Let's be super real for a moment here, if a bunch of good guys descend on us with grudges against me then I'll be kicked out of the Alliance anyway.

[ He can see it happening now, the fights, the arguments ... no one wants a Loki on their team. They would be right, of course, there is no way to know they could ever truly trust him, and he can't promise never to do anything underhanded. ]

If I make the choice myself, it looks a lot better on my Supervillain resume.

[ Although he doesn't want to be one and it makes him pout. ]