#antisylki

but this. this far surpassed anything i could have hoped for. even if this story hadn’t been Loki’s i would have devoured it. it was clever and well thought out. it was well written with amazing sets and lighting and music. it played up strengths from season 1 that i thought for sure they had long abandoned. like the incredible and compelling setting that is the TVA. and making the cast an ensemble with the already stellar cast they had (and adding the instantly lovable O.B.). Tom was excellent. Owen was phenomenal. and every scene we got with them together was a gift.

the story was crafted with care and forethought and amazing attention to detail. you can’t say that about most big budget studio stories these days. i’m so in awe of everything this season was. it far surpassed season 1 for me and honored the legacy of Loki in a way i never could have dreamed. i honestly think it will go down as one of the most epic seasons of tv ever, for me.

I’ve seen the trailers for Season 2 and I’m like: ⚠️ NOPE! ⚠️ Season 1 was already a disaster. And now “Sylvie” who was supposed to be a Loki variant ISN’T one anymore, but her own person.

There is also no hope of Sigyn ever appearing. And if she did, I’d honestly dread what they would do to her at this point.

Please just stop Marvel…

In order to learn to love other people, Loki had to first learn to love himself, and he did that through loving Sylvie, who he sees as a variant of himself. Now, if he had actually fallen in love with Sylvie, that would have been a problem (and I think that's why, on a meta level, their almost kiss created a nexus event) because it would have been tantamount to falling in love with himself and placing himself and his needs above others. He came close because he was learning how to be close for the first time, so he mistook his feelings for Sylvie for something else. But he course corrected in S2. And it was only when he stopped obsessing over Sylvie and started focusing on the issues impacting the people at the TVA, that he really started forming and refining those friendships he holds so dear (Victor, OB, Casey, B-15, and, of course, Mobius). That's why we see him choosing Mobius and the TVA over Sylvie time and time again in s2. And it's why Sylvie remains...perfectly fine when Loki doesn't focus on her (translation: Loki himself remains perfectly fine when he's not obsessing over his own inadequacies). Sylvie thrives, even, in a position where she has a clear function that benefits others around her (translation: Loki is at his best when he has a clear function that benefits a community around him).

(And lets not even go into what it means that Sylvie, Loki's sense of self, is in food service and Mobius is always the one eating. Let's not talk about that, because I'll start screaming).

Loki comforting Mobius about losing his temper and telling a little avengers story? fine, Loki torturing Brad with a tiny cube? fine, Loki chasing Brad using his magic, conjuring illusions, having glowy green eyes and wearing a suit? A M A Z I N G, Loki going to McDonlad's to meet sylvie and being all shy and awkward making this face after SHE used his feelings against him and sent him trough a time door...

...and being met with this smug, arrogant face?

YIKES

And when she goes to talk to him she says in a very cold way "It's a short break so talk fast" as if she couldn't care less about what he has to say, as if he's just some annoyance she has to deal with and not the man who helped her get her revenge, the man who risked his life so she could enchant alioth and have a chance at getting to the end of time, the man who wanted to talk about the consequences of a multiversal war before freeing the timelines and possibly starting said war

Seriously he was CRYING when she last saw him, saying with so much pain in his voice that he only wanted her to be okay, that he understood how she was feeling and that he didn't want to hurt her, hell she was crying too, just look at her face here:

She was sad they weren't on the same page, she didn't hate him but she also couldn't let him stay in her way, her feelings were complicated but where's this complexity in s2? I'm not gonna be a hypocrite and say I'm sad that they dropped the romance in s2 (In fact I thank God every single day for it, I prayed so hard for that to happen, to this day I can't believe they did it, again, thank you God) but I also think they could've handled her better, fine erase the romance but you don't have to make her hate Loki, their scenes in s2e2 are painful to watch bc it's so clear she despises him and his presence there and we can see how nervous Loki is (When he says he knows he's the last person she wants to see and she agrees with him? what the fuck?)

You'd think they would try to make her more likeable in s2 after the hate she got in s1 but no, they made her even more unlikeable and hateful towards Loki, who in s2 is more heroic, kind and soft than ever