The Marvelous Marvel Rewatch (Now Playing: Avengers: Infinity War)

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mZuzek said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

That’s what makes him a good villain. He’s a good character.

All too often superhero screenwriters don’t bother to give a villain a personality trait beyond vengeful or evil. They’re plot devices, not characters.

This is true, but I'd say any villain is 50% personality and 50% threat. They need both to be good, and Loki only has one of them. When I think of a great villain, I think of a villain who makes me go "oh shit" when they show up - Loki doesn't have that, everytime he showed up in Avengers you knew he was just gonna be used for jokes and get pwned by whatever avenger he was up against. If anything his personality just made me feel sorry for him rather than invested in his role.

Well that’s potentially the problem with these villains as a whole. Many of them have no threat or personality. Loki stands above the pack because he’s not generically evil (aside from in Thor). And he does kill a fan favorite in The Avengers. Marvel just decided to undo it and rob it of its meaning