The internet’s favorite boyfriendruined millions of liveswith the enigmatic sorcery he wove in 2012’sThe Avengers.

His steps are refined.

He’s so kind and reasonable!

Hela from Thor Ragnarok, Kang from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and Namor in Black Panther:Wakanda Forever

The dual matching scars etched like tears down his cheeks only enhance everyone’s wavering uncertainty.

(You cannot convince me that Janet and Kang didn’t roll around in the proverbial subatomic hay.

The woman deserved far better thanBill Murray’snonsense.)

Tom Hiddleston as Loki wearing a helmet in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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These aren’t whispers without follow-through but a breathtakingly viable threat.

A threat that I humbly request destroy my existence.

The moment he floats off the ground into his re-assembling costume, arms held wide?

Jonathan Majors as He Who Remains in Loki Season 1 finale

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Two especially prosperous times in Marvel’s history facilitated the Loki-to-Kang pipeline.

Appreciation for her deathly assured confidence translates into “my queen, like stab me.”

Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger in Black Panther

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DirectorRyan Cooglerwent even further withWakanda Forever’s Namor (Tenoch Huerta).

Same asQuantumaniawith Kang, Coogler knew precisely what he was doing and did it without mercy.

(Cooger wasn’t playing withthat tension between Namor and Shuri, either.)

Tony Leung in Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten RIngs

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That unfairly sultry gaze left his co-starFala Chen"blushing" like a teenage schoolgirlon set.

She doesn’t resist.

Good for her, she’s living the dream.)

Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania

As for villains that don’t hold as much cultural infamy, there are plenty of options.

Will We Ever Truly Fear Marvel Villains?

Sexy Says: No

We’re supposed to fear any of these villains?

Loki

I didn’t get the memo.

If Marvel doesn’t make that Latverian accent worth the wait, they’re cowards.

If villain bad, why hot?

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