Thor Jealousy

This is perhaps the greatest sign that Thor's getting a little too big for his britches. He goes on and on about how awesome his dad was for kicking frost giant butt, and figures this time it's going to be hit turn. But as Odin warns him, that power isn't his yet… and frankly Thor may be getting a little green-eyed staring at it for so long.

Loki isn't listening to what Odin's telling him. Instead, he's filling in his own details, something that strengthens his jealousy and plays into thinking of himself as a victim.

Whoa. Looks like Loki's not the only one with a little case of the green-eyed meanies. Thor's kind of eyeing that throne of his dad's a little too much for comfort…

This one's a shout-out to the greater Marvel Universe. "Stark" is Tony Stark of course—Iron Man—whom Coulson has deal with on two occasions before and who clearly is privy to info that Coulson isn't. That makes him a little jealous of Stark's position: the fact that Stark clearly is higher up the food chain that he.

And there it is in a nutshell: for all of Loki's aspirations to rule, for all his sinister schemes, he's pretty much doing what he does because daddy doesn't love him best. We'd laugh…but there are more than a few real-world politicians who never outgrew their playground stage either.

Loki lies to Laufey a lot, but we're pretty sure he's telling the truth here. Which means that Loki's jealousy has enough of a hold on him to make him do truly dangerous things— like let frost giants into an arsenal— just to get even.

From first frame to last, Loki is consumed by jealousy. Not just jealousy that Thor is the first-born, but that he's going to be the heir of Asgard…something Loki thinks he's terrifyingly unqualified for. And yet Thor's still the apple of Odin's eye, something Loki desperately wants and can never have. It's enough to give you a case of the Resentful Glares, that's for sure.

Seen by the cold light of day, this is actually really sad. Loki feels so absolutely inadequate that he has to commit genocide in order to prove that he's worth dad's attention. We'd hate to think what would happen if he ever got cut from the football team…

Obviously, Loki's not jealous of Jane. But he is jealous of Thor's favored status, and with the delicate stuff set aside, he's willing to go for the obvious target to get a rise out of his brother. (Though that might not be wise: have you seen Thor when he's mad?)

Actually, there is, but even now, the villain's got something to prove. Seriously Loki, grow up! (And lay off the sarcasm, huh?)