MCU fans all know the importance of this scene in the storyline, but there is so much more going on here than Thor giving up the throne and Loki’s deception.
Thor: This is not for Jane, Father. She does not know what I came here to say. Now, forbid me to see her, or say she can rule at my side. It changes nothing.
Odin (Loki): One son who wanted the throne too much, another who will not take it. Is this my legacy?
Thor: Loki died with honor. I shall try to live the same...
Now, remember, one of the last things Real Odin told Loki before his escape was that his birthright was to die. Thor is trying to make sure his father knows Loki was more than just The Trickster and had good in him.
Then, as Thor turns to leave Odin (Loki) calls out: I cannot give you my blessing, nor can I wish you good fortune…If I were proud of the man my son had become, even that, I could not say. It would speak only from my heart. Go, my son.
LOKI DIDN’T HAVE TO SAY ANY OF THAT. Thor was already leaving. Loki was in the clear. Why would he bother? IMO He knows he’s not going to see Thor for a long time – if ever again – so…
Loki wants Thor to once in his life hear the words from his father that they he always longed to hear.
Loki never did and knew he would never get the validation they craved from their father. The least he could do was give it to Thor.
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