Title: The Many Doors of Níu Heimar
Fandom: Thor/Avengers (Marvel MCU)
Pairing: Loki/Steve,
Categories: Attempted Suicide, AU, Family, Pre-Canon, Romance
Length: Epic (77k)
Warnings:Suicide Attempts; Mind Control

Author on LJ: nixajan
Website: Nixajan

Summary:In the weeks before Thor's coronation, Loki almost dies, not once, but twice. (An AU in which events conspire to keep Loki from the choices he made in Thor, a war is on the horizon and the chosen battlefield is Earth, and the Avengers assemble with an extra teammate and one less villain to fight).

Review: A complete Canon rewrite of the first Thor movie. Some overall changes were made to the mechanics of the tesseract reconfigure the events of the Avengers film.

This is an interesting story that builds layers within layers of how things were different. Loki is still very much in character throughout as the God of Lies (Aka Asgard's CIA force) but by changing the circumstances leading up to the events of the Coronation, Nixajan changes how Loki discovers his birth. That mixed with her changes to past events beyond the span of the movie franchise, allows the basic feel of the movies to be kept while still changing a lot of the specific events.

There are some parts that I wish Nixajan had been able to spend more time on, particularly the romance between Steve and Loki. They only get one date before they end up saving each others lives many, many times. But I like how sweet their relationship looks like it will grow to be and the theory for why Loki would feel comfortable with Steve.

All together it is a nice, layered epic that is definitely worth spending a few hours on.

The Many Doors of Níu Heimar