thejapanesezombieheroez asked: Hi! So I recently reblogged the two photos you had with Loki and commented on your Thanos theory. Could you take a look and see if you agree with me? I'm so fucking excited that there's also someone else who thinks that Thanos was controlling Loki.
First of all, 
I hoped somebody would actually get back to me and start a discussion, because I still crave a debate about Loki’s motives - and something that is more then “oh, he is so mistreated-poor baby” versus “he is a whiny beatch with PMS”!
I need to see Avengers at least couple more times to make my final conclusion, but so far:
I don’t think Loki was completely mind-controlled by Thanos like Clint or Selvig- it would simply undermine his dark side-trip and make the road to redemption too easy- which would be a waste of character development (and keep in mind that Hiddles signed up for 6! Loki movies, so there is 4 to go- and I bet he can’t be good in all four of them).
There is indeed too much “Loki” in Loki’s behavior, it indeed sometimes seems like his temper tantrum spiraled out of control and reached globe-threatening scale.
But : every his negative emotion is so highlighted that the rest of Loki’s multi-layered personality simply fades into non-existence like shadows fade if the light is blinding and all you can see is either white or black.
I think, Thanos took Loki’s most painful memories and twisted them in a way that it created a whole new reality for Loki- one where Thor threw him into abyss, where Loki is entitled to rule over humans and where he is powerful enough to take on all human race and Aesir if need be. Moreover, Thanos not only created that universe of lies in Loki’s mind, he actually made Loki believe that it was a reality.
That said, I still strongly believe that Loki wasn’t compromised completely, even after all those mind-washing procedures he still didn’t fully submit to Thanos.
look at him: 
You don’t need to scare your faithful servants to the verge of tears. you only need fear if you don’t trust them.
And- you only react like that when somebody threatens you with pain and suffering when you already experienced that the other party can hold to their threat.Those are not tears of imagination- they are tears of experience.
And here goes 
It only shows us that in fact, there IS some sort of mind/ physical connection between Thanos and Loki, most likely sustained by the scepter and/or the gem. A sort of a string or leash to keep a pawn unworthy of trust at bay.
Also, I DO believe Thanos’ influence on Loki expanded far beyond magnifying Loki’s bad sides and threatening him into obedience. Because, as much “Loki” we can see in his actions, as much we can see something completely alien.
Forget for a second the tesseract and how illogical his military campaign was.
Just think- Loki was, is and will be a God of MISCHIEF, not WAR. he would NEVER choose an open head on head battle - he would always use his talents in manipulating, scheming, lying. But what we see here- a god of Lies suddenly forgets all his principles and forebodes his natural role of a puppet master and becomes a general. A general who is well, not very suited for battle (yes, he knows how to fight and looks very sexy doing it, but still- 
couple of daggers and spells won’t do the trick when you are in the middle of the battle with an opponent who has means to retaliate- and Loki knows that, he had been to present earth before, he had seen how much humans had advanced, no way in seven hells he wouldn’t take that into consideration!
If it was truly Loki who was planning the attack, it would have looked more like “trick chitauri into attacking midgard and turn on them in the middle of the battle, save the day, secure the tesseract and become Midgard’s favorite hero / beloved protector”.
Also, many people argue that Loki found his “sadistic” side. Excuse me, but this :
is not normal sane Loki, it is a lunatic, or schizophrenic. Loki has taste for destruction, yes, but for downright sadism? No, I think he is too …well, sophisticated for that. he would rather play mind games, make people lose their minds then get his own hands dirty killing someone. That’s just my personal opinion.
And Hulk!Smash definitely had severed Loki’s connection to Thanos and got Loki off the “Gem-High”.
to put story short: Thanos got his hands on Loki and brainwashed him into thinking that he is attacking earth volunterily and it is indeed his own desire, which was backed by Loki’s shattered heart and poor emotional state, but it didn’t completely work so the titan supported his position by torturing and threatening Loki and to some extend by “drugging” him with power of the scepter.
Oh- speaking of- I’m sure that Loki’s little plan to “get personal” with Avengers was actually his escape plan - he didn’t have to clash with them face to face- he could’ve left them for chitauri- because again, he is not a warrior, he is a strategist! and fighting directly is not his thing. And yet- he chose to make Avengers angry. Why? He craved attention? Screw that! He would’ve gotten all attention he needed when Earth would admit it’s defeat. But he chose not to wait, because at that point Avengers were the only thing that could stop him and save him from Thanos.
Again, I think that Loki IS partially evil and mischievous, it is his nature, he is more drawn to darkness then light, but- the way his “evliness” was played in Avengers- no, THAT was not him.
Truly Evil!Loki would be much more elegant, much more intelligent and therefore MUCH MORE DANGEROUS.
p.s. and I could simply answer “yes, I do”, or “No, I don’t”…XD oh, all those LOKI! Feels ! XD