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[queerchaos95]

Boomer CEO: It’s just not as effective to communicate digitally!!! We NEED to be back in person!! 🥸😫

Me: Look, I communicate my emotions almost exclusively through MEMES and GIF reactions; I promise you my in-person communication style is waaaayyyy more cryptic. 😒✋

#ok boomer #corporate culture #corporate america #9to5life #work from home #workplace #return to office #boomers

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Is there an audience on Tumblr for corporate workplace rants? Cuz 😤😤😤😤

#workplace #corporate #corporate america #9to5life #return to office #work from home #boomers #corporate culture #capitalism

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THIS is what narcissism looks like, NOT falling deeply in puppy love for some genderbent version of yourself that barely resembles you so that the audience *might* forget the selfcest implications

#Loki #loki series #thor ragnarok #ragnarok loki #loki laufeyson #loki laufeysdottir #sylvie laufeyson #sylvie laufeydottir #it’s been a week and I’m still so mad

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deep wisdoms 🌙

Humans were made to art and laugh not capitalism and cry

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wait wait wait wait wait wait wait WAIT 🤚

What if we had 🔥HER🔥 as Sylvie/Lady Loki 🐍 ???

#kate beckinsale #selene #underworld #sylvie laufeyson #sylvie laufeydottir #sylvie #lady loki #Loki #loki series

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Not to be dramatic, but Phase 4 ✨WOMEN✨ about to be the death of me 😭✌️

#marvel #mcu #phase 4 #mcu phase 4 #yelena boleva #florence pugh #valkyrie #tessa thompson #jane foster #natalie portman #zendaya #wanda maximov #elizabeth olsen #Sylvie #sylvie laufeydottir #she hulk #tatiana maslany #hailee steinfield #angelina jolie #thena #gemma chan #sersi #eternals #wandavision #black widow #thor love and thunder #spider man no way home #loki series

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IMO, this scene from The Dark World held more emotional depth and impact, and gave us more complex character exploration than Loki episodes 3-6.

“I think perhaps for the first time since Loki discovered his true lineage you see him authentically show his emotions. It was really important to me with Loki that having been the antagonist, a character who has always in control of his emotions, who’s charming and playful and a master manipulator, a chess master with people that we break him down, spiritually. And Frigga’s death is something that shatters him.” TH | TDW commentary

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Look, the negative fan response to Sylki is valid. It’s honestly fine if you’re pro-Sylki (clearly, a lot of people are), but I’m frustrated with how the anti-Sylki argument is so often dismissed as a petty ship war. As in, Lokius shippers didn’t get what they wanted, so now they’re anti-Sylki out of spite. That’s just not what’s happening here.

To begin with, my not shipping Sylvie x Loki (Sylki) is separate from my shipping Loki x Mobius (Lokius). Though there is undeniable (and rather significant) overlap between anti-Sylki shippers and pro-Lokius shippers, being in one group does not automatically put you in both. It’s also insulting to assume that the anti-Sylki fans are confounding the two distinct relationships. Believe or not, we are capable of compartmentalizing.

Let’s pretend - as painful as it is, I know - that Mobius was never a part of the story (gods, I hate this already). From their first moments together in episodes 2 and 3, Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino’s chemistry on screen screamed chaotic siblings - constantly at each other’s throats, bickering about ideology and exchanging petty insults, but ultimately and undeniably similar. As an audience member, that is how I read their interactions, and my reading/interpretation is just as valid as anybody else’s.

I will maintain that first and foremost, I just didn’t buy into Loki and Sylvie’s romance as a member of the audience. (For the record, I had no trouble believing in Cersei x Jaime or in Dany x Jon.)

I have no problem with Loki, the God of Mischief, getting romantically involved with themselves. In fact, the notion is actually quite funny and fitting. But for how Tom Hiddleston played Loki in this series and how his character interacted with the character of Sylvie, I just didn’t buy into the implications of self-attraction and narcissism. My opinion, I know. But I don’t think I’m alone in how I feel given the onscreen chemistry.

Moving right along - as a metaphor for self-love, I don’t see why Loki and Sylvie’s relationship needed to be romantic. In fact, I’d argue that a romantic interpretation of their relationship actually detracts from the self-love metaphor. Hear me out.

(Note: I will be using cis pronouns in this post as this is how the show ultimately positioned the characters; I am definitely of the position that Loki deserved better genderfluid representation and I’m hoping to see it in future seasons/movies.)

When we talk about self-love and self-care in the context of mental health and personal growth, we don’t mean anything sexual or romantic. It’s about reaching a state of self-acceptance and self-assured fulfillment.

Loki “falling for” Sylvie implies motivations (i.e., sexual) beyond empathetic altruism. Loki’s relationship with Sylvie is a great way for the character to see himself - the good, the bad, and the ugly - from an exterior perspective. Sylvie, with how damaged and hateful and hell-bent on revenge she is, reminds Loki of a not-so-long-ago version of himself. Sylvie is lost and alone, and Loki knows what that’s like: “I’ve been where you are. I’ve felt what you feel.” Loki is in the position to offer Sylvie guidance and mentorship without the added layer of a romantic relationship.

I liken it to a hypothetical scenario in which my current 26-year-old self encounters my 21-year-old self. This younger version of myself was in a dark place and desperately needed guidance and hope. My older self would see this younger self as a little sister to take under her wing - to say “it’s going to be okay. we’ve found our way out of this darkness before and we’ll do it again, this time together.”

At the end of the day, it’s just a show (Tom Hiddleston’s Loki is absolutely one of my favorite characters of all time, so yes it pains me to admit that it remains fiction) and the writers/showrunners made their decisions. My opinion is simply that the show would have benefited from a found-sibling, big brother/little sister relationship that felt more organic and didn’t carry the messy implications of a romantic entanglement.

If you read this far, thanks for listening to me thing aloud. Regardless of how you felt about the direction of the show, hope we can bond as forever Loki stans. 🥰✌️🏳️‍🌈

#loki series #Loki #Sylvie #loki laufeyson #sylvie laufeydottir #sylki #pro sylki #anti sylki #sylki discourse #platonic sylki #loki laufeysdottir #sylvie laufeyson #all lokis are genderfluid #genderfluid loki for the win #self love #self acceptance #mobius m mobius #mobius #lokius #marvel

[queerchaos95]

Why didn’t we get this??!! 😭

WHAT WAS THE REASON????

you know what? fuck you.

(actually shows the fluidity of the gender)

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#genderfluid loki for the win #all lokis are genderfluid #loki #loki laufeyson #loki laufeysdottir #sylvie #sylvie laufeyson #sylvie laufeydottir #loki series

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silver-haired dilf with an air of authority

Tell us Loki has a ✨type✨ without telling us Loki has a type.

obsessed with the fact that loki in the series is literally avengers loki who just finished up doing a bunch of murder and evil then mobius snags him and he just fucking drops his edgy persona within like 48 hours. attacked the wholeass planet a couple days ago and now he's like can you take me to dennys :)

#loki #loki the pussycat #loki series #loki laufeyson #mobius #mobius m mobius #lokius #Ragnarok #ragnarok loki #grandmaster #tom hiddleston #owen wilson #jeff goldblum

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I have to say this because I never know when to keep my mouth shut (although it pains me because I love Tom and I want him to prosper in all things): Loki (and Tom) deserved way better than the show we got. The writing is just plain bad.

I’m not the first to point this out, but the three biggest problems are that (1) Loki has no agency in his own show, (2) the writers seemed to have no understanding of what shaped and motivated Loki heretofore so his Hero’s Journey is all over the damn place, and (3) there is far too much telling and hardly any showing. This is basic stuff: any writing teacher worth their salt would have red-marked the shit out of this script, rightfully so.

The protagonist’s actions need to have a bearing on the plot for their presence to mean anything at all. As it stands, Loki was simply along for the ride for most of his own show, acting essentially as a stand-in for the audience by reacting to things and asking questions that allowed lazy exposition. If you took him out entirely or replaced him with someone who wasn’t Loki, the basic plot and premise could have remained almost exactly the same. This elementary writing failure disappoints me because Loki’s whole internal struggle is to believe that he matters at all and on a meta-textual level even his own show tells him he doesn’t.

It honestly seems like Michael and the rest of the writing crew didn’t even review Loki’s story before they wrote this series. As I said above, Loki’s entire motivation as a character is to feel that he really matters: a lifetime of standing in his father and brother’s shadows, the lie and betrayal of his heritage, and the writing-off of everything he says and does and feels is what drives him to emotional breakdown. It’s that deep well of pain that ultimately causes him to make all the bad choices that he does and, to me, that’s what makes him a tragic character and not an irredeemable villain. According to writer and director interviews this show is about redemption for Loki, but how can they claim to have redeemed him when they don’t address the legitimate grievances that influenced his decisions? Instead they dictate to the audience that he is an untrustworthy, oversensitive narcissist who talks too much and betrays everyone he loves because he’s just inherently weak and insecure. Loki is made to beg forgiveness on his knees for being afraid of being alone, and the narrative never addresses why that is his greatest fear, it never addresses how his own family fostered that fear. This is another fundamental writing failure that causes the show to miss its mark and ultimately makes his redemption arc feel hollow and forced.

Lastly, because of these two essential weaknesses in the construction of the story, characters are required to constantly narrate what is going on, how they’re feeling and what they’re doing, and thus how the audience is meant to feel. A good story with a strongly written and essential main character will elicit the correct emotional response from the audience through the main character’s actions and the effect those actions have on their environment and the ancillary characters.

It’s so bittersweet for me because I was genuinely excited to see Tom again and for Loki to get a whole 6 hours focused solely on him where he wasn’t playing second-fiddle to Thor. But what Marvel ended up doing to him as a character is exactly what kept happening to him in-universe: he’s written off and pushed aside and essentially told to shut up. I think a real story about Loki’s self-reflection and healing and accountability for his actions is worth exploring and I’m just sorry that’s not what we got.

I realize I’m probably too close to this issue since I’m a cringe Loki stan and I’m taking a Marvel property way too seriously, but here we all are anyway 🤡

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I love this trope so much and we really should’ve had more of it in Loki season 1 🥺

#loki series #loki #loki laufeyson #mobius #mobius m mobius #lokius #tom hiddleston #owen wilson #white collar #neal caffrey #peter burke #matt bomer #tim dekay #catch me if you can #frank abagnale jr. #Carl hanratty #leonardo dicaprio #tom hanks

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looking for a business partner to open a bookshop / cafe / boba shop / cat adoption center / study lounge / coworking space with me 📚☕️🧋🐈‍⬛🐈💻

#books #bookish #bookshop #book aesthetic #black cats #cats #cat cafe #reading #books & libraries #bookstore #books and literature #study aesthetic

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Let me just real quickly sum up why the self-love metaphor really DOES NOT work for Sylvie x Loki (Sylvie):

Self-love is about accepting and appreciating yourself AS YOU ARE. It’s about looking in the mirror, at this current version of yourself and embracing that.

Sylvie and Loki are completely different versions/variants - albeit of the same individual - with completely different backstories. They are also at very different points in their character development/journey. Loki even says so in episode 6: “I’ve been where you are. I’ve felt what you feel.”

Loki falling for Sylvie as a metaphor for self-love doesn’t hold up; it’d be like Ragnarok Loki (who finally found who he is and what he cares for) falling for Avengers Loki (who is lost and so filled with anger and hatred).

And for those who argue that Sylkie is appropriate given Loki’s narcissistic nature, I can understand that. But for Loki’s character to go through all that development in the first two episodes just to regress into “narcissism” is, well, disappointing.

Also, though imo a lesser point, self-love isn’t a two-person deal. In the real world, we can’t go about cloning ourselves to create an exterior self. True self-love and self-acceptance is being able to sit with yourself alone in a space and feel fulfillment and joy and pride in all that you are (if that makes sense?).

Just my take that I wanted to articulate in writing, but would love love love to hear what y’all think. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎

#loki #loki laufeyson #loki series #sylvie #sylvie laufeydottir #sylki #lokius #mobius m mobius #mobius #self care #self love #self acceptance #mentalheathawareness

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I don’t always ship, but when I do the ship tends to be a chaotic, dark-haired, ethereally pretty twink with special powers plus a lawful-good, fair-haired “soldier” boy who’s in for a ride 🎢 ✨🏳️‍🌈

#loki laufeyson #mobius m mobius #loki #mobius #lokius #loki series #sherlock holmes #john watson #sherlock #john #johnlock #merlin #Arthur #arthur pendragon #merthur #otp #fandom

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omg Loki was actually doing that thing cats do where they expose their bellies (i.e., let their guard down) when they feel safe and protected and loved ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎 😭😭😭

PDA at the TVA

#loki laufeyson #mobius m mobius #lokius #loki series #loki the pussycat #loki #don’t touch me

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The Mummy Returns (2001) and Black Widow (2021)

Rachel Weisz, an actual ✨ goddess ✨

#rachel weisz #the mummy returns #black widow #evelyn carnahan #melina vostokoff #I’ve been in love for 20 years