Spotlight on Two Favourite Artists: Mooching-Leech and Florbe Collaboration

What a great idea to have two outstanding Thorki artists collaborate on a piece together! I wish more artists would try their hands at this. As evidenced by this joint portrait of Thor and Loki from Mooching-Leech and Florbe, differences in artistic style can produce a very striking result!

[collaboration between

Mooching-Leech and Florbe]

Spotlight on a Favourite Artist: Florbe

Another one of my favourite Thorki artists is Florbe who, according to her deviantart profile, is a young woman named Florencia Beatriz from Argentina.

Florbe has an intensely romantic style and sensibility which I like very much. Her sketches and finished works are both equally compelling. Florbe is especially adept at portraying passion and emotion, which is so central to quality slash art.

Since starting this blog a year ago, I've posted quite a few of her pieces and will definitely feature more in the future. She is one of the best!

[by Florbe]

[by Florbe]

["Yes, I'm desperate" by Florbe]

[by Florbe]

[by Florbe]

Spotlight on a Favourite Artist: Mooching-Leech

According to her deviantart profile, Mooching-Leech is a young woman from the San Francisco Bay area who is also called Dee-Dee or Moochie. She has a lighthearted, fun and interesting Thorki style which can be very effective in conveying the characters' personalities.

["La valse de Loki"

by Mooching-Leech]

["I Want To Trust You"

by Mooching-Leech]

I'm not generally a big fan of chibi art but I just love this example of it by Mooching-Leech! Thor is so fiercely cute and protective of his younger sibling -- and yet I can't help but hear that damn "Hamster Dance" theme song in the background, LOL!

["He is my brother"
by Mooching-Leech]

["I will not give in to your warmth"

by Mooching-Leech]

How Slash Works

[by scantily-clad-thor]

The Trickster

[by tomhiddlestunned]

Don't Tell Thor and Tony

[by miss-azura]

Oh, you didn't really think Loki was faithful to either of them, did you?

Shared Interests

Both are flawed and tormented.

[by agentromvnoff]

Plus they have other things in common.

[by Frost-Iron-Headcanons]

[by nalfran]

[from Frost-Iron-Headcanons]

Pet Names

[by zelynxia]

[from Frost-Iron-Headcanons]

Yet Tony gets away with calling Loki "Reindeer Games" and "Bambi" simply because Loki doesn't understand those Midgardian references.

Blue, Blue, Blue

More than the blue of Thor's eyes . . .

[by YanaGoya]

More than the blue of the Infinity Stone . . .

[by Sara Machajewski]

More than the blue of his own Jotun skin . . .

[by MeisterC]

The special blue glow in Loki's life is from the arc reactor in Tony Stark's chest.

[by buylova found here]

Whether in the dark of night . . .

[by horns-of-mischief]

Or in the light of day.

[by nalfran]

The Chaperone

Jealous Thor never trusts those two together.

"Thor, please, he's a grown supervillain. This is embarrassing."

[art and caption

by sekra]

How long will Tony's patience last? Not long, I suspect.

[gif by cas-get-outta-my-ass]

Loki Chained and Bound

Slash artists do love to portray Loki in bondage -- the more extreme and sexually suggestive, the better, it appears.

[by Avali]

[by YanaGoya]

[photoshopper unknown,

but found here]

[by xjapanda]

Of course, the original Norse myths featured Loki in bondage as well, though not for sexual purposes but as punishment for causing the death of Baldr. Moreover, the gods bound Loki with the entrails of his own sons killed especially for that purpose. It's pretty hard to top that for vindictive, extremist cruelty. Slash bondage seems kinda tame by comparison now, doesn't it?

Muzzle and Scarf

Hey, it seems that Thor did visit Loki after all while he was imprisoned down in Asgard's dungeons.

[by tonytonyx]

Thor Gets Rough

There is no explicit violence in this portrayal of apparent affection, but it is full of tension and menace. Thor's frown, the avoidant tilt of Loki's head, the suggestive positioning of his arms behind his back as if tied, Thor's half-closed yet still (at this point) caressing hand . . . .

["Start with a gentle kiss"

by 4-th, found here]

This next portrayal is much more explicitly violent and yet, oddly enough, much less distressing simply because Loki's sexual consent and desire are readily apparent. As the artist's tag for this piece says: "cocks don't lie."

["Go on, Brother. Deny me.
Tell me another of your lies"

by YanaGoya.]

Subtitles and Subtext

[gifs by thorodinsson

aka sexualthorientation]

Because the two actors never break eye contact, it gives this scene a powerful subtext beyond the superficial. Thor's restraint of his anger and dominance also reveals the characters' underlying emotional connection. Loki being manacled gives this scene a special little sexual frisson as well. But, as the subtitle notes, it's the heavy breathing that speaks volumes!

Rough Landing

Well, now that all those holiday feels of peace and love are over, time to get back to the rough stuff. So how about a whole week's worth of Thor showing Loki who's boss?

When Thor gets pissed off, he can be pretty mean to his little brother. Like in The Avengers when Thor kidnaps Loki from Shield's custody.

Because of the 3D effects, the next scene is almost pitch black in the movie but it's been lightened in this gif so it's easy to see how Thor unceremoniously dumps Loki a few feet above the ground to ensure he won't have a soft landing. Ouch, now that's gotta hurt!

["gosh, those Asgardians like it rather..rough.."

caption and gifs by eirwencoventin]

New Year's Resolutions

Thor, of course, resolves to be as dedicated and selfless as ever --

[by lanimalu (Natascha)]

And Loki, of course, resolves to be as selfish and self-serving as ever.

[by bifrostedflake]

So 2015, of course, will be the same as every other year in the Nine Realms.