Norse mythology in a nutshell

Loki: Wow, it sure would suck if someone decided to do the thing, huh?

Everyone else: Pretty much.

Loki: I mean, it would really fuck shit up.

Everyone else: Basically.

Loki: Can you even imagine what would happen if someone actually did the thing? Like, wow. Everything on fire. People screaming and shit. Absolute carnage. Thor in tears. Freyja on a rampage. Odin crying into his eye patch. Just imagine.

Everyone else: That's essentially the situation.

Loki: Thank Asgard that no-one has taken it upon themselves to do the thing. I, for one, am gracious that the thing has not been undertaken yet. May it remain this way for literally hours to come.

Everyone else: You've done the thing, haven't you?

Loki: I am agog. I am aghast. How could you insinuate that I, Loki, the Trickster god, would have done the thing? This is an outrage. I won't stand for it. I demand a lawyer and also a horse.

Everyone else: There's a note here that says 'I totally did the thing, you bunch of jerkwads, ha-ha-ha I tricked you so good, signed Loki xxx'

Loki: ... in hindsight, I may, in fact, have done the thing. But it was just a little joke. A little chuckle amongst friends. Tomfoolery. Japes. A tiny trick.

Everyone else: The world is literally ending because you did the thing.

Loki: Oh my Æsir, fine, I'll fix it. Fuck, why do I have to fix everything around here? Trickster god? Might as well call myself the Fixter god. Also my son is a wolf.