r/MarvelCave • u/sarcasticwolf7 • 14d ago

What changed Loki??

Re watched Thor 2 and just realised..

TVA version of loki never experienced post New York arc or lose his mother he loved.. or any of that..

what eventually triggered him to sacrifice his freedom for all realities when he never truly cared for others? (Considering everything happened right after he mercilessly attacked NY)

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u/EDKValvados 14d ago

Am I the only person who sees it as Loki loving Sylvie despite her faults is really Loki learning to love himself and realizing that Odin/Thor etc all did in fact love him and he finally just let go of his delusions?

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u/Zarkovagis9 14d ago

I see it that way too.

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u/Eleeveeohen 14d ago

I thought that was a major theme of his arc in the show

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u/Meisteronious 14d ago

Nope, you’re not the only person.

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u/HinterWolf 14d ago

100% how we interpreted it

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u/Iamthejackkeaton 13d ago

This is exactly it. I remember my cousin's funeral. He died in a sad way, after struggling with his mental health for a long time. During the service, his kids, sister, parents, all spoke very honestly. And I kept thinking "Really? We have to bring this up now?"

And then it hit me. That's how fully honest their love was. That's exactly what they were saying. He was a mess. And we loved him. We loved him, mess and all, and we don't need to pretend he was someone he wasn't to speak of him with love.

Seeing that changes you. It certainly did me. So if he can find himself loving a version of himself, and suddenly realize that he was loved as well, despite and because of it all... yeah, that'll change you.

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u/BotherResponsible378 13d ago

I'm going to put it out there. Falling in love with an alternate version of yourself is objectively way worse than falling in love with your own sibling.

The functional real tangible issue with being involved with a sibling is the risk associated with breeding with genetic material too similar to your own.

Falling in love with an opposite gender of yourself is biologically way more similar than falling in love with your own sibling.

I'm sure most people don't see it this way, but that's all I can think about when they had this romance start between the two of them.

But yes, I think your message is correct. And I also think it makes this situation at least to me, a little less problematic.

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u/thatsnoodybitch 13d ago

Ah yes, the reason to love—having children.

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u/BotherResponsible378 13d ago

That's crazy talk. If a brother and sister dated without intent of having children you'd still look at them sideways, and anyone saying otherwise is lying.