I just want you to be okay

SYLVIE LAUFEYDOTTIR APPRECIATION BY EPISODE 2/?

Loki 1.06

1) people hate her because she’s Loki’s love interest and in their weird possessive relationship over his character they CANNOT get over that (cue incest, selfcest, and “Sylvie is abusive” arguments)

2) people hate her because she got in the way of their m/m ship that the creators never intended to portray romantically in the first place and that has always had a less than 0 chance of happening because it’s Marvel (cue same set of arguments as above)

3) people hate her because she killed HWR and effectively started a new Multiversal war

I don’t even know where to start with that last one.

Yes, she started a war. But HWR was literally committing genocide 24/7. He had an organization of brainwashed people who literally murdered trillions on his behalf ALL THE TIME. Every time a single person steeped out of line, an entire timeline was erased. An entire universe with all the people in it. Just because it was happening quietly doesn’t make it any less fucked - and it definitely doesn’t make it better than a war. A war will have casualties, yes, but a war can also be ended. What HWR was doing was endless.

Another thing that people don’t seem to consider is that HWR is a master manipulator who did the fucking most to antagonize Sylvie from the moment she stepped into the Citadel. Admitting he manipulated her entire existence (“I paved the road, you two just walked down it”), sowing distrust between her and Loki (“you think you can trust this guy?”), yelling at her, telling her she’s a murderer like him (which is laughable, he was killing TRILLIONS)… He WANTED to make her as angry and unwilling to consider his offer as possible. Even Miss Minutes telling Loki he can get all the power he wants was IMO designed to make Sylvie think he might still be craving a throne, further destroying their trust.

Now, why would HWR rile Sylvie up so badly if he genuinely wanted her to consider his offer of taking over guarding the Sacred Timeline?

Because he never wanted her to choose that option. He wanted her to kill him. Whether it was because he was tired of living but didn’t have the courage to end things himself, or because he has a larger plan (sending Ravonna away on a mystery mission seems to point to the latter), Sylvie only did what he wanted her to do. He used her to the last.

Also, at the time, he was arguably the most powerful person in existence. If he didn’t want her to kill him, I highly doubt she would’ve gotten the chance to. He was only “defenseless” because he wanted to be.

new loki s2 snippets

no, he’s casting the magic, fighting the TVA agents.

we literally just talk about a home. nothing more.

I'm currently convinced Sylvie has, at some point after the events of the finale, settled down in Oklahoma.

More specific, in Broxton.

These are pictures of the cars parked at the McDonald's establishment Sylvie's working at.

their license plates are:

Sylvie's car Ford Ranger, Caddo County, Oklahoma, 1969

the red car, Dodge Monaco Wagon, Caddo County in Oklahoma, 1966

the grey Chevrolet, Caddo County, Oklahoma, 1975

the blue car, Caddo County, Oklahoma, 1965 or 1963

the black Ford Ranger, Caddo County, Oklahoma, 1967

One thing these cars all have in common is that they have the same County code. In this case, CA represent Caddo county, Oklahoma.

Broxton is an unincorporated community in Caddo County, Oklahoma.

In the comics, Sylvie Lushton, the Sylvie our Sylvie was based on, originated from Broxton, Oklahoma.

So as a reference to her comics self, I think our Sylvie decided to settle down in Broxton, Oklahoma.

She has a car, Ford Ranger F100 1969's model, obviously has a job at McDonald's and likely even a house.

is kind to a child when he is first introduced

compares Loki to a little boy

immediately comforts C-20 in a parental manner

gives Loki a fatherly “you can be whoever you want to be” speech

chastises Sylvie about getting into cars with strangers

the whole “you’re my favourite” line

Loki: Father, Sylvie and I have great news.

Sylvie: We're expecting.

Odin: That is truly great ne-

Mobius: *shoves Odin out of the way*

Mobius: *accidentally pushes Heimdall off the rainbow bridge*

Mobius: *punches Valkyrie in the face*

Mobius: *lifts Mjölnir in a fit of euphoria*

When she sings, she sings “come home”

Loki, smart as he is sees right through her but doesn't comment on it, and once he leaves we as the audience see that she's in fact not happy, her home is empty, her job sucks, she doesn't have any friends or anyone, she doesn't fit in and is the loneliest she's ever been. she's just trying to delude herself into thinking this is what she wants.

But obviously that's not the case

and then stuff happens, they reunite again, work together etc.