Loki Series - Blog Posts
I'm reading Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman and in it Thor is really obsessed with the Midgard Serpent. For some reason, reading about it I remembered Marvel's Thor, who loved snakes. It's such a funny parallel :D
I once drew this with a dry marker instead of doing the math😀
Am I the only one who looks at TVA pie and finds it disgusting? Vit is so tasteless in appearance. It pains me to see Loki and Mobius eat it. Sorry 😭
I was so looking forward to seeing Loki in his Jotun form, god. Too little of it in its original beauty! And where did the long hair go?(((
I LITERALLY choked on tears and coughed as I continued to cry. The series is not sad, but the maturation of the character (Loki) made the ending of season 2 incredibly emotional. But the best thing about this serial is that there is a fandom that will keep me crying, but over fanfics and Tumblr posts. Good luck to all fans, I understand and love you!
Fic ideas I have that I want someone to write because I won’t.
Loki series and avengers. How? Season two episode one when Loki is time slipping he somehow slips to the Avengers
Avengers and the Crows (Six of Crows) how? Idk I just want to see it though
Criminal Minds and What We Do In The Shadows. How? All the larpers Guillermo kept feeding the vampires (side note it would be funny if this happened at a time where Guillermo hasn’t slept in a week)
H.I.V.E series and Carmen Sandeigo. How? Idk criminal shit
H.I.V.E. And avengers. How? Also idk maybe the avengers think H.I.V.E. Is a hydra base??? (Side note I’d want Nigel there cause Nigel is my favorite)
Trials of Apollo and Avengers. How? Apollo and Meg are in New York so avengers (id want it to be Lester/Apollo and Meg meeting them instead of Percy or anybody)
The Umbrella Academy and Avengers. How? When five did his power thingy. (Has to have Klaus, obviously)
I just realized these are mostly avengers lmao
OKAY THIS IS REALLY OFF TOPIC BUT…
because the TVA goes back to reset everything when anyone messes up the the Sacred Timeline
this means there was potentially a timeline where the Ant Man Asshole Thanos theory could’ve happened but the TVA reset everything
yall have to tell me if im crazy;
did loki MAKE yggdrasil??? or something to that effect?
id like to think that at some point in loki’s vast attempts at getting the loom to work he knew he would take a while so he just decided “fuck it” and him and mobius finally got their kiss
(please turn that into a fanfic im too lazy to write plus i suck ass at it)
Beauty and the Beast fits Lokius for no reason
(take this as you want, go crazy go stupid w it)
[episode 4 destroyed me this is how i cope]
I like to draw Loki as a girl from the Loki series
I think I'll draw it again and post it here. 🥰✨💘
So, does that mean that every AU and fanfiction is canon now?
The Loki, Winter Soldier and Doctor Strange fandoms right now:
Debated making this, but oh well, here we are…
I rewatched the Loki series.
Going to add here quickly that I have been a fan of Loki since 2012/2013, and I personally relate to his character for a multitude of reasons.
Now, I enjoy the series, but I wish they made it more character focused than they had. I do feel like they prioritised story in terms of making it fit the next phase over exploring and expanding on Loki’s character to some degree (a lot of it was surface level).
For example, I would’ve loved to have seen:
Exploring Loki’s Jotun heritage, even if it was a variant of him in the void that embraced it, dropped his aesir form, a conversation between Loki and his Jotun variant as they explain why they chose to embrace it, giving a different view to maybe how our Loki sees himself/the Jotuns. If ‘What If’ could have a frost giant Loki variant, why couldn’t the show?
Expanding upon what happened to Loki during that year after his fall from the Bifrost. The reason for this is self explanatory really, it would add more lore/depth to his experiences/actions during the Avengers. Maybe address the trauma he has from it.
Loki fighting with his so-called ‘desire’ for a throne more. By this I mean, I felt he flipped pretty quickly from his plan to overthrow the time keepers to just following along with Sylvie - which is fine, but I kinda thought there would be more push back from him. I get it was a life or death situation and Loki’s whole thing is ‘survival’, but it would’ve added to their dynamic and the fact the writers clearly wanted to push how Sylvie was different to other Loki’s.
Exploring Sylvie’s backstory more. It really did feel like it was an afterthought, which is a shame. I suppose they left it ambiguous for certain reasons, but I think they should’ve had more flashback scenes of what Sylvie could remember. I think it would’ve helped people understand and relate to her more. (I do love her though).
Actually showed Loki’s gender fluidity & shapeshifting ability more. Again, self explanatory really & important to his character, plus the whole implied only ‘woman variant’ thing with Sylvie should’ve not been a thing, like at all.
They should’ve given Loki more time to process everything. This show really should’ve had 8 episodes each season, I get that’s not the writers fault, likely Disney/marvel’s doing. Perhaps then the shift in his character wouldn’t have felt so jarring, especially considering he’s 2012 Loki. I do agree they wrote him as if he was Ragnarok!Loki, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it just felt jarring considering the last we saw of this Loki was Avengers. But then I could also argue that maybe he thought ‘what’s the point of it’ because the TVA know everything about him, but I digress.
Used Sylvie more in S2. It did feel like they didn’t quite know what to do with her, her and Loki clearly just needed to sit and discuss the citadel fight, but the closest thing we got is in EP3 where Sylvie says ‘this is all rather familiar, isn’t it?’, referencing their different/opposing opinions on the TVA/He Who Remains. And also maybe the pie room scene, but it’s very vague/not directly addressed.
Explored the fact that Mobius is not a good guy more. Because, he isn’t. And that’s okay. To me, the whole point of the show is based on Loki’s quote of ‘no one good is ever truly good, and no one bad is ever truly bad’, and whilst they do reference Mobius’ own morally grey actions/traits, they don’t particularly make it clear and most just see him as this ‘happy go lucky old man who likes pie and loves Loki variants’. In fact, I actually really liked the scene where Sylvie confronts him - which is a very unpopular opinion to have it seems, lol.
Delved into the psychology of Loki further than surface level/what we already know about him. Yes, we know he’s the God of Mischief. Yes, we know he isn’t evil. Yes, we know he is redeemable. Yes, we know he’s cunning, manipulative and selfish. We get that he projects this ‘illusion’ of himself, but it was only really mentioned in S1 EP1, maybe slightly EP2, before it’s never really mentioned again. I suppose S2 does this to a degree with the bar scene and EP5 of S1 in the time cell with Sif - also I think they tried to take the narcissist angle from the pov that it’s because of his low self-esteem as to why he needs validation and it’s a defence mechanism, but they didn’t particularly make that clear and made it seem like he just thinks highly of himself.
I know it seems like I have a lot of issues with the show, and I do, but I still enjoyed it. It’s okay to be critical of a piece of media and still enjoy it.
I do prefer S2 to S1, mostly because I prefer the direction they took it in and whilst I, of course, wanted better for Loki, I can’t deny S2 EP6 is a stunning finale. I sobbed so hard during the ending and still feel the grief that I actually lost someone I knew personally. But I also have hope that this means Loki is now a main player in the next phase (am I delusional? Maybe).
I enjoyed the dynamics, the back and forth/chemistry, the story was interesting, the set & costume design, the acting, the directing/colour grading, the music (Natalie Holt, you are genius), the emotions, the fun, the characters…
So this is not a hate post by any means, I will once again state, I enjoyed the show. But, I do have issues with it, and that’s okay too.
Please, dni if you’re just going to be argumentative or confrontational. I also don’t want to hear that just because I enjoyed the show that I’m ‘not a real fan’ lmao. I’m sorry, but I’ve been a Loki stan for over a decade, and I will not have someone tell me I’m not a real fan because of a piece of fictional media. Also, please do not mention anything regarding ships on this post, I do not care for it because it always ends up in arguments and I am a multishipper so I don’t tend to fight for any side. Thank you! :) /gen
super late to the party here, but honestly all i wanted out of the loki series was at least neutral rep for genderfluidity/bisexualtiy for loki, maybe have sigyn make an appearance, and learn more about loki's time with thanos/in the void. the only thing on this list i got was loki's sex being "fluid", and the mention of bisexuality that is undermined in the same episode its introduced by having loki fall in love with sylvie
this is obviously not to say that opposite sex relationships can't happen, but i feel as if it continues the false belief from biphobic people that bisexuals just "havent found the right person yet," usually in relation to the opposite gender rather than a same-sex pairing. once i knew sigyn wasnt gonna be introduced and his bi orientation was confirmed, i was really looking forward to him having an mlm pairing, but instead, he got pushed with sylvie
I Intentionally Start Shit in the Loki Tag
If you complain about Sylvie being "harmful queer rep" BUT want "Lady Loki" in the MCU, which was Loki possessing Sif's body just to torment Sif, I need you to sit down and shut up. a. Genderfluid people don't go by "Lady " when they're femme or women. b. If you don't see the transphobic dogwhistles in the comics possession subplot, I don't know what to tell you... But let's say that hag that wrote those crappy books would love it. c. If you weren't aware about this, maybe you should read the wiki at least before giving uninformed opinions.
I definitely agree that they should not have led people on with the promise of genderfluid rep during the promotion of the series. But get mad at Disney/Marvel for that. Not at the writers or Sophia Di Martino that had to cave in to Feige's demands. That's literally what they have to do.
I really don't give a damn about the "autogynephilia" allegations, which again, is ALSO PRESENT IN CIS WOMEN. Like why the fuck should I care about someone finding themselves hot? There's fascists out there. AGP even if it was a trans-specific thing harms no one. The only harm said to come from it is DUE TO FASCISM because it plays into RESPECTABILITY POLITICS.
If you use AI to create a "proper" Lady Loki or love interest for Loki, you can't complain about the blatant product placement in S2. I am not a fan of product placement either and won't defend it, but those are the rules. Show some integrity. And before you ask, I have not given a cent to Disney since they pissed me off with attempts to trademark Dia de los Muertos for Coco.
If you complain about how being a "Loki" is not a role (unlike Spiderman) and how it should have been all 100% Tom Hiddleston, you don't get to call it selfcest as a gotcha, because you're already differentiating between the variants with different DNA. Like do y'all hate selfcest or not? Make up your mind. The series treats a Loki as an archetype of sorts, so it can be a role. Also, having the same name does not make you related because we don't know what Sylvie's parents are? And we don't even know if Sylvie is also a Jotun, a prop claims she isn't.
If you say you want Sylvie dead but claim to not be misogynistic, because you'd love if a specific love interest from the comics or mythology replaced her, STFU. You only like those because you can project whatever the fuck you want onto them.
If you claim Sylvie is a misogynistic depiction of women but salivate over characters written by cishet white men in the 1960s-1980s that made wanting to fuck Thor or being in a monogamous marriage with Loki their entire personality (there's so MANY OF THESE), STFU. Do you hear yourself? And no, it's not misogynistic of me, a woman, to criticize offensive depictions of women by cishet white men. They're not real.
Our MCU!Loki is not the young adult Ikol reincarnation currently. Of course 20-something Verity is not going to be there! The Loki show should be praise for having multiple female cast members around the same age as the protagonist and pragmatic clothing choices that allowed SdM to nurse her baby.
Selfcest isn't real and I cry tears of boredom whenever someone clutches their pearls over it.
The comics aren't perfect. As much as I loved the recent Dan Watters run (and German Peralta's art), the comics art has some very questionable tendencies, especially regarding Loki's nose when she's femme. It's associated with how some kinds of facial features are considered masculine or feminine (and racialized). Noses have no gender, ffs! Women with nose bumps exist! For some reason Loki always has a tiny button nose when she's a woman or femme. There's also the BLATANT physiognomy that has ALWAYS PLAGUED Thor comics since their inception, and Loki's facial features as they've become more "grey" and less evil is an interesting study. Peralta's far from being the only artist with this problem, and is far from being the most problematic. For comparison from Loki (2023) run:
Loki from ye olden days:
posting my edits here since tiktok may be getting banned !!
I really miss having an art style. Made this two years ago.
If nobody makes a fic where a younger version of Loki (15-16) discovers he's a frost giant, thinks back to all the shitty things he had to endure, runs away to be free and THRIVES I'll do it my damn self.
I'm not sure if this is true but I honestly think that mobius went to visit his place at the timeline, just because of what loki said.
I just realized that FF7 Rebirth and the Loki Series have some intriguing parallels. Like is this forshadowing something about Sephiroth's plan to merge the Lifestream and all of its worlds together? The villan named after the TREE OF LIFE in Jewish mystism, MERGING THE LIFESTREAM, THE SOURCE OF MOSTLY EVERYTHING IN FF7!?
DO YOU NOW SEE MY VISION-
I like to think in this scene, Loki can see ‘us’ the ones who watch. The ones who’ve seen it all from beginning to end, and it makes it so much sadder.
For me Loki has been and always will be my big brother figure and this scene broke me because I understand. I’ve staned him because I see so much similarities between me and him. After the Loki series I can’t help but want to be more like him, he’s what I want to be when I grow up and it hurts. For the reason that I can’t hug him, if I could I’d stay with him, so that he wouldn’t be lonely forever.
I’d decorate his throne with crayons, stickers, nicknacks and plushies and just about anything I can find so that it could feel more lively. Like a home of sorts, I know that’s childish but that’s part of who I am. Plus a little mischief never hurt anyone.
If I can’t fit in the tangle of timelines (most likely can’t) then I’d sit at the bottom of the timeline tree. Just to be at least there, so that he’s not alone.
Loki spoilers/theories under cut
You know how Peggy Carter supposedly made a cameo in Loki? I have a theory that the Peggy seen is actually the one from Agent Carter.
The theory is, since Steve was supposedly supposed to go back and stay with Peggy, that would mean Agent Carter never happened. It’s not canon. And neither is Agents of Shield. And since Agents of Shield was almost like a sequel to Agent Carter, it would make sense for the Peggy variant seen in Loki to be the Peggy of Agent Carter.
That‘s my theory. What do you think?