More Than The God Of Mischief
While Thor and Hulk also grow over the movie, the character who undergoes the biggest change in Thor: Ragnarok is Tom Hiddleston’s Loki. The God of Thunder’s trickster brother has never previously been one to fight the good fight without something in it for him, but this time he actually seems to be pretty trustworthy.
Whether it’s the fact that his father has just died or that his own homeworld, his beloved Asgard, is threatened, the threat of Hela seems to bring out Loki’s heroic side. Thor says to him at one point: “You will always be the God of Mischief, but you could be so much more.” Has Loki really taken this to heart and changed his spots?
By the end of the film, it appears so, as Loki elects to return to the refugee ship rather than run off for his own safety, apparently happy to leave the ruling of Asgard to Thor but support him at his side. However, it’s worth noting that Loki’s appearance on the ship coincides with the unwanted arrival of a massive vessel in the mid-credits stinger.
So, was Loki just playing his brother as always throughout Ragnarok as part of a ploy in conjunction with Thanos? Or is the ship’s arrival just a coincidence and Loki will stand alongside his former enemies, the Avengers, in Infinity War and its sequel? Something tells us we’ll get a little of both.
