Thor 049: How Great Does Loki Look on the Throne?

<h2>Minute Forty-Nine: From King Loki’s Appearance to Kneeling Sif’s Request</h2> <p>Joining us to discuss the iconic appearance of Loki on the throne and King Loki’s reaction to ‘his friends’ is Matt Carroll, one of the two co-hosts of the award-winning MCUCast and founder of the Stranded Panda Podcast Network.</p> <h3>In the forty-ninth minute of <a href="https://trustory.fm/director/kenneth-branagh/">Kenneth Branagh</a>’s 2011 film <em>Thor</em>...</h3> <ul><li>Loki is on the throne. So is he King Loki? Is he just a regent while Odin is in the Odinsleep? <em>He</em> clearly thinks he’s king, and earlier, it seemed like Odin was about to make Thor king. So how does this work exactly?</li> <li>Do King Loki’s initial words ‘my friends’ speak to him trying to find a place to belong or does it speak more to him expressing his disingenuous feelings towards these four? He kinda reeks of insincerity here.</li> <li>This all makes us wonder again what <em>exactly</em> were Loki’s initial plans.</li> <li>Does the fact that he now knows he’s a Jotun make him struggle all the more here?</li> <li>All of this speaks to how fascinating a character Loki is over the course of the MCU.</li></ul> <h3>The friends have such a great reaction when King Loki announces himself.</h3> <ul><li>Loki’s voice even seems like it drops an octave when he says “your king.”</li> <li>The initial shot of Loki on the throne is so iconic in the comics.</li> <li>Sif clearly doesn’t like that Loki is on the throne. Wow, does she reek of irritation.</li> <li>How is Loki holding Gungnir? In the comics, only Odin can hold it. Clearly, they’re different universes.</li> <li>Regardless, the echo ringing out after Loki stands and strikes it on the ground is fantastic.</li> <li>The friends really have to be surprised. It was only a few hours ago they were all in the healing room together.</li> <li>Sif’s daggers with her eyes as she calls him her king dig in deep. So great!</li> <li>Again back to that leap in logic – why did this group jump so quickly to the id