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Loki = Slytherin

No, this isn't talking about how and why Loki would be a Slytherin in the Harry Potter universe. This is a metaphorical speaking of how Loki is rather a representation of the Slytherins in the Marvel Universe. It is in a style akin to a rant I would normally make, so strap in.

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Loki, who was manipulated, when in a vulnerable spot due to his anger, belief of betrayal, and his near-death.

But before we even get to that part of the story, let's talk about before. Loki was always the outcast in his family full of Gryffindors and Ravenclaws. He was always picked second. Always the little brother who would never live up to that of his older brothers shadow.

He did everything he knew to be exactly what his family, and the other Aesir wanted him to be, and it still wasn't enough. He did everything he knew to be himself and still achieve their goals, and that was not enough. He was never given proper credit, no matter what it was he did, whether it mattered or didn't.

He was mischievous, cunning, and a good liar. Everything he did was harmless in the beginning. But when anger began to fester, things changed. And problems grew.
We'll say that this is a metaphor for a Slytherin in a wizard family before they attend Hogwarts.

Well then he found out his true heritage. That he was a Prince if Jotunnheim, a frost giant. A so-called "monster". The "monsters from the bedtime stories you tell your children at night". He was terrified. Just like a child from a family like his would be if they found it out that they were so different to what they were expected to be. Like... a Slytherin child being sorted and fondling out he didn't live up to his Gryffindor lineage.

This is when things took a turn, and he became a slave to his own anger. He was angry, but more than anything he was hurt, and terrified. And he lashed out. Because he was truthfully only at the maturity level of a 17-year-old human when he acted out on his anger. It was irrational and in a way, he knew better. But he didn't care, because the anger, the hurt, the fear, it manifested into his actions, and blinded his eyes that would see the moral dilemma he was causing.

Then... he gave up. He fell. And he was found in one of the most vulnerable states he'd ever been in by the most manipulative and evil person possible. Thanos. He was brainwashed, tricked, controlled, and manipulated into attacking Earth. Just as Voldemort had tricked the Slytherin families into joining his alliance. He didn't go for them because they were evil. He went for them because they were vulnerable.

He targeted the Slytherin because they had been discriminated against since the day they learned what they were. They were all fed up and angry, simple tried of being treated the way they had. And Voldemort found them in a tough spot, and he manipulated them. Just as Thanos had done to Loki.

It's important to understand that the person or people that are painted as the bad guys in a story, that is only one perspective of things. Everyone is a villain in someone's story, it all matters on what prism you choose to look at things through. People are not shades of black and white, but rather they fall into the gray, leaning towards one direction or another at times. But no one is cut and dry, evil, or good. People lie and cheat to get their way, even if they are good people. Captain America, Steve Rogers is a prime example of this fact.

Next time, don't ostracize the people around you just because they seem "bad". Or their thoughts don't align with yours. Try to learn where they come from, and sometimes you'll learn that much like Slytherins and Gryffindors... you aren't actually all that different.