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God Loki

TOM HIDDLESTON as LOKI LAUFEYSON

LOKI (2021) | 2.06 ‘Glorious Purpose’

It's not about when, where, or why...It's about who.

#and yet, he became the tree of life

LOKI 1x02 The Variant / 2x06 Glorious Purpose

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Loki & Classic Loki (S01E05 - S02E06)

For you. For all of us.

For all time. Always.

There is... 😭

I know what I want. I know what kind of god I need to be... for you. For all of us.

LOKI | 2.06 ‘Glorious Purpose’

Loki ascending his throne - 02x06

He was right all along; he had the most glorious purpose out of any of them ♡♡♡

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LOKI 1.05 | 2.06

okay, but here's the thing that makes me so mad:

Loki's ending makes perfect sense for his character.

When we are first introduced to him in the MCU, his primary desire, the things that motivates him most, is power, but also to be loved because of his power.

Loki's arc from Endgame to the show is about how he only wants power because he thinks it means he won't be alone; his greatest fear, the thing he has really been wanting this entire fucking time, is to not be alone. He only realizes this because he has matured and grown up so much over the course of this show that he can recognize and admit that to himself and Sylvie.

He has lost everyone he has ever loved, and he used to think that power is the thing that could get them back, and in the end, he ends up alone. That's fucking infuriating.

Everything Loki has ever done was so that people would love him, and he gets that. He has a family now, and not because of his power. Loki was powerless for the majority of his time with his friends; they love him because of who he is. But at the end, he gets the power that he wanted, he gets the throne, and it takes him away from his loved ones. It's a sacrifice, a burden, not glorious but heartbreaking.

His arc is flipped on its head; it's a tragedy and a curse and it destroys him. But he does it anyway, for of the people he loves. It was always going to end this way, you see? The tree, the god of stories, the glorious purpose. It was sitting right in front of us.

I keep thinking about Mobius noticing Loki acting different. About how he was the ONLY one who noticed, and he wasn't calm and collected about it. He grabbed hold of Loki's suit and didn't let go, because touch is how they communicate seriousness. He said what the SHIT are you doing Loki? What the shit are you going to do? This is *not* how you normally act and you're scaring me.

the quiet whispered way Owen Wilson says 'let time pass' is actually devastating.

don't ever let anyone think he's somehow a lesser actor than Hiddleston just because he cut his teeth in Ben Stiller movies not Shakespeare. That wistful delivery gutted me every bit as much as Loki's shaky smile when he realizes what he has to do.