Many people are angry about the show because they feel like they nerfed Loki and didn’t allow him to become stronger/show off his abilities.
I feel like people who think that missed the point of the show. Would I have liked to see Loki mastering new powers? Yes, I definitely would have. But really, is that so important?
What I loved about the show is how they finally addressed the fact that Loki is the way he is because he feels small and inadequate. I love how they showed that despite his facade of the egocentric, unyielding villain, he’s actually a soft, insecure person with a lot of internal conflicts.
I love that for once they didn’t make him badass, cruel and vindictive, but human. How they showed him caring and crying for his family. How for once, they let him be silly, sweet and caring.
In fanfiction Loki is usually the troubled character who must be forced out of his shell by others, usually his love interests. And yeah those stories are fine and interesting, but what I loved about the show is that they used that relationship dynamic and put Loki on the other side.
In the show, he’s the person who never gives up. He’s the one who always keeps trying even after Mobious and later Sylvie betray him. Other characters see themselves in Loki and are inspired by him.
Mobious literally abandons the TVA, the enterprise that he saw as the purpose of his existence, because Loki makes him see that there is more to life than that. He is the one who makes Sylvie reconsider, even momentarily, her path as a villain. The one who tried to make her see that there is hope, love and friendship in the world and that they are more important than hate and vengeance.
Perhaps Kid Loki and Old Loki are stronger than him, but Loki is also the one who inspires them to change. Old Loki sacrifices himself for Loki because he makes him see that they don’t have to be the Gods of Outcasts anymore. They can be whatever they want to be, even heroes. Kid Loki gives Loki his sword because he admires him for his faith and for the risks he is taking.
Even Renslayer is eventually inspired by Loki and Sylvie’s quest for free will, and that’s why she ends up leaving the TVA.
In the show, Loki’s strength doesn’t come from his magic or his knives. It comes from his capacity to care about people, to recognize his own mistakes and repent, to believe in others even when they give you no reason to do so.
And the most amazing thing is that Our Loki, Our Variant, is the only Loki in the multiverse who has been able to realize that. He is one in a million. By refusing the throne, by loving and caring for Sylvie, by befriending Mobious, this Loki literally proves not only the TVA but the whole universe wrong. And yes, Kang knew that another Loki would come with Sylvie, but he never expected it to be this Loki, because honestly he isn’t a big deal in the great scheme of things. Yet there is a strength in him that allowed him to set foot where other variants much more powerful than him never could.
That is a power fantasy to me. Not Loki pouring green magic out his eyes and mouth while he destroys a city block because he was feeling bummed down.
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