moodrose:
#this is why i love thorki #because you actually can see the horror in loki’s face when he looks at what he’s done #and he’s just craved for thor to punch him right hard in the face just to feel it #but he knows he can’t turn back because he’s made a deal he can’t remake #and it absolutely terrifies him
I don’t think this scene had very much to do with Thor. Yes, it’s Thor he’s fighting, but this is when the Chitauri are starting to really destroy everything. Loki looks out and realizes this isn’t what he wants. He never meant for this to happen.
He wanted respect, to rule Midgard, but not to destroy it. He had his plan, but Thanos and the Chitauri threatened and possibly tortured him to make the plan their own.
I do agree with the terror on his face, because he also knows there is no going back from this. He made a deal with Thanos, and he’ll die (or worse) if he doesn’t follow through, plus he will never be welcome in Asgard again. No matter what the outcome, Loki loses. I think he realized in this moment he was going to lose. Worse yet, he realized that he did have something to lose: his home, his family, and most importantly his brother.
He says it himself “It’s too late. It’s too late to stop it.” It’s also too late for him to go back to the way it was.
He has no way out anymore, and he can never make up for what he did. He becomes very aware of it, and so he cries.
