Treat. Yo. Self.

How do you get past the whole emotional/mental torture and manipulation thing and still think Mobius is a good character?

How do you watch and listen to Sylvie talk down to Loki all of the time and you don't think their relationship is toxic?

How do you hear Mike Waldron and Kate Herron talk about how they didn't watch any of the previous movies and they don't know anything about Loki nor do they respect him as a character, and you still think that they are good writers and directors?

How do you watch Loki be portrayed as incredibly OOC and think that he is in character?

How do you hear that Tom was brought on as a consultant and an executive producer and none of his ideas or guidance was listened to and you don't feel cheated?

How can you know all of this and still think that this is a good show?

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To be honest, I just don’t take the show personally. Maybe I’m just shallow/have been put off by rabid fandom in the past but to me, a show is just a show and nothing more.

In terms of the Loki series itself, I don’t think it’s the best but I also don’t think it’s the worst. I think the show’s weaknesses were mostly due to pacing and what they chose to focus on in specific episodes. The pacing for episode 1 and 2 were fine but I think it started to feel rushed starting in episode 3. Trying to introduce Sylvie and her backstory, Kang, the other Loki Variants, how the Sacred Timeline works, etc. just felt too much in the span of the remaining 4 episodes. I think if the series had 2 more episodes and let each plot point breathe and simmer a bit, I think it would’ve been improved. I think it suffered the same way as GoT season 8 did in that they just tried to hit certain plot points in order to establish what MCU phase 4 was going to be about.

As for Mobius and Sylvie, I like both characters. As I said previously, I view a show as just a show and is just a work of fiction. If I viewed all the movies and shows that I like with the same lens that I view and critique society, I wouldn’t enjoy anything at all. Some people can hate Mobius and Sylvie for their problematic aspects but that also wouldn’t be fair considering what Loki has done prior to to the show.

I guess my personal take is that after having been stung by Game of Thrones and Star Wars, I learned just to watch entertainment at face value and not get too invested/read too much into things. But then again, I never really considered myself a Loki fangirl prior to the show so idk, I’m not as aware of any mischaracterizations that previous movies set up in the past. I saw you tag this as Lokius and sure I like the ship, but I’m not naive and expect Disney/Marvel to do anything about it. It’s entertainment in my eyes and would rather keep it within fanon rather than canon. 

You gotta admit though that the show trying to make it seem like mentally/emotionally torturing someone with their own trauma and then gaslighting them into thinking it's not important or that they're not important is super fucking damaging and a really dangerous message to send to people.

Fiction is how we learn to understand the world and society, it's what teaches us sympathy and empathy.

How do you get past the whole emotional/mental torture and manipulation thing and still think Mobius is a good character?

How do you watch and listen to Sylvie talk down to Loki all of the time and you don't think their relationship is toxic?

How do you hear Mike Waldron and Kate Herron talk about how they didn't watch any of the previous movies and they don't know anything about Loki nor do they respect him as a character, and you still think that they are good writers and directors?

How do you watch Loki be portrayed as incredibly OOC and think that he is in character?

How do you hear that Tom was brought on as a consultant and an executive producer and none of his ideas or guidance was listened to and you don't feel cheated?

How can you know all of this and still think that this is a good show?

...

To be honest, I just don’t take the show personally. Maybe I’m just shallow/have been put off by rabid fandom in the past but to me, a show is just a show and nothing more.

In terms of the Loki series itself, I don’t think it’s the best but I also don’t think it’s the worst. I think the show’s weaknesses were mostly due to pacing and what they chose to focus on in specific episodes. The pacing for episode 1 and 2 were fine but I think it started to feel rushed starting in episode 3. Trying to introduce Sylvie and her backstory, Kang, the other Loki Variants, how the Sacred Timeline works, etc. just felt too much in the span of the remaining 4 episodes. I think if the series had 2 more episodes and let each plot point breathe and simmer a bit, I think it would’ve been improved. I think it suffered the same way as GoT season 8 did in that they just tried to hit certain plot points in order to establish what MCU phase 4 was going to be about.

As for Mobius and Sylvie, I like both characters. As I said previously, I view a show as just a show and is just a work of fiction. If I viewed all the movies and shows that I like with the same lens that I view and critique society, I wouldn’t enjoy anything at all. Some people can hate Mobius and Sylvie for their problematic aspects but that also wouldn’t be fair considering what Loki has done prior to to the show.

I guess my personal take is that after having been stung by Game of Thrones and Star Wars, I learned just to watch entertainment at face value and not get too invested/read too much into things. But then again, I never really considered myself a Loki fangirl prior to the show so idk, I’m not as aware of any mischaracterizations that previous movies set up in the past. I saw you tag this as Lokius and sure I like the ship, but I’m not naive and expect Disney/Marvel to do anything about it. It’s entertainment in my eyes and would rather keep it within fanon rather than canon. 

today I discovered that Mobius wears boots and so I had to draw it

(TIKTOK)

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