re: Loki does love Thor like a brother...

I believe that Odin is alive in a mental prison somewhere. Maybe he's locked in a coffin but in his mind he's still leading Asgard like normal. I think Loki can do that, right?

I would like to see Loki get his own movie one day though, maybe a story from his perspective, where what he is doing is right and good. He is arguably my favorite character.

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I have a question about Loki in the Avengers. What was the point of getting himself captured and going into the hover carrier?

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Loki knew Odin would find out what he was up to and send Thor to go fetch him. Since the Bifrost was busted Odin had to use a ton of energy to send Thor down. Loki purposely loses the battle of New York so he can go back to Asgard and overthrow a now weakened Odin. As an added bonus, he also now knows that he can make Hulk go into a rage w/the (likely) mind stone that is in his staff.

Also, if you just want a reason the functions solely for the movie and doesn't speculate on his plans for the MCU as a whole you can just say he needed to scatter the Avengers so that he would have time to open the portal.