My Undying Fidelity

AuTHOR's Note

I saw the opportunity for this title and I took it.

On May 4, 2019, I went with five of my friends to see Avengers: Endgame. I had only seen about half of the MCU movies at that point, but had seen Infinity War, so I was fairly up to date. While Infinity War was a good time at the movies, Endgame changed me. Not only was it one of the funniest movies I had ever seen, but I cried twice. I never cry at movies (unless it's Pixar), especially not action movies. For those who are wondering, it was at someone's funeral and at the very last scene. Before this, I was only a hardcore DC fan (not the movies, the actual comics), and was a little perturbed at how everyone loved Marvel so much. Again, I had seen a good amount of MCU movies, but mostly phase 1. And phase 1 is my least favorite phase. Anyway, Endgame really touched me, and I decided to take a closer look into the MCU. I started finding out when Marvel movies were playing on TV and recording them.

The first one I recorded happened to be Thor. I knew going into this movie that Loki had a lot of fangirls, and I had to admit that his scenes in Endgame were hilarious (*Anthony Hopkins voice* it was indeed hilarious). I knew very little of him other than the fact that he was a trickster and had a few funny moments. What I got from the writers at Marvel and Tom Hiddleston's acting far exceeded my expectations. Here was this layered, complex, funny, entertaining, and tragic character in a movie that has the audacity to call itself Thor. And the rest is history; I became a Loki fangirl fast.

But, there were things that irked me about Loki; why is Tom's wig so bad in Avengers? Why does Joss Whedon have literally no idea what nuance is? Why does Joss Whedon write Loki so out of character it physically hurts? Why does Joss—you get the picture. I don't like Joss Whedon the first Avengers movie very much and you can quote me on that*. My only other complaint is not actually about the character at all. Why did they never give Loki a love interest? I mean, there are some ships and 'theories', but I honestly don't like any of them. No offense to those who do, I'm just not a big fan. So, I started digging in the comics and other media to see if any ladies (or gents) popped up as good matches for Loki. Nothing was jumping out at me. This really frustrated me because I really didn't want to create an OC to put into the MCU since it already has so many good characters. Then, in the depths of Norse mythology and 1970s Thor comics, I found Sigyn. Her only personality traits were that she was the goddess of fidelity and had unconditional love for Loki. Pretty much a blank slate. Perfect.

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I took writing this book really seriously. I truly want to see a good prequel story for Loki brought to the forefront. I think the dynamic between Thor and Loki is really interesting, rich, and fun to read and to write. I tried my best to mold Sigyn into a three-dimensional character with real depth so that she would be worthy (get it?) of the MCU. I am tremendously proud of this work and of my awesome friends who worked tirelessly to help me edit, come up with ideas, and make this world come to life.

A very special thanks to:

xKittehh

and

Imaginary_Capable16

for helping me edit and putting up with my perfectionism. You guys are rock stars! Excelsior!

All of these characters belong to Marvel. Any and all similarities to real people or events are coincidental.

*I have nothing against the guy personally and I love a lot of his other work, which includes Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Toy Story, among others. I just don't like how he wrote the Marvel characters in Marvel's The Avengers. He managed to make my boy Stevie Rogers annoying *gasp*, made Clint totally useless, and wrote Loki to be disrespectful to women when we all know he drinks respect women juice. This can be a whole chapter in Jess Talks Too Much if I get enough comments on here. Heck, I'll probably end up doing it anyway.