Notes | God of Outcasts #30: Magic

Chapter notes for Magic

Okay so I want to start getting back into doing these every chapter.  And this chapter is part of the larger event that marks a turning point for Loki.  I think put quite simply, he's done being afraid.  And those of you who read the original version of this fic will see the irony in that.  But Loki has decided that nobody owns him, and that he doesn't owe anybody respect that he is not shown first.

He knows he's not respected much anyway, but this is the chapter where he learns the full extent of it.  Starting right from the very beginning, as guards talk shit about him right in front of Odin.  Odin should correct that behaviour.  He should demand respect, even in the given circumstances.  But he doesn't.  Way back in chapter 7, he's shown correcting Thor's behaviour on this though.  Odin does demand respect from Thor, but that seems to be about as far as Odin's efforts go in this matter.  He's wanted to know who's been responsible for Loki's cuts and bruises, but even then he never put much effort into finding out.  If the answer comes to him, great.  But there was no reason whatsoever for that secret to have been kept beyond wilful ignorance.  There are a dozen people he could have got answers from, but he didn't.  And now he lets his own guards talk shit about Loki right in front of both of them, and does nothing to stop it.  He does nothing to stem that behaviour.

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What I wrote last night | God of Outcasts #31

He turned to let himself out, wondering why Bragi knew more about where Loki disappeared to in the afternoons than he did.  Whether Loki chose to keep things from Thor deliberately, or this was a detail that had gone overlooked, Thor wasn’t sure.  But he knew where the fallow fields were, even if they didn’t seem like a particularly fun or interesting place to spend time, and headed out there.  As he walked out to the field, Thor couldn’t help but wonder if it was some sort of bizarre prank to send him all the way out to a barren field.  But as he reached the edges of it, he was surprised to see several figures out in the middle, clustered close together.  Thor jogged out to the group, already disappointed as he got closer.  He found Hogun, staring up at the sky, with two other boys Thor had never seen before sitting on the ground nearby.  As one of them noticed Thor approaching, he smacked the other, drawing his attention.  They both sat a little straighter, though neither bothered to move from where they were sitting.

A moment later, as Thor drew nearer, Hogun finally turned to glance briefly to Thor, before returning his gaze to the sky.

“Have you seen my brother?” Thor asked, unsure if he should even bother asking the two boys on the ground.

Hogun shook his head.  “I thought he was still locked up,” he said.

“No, he confessed and took all the blame,” Thor said, peering up to see what was holding Hogun’s attention.  “It seems that’s all my father wanted.”

Hogun hummed quietly, but said nothing.  Thor wasn’t sure what Loki saw in him, or why the other two were hanging around him either.

“Are you talking about Loki?” the larger of the two boys asked.

Thor turned to face him and nodded.  “Aye,” he said.  “I’ve not seen him for several days.”

The two boys looked at one another, both shaking their heads pensively.

“I last saw him flirting with Kelda a few days back,” one said.  “It was painful to watch.  I had to leave before I died of embarrassment on his behalf.”

The other slapped his friend again.  “Alv!” he scolded.  Then he turned his attention back to Thor.  “He didn’t mean it, my lord.”

Thor shrugged.  He doubted Alv was wrong.  He’d never seen Loki so much look at a girl, and had no reason to believe his brother would know what to do with one.