What really broke Lamentis?
Ok so I just had a breakthrough while rewatching Episode 4 for fic
The part where Mobius returns to get Loki out of the time cell. Remember that? And they have a weird talk about whether Loki thinks he deserves to be alone.
Did that feel out of place to anyone else? It did to me.
Now you know I was eating it up with my shipping goggles on so I didnāt really think about it at the time but
hereās how that dialogue goes:
M: Do you really think you deserve to be alone?
Loki doesnāt answer, which I think we can safely interpret as Loki being confused and maybe uncomfortable with his internal answer ofĀ āYeah, probably.ā
M: Loki!
L: You told me to shut up.
M: Do you think you deserve to be alone?
L: I donāt know.
M: Then you better figure it out quick, because the nexus event the two of you causedāI think whatever that connection is could bring this whole place down. So we better understand-
L: We?
M: Do you swear she didnāt implant those memories in Hunter C-20?
L: Mobius, no. I believe her.
So, what is Mobius on about here? What hunch is he trying to prove?
Well, if you trace his questions, heās just discovered that the TVA is a corrupt, false god. Heās trying to work out who to trust, and whoās really working for good here. Heās questioning if Loki thinks Sylvie is trustworthy, or if sheās playing a big mind game on him.
But mostly heās asking Loki what he really believes about himself, deep down.
Not because he particularly cares about Lokiās self image, but because itās relevant to the plot. Because whatever Loki and Sylvie did on LamentisĀ ācould bring this whole place down.ā
And what did they do on Lamentis?
They felt empathy for each other. Loki learned Sylvie had grown up utterly alone. He did this unconsciously believing that he did too, and that he deserved it because heās aĀ āconniving, craven pathetic wormā as Sif puts it.
And perhaps when he took her hand he thought that she didnāt deserve to grow up that way, and neither did he.
It doesnāt matter whether you interpret them holding hands as romantic or platonic or fraternal or what, what matters to the story is the thought:
I donāt deserve to be alone. And right now, sitting with you, Iām not. Weāre here facing this together.
Something about Loki thinking this, about him truly believing he deserved better, THAT was a force powerful enough to shake up a timeline and allow Mobius to find them.
And maybe if he does that on a larger scale, if he finds compassion and comradery with all of his other selves, maybe that will be enough chaotic energy to destroy the entire Sacred Timeline?
Maybe all this yelling about selfcest is us massively missing the point, because the nexus event wasnāt about fucking your double it was about LOVING YOURSELF. Period. All media types.
Loki is gonna save/destroy the world with the power of love and Iām here for it.
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