

Marvel Has Seemingly Retconned Loki's Actions In AVENGERS To Make Him Appear Less Villainous

An updated Marvel.com profile for Loki (Tom Hiddleston) appears to have retconned a somewhat minor, but still intriguing detail relating to his villainous actions in the first Avengers movie. Check it out.

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By MarkCassidy - Jan 02, 2019 05:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Thor
Has Marvel retconned Loki's past to make him appear less villainous? That certainly appears to be the case, if an updated profile on the character over at Marvel.com is any indication.

As we know, Loki was the main baddie in Thor before returning as the antagonist of The Avengers in Joss Whedon's first film, and it was there that his bastard level was raised to new heights as he set about attempting to enslave the human race, killing a lot of innocent people in the process.

But what if The Mad Titan was more directly responsible for The God of Mischief's actions that we realized? The listing reads:

"Arriving at the Sanctuary through a wormhole caused by the Bifrost, Loki met the Other, ruler of the ancient race of extraterrestrials the Chitauri, and Thanos. Offering the God of Mischief dominion over his brother’s favorite realm Earth, Thanos requested the Tesseract in return. Gifted with a Scepter that acted as a mind control device, Loki would be able to influence others. Unbeknownst to him, the Scepter was also influencing him, fueling his hatred over his brother Thor and the inhabitants of Earth."

This may seem like a rather minor alteration, but it could make all the difference if Marvel is planning to allow Loki to continue down his path of redemption and ultimately become a full-fledged hero at some point. In his upcoming Disney+ series, perhaps?

Of course, there is the small matter of the character being dead, but we're pretty sure Thanos' "no resurrections this time" post-kill statement in Infinity War will not prove to be accurate.

What do you guys make of this? Drop us a comment down below.
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Subtlespammer24
Subtlespammer24 - 1/2/2019, 5:47 PM
I think Loki is for real dead. It wouldn’t be the first time a character made a big retcon for the sake of the narrative, the difference in Yondu between Guardians 1 and 2 is staggering.
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 1/2/2019, 5:52 PM
@Subtlespammer24 - meh... I dunno. Yondu clearly was always more about making it a big show in front of other people, this slave-like attitude over Peter, but that deep down he genuinely cared about him. Even at the very end of Guardians 1, when he's just sitting down and chilling out, hell he smiles when he sees that Peter switched out the Power stone on him.
dracula
dracula - 1/2/2019, 5:47 PM
bullshit, its one thing to make Peter Parker the kid in Iron Man 2, but something like this shouldnt be changed unless it was the original intention. Hopefully they dont bring this up in one of the movies
Origame
Origame - 1/2/2019, 5:59 PM
@dracula - yeah, and it doesnt even make sense storywise. Like 1) why would thanos bother with a third party for his plan if he was just gonna mind control him anyway? 2) why even bother with making a deal with loki if mind control was always an option? 3) why doesnt loki seem at all bothered by the fact he was under mind control that whole time?

I could keep going. Why cant they just leave it be? First the new timeline now this.
Armageddon26
Armageddon26 - 1/2/2019, 6:19 PM
@dracula - There has actually been a theory for years now he was being mind controlled, there was a real good video that explained it I can’t find st the moment but (especially when paired with deleted scenes) it makes a lot of sense and there are even slight visual ques with his reactions and eyes that back it up.
RocknRolla
RocknRolla - 1/2/2019, 6:40 PM
@dracula - the mind stone started to influence Bruce Banner, wouldn't it make sense that any who were near or held the mind stone would start to be influenced by its power? They are in fact more than just stones to be wielded, but to wield people over time too.
Battabing
Battabing - 1/2/2019, 6:56 PM
@dracula -
It's Disney, brah. Protagonists can never be truly evil or devious. They're even trying to rationalize Thanos's behavior.
AKid4rmBklyn
AKid4rmBklyn - 1/2/2019, 8:03 PM
As previously mentioned the scepter didn’t exactly control minds unless it was placed on one’s chest. However it is show influencing behavior as evidenced by the helicarrier scene between the team and Fury. Essentially the scepter takes their feelings and enhances/manipulates. Something about Loki looked off when he shows up to grab the stone some I’m not really surprised by this revelation. Loki, though emotionally manipulated was still in control.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 1/2/2019, 9:38 PM
@dracula - Loki wanted to rule Earth. The Mindstone just made him more violent in his mission. The way the mindstone began to make everyone around it more aggressive. Loki was always going to do the invasion. He was just more aggressive due to the mindstone.
JonC
JonC - 1/3/2019, 8:50 AM
@dracula - he was very sweaty and crazy eyed and pale when he came through the portal at the beginning of Avengers... not like him at all... but much like someone under the influence of the stone.
i would not say marvel is doing retcon but simply making things more clear about what already existed.
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 1/2/2019, 5:49 PM
Yes but in all fairness, Whedon and the greater Marvel braintrust didn't even have it directly in mind when making the first Avengers movie that the sceptor had the Mind Stone in it. They obviously wanted it established as a powerful weapon and could be used to control people, but not that it literally contained one of the Infinity stones.
that's like the funniest thing, to consider how way back in the first Avengers, 2 of the 6 Infinity Stones were already in the same room together in the first five minutes of the movie.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/2/2019, 5:52 PM
Na.....wasn't this ALREADY KNOWN?

It seemed clear he was under the influence to a degree.

When hee first arrived, he looked OFF. In his eu6es. I always ASSUMED he was being influenced by the stone a bit. He wanted to invade earth and the stone only further enforced that craving. And his hatred of Thor.
TheRealTomServo
TheRealTomServo - 1/2/2019, 5:52 PM
wow, this would suck.
Hoot3
Hoot3 - 1/2/2019, 5:53 PM
I thought this was pretty obvious after watching the movie the first time...
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