You have no idea of how much I'm suffering trying to draw this guy 😭
HAPPY VALENTINE’s DAY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! let’s pretend Lokius is cannon and figured out the loom. now they live together and cuddle everyday… ANYWAY… HAPPY VALENTINES DAYYYY
they ate this analysis UPPPPP! like DAMNNNN
This is a sort of combo of two metas that didn't quite get point my across. Some parts will be copied directly, but there's a lot of original content. I will discuss the ship between Loki and Mobius, their place in the show, and the MCU at large. My focus for this meta won't be parallels or motifs, because these things border on well-written friendships. But there will be some of that.
There are a lot of straight couples in the MCU. (Almost) Every main hero is in some heterosexual relationship, Loki included.
(That's not all, not remotely).
But in the LGBTQ+ department... uh.. I think it was mentioned that Valkyrie had a girlfriend... uh... America Chavez had a pride pin... and Loki:
One line. Queer experiences are never a focal point of a show/movie the same way heterosexual experiences are. And that needs to change.
Wrong, toxic, or unsuccessfu romantic love is a recurring theme in the show.
Sylki
Sylki was an icky relationship right off the bat. They are the same person. I can't find the post at the moment, but someone has pointed out in their post that them being the same person is referenced in every episode in season 1, which is when the romance took place. This made their romance uncomfortable for many viewers.
(Some consider Sylki a toxic relationship, but for this post, the topic is too large to handle with the nuance I'd like to handle it with).
When he's drunk, Loki compares love to a dagger, stating that it hurts you, but when you try to find strength in it, it's not real.
Which is exactly what happens. Sylvie pushes Loki into a portal and they never get back together.
The Love Triangle
In 02×03, Ravonna Renslayer is infatuated with Victor Timely, but he leaves her behind and betrays her when Miss Minutes told him to. One episode later, we discover that they were indeed an item, and established the TVA together. He Who Remains deleted her memories and they never rekindle their love.
Later in the episode, is the best example of "wrong" romance in the show. Miss Minutes, the AI clock, confesses her love to Viktor Timely. He, obviously, freaks out and shuts her off. Nothing ever comes of this.
Brad and Dox
This one is small, but a big indication to romance being a theme. In 02×01, we're shown this:
The gap in the age of the actors is uncomfortable, and a character in universe has this reaction to it. It is never mentioned again.
So what does all of this leave us with? Not much. None of this properly ties to the finale, or anything really. If I were to write the show I would cut a lot of this out, since it serves no purpose. But it does make you keep romance and its shortcomings in mind. The writers want it to be there, in the back of your head.
Finally! I got to talk about them. The two people in question. First things first, who are they, together? They became really supportive, close friends.
Fans even drew parallels to Chaos & Order, which is a very important theme in Loki. But I'm not here to unpack them. These things don't necessarily make them in love. So what does make them in love? I'll present you my evidence, and you ask yourself,
Would it be valid to suggest romantic implications if a man and a women are:
1) Extremely thouchy with each other.
2) Riding on a tandem bike together.
3) Willing to suffer a fate worst than death for another.
4) Falling on each other after that^
5) Literally the Interrupted Declaration of Love trope. (Ex)
6) Being framed in a circle.
7) Waiting & giving permission to attack.
8) Fixing themselvs before seeing the other.
Of course yes. Maybe you think some of these are a strech, but ultimately, people would point out romantic connotations across the board. And I'm here, pointing them out right now. Some scenes between Loki and Mobius have romantic implications.
Loki is a queer protagonist in the MCU, a universe that lacks representation of queer experiences. His show constantlty reminded us of romance, sometimes for seemigly no reason. In the second season, they wrote him and his best friend with romantic implications. And then, nothing. It should not have been nothing. Lokius should have been canon.
literally no thoughts. just mobius m. mobius and his slutty little waist
happy birthday, Tom Hiddleston! we love you bby!!
oh my goodness this is wonderful. made me shed a tear
Letting Time Pass
I basked in golden sunlight
Somewhere, somehow, somewhen
I remembered that the sun
Will never shine on you again
I stepped into the shadow
Of an old, familiar tree
I remembered I'm as close to you
As I will ever be
I gazed upon a memory
I searched it for a sign
I saw that you weren't in it
And I knew it wasn't mine
The future lies before me
But beyond a pane of glass
Until this pain forsakes me
I'll be here, letting time pass
@alicia-poetry
made a new edit yall. hope you enjoy it
MELISSA COOKED AND SERVED US ALL!!
MARK THIS DAY AS THE LOKIUS DAY YALL (second pic is REAL not an edit!!!!)
full credit to the original creator on youtube. i just love this video and it is definitely underrated 💀💀
OMG ME! GOT ME SALIVATING FROM A HALF WAY FINISHED DRAWING 🥵👅🤌🫦👀😩✨
@my-sun-my-baelish
you wanted Mobius belly? 👀💕
tell me why i left Mobius and Loki alone for a minute to go do something and i come back… they fucking did it while i was gone. i was gone for barely 5 minutes! fucking horn dogs 💀💀
this is absolutely incredible. everyone in the Lokius fandom needs to read it. an absolute masterpiece
dropping 10k of lokius royal au and dipping 🏃♀️
wish you were the piece to get me out the game
“It is only courteous of us to propose an option as well, the peace between the realms would-”
“Propose me.”
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Or; King Mobius is looking for a consort among the Nine Realms. Loki discreetly throws himself as tribute.
this scene made me so sad. i was like FUCK SYLVIE.
our poor baby 😢
not the stripper boots 💀💀
Glorious purpose and all that
gyatt damn 👀🫦🥵📸🤪😩🤌
happy 55th birthday Owen!! we all love you baby
I hope he had the best day possible ❤️❤️❤️
okay listen…
i know that the ending is the ending to loki (supposedly) but can’t loki just make a clone to sit on the throne for him? like i get why they wouldn’t do that because it would take away the gravity of the ending but like isn’t it possible? maybe he doesn’t have to be alone?
idk if this is dumb
yk i think the reason the Loki finale left me with such a sick feel in my stomach was because in the last scene we see Loki, me doesn’t even look like himself. he looks so sad and miserable. he doesn’t look like the happy, sarcastic person we got to see in the rest of the series. it made me so upset to know how sad he is 😢
i just watched the loki season 2 ending and…
my heart hurts. i’m glad it ended the way it did i think but i wish loki and mobius had a happier ending. everyone else seems happy. i mean even Sylvie. like she didn’t care that loki was gone. mobius seems devastated though. i’m not assuming that they are cannon but mobius obviously held loki in a VERY special place in his heart
i hate that i know your right 😭
listen… i’ve never posted anything on tumblr but i have to say this…
WHY TF WOULD MARVEL TEASE LOKI BEING BI IF THEY WEREN’T GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!
Like i would get it if he had a female love interest and didn’t say anything about him swinging both ways BUT they didn’t.
Please make lokius real marvel. they are keeping me afloat rn 💀💀💀
omg guys so tomorrow the next episode of loki is officially dropping but i can’t watch it until saturday 😭😭😭
im gonna have to wait 2 days to see if these old men fuck.
this is my last post before seeing if lokius is endgame because i’m gonna be off of socials until i watch it. wish me luck everyone to avoid spoilers.
lastly, MARVEL PLEASE JUST LET THEM BE TOGETHER OR AT LEAST DONT LET SYLKI BE TOGETHER
also me rn
okay so we have about 2 days till the FINALE episode of loki…. im so scared tbh… i want lokius to be real sooooo bad. but i think that marvel is gonna be to much of a p**** to do it.
BUT PLEASE MARVEL MAKE THEM ENDGAME I NEED THEM TO BE TOGETHER
listen… i’ve never posted anything on tumblr but i have to say this…
WHY TF WOULD MARVEL TEASE LOKI BEING BI IF THEY WEREN’T GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!
Like i would get it if he had a female love interest and didn’t say anything about him swinging both ways BUT they didn’t.
Please make lokius real marvel. they are keeping me afloat rn 💀💀💀
#eatingbark #cryingonthefloor
GUYS! LISTEN TO ME!!! MOBIUS DOESNT REMEMBER LOKI RIGHT??? REMEMBER THAT TWEET THAT TALKED ABOUT A POSSIBLE CHEEK KISS BEING FILMED??? AT. THE. JETSKI. STORE??? BRO LOKIS TOTALLY GONNA KISS MOBIUS TO HAVE HIM REMEMBER CUZ MOBIUS IS ACTUALLY SLEEPING BEAUTY AND LOKI IS THE ONE TO-
yah they are either in love or on some kind of telepathy shit 10000%
do yall think their periods ever synced up