I've recently reblogged a post I thought interesting, analysing Mobius' interrogation of Loki. The interrogation beats were competently analysed, so I praised the post and added my opinion. It has since then come to my attention that the writer thinks of Loki as a "unsecure narcissist" (the OP didn't talk about Loki much and praised Mobius as extremely intelligent in his management of Loki, which was the point I wrote on to disagree). To each their own, I guess, but I decided I'd rather not interact further and post my comment separately as meta.
Mobius interrogation of Loki was successful, but I strongly disagree with the idea that this is somehow due to Mobius "high level of competence". He had absolutely everything he needed to succeed: an already frazzled prisoner, an infinite power at his back, and the knowledge of every little detail of the prisoner's past and future. A black future might I add (Loki would have never caved if he weren't destined to die real soon in the main timeline). And Mobius' biggest asset: Loki's own intelligence.
Thing is that, given the power difference, what Mobius was offering Loki was in Loki's objective best interest (preservation of life and further insight into a complex situation) . There were no disadvantages to Loki himself, and the only thing hindering Loki from the alliance was 1) bad understanding of the situation as he initially didn't believe in the might of TVA and 2) a mixture of hubris, unreleased adrenaline and fear. Once Loki managed to look around and center himself, collaboration (aka biding time) would be foregone conclusion. We've seen him do exactly this with the Grandmaster. On screen. Like, it's right there (and no, Loki isn't an insecure narcissist who would rather die if it would spite his captors, wtf I can't even process this take).
TLDR: only a complete moron could have managed to fuck Loki's interrogation up, given the insane amount of advantage TVA had over Loki.
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