Originally Posted by
Peelee
Here's the rope that theory hangs itself with, though; Loki is the god of trickery. He tricks people. He doesn't give prophesies. Odin does. This proposal has Loki trick someone into thinking he's Odin, and then giving a prophecy, which he can't really do, about some random cleric, which turns out to be absolutely and completely correct, and which he purportedly did for no discernible reason.
It's not just that this theory has a lot of moving parts, it's that the gears are spinning in opposing directions and grinding themselves into dust.