Canon compliant Loki gen fic recs?

[vedensolina.livejournal.com]

Hi,
I was looking for gen fics that had a good portrayal of Loki and, that may perhaps have some drama, but still aren't hurt/comfort fics, nor too heavy on angst. I feel that Loki is quite often portrayed as a very vulnerable and insecure character, and while that is a part of him, he is also a very capable, intelligent and sarcastic supervillain who has plotted world domination :D People sometimes seem to almost forget that he actually is a villain in most of the movies, and that he does have a ruthless side. It would also be nice to find some pre-canon fics that focus on Loki and Thor, I haven't read many of those.
Thanks in advance!

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[yyzeff.livejournal.com]

I don't have any post-canon fics along these lines to recommend, but pre-canon, that I can do.

Barkour (http://archiveofourown.org/works?utf8=%E2%9C%93&commit=Sort+and+Filter&work_search%5Bsort_column%5D=revised_at&work_search%5Bcharacter_ids%5D%5B%5D=147933&work_search%5Bother_tag_names%5D=&work_search%5Bquery%5D=&work_search%5Blanguage_id%5D=&work_search%5Bcomplete%5D=0&fandom_id=245368&pseud_id=Barkour&user_id=Barkour) has a fair amount of pre-canon Loki, some of it is gen and some not. The best one, IMO, is 'A Small Thing Worn Thing' (http://archiveofourown.org/works/198522). (Their post-canon Loki is not, that I recall, gen, but you could have a gander; maybe I've missed something.)

If you're down with self-recs, I have three with pre-canon Loki (and Thor) that I've done, all gen. (http://archiveofourown.org/works?utf8=%E2%9C%93&commit=Sort+and+Filter&work_search%5Bsort_column%5D=revised_at&work_search%5Bcharacter_ids%5D%5B%5D=147933&work_search%5Bother_tag_names%5D=&work_search%5Bquery%5D=&work_search%5Blanguage_id%5D=&work_search%5Bcomplete%5D=0&fandom_id=245368&pseud_id=Niobium&user_id=Niobium)

[vedensolina.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, it's not easy to find many gen fics in this fandom :)

[yyzeff.livejournal.com]

Sure thing! And no, it's definitely not. x.x

[alex51324.livejournal.com]

A number of readers have commented that my fic, "As Me No Questions" does a good job of portraying a sympathetic but not woobified Loki, so perhaps you might like to give it a try: http://archiveofourown.org/works/887344

[vedensolina.livejournal.com]

Woobified Loki does seeem to appear alarmingly often in the fandom :D Thanks for the rec, it sounds promising