Warning: SPOILERS for Loki episode 5, “Journey into Mystery.”

That variant turned out to be a female Loki reputation Sylvie. Upon her preface at the end of Loki episode 2, there was confusion as to who Sophia Di Martino’s character truly was with the most widespread speculation that she might be Enchantress based on her name, powers of enchantment, and blonde hair. Eventually, it was confirmed that she is indeed a Loki who was arrested by the TVA when she was just a young girl. It’s still uncharted what her Nexus Event was, and Ravonna Renslayer, who was then the hunter who took Sylvie into imprisonment, claimed she didn’t remember what Sylvie’s Nexus Event was when asked about it. Regardless, Sylvie’s mission has been what it’s always been: find out and rout whoever is behind the TVA, specially now it has been is demonstrated that the Time-Keepers were merely robots.

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It’s Sylvie’s story and drive to rescind the TVA that causes Loki to do the same. Despite a less-than-ideal first intersect, the pair have developed a strong bond, starting from when they had nobody to rely on but one another when escaping the doomed moon of Lamentis-1. Looking back, session Sylvie was the true catalyst to Loki’s evolution in the Disney+ streak. First, he was planning to manipulate his path into the Time-Keepers in the hopes of taking over the organization-predictable as always. But after hear the truth about the TVA, including Sylvie’s kidnapping from her copy of Asgard, the God of Mischief pivoted and is now fully committed to supporting her campaign the whole way. As it is about to change, Sylvie is Loki’s splendid purpose; he’s decided to be of service to her by joining her in this mission to unravel the mystery behind the Time-Keepers and TVA. For formerly, Loki is putting someone else above his own interests, and that’s Sylvie.

Loki even declared as much in the penultimate escapade. After result himself in the unknown void on the heels of his pruning, he made it clear that he needed to go back to the TVA. The Council of Lokis, “whos had” been stuck in the dumpster realm for quite some time, attempted to explain to him that it’s virtually impossible to escape the spoilt world-wide at the end of duration. Nonetheless, Loki was adamant and when asked if it was because he left his splendid purpose there, he reluctantly answered yes. While he didn’t solely mentioned Sylvie, it’s safe to assume that it’s she he was referring to. After all, he was about to confess his feelings to her when Loki was snipped by the TVA and Ravonna. Regardless if he wanted to go back to the TVA to finish what he was saying or because he wanted to ensure that she was safe, the important thing is, formerly they were separated, his first impulse was to find a way to get back to her.

Admittedly , not everyone is sold on Loki and Sylvie’s romance in the demo. But even if their relationship never is fully romantic, there’s no revoking Sylvie’s impact on Loki. Granted, with an assistance from Mobius, Sylvie’s existence has almost single-handedly exchanged the Asgardian prince, something that it times to happen in the MCU movies without as much growth for Loki. So despite the contentious adoration way, it’s clear that for Loki, adore of Sylvie, whatever constitute it makes, is the God of Mischief’s splendid role.

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