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lavathein · 5 months

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What is season 2 about?

Beginning

Okay, I don't know, I really love Season 1, and I've watched it many times (and continue to do so), and it's a story that has heart and soul. It's very well-written, and all the characters have their paths and personalities. Season 1 shouldn't appeal to everyone; people are different, have different tastes, and different views. It has its own philosophy, and that's okay. If you don't feel like it's your thing and don't like it, okay, maybe that's how it is, and you'll move on. Especially since I've been a Loki fan for 10 years and didn't know what this show would be about. I was very anxious that they would ruin it, and when I realized there would be a romantic storyline, I was dismayed. But Season 1 is the best thing I've ever seen. And, of course, spending so much time with it and thinking about how you see it going forward - anticipating the continuation. And probably now I feel that it will remain forever. "For all time - Always" is ironic :)

1 Episode

When I watched the first episode, I was pleased that it continues everything from Season 1. And now it continues to feel that way to me. It fits so seamlessly into the continuation, and I don't even understand why it stopped? It's very atmospheric and almost mysterious, and I don't even know what else to say about it - everything is great. I'll only stop at two things - the Loom and Sylvie.

The Loom - I won't be dishonest if I say that this thing only appears in Season 2 because it's called the "Heart of the TVA" and is never mentioned in Season 1. I'm talking about that animated explanation from Miss Minutes, who would supposedly talk about it. I understand that it's a convention, but since this Loom plays the role of the "Main Antagonist" and literally drives the plot, it's probably the first thing I don't really like. It's as if it was never planned, but added later to have such a turning point. He Who Remains talks about the Multiversal War and countless variants, but it turns out that it's a bit off? Because it all depends on the Loom, which either works and protects one Sacred Timeline or overloads, and everything collapses.

Sylvie - Loki is looking for her, and actually, I always saw it just as it was shown. That is, exactly. And I liked how he goes into the future and finds her, as if it's a meaningful clue. Oh, Sylvie, looking for him, she's in the TVA, she's glad to see him. Honestly, it's like giving hope to Loki and the audience, as if they will come to understand and start working Together, and it's like a hint... The phone call that makes you think. I don't know, it's one of the most mysterious and favorite scenes in Episode 1. BUT.

2 Episode

I had some nerves before the episode. I love Season 1, and I always knew that there has to be a conflict after the Season 1 finale, and I really hoped to see it. Season 1 told this story as a metaphor. Loki's journey to understanding himself and the ability to love himself, to care for others, and not just think about himself and his selfish motives. And this journey in Season 1 was incredible. But the path should never be easy; it's challenging, and I considered the conflict - it's necessary to reach certain conclusions, and... Perhaps, unfortunately, the change in direction in Season 2 does lose or has a different vision.

I like the character of Sylvie, and thanks to Season 1, I understand her. Throughout Season 1, I never had the question of why she does what she does, what motivates her? All these were answered. In the finale, she loses trust in Loki because, from her perspective, he deceived and manipulated her all the time, and there's no understanding why he suddenly starts defending the Dictator they went together to stop. But she loves him, and as neither of them will back down, she pushes him away. She kills He Who Remains, and her mission ends - everyone is free. Really? For her, yes, that's it, but in reality, NO. There's responsibility associated with this that she didn't know about, and Loki was thinking about. At that moment, it's clear why she doesn't understand this. And it seems she should have a path to understand it? I think so.

Okay, the episode is quite mirror-like to Episode 2 in Season 1, and I liked it, although now it seems to be losing something. Loki and Mobius are searching for Sylvie again. Loki and Mobius have a conversation again, but now Loki helps Mobius understand some things. Actually, Mobius in Season 2, it seems, has his logical path, but it doesn't have the same impact and importance as in Season 1? He's more like a perpetually positive and slightly funny sidekick. Because, his best friend has a conflict and a problem, and Mobius knows about it but doesn't attempt to guide Loki? There's no sense of support, although maybe it's just me. I won't say that it's completely absent; it just seems less noticeable and important than it was in Season 1.

Hunter X-5 or Brad Wolfe - he's a new character in this story, and when I think about him, he seems interesting, yes, he's a well-written character, but... What was he needed for? Okay, he's the one through whom they find Sylvie; he's a TVA agent who wants to live on the timeline, and this desire is the main and overly important thing. He's almost obsessed - I just want to live. The interrogation with Loki and Brad, I kind of like it, incredible acting, but for some reason, I get the feeling that something is missing. It's a performance, and you know that this plan was devised by Mobius? Loki doesn't know how to make a person talk... It's like something's not quite right here?

Sylvie - she's on the timeline and has the new life she wanted. And actually, I didn't see a problem with that. It was always her path, and she did it, but again... It seems to have ambiguity. Okay, she freed everyone and considers that it's all over and that she was wrong in trusting Loki and thought that the TVA was done, and she would never see it again. And I really liked this shot:

Visually, it's very informative, and I liked that. It seems to depict the separation between them. The heavy and gray cash register between them, the dark line also seems to reflect this barrier. On Sylvie's side, there are comfortable warm colors, while Loki, as something cold and dark, returns with past problems. He appears and disrupts the comfortable bubble in which Sylvie has enclosed herself. For me, it seemed symbolic, as in Season 1, he also somewhat suddenly appears in her life and disrupts her plans by inserting himself into them. It was intriguing. Honestly...

But then they have a conversation. And it's genuinely tense, and I can only ask, what? Sylvie doesn't chase him away and agrees to talk – so she wants to talk? Okay. The first thing he says is, "I'm the last person you want to see"... Wait, wait, so you saw her in the future, in the TVA, and she was glad to see you, and you say this? For me, it's a bit awkward because the sense of knowing the future is somewhat lost here. He should have had more confidence if this was to happen, right? It's one thing I don't like because it's challenging to move on from this. He says, "The TVA is in danger" to a person for whom the TVA has always been this danger. Indeed, Sylvie confirms that he has always been on the side of the TVA, and it's not going anywhere. Now it looks very uncertain, actually. Okay, it's a barrier, and something needs to be done about it further? When the fight scene with the TVA agents happens, and it ends in failure and even more disagreement. Like obstacle after obstacle.

I'm not very fond of revisiting Episode 2 as it seems very tense and not very comfortable for me. It's not like I can explain it; it's a genuine feeling, and maybe it makes sense because I probably feel something similar to the characters. Their tension, pain, and sadness seem to transfer onto me. Maybe that's okay?

3 Episode

This episode is probably one I both love and dislike simultaneously, especially when I know the finale, and I probably don't understand most of what it's talking about. Initially, when I watched it, I was a bit disappointed, surprised, and pleased with one moment. What I don't like at all is the focus on He Who Remains, Ravonna, and Miss Minutes. And if it didn't matter, I wouldn't have questions, but does it? Let's look at each.

Viktor Timely - a variant of He Who Remains, and he's needed for two things. First, he's needed to assist the TVA because he's a variant of HWR, and he's needed for Sylvie's growth. I actually like this part. Kang's variant, Loki, and Sylvie find themselves in the same place again with a moment similar to the Season 1 finale. I liked this scene because it revealed Sylvie's motivation, that she decides to return and help with the problem. She confronts the past. Their conflict with Loki has a continuation - she thinks he wants to bring He Who Remains back to the TVA, and this angers her. And it's understandable. But Loki is not involved in this, and Kang's variant is not the same He Who Remains. The conversation is about freedom of choice, and she understands she can't do what was done to her. Later, she stops and trusts Loki to take Kang, making an important step for herself. Actually, Sylvie's part is one of the best in the episode. But now I feel like it stopped here, and that's bad...

Ravonna and Miss Minutes - in Season 1, her last line was "I'm going in search of Free Will," and here we get a full continuation. She works with Miss Minutes and acts according to He Who Remains' plan. Their task is to find his variant and literally create HWR. That's what they do. HWR have something in common - they hate the Partnership. And if at some point it seemed to me an interesting detail and parallel, now I don't understand its impact. So they always repel everyone... Okay, and? Well, they're always alone, and it suits them, but what else? There's also a small triangle between HWR, Ravonna, and Miss Minutes. HWR and Ravonna seem to like each other, but in the end, He Who Remains betrays Ravonna very quickly - it was actually funny. And the AI Clock turns out to be a bit strange and in love with Kang? Again, I don't understand what it was for...? In the end, they all betray each other. It's funny.

But what's worse is Loki ending up in the background altogether? I mean, they, with Mobius, went to look for Ravonna, and they are running after them the whole episode. Loki has the same conversation and scene with Sylvie. Mobius encounters Ravonna - they have two conversations. The first where Mobius offers her to come back, but she firmly refuses with a clear NO. And the second where Mobius makes a second attempt - but it's futile and final. There seems to be no way back, it's all over. And that's it... I don't know, Ravonna seems to exist in this plot, but what she does... What does it affect? The emergence of He Who Remains. But her task was simply to give him the TVA handbook. Could Miss Minutes have done that herself? Ask anyone? I don't know, it seems so unserious now. Again, it's like they left her in Season 1, and in Season 2, they didn't know what to do with her... Also, she has a conflict with Sylvie, which ALSO goes nowhere? I thought maybe they would explain Sylvie's Nexus Event? No. Sylvie just accepts that the obsession with revenge is not good and sends Ravonna to He Who Remains in the Citadel. There, Ravonna learns that she was once Kang's partner, and then he betrayed her and wiped her memory. Okay, and?

Sylvie and Ravonna also have an interesting confrontation that can be called Chaos versus Order. I really thought we were moving in that direction, but unfortunately it's also just a good detail that stops there, unfortunately.

4 Episode

I'm going to write right away that this is the best and my favourite episode in season 2.

The whole company gathers to fix the Loom. In fact, they managed to fit all the characters in this episode. Loki, Sylvie, Mobius, B-15, OB, Casey, D-90, Victor Timeley, Brad Wolfe, Dox and her Minutemen, Miss Minute and Ravonna.

And I actually like this episode, but I want to step back and say that the strangest thing about season 2 is that they want to show TVA as something good that can stand up for itself and that the people in TVA are good people. And I don't know - it's such a contrast to season 1. Do we remember that literally all of them are murderers and TVA is a high-security organisation? In fact, knowing that these people have committed a crime and they have this attitude sometimes is not just a cropped timeline - it's the murder of millions of lives. It's not just lines and numbers on a monitor. In fact, when Sylvie mentions this, is she right? She has every right to doubt TVA and points out the main problems with it. But in the show, it looks like - Yes, they may have done badly, but they are actually all good. As for Mobius, he is an agent of TVA and he also killed, tortured variants. He's just "He who sees the light in the darkness" - that's actually perfect for Mobius. He's kind and even when he cuts a timeline or a variant, he did it with respect and it was shown more than once in season 1. He talks to a child whose home is about to be destroyed and he respects and reassures the variant. He doesn't allow people who have lives on the Timeline to be mistreated. Do you remember D-90's behaviour? In season 2 he's already good and it's a bit sudden? I mean, if I'm someone from TVA I have the right to not give a damn about the variants, but if I'm a variant then oh, I won't do that anymore, I'm good - I think it's so WOW it was fast.

I like that they mention it, but I don't like the way they approach it at all. Because Sylvie is the one who talks about it, but it's made to sound like she's very rude and wrong and she's the problem in this. Not quite the right accents - I would call it that. Loki, by the way, also didn't have particularly good memories of TVA and the only one he had confidence in was Mobius. Now he trusts everybody very quickly and again, they're all suddenly very good compared to what they were in season 1. It's not really that easy to change and in that respect the script has a weakness to move and get Loki out of TVA very quickly.

Perhaps Dox and her minutemen, as well as X-5 or Brad Wolf were chosen for this purpose. Because they are the only ones who do not agree with the changes in TVA and believe that it should continue. But is it such a small number? In episode 1, Mobius mentions how hard it is to realise the deception and that everything you did was not what it seemed. And I think such themes are added - well, but in fact they are not revealed at all and it all comes down to a simple solution. Yes, the show is about Loki and his growth, and that's the problem, because you have to work not only with Loki, but also with the other characters, his relationships with them and other themes in the show. What I have never liked is such an interesting and large-scale topic for a series of 6 episodes about a very complex and multi-layered character. This is why both season 1 and now season 2 suffered from it. It's sad because having more episodes would have been much better for such a series. And season 2 is too overloaded and in my opinion it doesn't manage to cope with it, especially when it comes to relationships and interaction with the characters.

Ravonna and Miss Minute return to TVA with the goal of regaining control. And they want to team up with Dox and her team and Brad - how did they find out about them and why them? It's a convention, but there was an option where Ravonna and Miss Minute could have proposed their plans to the whole TVA and then it would have been even more of a threat. Some kind of rebellion? More problems? These are my thoughts on this. The scene is generally one of the most violent. Because Brad is obsessed with living his life on Timeline and he's willing to commit treason and do almost anything to get what he wants. Dox and her minutemen disagree - suddenly, and the conversation with B-15 may have had its weight. And they all get killed very brutally - what was I saying earlier - that TVA isn`t a good organisation and all these people are not good? Ravonna unemotionally deleted Mobius (her best, friend, or even more) and now - which is good, what Ravonna does is consistent with her character. And Miss Minute, with her horrible and joyful smile? That's what TVA was and it's no wonder Sylvie, who suffered the most from it and hates and distrusts it all now - right?

The most interesting for me, as always, are Loki and Sylvie. In this episode, they interact the most, even work together and have a VERY important dialogue. And I really hate to think that this dialogue is Progress and that it stops there. I won't dwell on the full dialogue, but for me it was a hint and a meaning. "We are Gods" - I'm not even talking about the fact that they were supposed to be together in the finale, okay? First of all, it's Loki - he finally speaks about the Gods in a different way than before and realises the great responsibility and burden. I was waiting for this. And he makes a lot of things very clear to Sylviе here. The real problem with her is that the writers didn't know what to do with her, didn't they? Like the fear that she might get in the way of Loki - for me it was not a problem and she never seemed to be a competitor. Her interaction with Loki made sense. In season 2, they're afraid of that, so they seem to do everything to keep her away from him - some people like that, I personally don't. I was waiting for it as a continuation of season 1 and I liked it there, and of course when I see that a character is artificially removed from the path, it's noticeable and annoying, even angry. (This is one of the reasons why for me season 2 becomes a separate story, and not a continuation of season 1) Sylvie achieved one purpose and it was complete in her opinion, but there are consequences. And in my opinion, Sylvie doesn't quite match the person she was. And this is too big a conversation and it's better to talk about it separately. Loki hints to her that she is really a God - Sylvie had no life in Asgard. And Loki reminds her who she really is. And she thinks about it. I like that. And it's a real shame that after this episode, it's stop. Because I thought that her goal would be to learn to take responsibility and learn to be a God, just like Loki. Perhaps this is left for the future, but this is where some development stops. I'm not going to talk about their relationship anymore, because like Sylvie's character, the writers have rejected their romance and leave it as a subtext - which again goes against the grain of season 1. And this is simply explained - they don't talk, they don't try, they are afraid to remember the events of season 1. These are not the same characters - it's the authors of season 2 who are afraid of this topic. And this is a problem. It's a disadvantage. The integrity of what I was most afraid of is being destroyed. That's why it doesn't work as a sequel.

Loki and Sylvie are also finally working together. It reminded me a lot of season 1 and it was nice. Although, in my opinion, the intrigue with the scene of the elevator and the phone was not as significant as I first saw it. In general, I am a little sad because of this - I still hoped that it would be of great importance. But the scene is good.

The finale of the episode is very intriguing. And actually, something starts from this moment.

5 Episode

From this episode, things start to go differently. I don't mean badly - just in a different way. The first time I watched it, it upset me a little. Let me put it this way - Season 2 has a very tense atmosphere, all the time. Maybe it's just me, but I really get a sense of fear, nervousness and desperation from the characters - especially Loki. I'm used to him as quite optimistic, and I like how he's always looking for a way out, smiling and having fun, he's still the God of Mischief. Season 1 had a rather warm atmosphere and probably I could see such open and special emotions from Loki only there. In Season 2, he's really desperate and sad… He's really stressed. In the 5th episode, Loki's most painful topic is touched upon - the fear of being alone. This has always been his problem from movies and shows. I always wanted him to finally break the system and overcome it, find friends and love - which is what happens in season 1. In season 2, he loses it… I mean it goes as an ironic sequel, although I think it's a bit artificial again, especially when it comes to the lack of dialogue and trying to understand each other with Sylvie. Also, people on TVA are friends or found family. Maybe Loki just doesn't feel alone with them, maybe he wants to reassure himself because of his selfish motives, but it doesn't feel like "family" to me. Mobius and Sylvie are definitely important to him. But with the others…weak, because they are not brought together for Loki, they just have to fix one problem. Artificial circumstances that bring them together. And also family is not that one wants something for them, it is when it is mutual. I don't think Casey, OB, B-15 could even do something like that for Loki and care about him so much. They have a respectful and good attitude, but that's just normal. In this regard, season 2 is also not very strong. But at least Loki was able to feel himself with some company where he is respected.

Loki and Sylvie have probably the saddest dialogues and scenes in the episode. Maybe it's on purpose, but when they can't talk about anything but TVA and Free Will for the whole season, it starts to get annoying at some point. They have no dialogues that would concern them. Their romance literally rests on the shoulders of the actors who play these emotions - the acting work in the season is incredible. Sylvie and Loki continue to teach themselves and help in something - but not in their relationship. Loki understands that he is acting selfishly, and Sylvia that she is wrong and Loki is right that without TVA everything will begin to collapse and die. In fact, the episode is about Loki, because everything that happens in it eventually goes back to episode 4. But as for Loki, he learns to control the slippage of time and understands his actions. And they also think about the important thing that will play a role in the final. I don't know what the episode was supposed to be - Yes, it was rewritten several times and the last one was rewritten over the weekend. The original Episode 5 was scrapped, even though it was considered the team's best. Now I wonder what was supposed to be in it, because I'm not kidding, it really stands out after episodes 1-4 and it's noticeable.

6 Episode

I've been with Loki for a very long time and I probably will never stop and for me it was a powerful and very sad and tragic ending, but it makes sense. What Loki does is incredible and powerful. One can only be proud of him. In my opinion, the finale could have had a stronger and more beautiful moment, if Loki in season 2 had not destroyed everyone and remained alone - yes, he distances himself from others, he does not even trust anyone with what is really happening. He does everything himself and makes decisions himself. On the one hand, I understand this idea. But for me, it would be better to strengthen all relationships, understand and realize what it is really like to have all these people and to be someone for them. Especially regarding Sylvia - for me it is a special blow that he went to this victim without understanding his relationship with her, without reconciling - there was no dialogue. Nothing happened… I will never understand this and this makes this sacrifice too painful and tragic for me. These are my thoughts on this. I understand what the creators wanted to say and it has the right to exist. I see it differently and again I am focusing on season 1. After the finale, I generally have to force myself that these are different stories… Because it's just too painful. I'm not saying that they were necessarily supposed to be together - no, but their conflict is not resolved. They never understand each other. It's just no way. I have already explained why this is, so what we have is what we have. Regarding Kang… I didn't like the scenes in the Citadel and all that. It worked really, really badly for me. "Do not disturb and disappear" is not just a reflection of how they did with Sylvie in the season, but also seems to relate to season 1 and those who worked on it. It's like mockery and mockery. I especially don't like this whole scene and the way it's done. I am not talking about the fact that it is impossible to agree with Sylvie… Loki can travel in time and stop him, he literally endlessly fights with her and does not speak, does not move until they are in the Citadel - I understand the meaning of that that she wouldn't back down, but Loki would really like to Leave the Sacred Timeline and all that. That is… To have a dialogue with Sylvie is to be able to think about it, to try to find other ways. I wouldn't even say that ultimately killing Kang is a mistake - Sylvie is right and Loki has always agreed with that. The first time he stopped her because he didn't know the consequences and he didn't like the prospect of being trapped. Now it is lost. More about Citadel here: 6 episode

In conclusion, if you describe it - Loki remains alone. Loki loses. But the main thing is that Kang loses. Loki wins by giving everyone a chance, Sylvie is okay, and his friends can live the lives they lost. This is a sacrifice for their sake. And the throne on which he sits is a burden, without glory. I somehow knew that this final would be like this, maybe I would like the path to it to be different. Again, the whole season is very sad, tense and seems to get worse the further it goes on. Loki is a favorite character and if you enjoy watching this suffering, then maybe so, but not me. It is very sad. And it is still more difficult for me, as questions and conflicts remain unanswered. As a misunderstanding. But let it. The finale is beautiful, deep, tragic. He is good. I may not have had enough emotions, because once again everything was as sad as it was and there are no emotional jumps like… You just fixed everything and got it now… You have to make a sacrifice and lose everyone, but for their sake - for me it would be for the better All the same.

Sylvie and Mobius are left without Loki. Mobius finally takes a step and leaves TVA to see the life he lost. And now he can live it all over again, he can do whatever he wants. A rather logical conclusion for Mobius. It was good. Sylvie - I don't know, but really I'm so angry that her role is so weak, I already explained that it's very artificial and all so that she doesn't interfere with Loki, because if they reconciled they would work together and so on… Well, weak and uncertain , very The fear of recalling some topics and dialogues from the 1st season is so lost. Very frustrating. Truth. And I can only blame the writers. I will never forgive this. But to sum it up, it is more likely that her development and the path to who she really is, the Goddess and what She is Sylvie, and not just the Loki option and obtaining a new Glorious Goal, were left for the next projects. I wish that in the end she either got to Loki or saved him, because he really deserves some kind of reward, doesn't he? Maybe there will be a chance, because after all, their unresolved issue is such a strange decision… Or it makes sense. Maybe? Let's see where she goes next. But she still has to develop and develop, because she is at the very beginning of her journey. And Loki gave a chance to fight. So please.

Completion

Season 2 of Loki was good. Unfortunately, it will not become the same for me as the 1st season. They tell slightly different stories and about different things. As for Loki, it's very good and I can really be proud of his path and development. Although too tragic and sad, but beautiful. Mixed feelings. And I just want to make some things better so that it seems like a perfect continuation, so that everything has a logical sequence, so that there are no questions about why this is, why it is the way, why, and where did it disappear, why is it missing. A lot of questions. They are simply there - that is, it indicates problems and they are noticeable. Everyone has their own priorities, so opinions on any movie or show should differ. I am expressing my own. And if it doesn't suit me, it's not necessarily that someone will have the same feeling. Everyone is different. And there are only One things that cannot be forgiven and for which this season SHOULD be scolded - the intentional cleaning of some things. This is. This is a fact and it will never be right. There will never be an excuse. Each character, each thing should have weight - the worst thing is when you can remove someone or something and the result will be the same - this is immediately bad work. And in the 2 season it is, unlike the 1st. This was the 2nd season of the show "Loki"

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