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[MCU] What was Loki's long-term plan when he was disguised as Odin?

Would he ever have revealed himself?  Or would he live out the ruse throughout the centuries?
gpt
[](/twilyshrug)He's the God of Mischief, not Intricate Schemes.

He didn't have a long term plan and this was his undoing. He's always been an opportunistic little weasel who takes whatever comes his way and runs with it.

He let frost giants into Asgard to ruin Thor's big day, and when the consequences of this exceeded his wildest dreams and led to Thor being banished and his father entering the Odinsleep, he took the opportunity and seized the throne.

When Thanos offered to help make him a king, he took the opportunity without questioning the long term wisdom of the act.

When he and Thor fought the dark elves and he saw the opportunity to fake his own death, he jumped on it in a heartbeat. And then when he saw an opportunity to ambush his father and seize the throne yet again, he leapt for it and never looked back... or very far forward.

When Loki found himself on Sakaar he created the most long term plan he ever had: getting himself close to an old man and waiting for him to die so he could once again seize power.

Then, later, when he was in the middle of saving the people of Asgard and walked past the Space Stone, he picked it up simply guessing that it might come in useful later.

The Joker once claimed to be a man without a plan; a dog chasing cars, he said. This wasn't true. He was a man of intricate schemes and precise planning. Loki, however, really *is* a dog chasing cars in that he makes a predatory leap for power whenever given the opportunity. He really has no idea what he'll do *afterwards.*