Loki hugged Helen and left Asgard Commercial Street almost as if he was running away.
On the way to the Immortal Palace, he was in a trance, and all he could hear were the Asgardians sighing in various ways, praising the second princess who was as bright as the moonlight, and insulting those damn grams.
People here.
Loki couldn't understand at all how things could become like this. When he was in Asgard, no one looked up to him. As a result, after his death, he became the most perfect princess in the history of Asgard.
Although Loki understands people's hearts better than others, he has never systematically studied psychology or sociology. If he had an educational background in this area, he would know that creatures with humanity and intelligence always have a common characteristic.
, can be roughly summarized as the "social will deification effect".
People are always full of all kinds of beautiful fantasies about things they have not obtained. They have never really owned such things, but they are more active in praising such things to others than those who have such things.
In essence, it is praising the perfect image in one's mind.
And this in itself is also an act of seeking value recognition: I beautify something in my mind into what I think is the most perfect look, and if other people also think it is perfect, it proves that they agree with it.
After understanding my values, the two of us will have something in common.
This is a behavioral manifestation of people seeking common values in social interactions.
However, if you use something that many people have and have mixed reviews to praise, you will feel insecure and may not be recognized.
Then, in order to gain recognition and seek a sense of security in value recognition, it is safest to find something that is already dead to deify and praise, and it is also the easiest to find recognition from other people.
It is impossible to have other new manifestations. No matter how much praise is given, it will not perform badly enough to break people's illusions.
The part in people's hearts that longs for a sense of security is constantly telling them that choosing this topic is the most appropriate and safe.
Going a little deeper, from a social level, relationships between people develop from sharing a common fantasy.
And when this common fantasy has spread to the vast majority of people, then it is likely to be deified in many ways to ensure that people have enough topics to talk about when they develop relationships.
Essentially, when a common fantasy reaches this level of universality, deification is inevitable.
This is not my wish, nor the wish of ordinary people who need a topic, but the common will of society arising from human nature.
When Sylvie was alive, she might indeed have been just a frail princess, Thor's sister, and Odin's youngest daughter. However, such a barren character could not provide enough topics for the Asgardians.
As a result, her image has been beautified again and again, making her both beautiful and kind, gentle and strong.
Only in this way can two Asgardians, or other members of the nine kingdoms, meet for the first time and start their conversation with "The beautiful second princess is really miserable" and end with
"Damn Kree" ending.
And the reason why they don't use Thor as a topic is because Thor is the actual person in power now. With her as the center of the topic, it is easy to touch the taboo. At the same time, the living Queen Thor can only accept praise, but she is dead.
The second princess Loki is dead, but she can spread gossip.
Although people like to create gods, what they like even more is to drag gods down from the altar. The more perfect the images they create, the more fascinating the gossips spread among the people are.
A perfect image can be used to open a topic, but unofficial history and gossip are easier to bring closer to each other. In essence, people dare not be disrespectful to living people, but it doesn't matter to dead people.
After Loki, who was in a daze, returned to the fairy palace, Thor was still waiting for him in the drawing room. Sylvie had been taken back to rest by his attendants. At this time, Thor no longer had a gentle temperament, and she sat silently.
On the main throne, it looks like a majestic statue.
"I guess you should be full of doubts now, why does Loki look like this in this universe?" When Thor spoke, her tone seemed a little cold, she said:
"Because war needs a flag. The more perfect the murdered second princess is, the more the Kree people deserve to die."
Loki stood behind the table in a daze, while Thor stood up with his hands on the armrests. When Thor stood in front of Loki, the ends of his long blond hair brushed his face.
Queen Thor has gorgeous facial features, but the most impressive thing is that there is always a suffocating killing intent in her eyes, as if her heart has turned into a knife after years of fighting.
"I need my subjects and generals to march forward bravely for me, and I need them to be full of grief and indignation and die generously." Thor shook his cloak and turned around, turning his back to Loki and said:
"They would do this, not because they really recognized Loki..." Thor slowly shook his head and said, "When my sister disappeared, she was just a child. What charm could she see?"
"Just because, I said, she is the perfect princess, so everyone must say that, I am their monarch. They are not admiring Loki, but fearing me."
Loki came to his senses slightly, as if he had guessed what Thor was going to say, and he cast his gaze on Thor's back.
Thor walked back to the chair and sat down, and then said: "You should also have experienced that day. Odin called the two of us over and announced that I would be the only heir, and you were nothing."
"On that day, I can ask the question you didn't dare to ask for you. If Thor is the heir, what about you? Thor will get the throne, but what about you? Thor will get the respect of everyone in Asgard.
,how about you?"
Loki looked straight at Thor. The queen in front of him was very different from his brother.
The Thor he knew would never say such a thing to him. He was not so cruel. Even though he knew it was a knife, he still wanted to show it to see if there was blood on it. Such a Thor would let
He felt fear.
However, this queen who has experienced hardships and fought all her life has long abandoned her useless tenderness. She just looked at Loki with a mocking look and said: "You don't dare to ask Odin's question, I can do it for you."
Ask, what is the difference between you and me?"
"You have spent half your life pursuing these questions, but the answer may simply make you feel stupid." Thor tilted his head, looked at Loki and said: "The answer is that there is actually no difference between us, they are just because
He is afraid of Odin and follows the trend of others."
"When the king they fear says that a person is good, then he is good even if he is not good, perfect even if he is not perfect, and he can be heir even if he is not worthy... authority is enough to erase all shortcomings."
"Why don't you think about it carefully?" Thor showed a smile and said: "At that time, was I really better than you? Is there really a big difference between us? This difference is really so big,
Let the Asgardians ignore and discriminate against you, yet praise me in every possible way?"
Loki's expression stiffened for a moment, and then he fell into memories again, but soon, the change in his expression showed that this was not the case.
How much difference can you see between two children of about the same age? Even if they have different personalities and martial arts, the two are inseparable. They do bad things together and do good things together. How much factual basis do other people have?
How can they be judged so differently?
"Loki, come here." Thor called to him. Loki stood there without moving, but seeing the expression on Thor's face gradually change, and the muscles moving from clear to dark, Loki felt his heart gradually sink.
He went down, so he instinctively took steps and walked to Thor.
Thor sat relaxedly on the chair, but Loki's body stood up straight and looked very stiff. Therefore, the height difference could not reverse the status of the two at all, so Thor could still say the next words sharply.
"We grew up in the same family. We may look completely different, but we are actually very similar. Don't think that I am reckless, careless, or biased. You are no better off either."
Loki opened his eyes slightly, and just as he was about to open his mouth to refute, Thor looked at him and said, "I was once lost in the praise of the Asgardians. Aren't you lost in their indifference and rejection?"
Thor stood up again and faced Loki, his eyes piercing into his eyes like a knife.
"Why didn't your smart, calm, and logical brain remind you that their prejudices had no factual basis, and why didn't it stop you from making yourself the same as their prejudices?"
"They say you are too introverted, so you become more introverted. They say you are weak, so you give up martial arts completely. They say you have a bad personality, so you make more senseless pranks..."
"Loki..." Thor gently stretched out his hand, touched Loki's cheek, looked at him and said, "Are you taking revenge on them, or are you using this as an excuse to indulge yourself?"
"I can't get anything anyway, why can't I do this?" Loki's eyes gradually became colder. He stared directly into Thor's eyes and said, "I became active, practiced martial arts, or learned to follow the rules.
,What can I get?"
"Then what can I gain if I learn to calm down, recognize myself, and stop wallowing in honor?" Thor's eyes narrowed, and he said, "Whether I change or not, the throne is mine forever.
It’s not yours, so what right do you have to laugh at me, calling me a reckless idiot?”
"Damn you..." Loki bared his teeth. The next second, Thor pressed his hand on his cheek and pushed his head to the side with a slight force.
Loki tilted his head and stood silently, with black hair covering half of his face, but Thor walked behind the chair, put his hands on the back of the chair and said: "You are not the first Loki to come here.
Gay, but it seems that you are the most special one."
"That's why I'm telling you this, Loki...Loki..."
Thor's voice suddenly dropped, with a sadness and tenderness that was inconsistent with her temperament. But when her eyebrows lowered, those flamboyant flames gradually extinguished, leaving only a dry voice like firewood.
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"Don't care about them. Don't care about what those ministers who are afraid of power and have no morals think of you. They are not one with us, and you are not friends with them."
"Wash away all the traces they left on you, take off all the labels they put on you, and make them fear you instead of recognizing you."
"Don't be happy for their approval, but let them be grateful for your approval."
"If you want to step on their heads, you must first feel that you have already stepped on their heads, or even that you no longer bother to step on their heads."