Loki 1x04 The Nexus Event
Ooh, flashback to Sylvie being taken by the TVA! Whoa, I thought her parents were the ones who committed a time crime and she was just collateral damage. Shit, I knew the TVA was terrible, but I didn't expect them to be that bad that they go after kids.
Waaaaiiit, when that happened Renslayer was a Hunter? Does that mean she's just a Variant too? I'm confused. I mean, I still think she's in on what the TVA really does, but maybe not at the time of this flashback. So what changed?
Btw, I wonder if that sword in the TVA emblem means anything.
Awesome, Sylvie managed to escape before her trial!
Oh, look who has her old memories (as opposed to Mobius). Does Renslayer look like her life depends on the Sylvie case going well?
Whoa, we actually get to see the Time-Keepers?! Okay, that wasn't much, but definitely more than I expected at this point. We didn't see them move or anything though. Suspicious.
Okay, so what happened to the bombing of the Timeline? Did they have enough teams to fix it after all? You can't just make a big point about something and then just drop it. I hope this will be brought up later.
Poor Mobius doesn't know what C-20's "it's real" meant, but he wants to find out. Man, do I love this show for its tight writing. It give you questions to which you then get hints towards the answer and you can figure it out yourself. Mobius is so good at his job that he's figured things out about the TVA and they had to take his memories.
Shit, is C-20 really dead? Or did they just erase her memory and assign her to a department far away?
Ooh, Sylvie was actually born female. Wow, I hadn't thought about that before, Sylvie had to live most of her life in apocalypses.
Aw, look at that touch. Loki says nice things about Sylvie's accomplishments and she thanks him with a touch. Looks like poor Loki is so not used to a kind touch that it startles him.
I'm so glad that no part of the previous episode turned out fake. There were specualtions that Sylvie had managed to get into Loki's head after all or that he faked the broken TemPad.
Huh, so that touch between 2 Variants is can cause a Nexus Event in an apocalypse! In what way though? And why are the TVA people just standing there, calmly watching the line steeply move towards Redline?
Oh shit, when you already know what's coming: Loki tells Mobius the truth about the TVA, but Loki is know for lying and especially after running from the TVA Mobius wouldn't trust him.
Sif! Long time no see!
Oh, bad-memory prison. How cruel. Okay, but, like, could we not keep beating up Loki after all the shit he's been through?
Huh, so the TVA does bring in several non-humans. But do they also recruit them or is there a good (in-story) reason for looking so Earth-centric?
Oooh, B-15 asks Mobius if Loki said anything to him. Does she suspect something? Did Sylvie tell her the same thing? I didn't expect her to be ahead of Mobius in TVA disillusionment.
It's nice to get some introspection from Loki (although I doubt he's a real narcicist), but if shows could just stop trying to change people in hurtful ways, I'd be really thankful.
Huh, are we really highlighting the flaws of torture here? Loki is lying to Mobius, because he thinks that's what he wants to hear. Or is he trying to get Sylvie out of trouble? Aw, look at him being more concerned about Sylvie supposedly having been pruned than himself getting set free.
Mobius going really TVA. First the Time Cell, then claiming Sylvie was pruned and now getting icky suggesting a Loki/Sylvie romance.
Huh, so they didn't know she's a Sylvie. Does that mean they've encountered other Variants of her who went by a name that was neither Loki nor Sylvie?
BAM, Loki tells Mobius the full truth.
Ha, Loki calls Mobius out for lying to himself.
Does B-15 remember something?
Where is she taking Sylvie?
Renslayer signing an "ex-parte motion to stay execution"? Why would she delay one?
Friendship like theirs is uncommon? Huh? What's so uncommon about it?
Aw, I wish we could have seen B-15's memory.
"What now?" Conspire against the TVA! I never thought B-15 could be one to fuck things up there, ooooh.
C-20 is really dead, how depressing. They probably had her pruned. Oh shit, Renslayer probably did it herself.
Ooh, the Nexus Event Sylvie and Loki caused can destroy the TVA? I can't believe I'm only getting it now that we might have that thing here where 2 versions of each other can't touch without it fucking things up (the Never the Selves Shall Meet trope). Probably didn't occur to me because in this case the versions aren't from the same timeline.
Whoooaaa, didn't expect Mobius to get pruned.
Does Renslayer really not remember what Sylvie's Nexus Event was?
We, Loki & Sylvie actually get to meet the Time-Keepers. If those aren't just fronts.
B-15 to the fucking rescue!
See, it's just animatronics. What if the one behind it is Miss Minutes?
They were about to hug (and probably unleash the multiverse), don't take that from me! LOKI GETS PRUNED?! Holy shit, speculations were right. But at least that should be good news then. Can't wait to find out where pruned people go!
More Loki Variants! Is this just a world full of Lokis or will we find Mobius and C-20 there too?
Waaaaiiit, when that happened Renslayer was a Hunter? Does that mean she's just a Variant too? I'm confused. I mean, I still think she's in on what the TVA really does, but maybe not at the time of this flashback. So what changed?
Btw, I wonder if that sword in the TVA emblem means anything.
Awesome, Sylvie managed to escape before her trial!
Oh, look who has her old memories (as opposed to Mobius). Does Renslayer look like her life depends on the Sylvie case going well?
Whoa, we actually get to see the Time-Keepers?! Okay, that wasn't much, but definitely more than I expected at this point. We didn't see them move or anything though. Suspicious.
Okay, so what happened to the bombing of the Timeline? Did they have enough teams to fix it after all? You can't just make a big point about something and then just drop it. I hope this will be brought up later.
Poor Mobius doesn't know what C-20's "it's real" meant, but he wants to find out. Man, do I love this show for its tight writing. It give you questions to which you then get hints towards the answer and you can figure it out yourself. Mobius is so good at his job that he's figured things out about the TVA and they had to take his memories.
Shit, is C-20 really dead? Or did they just erase her memory and assign her to a department far away?
Ooh, Sylvie was actually born female. Wow, I hadn't thought about that before, Sylvie had to live most of her life in apocalypses.
Aw, look at that touch. Loki says nice things about Sylvie's accomplishments and she thanks him with a touch. Looks like poor Loki is so not used to a kind touch that it startles him.
I'm so glad that no part of the previous episode turned out fake. There were specualtions that Sylvie had managed to get into Loki's head after all or that he faked the broken TemPad.
Huh, so that touch between 2 Variants is can cause a Nexus Event in an apocalypse! In what way though? And why are the TVA people just standing there, calmly watching the line steeply move towards Redline?
Oh shit, when you already know what's coming: Loki tells Mobius the truth about the TVA, but Loki is know for lying and especially after running from the TVA Mobius wouldn't trust him.
Sif! Long time no see!
Oh, bad-memory prison. How cruel. Okay, but, like, could we not keep beating up Loki after all the shit he's been through?
Huh, so the TVA does bring in several non-humans. But do they also recruit them or is there a good (in-story) reason for looking so Earth-centric?
Oooh, B-15 asks Mobius if Loki said anything to him. Does she suspect something? Did Sylvie tell her the same thing? I didn't expect her to be ahead of Mobius in TVA disillusionment.
It's nice to get some introspection from Loki (although I doubt he's a real narcicist), but if shows could just stop trying to change people in hurtful ways, I'd be really thankful.
Huh, are we really highlighting the flaws of torture here? Loki is lying to Mobius, because he thinks that's what he wants to hear. Or is he trying to get Sylvie out of trouble? Aw, look at him being more concerned about Sylvie supposedly having been pruned than himself getting set free.
Mobius going really TVA. First the Time Cell, then claiming Sylvie was pruned and now getting icky suggesting a Loki/Sylvie romance.
Huh, so they didn't know she's a Sylvie. Does that mean they've encountered other Variants of her who went by a name that was neither Loki nor Sylvie?
BAM, Loki tells Mobius the full truth.
Ha, Loki calls Mobius out for lying to himself.
Does B-15 remember something?
Where is she taking Sylvie?
Renslayer signing an "ex-parte motion to stay execution"? Why would she delay one?
Friendship like theirs is uncommon? Huh? What's so uncommon about it?
Aw, I wish we could have seen B-15's memory.
"What now?" Conspire against the TVA! I never thought B-15 could be one to fuck things up there, ooooh.
C-20 is really dead, how depressing. They probably had her pruned. Oh shit, Renslayer probably did it herself.
Ooh, the Nexus Event Sylvie and Loki caused can destroy the TVA? I can't believe I'm only getting it now that we might have that thing here where 2 versions of each other can't touch without it fucking things up (the Never the Selves Shall Meet trope). Probably didn't occur to me because in this case the versions aren't from the same timeline.
Whoooaaa, didn't expect Mobius to get pruned.
Does Renslayer really not remember what Sylvie's Nexus Event was?
We, Loki & Sylvie actually get to meet the Time-Keepers. If those aren't just fronts.
B-15 to the fucking rescue!
See, it's just animatronics. What if the one behind it is Miss Minutes?
They were about to hug (and probably unleash the multiverse), don't take that from me! LOKI GETS PRUNED?! Holy shit, speculations were right. But at least that should be good news then. Can't wait to find out where pruned people go!
More Loki Variants! Is this just a world full of Lokis or will we find Mobius and C-20 there too?