Loki's fandom misunderstands his show
The thing about Loki the series is this: I'm absolutely convinced that this is Tom Hiddleston in total control of this character, despite his insistence that he's only the actor who plays him and it was all these other people who created this show with just a skosh of input from him. I'm not saying he sat anyone down and made them rewrite the scripts to his specifications, I'm just saying he has definite influence over the direction of the show.
Tom's wildly charismatic and beloved wherever he goes, and we know he is obsessive about Loki and talks about Loki at any given opportunity. He's a leader and a role model on set. He plays music, brings in food trucks, runs and exercises between takes. He knows everyone's names, makes sure each and every actor gets what they need to do their best job, and is instantly hugged by his co-stars at public functions.
Loki is Hiddleston's world, and we're all living in it. I don't think anyone would work on this show without wanting his approval and feedback on everything. Some charismatic leaders use their powers for evil, but Tom always uses them for good.
S1 of Loki is Tom wiping Loki's slate relatively clean by removing him from reality and allowing him a chance to start over and become whoever he wants to be. Of course Loki still has his baggage, his insecurities, and his many demons. This is why Hiddleston relishes the role, especially the emotional reaction scenes. He lives for this shit.
This "new" Loki is almost literally new. He's like a child in a way, but like the way Kid Loki was a child in the comics. He remembers his past life but feels a detachment from it now. Sometimes he can pretend all of that was someone else.
I think he's telling Loki's story the way he wants to, and he's taking his sweet time about it. There will be no quick and easy emotional payoff. Character growth will happen in stages over time. Hiddleston is thorough and not afraid to go the long way. The first 6 episodes are more of a prologue than a first chapter. The rumors say that the first season was supposed to be 12 episodes long (presumably with a mid-season break halfway through) before the pandemic halted production so the cliffhanger makes total sense.
Anyway, what I'm saying is, this show might have certain things it needs to do for MCU continuity with the Multiverse and the TVA and Kang and all that, but the story that frames all that is Loki's. The show might not seem to be all about him as an individual character, but that's because he's in development and learning how to be a person instead of a god, a prince, or a son of Odin. That necessitates other well-developed characters for him to learn from, including the other Lokis and other "villains".
Tom is humble to a fault. He's always directing attention to other people and refusing to hog the spotlight. Do you think any other major star would let Jonathan Majors run away with the season finale of their own show? Allow Richard E. Grant to take the Big Loki Moment of S1? Give a relatively unknown actress so much focus in the first season in order to illustrate the many sides of this character? Share scenes with a kid AND a cute lokigator? For Tom Hiddleston, the work itself comes first and fame is best used as a way of helping others.
So despite the fact that Loki feels more like Hiddleston himself than he ever has before, that he's energetic, boyish, cheerful, curious, and a bit silly, I'm more than willing to go along this strange ride to see inside Tom's brain at who Loki is to him. Hell, if Hemsworth can rework his own iconic character, why shouldn't Hiddleston? This is Loki from Tom's headcanon, not the fandom's. It's a story worth waiting for and being patient with. He didn't create the plot of the series, but the character is all him.
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