Board Thread:Magnus Chase & the Gods of Asgard/@comment-5896827-20161014021044/@comment-33863276-20171204145610

Personally, I read Alex's character in a comparison with Sam.They are both children of Loki and they both really don't like him. However, that is where the simalarities end. Sam is... very set in her ways - refusing to use her powers from Loki unless it is an emergency - this is used to show that she doesn't want to associate with Loki. She sees it as a weakeness to overcome, sees it as a personal goal to prove that she is not like Loki. On the other hand, Alex wants the same thing - to prove that she is not like Loki. However, Alex looks at it from a completely different angle. She acknowledges that she has these powers from Loki and then uses them for good actions. This comparison comes to play in the last act of The Hammer of Thor when Loki is trying to control both of them. Alex shrugs it off easily becasue she is just as adaptible as Loki is. Sam struggles a bit because she is trying to throw off Loki on pure determination. So while most people saw Alex's character traits stemming from being genderfluid I saw it more as "what if there was a child of Loki who was more like Loki? How would it affect all the main characters, especially the child of Loki we already know about?" And my reasoning for this? It was Sam who brought Alex to Valhalla, not just any random Valkyrie.