I'm always amazed and impressed when I read in depth analysis such as this. My brain activity never goes deeper than "Hulk smash, ouch! Explosions, whee! Loki--pretty!" I love your interpretation of the crows portent--how fitting!

I still want to know about that third person that Loki possessed and then falls off the face of the Earth? Is he killed and I don't realize it?

Also, did he have a name? This may or may not have do with a fic I'm currently writing....