abstractborders | Meme: Under the Night Sky

ＳＴＡＲＧＡＺＩＮＧ - whether you're on a picnic blanket in a field, laying on the beach, or in the bed of a truck, you're with someone you care about and you're looking at the stars.

ＣＡＭＰＦＩＲＥ - camping is the most fun when you're with someone else. roasting marshmallows, telling stories. nature's got it goin' on.

ＰＡＲＫＩＮＧ - you're at the lover's lane, parked at the peak overlooking the city, it's just you and someone else in the car. maybe it's time to steam up the glass or hey, you guys can just talk if you want.

ＦＩＲＥＷＯＲＫＳ - maybe it is the fourth of july, the new year, or just because, but there's fireworks shooting off and they're magical. or scary. it depends on what floats your boat.

ＬＡＴＥＮＩＧＨＴＳＷＩＭ - maybe you're at the beach or in the backyard pool or at the lake, maybe you're going to skinny dip or maybe you'll 'fall' in with all your clothes. either way, swimming at night is pretty much always fun.

ＳＫＹＬＡＮＴＥＲＮＳ - perhaps you've lost someone dear and you want to do something to remember them by, maybe you're making a wish for the future.

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"See, now, that's the difference between me and most people. I'm actually pretty serious when I say I'm going to help someone," Sam said as he glanced back at Loki with a serious look on his face. "Or when I say I want to be friends with someone. I've never been a fan of the whole 'case by case' thing."

Loki sighed and looked down at his hands. Some insecurity may be showing.

Falling silent for a moment, Sam took note of the insecurity that was showing and let it process before he attempted to say anything else.

He didn't want to ruin any chance he may have right now.

"Look...I just don't want you to think that all of us are immediately going to side against you in the long run. The conversations I've had with you? I've really enjoyed them and I have a feeling there's a lot more to you than you like to let on."

"Such as?" He asked quietly.

He wondered how much people could see beyond his games and his mischief and the mask he put on quite a lot of the time.

"I don't think you are actually as angry and evil as you like to pretend to be," Sam said without missing a beat, looking thoughtful. "Considering how Thor talks about you? It's pretty clear you have a heart underneath all that but you've most likely been put through some pretty bad crap."

"I'm not evil," he frowned. Angry, yes... "Who said I was evil?"

Killing many in a battle situation doesn't count, as far as he was concerned. It was pretty much a way of life for many of the Asgardians anyway. It just didn't usually happen on Earth, where they may give more value to each human life.

"It's a general consensus given the whole New York thing," Sam said gently, knowing that the other wasn't evil; that much he could tell because he was actually trying in New Dodge.

But he wanted to feel the other out a bit.

"A general consensus? Among your friends, you mean?"

"Okay so, first thing? I only know Steve and Natasha. So yeah, maybe they have their issues with you but I meant the general population," Sam said with a shake of his head. "People were pretty terrified by what you did in New York City."

"Ants...," he mutters. He doesn't think much of humans in general. Still.

It's different when you meet them as individuals but en masse he can't quite grasp that they may have feelings or be worth something.

"I was doing it for their betterment. If I had gone on to rule them...."

"You went about it in a kind of whack fashion, buddy," Sam said without any hesitation, giving Loki a look that made it clear just how insane he had thought the whole thing was.

"Not really a good way to get people to want to follow you."

"But they understand power more than subtlety, don't you think?" Because that had worked so well for him...

"Power is the downfall of a lot of individuals and civilizations, Loki. You have to have a balance. You can't just expect people to give into what you want just because you're stronger."

"Why not? Oh, the rebellion and the fighting back part...," he chuckles as if finding it all a joke now.

Shaking his head a bit, Sam looked back to the fire.

"You can treat it like a joke if you want, Loki, but I think you have the potential to be a pretty good leader if you'd just go about it the right way."

He sobers again.

"I would make a great leader. There are ... obstacles."

"Only because you see them as obstacles. Things don't always have to be a hindrance if you just maybe look at them a different way."

"How would you make Thor look a different way?"

"I'm not sure I'd want him to look differently. I mean, come on," Sam mused with a bit of a grin before he glanced upwards now. "I think..that instead of trying to best him all the time, maybe you guys would work together better than apart."

"Do you really think so? We are very different."

"Different is what makes things work. If you had two people that thought exactly the same doing something important, they'd miss something and fail. When you have two different opinions and approaches coming together? That's when things get done."

"Perhaps. Or they clash violently."

He pauses, looking thoughtfully at Sam. "Thor does not have your demeanour. He is brash and impulsive."

"That's not necessarily a bad thing. And hey, he could have some more layers underneath all that. Just like I could totally be a pretty brash person," he mused though it was crap in the long run. He wasn't brash at all.

"You seem to be more... mellow, to me," Loki noted. Sam had been nothing but friendly, that he'd noticed. He didn't even seem all that dangerous, having not gotten onto Sam's bad side yet.

He couldn't help but chuckle a bit, shrugging.

"You aren't the first person to tell me that."

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