Thor 039: Why So Suspicious, Hogun?

<h2>Minute Thirty-Nine: From Loki’s Reveal to Hogun’s Suspicion</h2> <p>Joining us in the Healing Room all week is Jessica Plummer, author and contributing editor at Book Riot. We talk about Hogun the Suspicious and his suspicions.</p> <h3>In the thirty-ninth minute of <a href="https://trustory.fm/director/kenneth-branagh/">Kenneth Branagh</a>’s 2011 film <em>Thor</em>...</h3> <ul><li>It turns out Loki was paying attention to the conversation after all, not just staring at his hand with thoughts of his heritage.</li> <li>We debate Loki’s reveal to the group here in the Healing Room. So he told the guard but it was to keep them safe.</li> <li>And like Thor, Loki reveals his royal heritage with the comment about flogging the guard.</li> <li>Hogun’s healing massage of Volstagg’s arm stops, which may be the sign that he’s shocked. It’s hard to tell with Hogun.</li> <li>We agree completely with Loki’s comments on Thor as a terrible option for king. Why do Thor’s friends seem to disagree? Are they just too close?</li> <li>This conversation makes us realize that without all of the happenings in this film, Thor really would’ve become the party Thor from What If...? show.</li> <li>We debate what Loki’s full intentions were.</li> <li>Where is Loki’s head in this moment? We truly see the origin story for Loki in moments like this.</li> <li>Loki isn’t a full-on evil villain yet but we can see elements of that here now.</li> <li>How much is this frost giant blue element he’s seeing in himself that’s throwing him off in this conversation?</li> <li>The conversation about flogging the guard also speaks to distract his friends’ attention from everything else he’s saying.</li></ul> <h3>Loki storms out of the Healing Room and Sif, Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg debate his intentions.</h3> <ul><li>Each of the friends has their own reaction to Loki’s reveal. Who is right?</li> <li>Their immediate suspicions of Loki make us wonder if Loki has ever been good at manipulating them or is only good at manipulating Thor.</li> <li>Or perhaps t