Look at what he’s accomplished on his own all while being full of self-hate. A Loki who no longer hates himself, who is no longer “scared of being alone” as he admitted to the memory of Lady Sif, is capable of anything.
He was wrong about why it happened though. Mobius was right: this seismic event could break reality. Sylvie was so touched by Loki she instinctively touched his arm, kicking off the nexus event. And if someone who is just like him is “amazing,” maybe he’s not so bad either. There’s another person out there capable of incredible feats, with the strength to persevere against anything, who still feels as small and afraid as he does. And in seeing the best in Sylvie and who she really is, Loki also finally found something he’s always wanted: someone who understands him. It also might have been the first time anyone recognized what she had accomplished under impossible circumstances. That might have been the first time since she was an innocent girl ripped from her home that Sylvie heard a real compliment. But you nearly took down the organization that claims to govern the order of time. You were just a child when the TVA took you. Loki’s honest reply changed the trajectory of the entire universe. “Do you think that what makes a Loki a ‘Loki’ is the fact we’re destined to lose?” she asked. This time Sylvie provided a much sadder way of thinking about it. And what it took notice of was something far more important than a case of narcissist self-admiration.Īfter sharing her tale of a life spent alone and fighting for survival, Sylvie returned to a question both Variants have considered previously. Loki and Sylvie’s final conversation on Lamentis-1 was so important and so powerful though, the universe had no choice but to take notice. Let alone one unlike any the TVA had ever seen previously. Until now, apocalypses remained immune from forming branches on the Sacred Timeline. It doesn’t matter if you ruin a salad with salt and pepper if someone is going to pour juice all over it anyway. Previously those end-of-the-world events allowed Sylvie to hide from the TVA, since changes within an apocalypse don’t change anything.
Loki and Sylvie seemed destined to die in Lamentis-1‘s apocalypse. The show’s fourth installment, “The Nexus Event,” takes its name from the episode’s most important scene.