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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Loki in the original sagas was [[Happily Married]] to his wife Sigyn, excluding a Frost Giant mistress and a horse here and there. So happy that they had several children and she tended to him after he received punishment for killing Baldr. In the Marvel universe, Loki conducts a [[Bed Trick]] to win over Sigyn since she was engaged to another god, whom Loki proceeded to murder; while Sigyn accepted this fate when realizing Odin had married her to the wrong man, Loki himself alternated between being an [[Ungrateful Bastard]] about her devotion to him, and guilt that he brought someone he truly loved into his personal hell. Even he knew that such trickery went too far, and in the present Marvel universe has released her from the wedding vows, telling Sigyn she is free to live her life. Sigyn thus far hasn't listened.
* Likewise, in ''[[Sandman]]'' Thor is completely unlikable and a [[Kavorka Man]], and Loki is a remorseless trickster that kidnaps a baby and seemingly burns it alive, on the orders of a mysterious boss. He then kills a woman who happens to be the mother's roommate, just because; Loki in the sagas never killed senselessly. {{spoiler|It's hinted that Dream was the boss in question and set his suicide in motion out of guilt for having to kill his only son, but unlikely since Dream sends the Corinthian to apprehend Loki and return him to his prison after Daniel is in place to become the new dream}}.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Subverted with Hades in ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]''. While Percy believes him to be the [[Big Bad]] in book one, his uncle is actually quite reasonable if a bit old-fashioned, stiff, and [[Brutally Honest]]. He reveals that he took Percy's mother hostage because Percy was framed for stealing his helm. When Percy reveals that Ares {{spoiler|and Luke}} actually took it, as well as the lightning bolt, Hades returns his mother unharmed and they agree to a truce. {{spoiler|Indeed, while Hades dislikes that Percy exists, he also admits that he owes the kid for protecting his son Nico to the bitter end, and prepares to spare him from the final book's bloodbath}}.
* Played straight with Heracles and Midas in ''[[Heroes of Olympus]]'', the sequel series. Heracles has suffered a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] as an immortal demigod forced to serve Hera, and that makes him surly towards the Seven. Midas also did save his daughter from being turned to gold, but found her so annoying that he changed her back.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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