Tag: loki

starscreamloki:

juliabohemian:

I have noticed that a lot of Loki fanfiction includes the notion that Loki’s body temperature is lower because he is a Frost Giant.

This irritates me because it is not consistent with how physiology works.

What it comes down to is something called thermoregulation. That is an organism’s ability to maintain its own body temperature. Cold blooded animals cannot do this at will. If they are subjected to cold temperatures, their body temperature will drop. Animals must keep their body temperature within a specific range in order to function adequately.

For an animal to survive in extremely cold temperatures, it would have to have the ability to generate its heat internally and would most likely have a body temperature greater than that of animals that live in moderate or warm climates. Therefore, Frost Giants would likely have a significantly higher body temperature than Asgardians. Most likely somewhere between 100-105 degrees Fahrenheit.

I already posted this picture before but I’m going to do it again. Loki’s body temperature is lower as seen on the lower right corner of the picture/screen. I calculated that the green temperature which he is, is around 27 degrees celcius which will be 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Not warmer than your average Aesir or Human which probably also has to do something with an anatomy of jotunar that are different from our human and animal kingdom.