Asgard

The Loki this shrine is dedicated to is a character from Marvel comics. They were created as an echo of the original Loki and inhabit the body of his reincarnated self; they are the current main version of Loki in the 616 universe, although the original often appears in flashbacks to this day.

They are Thor (and many other characters)'s sibling via adoption, as they retain the memories of their past self. Unlike the former Loki, though, they don't exclusively play a villainous role: they have their own goals, which sometimes places them against certain characters and sometimes as their ally. Their relationship with Thor is more stable than it was in the past, but it's not without conflict, again, depending on the story.
As they spend more time on Midgard than other Asgardians, their tastes and language are a mix of both cultures, more casual than the average Asgardian but with an occasional fantasy eccentricity in their speech; their sense of fashion also reflects this, with their default outfit being a frock coat with fur around the neck over a scale armour and leggings, alternated with simpler casual outfits consisting in graphic T-shirts and jeans.

Loki is both a man and a woman. Their appearance switches from more masculine to more feminine to completely androgynous at various times, but their identity doesn't change. I use the neutral "they" on this page for the sake of simplicity (in the comics Loki is correctly referred to as both he, she, and they), but they have stated they have no preference between them, regardless of their current appearance.

Odin: My children.
My son, my daughter, and my child who is both.

— Al Ewing, Original Sin #5.5

Odin: Loki.
My child who is both son and daughter.
Did I not say? I know everything you are.
And I love you still.

—Al Ewing, Loki: Agent of Asgard #11

Loki, shifting into a female presentation: I'm me. First, last and always.
...What?
Verity: I've, uh, never seen you... do that. I knew you could do that... but...
Loki: Well, I'm never going to be just one thing, am I? I'm not "goddess of some stories".

—Al Ewing, Loki: Agent of Asgard #14

Loki, after summoning an outfit for Doreen: Right? That's why you get a genderfluid demi-god to be your fashion designer. I know what works.

—Ryan North, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #27

Tony Stark: From up there, it looked like some real big-boy heroism.
Sorry, big-person heroism.
Loki: They're all acceptable, thanks for asking.

—Daniel Kibblesmith, Loki (2019) #4

“Do you have a preference? Between men and women?”
“I feel equally comfortable as either.”
“No, I don’t mean...not all of us can change our gender at will.”
“I don’t change my gender. I exist as both.”
“You’re not...That doesn’t make sense.”
“It does to me.”

—Mackenzi Lee, Loki: Where Mischief Lies

• Loki's birthday is December 17th
• Loki likes the musical Wicked; they also have Daft Punk as their ringtone
• Other music referenced throughout Agent of Asgard:
  • Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles (sung multiple times)
  • Piccadilly Palare by Morrissey (issue 9 title)
  • Forsaken Gardens by Peter Hammill (issue 12 title)
  • Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis (issue 14 title)
  • Jesusland by Ben Folds (issue 17 title)
• Their favourite movie is The Wizard of Speed and Time
• Loki is associated with various animals:
• A magpie is the most common symbol for Ikol-Loki, as it was the form they took before taking over Kid Loki's body. Other - mythological - birds associations are found in kennings: meinkráka (Lokasenna 43, translated as 'evil crow, ill-boding crow, croaker of ill'); gammleið (Þórsdrápa, translated as 'vulture's path'); Loki is also sometimes referred to as Loptr, meaning 'air'
• Wolves and snakes are both associated with Loki in myth due to their offspring; some kennings call back to this. In a myth that explains the origin of earthquakes in a poetic manner, Loki, chained to a rock, shakes the earth when a snake drips venom in his eyes.
• While foxes are not featured prominently in Norse texts, recent stories associate Loki with foxes due to their trickster nature; Ikol-Loki said they feel like the form of a fox represents them
• Flies, fleas, horses, and salmons are traditionally associated with Loki due to the disguises he took on in myths, but Ikol-Loki has rejected flies as a form that reflects them

And yet I am neither Jotun nor God. Not truly. So what exactly does that make me? For many years I pondered that question before finally realizing the answer: I am... Loki. And a Loki isn't a slave to the whims of his ancestors. A Loki writes his own story.

There's still that gravity. What people expect. But...birds feel gravity, too. And acrobats, and dancers. And they dive and swoop and tumble anyway. Loop the loop, walk the wire...do tricks. Nah. No more evil. Mischief, now. That's still got legs.

• I think they'd like new wave music