Like I can’t even enjoy Richard E Grant looking ridiculous in the classic Loki costume today. We got Kid!Loki holding a fucking alligator in a crown and y’all wanna argue about selfcest and queerbaiting. This is no fun, I watch these shows to have fun dammit!
I knew as soon as Sylvie was introduced we were gonna get discourse. I thought it would be quicker to come to this, but here we are I guess.
1) Loki being queer is not changed by his alleged attraction to an alternate female version of himself. Loki is not a gay man who’s whole sexuality has been changed because he met a female version of himself. Bisexual/pansexual people are no less queer because they are attracted to the opposite sex.
2) Selfcest is not incest. If it grosses you out, that’s fine, but it’s not incest. They were not raised together, there are no unhealthy power dynamics inherent with a lot incest related sexual content, and it’s also literally impossible to have sex with yourself outside of fiction, so who even cares?
3) Loki never even said that he was interested in Sylvie. Mobius assumed he was because he thinks Loki is still a raging narcissist and also because he’s half in love with him.
4) Mobius probably isn’t dead since Loki isn’t dead, so this isn’t a Bury Your Gays situation yet (though I’m prepared to eat my words here)
5) Everyone thinks it’s hilarious that Loki in Norse mythology was fucked and impregnated by a horse. Stop acting like sex between two consenting sentient beings would be weirder than getting fucked by a horse.
Did everyone just…forget that being bisexual includes being attracted to the opposite sex too? Cause that is a thing you can do when you identify as bi/pan. It does not negate same sex attraction. Loki is not the first canon gay person in Marvel because he’s not gay, quit acting like we were all duped.
Also weren’t we all having a good laugh two episodes ago about reporters being prudes when they said Loki/Sylvie could exist now and that it was super gross? And now everyone thinks it’s gross and that it’s like having sex with a sibling?
Did I wake up in an alternate timeline? Am Ithe one trapped in a multiverse of madness???? Obviously you don’t have to like or support Loki/Sylvie, but what happened in the span of two weeks?
It’s great that Mobius spends all of episode 2 calling Loki arrogant, but is somehow completely shocked that Loki escapes custody at the end of the episode. Like what did you think was gonna happen dude? You spent all episode being condescending and smug about being able to read Loki, being really noncommittal about even giving Loki a chance to not die once he does his job; of COURSE he’s gonna leave the second he gets an opportunity!
You hire a trickster, constantly brag about him being predictable, and then when it happens it’s all shocked pikachu face xD
Reporters acting like fanfic writers had to wait until we got a female version of Loki to write Loki/Loki porn. Honey, he can duplicate himself, that section needs its own dedicated server
So now that Lady Loki/possibly Sylvie is here, I hope everyone buckles up and straps in for the discourse. If she’s evil, then there’s gonna be posts about how they had to make the evil version of Loki female in order to make the male one look good and how female Loki is the TRUE deviant. If she’s secretly good, then it’s gonna be like the Mistress all over again, where they had to make an evil character a woman because women are inherently good or whatever. If it turns out she’s actually Sylvie, then there’s gonna be posts about how we were queerbaited again and Disney couldn’t actually commit to having a gender fluid Loki.
Obviously you’re allowed to have one, all, or none of these opinions. Just…be prepared for arguing.
Ok, so that scene of Loki discovering that he’s destined to completely destroy Asgard would have made me cry, especially given Tom’s excellent performance…
But then I noticed the event is code named “Revengers” and it took me right back out of it
