Loki: Don’t worry, I have a few daggers up my sleeve for situations like this
B-15: Don’t you mean tricks?
Mobius: No, he doesn’t
Loki, pulling a dagger out of his sleeve: No, I don’t
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Jet-Skiing through identity: a deep dive into Mobius M. Mobius (part 2) 🛥️
Even the kindest of hearts have a trigger point, a spot that can catch a bullet without bleeding; making it part of the heart's anatomy.
I'm only saying that because I associate Loki as Mobius's soft spot("I know you have a soft spot for broken things"), and Loki turning his back to that in s1e2 as the trigger point. Imagine you have that courage, to do something everyone around you thinks is wrong. Then, just as you were going to prove the opposite,our efforts turn to be in vain.
For Mobius's character, this means he has to turn around at 360, to where he came from; with inovative ideas not working, it all comes to accepting defeat.
He manages that excellently in front of Ravonna: caring more about reassuring her everything will work out rather than focusing on himself. Another example of how much Mobius cares about others, even when he should care more about himself.
Episode 4, season 1, is crucial for where Mobius's story is going.
We can see so many interesting things in his conversation with Loki, like the way he handles stress through amusement. Asif this emotion isn't worthy enough, but to be laughed at:
"You like her! Does she like you?"
After all, let's not forget Mobius was already (and even earlier than this episode) catching feelings for Loki. His own words put this straightforward: "Just kind of an asshole. And a bad friend". Notice how he doesn't use any word similr to "traitor". He still considers him a friend, albeit a bad one, after everything he's done. Mobius might do his best to hide it, but he's still forgiving deep down. And it's not even Loki's departure in time and space that matters the most to the analyst. It's his alliance with Sylvie, hinting once again at the jelaousy of his character I talked about in part 1. "It's ruining my reality right now!" in Mobius's words.
But when he is told by Loki that they're all variants, Mobius doesn't simply dissmiss the idea. He could, and should, given the position he is in. But the brightness of his mind, and that little flicker of hope he still has in his Loki makes the difference. After all, hope is what makes us believe: it's the desire of having something to believe in.
Watch his reaction when he is told all this:
He is masking it flawlessly in front of Loki and the hunters, but that raising hope makes him search: is the trickster out of tricks for once? What if, all this time, that feeling he had inside himself but hid away is actually a sign, gently whispering to him there is more he should know about? That is a bravery so different from live action, and battling with superheroes: the bravery of discovery. Loki telling the truth means Mobius living a lie - a scary thought of course, but not scary enough to stop him.
This all drives Mobius to finding out what actually happened with hunter C-20. And the rest is history.
There is a certain honour in telling Loki he was right from the beginning. This new approach, this insight Mobius now gains over everything give him not only a rush of adrenaline, but also the confidence he didn't allow himself before. Therefore, he wasn't just working half a measure. The limits that were set were not part of his perimeter, but of the TVA's. Now that he sees that, he can also break those limits.
He is also free to speak his mind. And Loki is so deserving of these words that this scene right here is one of the most precious in the entire series. Their wonderful dinamc certainnly gives extra points to that.
Now Mobius isn't just an analyst anymore. He is a rebel, betraying the only thing he believes in, the one institution that shaped his entire existence. This rebellion isn't just external, but internal as well. Ultimately, only one part of the internal conflict won, but the other still exist, like two sides of the same coin, spinning and spinning. But he still has the hope that he'll find something better on the other side, and doesn't stop just because it's a hard thing to do.
If it was easy, everyone would do it. (Loki in Thor The Dark World)
I wanted to write more but this is already getting too long (like damn I'm fangirling hard) so see you for part 3!
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Loki (TV 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Loki/Mobius M. Mobius
Characters: Mobius M. Mobius, Loki (Marvel), Hunter B-15 - mentioned, Casey - mentioned, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Post-Episode: s02e01 Ouroboros (Loki TV), Mobius M. Mobius Needs a Hug, TVA gossip, Kind Mobius, Comfort at the TVA, lokius, Pre-Relationship, Pre-Episode: s02e02 Breaking Brad (Loki TV)
Summary:
Mobius has a lot of love to give, but the TVA has never been a place where he could give it. Until Loki happened.
Now, he knew that he could give someone the comfort that he had always craved. In doing so, Mobius, and the status of his relationship with Loki, becomes TVA gossip.
Inspired by an illustration by @petitcroc on Tumblr where Loki falls asleep in the archives and Mobius puts his jacket round him.
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Here’s the link to the drawing by petitcroc! https://www.tumblr.com/petitcroc/654944526917566465?source=share
My first Lokius fic since 2021! I had a whole lot of fun with it, I hope you enjoy if you read :)
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On a slightly lighter note, Mobius at the end of ep6 perfectly captures how it feels after your work spouse/bestie quits.
You just sit there and eventually decide to leave as well, because nothing just feels the same anymore...
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<<I remember being here not so long ago, back when I didn't know you, didn't know the possibility of meeting you ever existed. There is a me before you, a me that walked these beautiful corners of surpressed familiarity, and knew what turns to take, which points were heavier in gravity and which were light as feathers. Now everything is empty, hollow, you aided and abet me in not finding home in any other place than the one we met in, one I'll never set foot in again: your arms. I'm not mad, not really, but how can the two ends of the string that tied us strech so far, yet catch nothing in their perimeter?>>
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One of the things that struck me about the Loki finale was the change in meaning of the TVA’s motto, without changing any words.
“For all time, always”
Under He Who Remains, this slogan mostly referred to his rule at the end of time. His contingency plan made sure that, if anyone did eventually find and kill him, he would ultimately come back. Even in the time in between his death and his retaking of the throne, the temporal loom would do his work for him. Allowing him to control all time, always.
Under Loki, this threat disguised as a promise actually becomes the promise many in the TVA were led to believe it was. They are looking after time, preserving the safety of the people living their lives inside of time. But now, that doesn’t just mean one sacred timeline, it means ALL timelines. For all time. Always.
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