"You're Thor? Tell me about it! I'm tho thore I can hardly..."

[tchernabyelo]

Ahem, and apologies to officialgaiman, who used that line in Sandman: Season of Mists. Only he finished it.

Anyway, some brief background. I've been into Norse myth and legend for as long as I can remember. I spent many years as a Marvel fan and only with some reluctance did I relinquish a large part of my "The Mighty Thor" collection when we moved to the US (I

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[peadarog]

Congrats on your story in Black Gate -- enjoyed it last night... Did you make up the mountain stuff, or have I just learned something about Chinese mythology?

[tchernabyelo]

Glad you liked it. Finally got my copy today and it looks very lovely. Will take me weeks to read it all.

I made it up. I'm a writer; it's what we do :)

(Note that it's not really China, but a China-like secondary world setting)

[peadarog]

Gotcha!

[xanthalanari]

they are horribly over-rendered, with a level of detail that reality just doesn't actually have

I think you've just summed up for me why I often have issues with CGI.

As for Loki - I thought he was great, by far the best thing in the movie. I didn't have a problem with his shift, because for me it all hung on that reveal, which I'm not going to mention because of spoilers. Before, it felt to me like a typical older/younger brother relationship (even though they never specify who's older). After, as Loki sees it, how can Thor not always be the favourite? There's a fair amount of self-hatred driving him.

Not only that but, if I remember right, he only starts trying to kill Thor after his plan to get him to stay exiled fails. Because if Thor makes it back and tells people what Loki did, they might start asking questions. It's the classic story of a lie that gets swallowed by a bigger lie, and it gets away from him in an epic fashon.