The creators said that at the end of S1 Sylvie was basically where Loki was at the end of Thor 1, driven by anger, pain and grief which clouded her judgment. Loki, however, recognized that pain in her in those final moments because he went through the same thing.
The cast and crew said that in terms of character development, Loki has already evolved further than Sylvie, he’s moved past his anger and pain, but unfortunately, Sylvie hadn’t made that journey yet at that time and it was the reason for their disagreement in episode 6.
So I think Sylvie’s arc in S2 will mirror Loki’s 2012,S1 one and it will be about healing, letting go of her anger and pain and finding new purpose in her life, along with allowing herself to trust and being vulnerable around others.
After the events of Thor 1, Loki’s glorious purpose was seeking power and ruling. But like Tom said, Loki found out early on in the show that that glorious purpose was devoid of meaning and it did nothing but cause pain to him and those he cared about.
Sylvie never wanted power or to conquer anything. Her goal, her own glorious purpose in this case was putting an end to the TVA, the people behind it, destroying the organization and then walking away. Eventually, she did that.
However, it brought her no relief, no satisfaction, no catharsis. The pain she had before still lingered on. She killed HWR and then promptly collapsed to the ground, sobbing. She did what she intended to do for so long and it was meaningless because it didn’t help her at all.
Loki, after realizing his glorious purpose was meaningless, that the people he cared about and hurt with his actions still loved him, going through all that epiphany and surrounding himself with new people he grew to care about and who cared about him in return, allowed himself to be vulnerable, changed his tune and found a new purpose in his life.
And I believe something similar is in store for Sylvie this season. But unlike Loki, who saw his family still loved him despite his mistakes, who went through that Mobius’ therapy, who, yes, admittedly recruited him only because he needed him, but still showed that he had faith in him, Sylvie has no one. No one who cares about her or even knows her at this point. No one, except Loki. And I think this is where he steps in.
Because she knows she probably hurt him, just like Loki knew he hurt the people he loved and who loved him, which is what he even tells her in ep.5, but just like Loki’s family who still loved him despite his mistakes, Loki still loves her and wants her to be ok.
So maybe this Sylvie is our Sylvie and sometime after killing HWR, she travelled to the 70s to lead a normal lowkey life because she’s lost her way and doesn’t know what else to do, is not in the best state of mind because she did what she wanted to do but she still lost everything.
The pain remains, she has no goal. Maybe she’s even quietly punishing herself with this and drowning in pain and misery.
And maybe that’s why Loki keeps returning to her workplace. Because he knows she’s not ok and they could use each other’s help.
And this way Loki could display two things.
That by asking her to help him, he has faith in her that she can do great things and turn her life around, just like what happened with Loki in S1, that there’s more to her than to just let her marinate in this misery.
And by showing her he still loves and cares about her, he’s mirroring how his own family still loved him regardless of how much he hurt them.
Basically, I feel like Loki will force her to go through a therapy, an epiphany of her own, paralleling his own experience from previous season.
I could see her being dismissive at first, just like Loki was, refusing to cooperate, but Loki absolutely refuses to give up, hence why he keeps returning to McDonalds, and it kinda starts escalating because Loki doesn’t leave her alone, he refuses to let her go and wallow in pain, so Loki keeps returning and keeps pushing her buttons so I expect them to have one fight, a blowout, before he finally breaks through to her and kicks her out of this downward spiral and she finally, finally opens up to him.
Basically, Loki acts like a therapist in some way to Sylvie and helps her realize that she shouldn’t be alone. That stabbing HWR and then becoming a shell of herself is not her glorious purpose, that it’s not right. And I think Sylvie will figure out that he’s right.
In S1, Mobius recruited Loki to help him with a specific task because he was the only one who could. It didn’t start off smooth, Loki refused to cooperate at first as well. But he persisted and showed he had faith in him.
I think in S2 Loki will do the same to Sylvie. Ask her for help, because she’s the only one who also knows what happened and simultaneously display he has faith in her.
And just like in S1 when Loki saw how his family still cared about him and loved him and it helped him heal, I think Sylvie will realize that she still has someone who cares and loves her as well.
I really believe Sylvie’s S2 arc will mirror Loki’s S1, and Loki will literally force her to go through a mini therapy to reach that same epiphany that he did in S1. To go through the same journey as he did in S1. Like how Loki went through a journey of self forgiveness and healing in season 1, Sylvie will go down the same path. And Loki plays a major role in that. Because of their relationship, their connection, he’s the only one who can break through to her and steer her on the right path of healing.
Perhaps we might get a hint of what Sylvie’s doing in episode 1. then we will see Sylvie at some point in episode 2 and then that episode and episode 3 will be about Loki trying to get through to Sylvie. And after he does that, I think we will move past the 70s time period
Because I really feel like they will,for the most part,stay in the 70s for the first 3 episodes until Loki finds and reaches Sylvie. After that, they’re together, all on the same page, the band gets together, and they go on that multiversal adventure as a team.
