Why Did Loki Insult Shanks? Unpacking a Hypothetical Crossover Conflict
It was just last week, I was chatting with my buddy, Mark, about our favorite fictional characters, and he threw out this wild “what if” scenario: “What if Loki, the…
It was just last week, I was chatting with my buddy, Mark, about our favorite fictional characters, and he threw out this wild “what if” scenario: “What if Loki, the…
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