Favorite Books: MCU Characters
Theorizing on what the favorite books of some of the MCU characters might be.
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I thought it would be interesting to speculate as to what book(s) might be the favorite(s) of certain fictional characters. Sure, you might think that I am thinking too hard about imaginary shit, but it feels like a fun sort of thing to do.
For this entry, I thought I would try to speculate as to the favorite books of some of the MCU characters, because it would give me a chance to speculate on Loki, and I am going to take that chance with both hands.
Loki: The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Loki is a smart bitch, so him possibly liking this book has nothing to do with his intelligence. The Cat is an agent of chaos, and so is Loki. I have the feeling that Loki would see a kindred spirit where the Cat is concerned.
The Cat causes a bunch of trouble, and then, he gets everything cleaned back up by the end of the story (so the kids do not end up getting in trouble). In the Eddas, Loki is constantly causing trouble, and more often than not, by the end, he does something to get everything back to the status quo.
Loki and the Cat are pretty much the same person.
Thor: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss
Ok, so I am suggesting a different Dr Seuss book already, but this time, I do not think it would have anything to do with Thor feeling any sort of kinship with any of the characters in the story. For him, I get the feeling that he would appreciate the simplicity and rapidity of the story.
Thor may be the champion of the people, and may be someone that they can depend on to try to protect them from harm, but let’s face it . . . Thor is a Meathead. He is not going to enjoy anything that is overly complicated.
Steve Rogers (Captain America): Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
This is another instance of a character probably enjoying a book, because they feel some sort of kinship with the character of a certain book. And if Steve Rogers is similar to anyone in any other book, it would probably be Tom Sawyer.
Sure, Tom causes a bit of trouble during his book (and Steven is not about that life), but Tom is the quintessential idea of an American kid, and Steeve fills that same role as an adult.
If we were to come across a story where Tom was an adult, I get the feeling that he would end up being something like Steve; he would have a pretty good idea of right and wrong, and he would likely try to do what he thought was the right thing.
Tony Stark (Iron Man): Dune by Frank Herbert
Ok, sure, Tony is a billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, and Paul is none of those things (well, he is a duke, so he is kind of similar if you squint the right way), but I get the feeling that Tony might appreciate the fact that Paul does not give two shits about how things have been run in the past. He is more than willing to flip off the establishment and do whatever he has to do to change the universe, because he does not like the way that things are done.
Toney did the same sort of thing; he did what he thought was right, even if it was not the thing that other people thought was right, and he continued to do it even if it might have caused some trouble.
Scarlet Witch: Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings
This one might be a little on the nose, but this is another instance of one character probably seeing something of themselves in another character.
Polgara is a Boss Bitch who gets things done. she is also a twin (the same as the Scarlet Witch), and as far as the MCU is concerned, Polgara and the Scarlet Witch are both twinless twins (Polgara being pretty much immortal, and her sister having grown old and died thousands of years ago).
It is likely that the Scarlet Witch (of the MCU variation) would been able to identify with Polgara and how it felt to have lost her twin. And despite the hurt that losing their twins was, neither of them would probably have been very accepting of the sympathy that such a loss would have generated in other people (because how could anyone but another twinless twin really understand such a loss?).