Peeps, can we stop with the 'Loki is a delicate flower' thing?

[transemacabre]

I swear I've seen at least 30 Thor/Loki fanfics that refer to Loki in such terms as "delicate", "fragile", "tiny", etc. Can we stop with this bullshit, please? Tom Hiddleston is 6'1 and probably weighs between 200-250 lbs. The only person he looks small in comparison to is Chris Hemsworth, and that's only because Hemsworth is roughly the size of a mack truck. And even then, Hemsworth does not tower over him. He's maaaaaybe an inch taller, if that.

For real-real. I know fandom has this whole thing about BIG MANLY MEN paired with tiny fragile ukes, but Loki and Thor really don't fit that dynamic, at all. This cast photo nicely illustrates that there is essentially no height difference between the two guys (also, Natalie Portman is so teeny that she could live in Chris or Tom's pocket and they just could slip her an M&M once in a while).

Maybe Loki is tiny in comparison to other Frost Giants, but by Asgardian standards he's at least average, if not above average.

Comments

[rulethirtyfour.livejournal.com]

AW, IDK, HE'S GOT DELICATE FEATURES~ AT LEAST. He's definitely way skinnier than Thor on purpose, given that in the comics I've mostly seen him drawn ~comic-book ripped~ and I bet the 20 lbs of muscle Tom put on when he was auditioning for Thor's role would've worked fine as Loki if Ken Branagh hadn't told him to lose the weight again—I assume to emphasize the difference between Loki and Thor.

WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY is that I totally see where you're coming from re: Chris and Tom, but I think as movie characters they drew attention to the fact that Thor's fighting style is brute force where Loki's is being agile and magic-y. And also that I am allowed to have a thing for Thor being able to hold Loki down, although I'd never refuse the opposite with depowered!Thor and Loki mocking him for ~being the weaker one now~ and holding Thor still while—

WHOOPS, WENT ON A BIT OF TANGENT THERE.

[underdebate.livejournal.com]

Agreed! You took the words right out of my mouth. Tom Hiddleston is not delicate by a longshot, and although I'm sure Loki could handle just as much damage as Thor (if not more in some cases), he's not supposed to look like he could. (I agree that he's tall, but that also fits with him, I think: regal, magical princeling that he is, and all.)

Besides, most of what I write is frost giants/Loki. And by their standards? He is a tiny little Asgardian kidlet.

Hi! I haven't commented on your journal in ages.

[underdebate.livejournal.com]

And by 'your' I mean 'the owner of this journal', oh bloody-- HELLO TO YOU TOO, BY THE WAY, PERSON WHOSE COMMENT I JUST REPLIED TO. I should lay down before I hurt myself.