Loki and Thor, Thor apologies to Loki

[jadehunter.livejournal.com]

I just finished reading The Great Subconscious Club, and was blown away by how the relationship between Thor and Loki was handled. It was pretty much the first fic I've read where Thor realizes Loki's actions didn't form out of a vaccuum and that he (and Asgard) also have a degree of accountability. Loki still made bad choices that he has to take responsibility for, but he didn't become this way overnight for no reason.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any other fics that explore this theme of Thor realizing his treatment of Loki before may have led to the events of the movies? In the Thor movie, he says something like, "I'm sorry for what I've done to make you mad," which is a total "Sorry you were offended" faux-pology, and none of the movies made it seem like he realized his behavior in the past ("know your place") was part of the problem. Any other fics where he gets it and makes a real apology?

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[jadehunter.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec. That was an interesting read, and I definitely liked the way the others kind of intervened to stop Thor from doing more damage without realizing.

Lol, it's kind of similar to The Great Subconscious Club in that Thor seems to need an outside perspective to realize what is going on with his relationship with Loki. It makes a lot of sense because even though he wants to do better, he's still used to a certain way of interacting with his brother and a certain way of thinking about things re: his brother, so he'll often fall back to default without help from others.