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telekinesis-mind-control-comics · 2 months

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sylvies-kablooie · 5 months

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the problem w loki s2: hey, where did the women go?

this is criticism so if that isn’t your thing you have been forewarned! i knew by episode 2 that something was off compared to s1 and i couldn’t quite place it. was it the sole focus on drab retro futurist TVA aesthetic instead of the colorful cinematography in s1? was it the focus being placed upon this Loom that we just found out is a thing and also Hey we have to stop it right now? Was it the lack of sylvie content?

but i think it just comes down to bad writing and whilst also trying to salvage what we DID get, i would feel dishonest to pretend that my problems with s2 arose from the finale alone. and while there were narrative inconsistencies between the seasons, i think a central error in s2 was sidelining the female characters.

s1 had beautiful themes, including self-acceptance and the power of love, and was building up to a ton of unanswered questions. a central theme of s1 (like it or not) was the connection between sylvie and loki. it was intended by waldron and herron from the start to be a romance, but beyond the romantic aspect, sylvie was the driving force of the show. she’s the variant the TVA is chasing, she’s the one who reveals that the TVA is a lie and makes everyone question what they were taught, it’s her that plunges the blade into HWR and opens the multiverse- and it’s no secret that in s2 she was largely off screen, only to show up at key plot points and kind of make things difficult rather than allow a further explanation into her character. and i could and might make a whole post on the sidelining of sylvie, but also- renslayer.

we saw a lot of renslayer in s1! she was pretty damn integral to the plot. her connection with mobius was fascinating, her dedication to doing what she saw as the right thing even when she learned all her gods were dead, her willingness to prune her best and maybe only friend to protect the big TVA lie- that was captivating. she’s also the first character we get to see the real non-TVA life of! she’s a principal at a school! and what did we get from her in s2?

she throws the book at victor, we learn she was his general and she’s Mad, and then exiled to the void. she’s barely there this season despite being central to s1! why, when you have an actor as talented as gugu mbatha-raw, would you not take advantage of that! we see threads of what COULD have happened in her storyline- her alliance with miss minutes, realizing maybe they never needed him at all- but at the end she’s pruned, thrown in the void and That’s That’s, stay tuned to see if anything happens in one of the endless future installments. we get that amazing I’m order line, and then what? and what type of order is she even representing? why is she so willing to toss mobius to the curb? you see why we need more development here?

b-15 met a similar fate. actually, i was really excited at the start of s2 to see her get her moment defending the new branches, realizing those were people, seeing the grief on her face; remember, sylvie showed her her life on the timeline, so this is personal for her. but she’s also quickly regaled to the side after her speech in the war room. she was a doctor, she is VERITY WILLIS, but do we get into any of this? No! (I also didn’t like her willingness to negotiate with Dox after the bombed the timelines, saying deep down I know you’re good right after we watched her cry over the devastation that had brought to the timelines, but maybe that’s another point)

and dox? what’s the deal with her! we are introduced to this strong general with a weird connection to brad, someone who is willing to go against TVA orders to bomb the timelines in the defense of what she believes is right, but then- squashed in a cube. that’s that. no examination into why she would be willing to betray the TVA in that way but also NOT join renslayer, no explanation into what was going on w brad.

(brad is worth a whole separate post but this is focusing on the ladies so just keep that in the back of your mind)

and back to sylvie. i saw some people point out how gross her being frozen during the final battles between her and loki was; how it eliminated her agency and allowed the men to have a Serious Talk. i have to say i agree with that judgement. in this season we get to see glimpses of what sylvie wants, but the unresolved relationship (whichever way you wish to characterize it- you do you!) between her and loki just hangs in the air like a heavy storm cloud i kept waiting to break but it… didn’t. the closest we got was the pie room scene, but everything between them was stilted and awkward when she was onscreen, which wasn’t that much.

it was almost as if the connection with loki was considered in opposition to her role as a Strong Woman, in a way- she was Strong and Angry. in s1 we see sides of her that defy stereotype- giving that doomed child her candy to ease the pain, her admitting to loki that she numbed herself with flings; there’s a vulnerability there, a complexity. the two of them rehashed their first fight again and again instead of moving onto something new (that being said sophia’s performance in episode 3 added a weight to the story that pleased me greatly) but overall she was regarded as a plot obstacle to be hidden away- at least past episode 3.

anyway i do think it comes down to writers biting off more than they could chew and losing the central concept of the show and focusing on sciencey plot rather than characterization. you can’t make season 1 centered around a love story and then pretend that didn’t happen and expect a cohesive transition between seasons. you can’t bombard us over and over again with the centrality of loki and sylvie’s duality- all of the we’re the sames, all of the i’m not you’s, and then move into s2 deciding it’s time to focus on only one half of that duo you spent the whole series focusing on.

you also can’t give us a “aHH we’re all gonna explode” thing over and over again and expect us to give a damn when you’re not letting the characters have dialogue that makes us say, oh man, i hope this loom thing doesn’t blow up, because i want to see where the connections they have going on end up! you can’t replace emotional weight with a ticking time bomb and expect it to do the work for you.

there are other problems with the series as well, and other people are far more articulate than i am, but the lack of female gaze and only one episode having a female writer this season was glaring, imo.

thank u for coming to my tedtalk and i’d love to hear ur thoughts!

#there was also just no whimsy #it was whimsy-less #but that’s another point entirely #anyway i’m torn between embracing what i do like about s2 and throwing the whole thing in the trash mentally #loki series negativity #loki series critical #loki tv show #loki #loki series #loki show #loki tv #loki s2 #renslayer baby i’m so sorry they did all of that to you you deserved SO much better #and sylvie and dox and b-15 #i’m sure i’ll think of other things too but these are the big ones

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scintillatingshortgirl19 · 6 months

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it's just that i reeeally don't think it would have been that hard to find a solution to the timeline problem that didn't involve condemning the main character to an eternity trapped in his own solitary personal hell

#loki #loki spoilers #loki tv series #ive only barely started thinking about possible solutions and i already have one idea #loki could've figured out how to take someone with him as he timeslipped #(no reason why that couldn't have been a possibility considering he can also do things like pause time)#and taken sylvie back to the end of time and had her convince herself not to kill he who remains #also probably would be smart to go further back in time #rather than try to convince her to change her mind at the height of her emotion and rage #that might have. helped a bit maybe #idk it just really feels like there were options here #and that's part of why this all feels so unsatisfying to me #one thing that makes a lot of tragedies satisfying is inevitability #knowing that for one reason or another #the tragic ending was inescapable #that wasn't the case here #it didn't have to be this way #loki series negativity #op

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hoechlinanddylan · 6 months

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im just gonna say without context:

sometimes yall equate a piece of media making you feel sad/introspective/disappointed/angry/fired up with being “bad” and i just really wish you would learn to love and enjoy things outside of fan service

#this is about a lot of tv and movies ive seen yall react to lately #but tonight this is about #loki #loki tv #loki tv series #i mean guys….learn to digest media that is designed to inspire powerful negative emotions #that doesnt mean the writing or characterization is magically bad

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zylice · 5 months

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Well THIS just about explains everything doesn’t it. 🙄

“We’re livin’ the dream. I’m living the dream. You may not be. But you have to say that (you are) because the cameras are rolling.” —

Tom Hiddleston

#Loki #Loki series #Loki series critical #Loki series negativity #Tom Hiddleston deserves better #in defense of tom hiddleston #Loki tv show #Loki show #Loki tv series #loki series criticism #Loki series negative #During the ‘Assembled: Making of Loki’ You can see that neither Tom or Owen want to be there..#justice for tom hiddleston #justice for loki #tom Hiddleston #tom Hiddleston loki

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lucianalight · 6 days

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One of the perhaps less important things that wasn't done well in Loki series imo was the makeup. Every single actor I see in photos or videos look better and younger as themselves. Although I don't know how much of it was makeup and how much was the effect of color and light of the series.

#loki series criticism #loki series critical #loki tv show negativity #loki series negativity #i don't know how to explain it #can't find a lot of words today

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fr33l0k1 · 22 days

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🌳⛓️ FREE TOM HIDDLESTON ⛓️🌳

‼️⚠️He may have become a victim of MK ULTRA brainwashing and/or drugs! ⚠️‼️

💉💦💊🪄😵‍💫 DISNEY IS A 💵🧼 👁️🦉🪬

He can’t break his contract and is secretly being brainwashed and tortured by Disney! Hes not acting right.

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breckstonevailskier · 11 months

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Eh, no interest in Loki. Echo, maybe.

#anti loki series #loki series negativity #loki series criticism #echo #echo series #echo tv series #maya lopez

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peach-fiz · 4 months

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I actually didn't even bother watching the second season of Loki because of the cheap marketing and inconsistent storytelling.

It just felt like the plot was lifted off somewhere it would have made sense, and a character with a similar ego was replaced with Loki and goes through an arc that might have made sense for a blank slate character, but not someone who already has a backstory.

Loki doesn't even feel like Loki after three episodes in S1. The whole point of having a show like that just seems to be about the TVA and Sylvie.

Also the whole genderfluid thing. They 'confirmed' it in the promo and had a line in the script that went completely against anything they just said.

I knew at once that the writers, directors and other parts of production were really just pulling it in different directions and it would probably sound like a jazz trumpeter and a metal guitarist trying to improvise after knowing each other for 15 minutes.

I've been meaning to watch it just so I can have educated opinions on all of it but it's just,, so hard to get into. I definitely agree the marketing was cheap, they did with the 80s McDonald's like they did DB Cooper!Loki and made it centric to the advertising because McDonalds was also getting something out of it which is kinda ass seeing as realistically Loki Laufeyson would burn 6 of them down before he ate in one 😭

I personally don't like either of the major ships in the show but the forced Sylki shit in season 1 really got to me. Like not only did she completely replace him as the main character in HIS show, she's also a variant of him who he wants to make out with and overall it just reads as lazy writing and it's extremely disappointing that Mike Waldron has been put in charge of Multiverse of Madness and The Kang Dynasty since, due to the popularity of the Loki TV show. I was talking to my boyfriend about this last night but it kinda reminds me of the complaints people had ab the last Indiana Jones movie but opposite? Like everyone complained his best friend's daughter was gonna replace him bc she's a Mary Sue and she rlly isnt, she's more reminiscent of Marion in Raiders of the Lost Ark she just doesn't wanna fuck him. But the difference is Indy is a character who's majorly blank for little boys to project themselves onto. Which is great!! It works for those kind of movies, but they're not character development centric like the individual mcu movies tend to be. Loki is characterized in a way that he's drowning in identity issues and family problems and he experiences growth in every installment whether it be positive or negative. It doesn't make sense to take the formula of an Indidna Jones movie where he meets up with a woman who's typically a love interest and has her own issues that are only slightly touched on because that's not the focus, and they go do the plot.

Sylvie is not an Indy Girl, they straight up are trying to replace Loki with Sylvie. And you can tell the character wasn't supposed to have as much importance as she does in the show bc the character was worked on more after the actress they chose was buddies with a producer ( and this is no hate to the actress I'm sure she's delightful everything I've seen her in in terms of interviews has been lovely ).

I also absolutely agree they should've just made a tva mini series to introduce the tva rather than bringing back a dead character who soon will not make much sense anyway because Tom Hiddleston is getting older (and also he deserves to branch out in his career).

The genderfluid thing was a cash grab and it sucks ass, they just want money for acknowledging things already canon in the comics, same with confirming him as bisexual.

My boyfriend is actually writing a fic on ao3 called Find Me that's rlly good if you want Loki content that isn't related to the show.

(YES this is shameless promotion sshhhhshshsh) but fr the loki TV show makes me more confident in my screenwriting bc t h a t got put on disney plus. I'm also working on a Loki show rewrite in my spare time!!

#kid loki #loki (marvel)#loki and thor #loki laufeyson #anti loki show #anti lokius #lokius #anti sylki #tom hiddleston #screenwriting #fic rec #loki fic #logyn #logyn fanfic #mike waldron #peachy rants #long post

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iamnmbr3 · 5 months

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You can't call Loki from the Loki tv series Larry bc that's using a real person's name to insult someone

In the nicest way possible...what? The point of calling the show character Larry is to differentiate him from Loki by giving him a different name in order to 1) highlight how wildly ooc the show character is to the point of being a separate character entirely who just happens to be played by Tom Hiddleston and 2) for my own sanity bc I refuse to refer to what is very evidently not Loki as "Loki." Larry was the first thing that popped into my head, probably because it begins with an L and maybe also because of Larry the clown from Veggie Tales.

Are you insulted that the Larry the clown from Veggie Tales is named Larry? Or speaking of Tom Hiddleston characters, are you insulted that in Crimson Peak the character of an incestuous serial wife murderer is named Thomas? Is that insulting to people named Tom? (Tom Hiddleston certainly didn't seem to think so given that he played the role). Or - Lucille is a real name. It's also the name of his abusive sister in the movie. Is that supposed to be a problem?

It would be one thing if I said I was calling him Larry because he sucks and so do all real people named Larry but I didn't say that bc that would be an insane thing to say. I might've just as easily called him Bob. But I didn't.

Larry is a common name in some parts of the world and many people have it - including Larry Hall the suspected serial killer and Larry Stewart the famed philanthropist. It's just a name. Neither good nor evil. It doesn't mean anything either positive or negative to call someone Larry or to have that name.

In this case I am using it to distinguish the ooc travesty in the Loki series from the character he was supposed to be. And honestly I find asks like this to be just another attempt at silencing criticism of the series - just like people saying that any criticism is "negativity" and didn't belong in the tags.

#asks #loki tv series #Loki

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educatedinyellow · 7 months

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People I Wanna Know Better

Thanks for thinking of me, @sanguinarysanguinity :)

Last song?

My son has been singing Tale As Old As Time from Beauty and the Beast all day. He's super adorable doing it, too, and you've gotta love a classic <3 We miss you, Angela Lansbury.

My funniest musical adventure from this week, though (as you know, Sang), was finding out that David McCallum -- who apparently played oboe and arranged orchestral scores, having studied music at first before switching to acting -- recorded a jazz number in the 1960s which then got sampled by Dr. Dre in the 1990s to create what, according to my brother, is 'definitely one of the most famous hip hop beats of all time' (warning: explicit language including the n word).

Who knew? Like a good secret agent, his influence pops up where least expected!

Favorite color?

Blue-green.

Currently watching?

Not much of anything lately, to be honest. I just haven't found time to fit in a movie at the end of the day, and I don't have any new TV shows I'm currently following. But I'm sure I'll catch the Dr. Who specials when they come out in a month or two. I might watch Loki season 2. And I do still like to read and watch movie reviews and collect a 'to be watched' list for myself.

A couple films that came out this year that sound good & I would like to catch up with are Rye Lane ("Raine Allen-Miller reinvents the romantic-comedy genre utilizing vibrant colors, a fisheye lens, and British rap to present a truthful depiction of London that celebrates Black joy in Rye Lane." -Jillian Chilingerian; "Rye Lane is a shock to the system and the current landscape of romantic comedies. It’s loving, genuinely humorous, and an effortless crowd pleaser. A beautiful, energetic reminder that love is worth going after time and again." -Tina Kakadelis)

and Fancy Dance ("Cloaking a family drama in crime-film conventions, the plot of Native American filmmaker Erica Tremblay’s exceptional directorial debut concerns a young woman’s disappearance from an Oklahoma reservation and her family’s urgent attempts to locate her....not even halfway through the film, Tremblay (who is from the Seneca-Cayuga nation) and co-writer Miciana Alise’s keenly observant script has touched on a disconcertingly complex array of social issues, including endemic poverty, racism, foster care, and drug and alcohol abuse in Native communities. For the filmmakers, though, it’s the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls that provides the film’s thematic throughline. Handled with candor and grace, these concerns are well integrated into the narrative and dialogue (often in the Cayuga language) so that they’re recognizable, but not melodramatically manipulative." - The Hollywood Reporter)

I'd also like to rewatch some Man From UNCLE, catch up with Spielberg's West Side Story, watch the latest Indiana Jones movie (which despite all the negative press my brother says was good fun), and sometime maybe get around to the Sandman series from last year and Good Omens 2 from this year.

Last movie?

Uhhhhh, maybe Mission Impossible 7 back in July?

Sweet/spicy/savory?

I dislike spicy. I like savory just fine. I like sweet best, but I have had to learn to seek it out in new forms this year. In January my blood test results indicated I was approaching the upper edge of what's considered pre-diabetic and edging close to full-on Type 2. I have been at high risk to develop it, not only due to family history, but also because I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant a decade ago. I was told at that time that 1 in 2 women with gestational diabetes go on to develop type 2 within 10 years, and, ahaha, look at the time. So, this year I have been working much harder to reverse those trends and make healthy changes to my diet and get more active. I joined a Diabetes Prevention Class (there's a national program for this, by the way, though it's not well-advertised. My doctor didn't tell me about it, because they never told me anything, but I found a search engine online that helped me find classes locally. Mine is a free, virtual, 12-month program run out of a nearby hospital as a community health initiative and geared toward helping people make lasting lifestyle changes using a small support group style). All this is just to say that I am eating fewer sugars and carbs these days, but I can still get my sweet tooth fix enjoying my red peppers, honeycrisp apples, chocolate-dipped quinoa crisps, and coconut water :) I'm also happy to say that when I was retested in July my blood sugar was so far improved that I have almost dipped out of the pre-diabetic zone altogether and back into what's considered normal range. But of course, it's not something you can stop once you hit a certain number -- the goal is to keep doing this for the rest of my life. So far, it's been going fine and I'm figuring out what I like to eat that's within my new purview. I have to say that California Pizza Kitchen's cauliflower crust mushroom pizza makes me very happy <333333

Relationship status?

If my marriage were a person, it would be old enough to vote. Hurray!

Current obsessions?

My cousins introduced me to a spelling bee game this summer, and over the last week I've picked it back up and am finding it a bit addictive. The two of them regularly ace its highest levels, but I content myself with the goal of getting to the "Great" goalpost and then walking away :) It's fun, but the full word list is, to me, a bit frustrating because it's hard to guess what anachronistic spellings, odd plurals, or never-used permutations they will decide to count (you won't take 'glugging' one day, but you want me to try 'ufts' the next? bah humbug!!) *shrugs* If you're not a completist and would be happy just finding as many patterns as you can, it's a good little daily hamster run for the brain. The solutions to one day's challenge are posted on the following day.

Last thing you googled?

Glugging, LOL. I was, like, oh god, is it somehow not a real word? Better check before I post. But it is!! VINDICATION!!

I will say I also got miffed at the thing for wanting "annum" but not accepting "unum" (oh, we're accepting Latin if it's for accountants but not if it's for a national motto? FINE.) And I was denied "unarm," but that one I eventually had to concede -- you can be unarmed or you can disarm someone else, but 'unarm' by itself isn't actually a thing, okay. But neither is 'ufts', spellbee, GET OFF MY LAWN.

Anyhow, I argue with it and then come back the next day to play again :)

I tag anyone who wants to share, of course!

#memes

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sylvies-kablooie · 6 months

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just getting some thoughts re:loki s2 off of my chest

i think anytime you LOVE s1 of a show getting a second season can be a terrifying thing that almost always leads to disappointment. but i guess my biggest problem with s2 is the lack of follow up on certain things…?

what’s the deal with brad? what’s the deal with him escaping to the sacred timeline and being a movie star? is that genuinely all he wants and he’s just a giant jerk because that’s the way he is? what’s his relationship w dox?

what’s the deal with dox? what was her motivation for pruning all of those branches? what was the motivation for the TVA workers she recruited to go along with her? why was she willing to betray and die for the TVA?

what’s the deal with ravonna? last season we learned she was a school principal on the sacred timeline. now we learn she was kang’s general. why did she want to stabilize the timeline but refuse to cooperate with our heroes? what is it she wants beyond being the head of the TVA? why is she so willing to toss everything she had with mobius aside? what’s the implication of miss minutes saying they never needed him at all?

what’s the deal with victor? we get to meet this HWR variant and then… we see him die? we see him beg for his life and plead to get the autonomy he would have been denied and then… spaghetti? i liked seeing him prove his valor, but don’t you think there could have been more to explore? we see miss minutes say he will never be him but then don’t get to explore what that would mean?

what’s the deal with loki? why can’t he see beyond the TVA? he wants to keep the world safe but when sylvie asked do you care about anything BUT the TVA… was she really wrong? why are they rehashing the fight from the end of s1 instead of saying what they mean? why does he have the nerve to call sylvie selfish? why can’t he tell her he cares?

you see how there’s a lot of stuff that i would like to be resolved but with only one episode left i can predict about half of these will be on the chopping block, a quarter will be addressed, and the other quarter resolved in another MCU film or show you have to do homework to enjoy?

granted!!! an episode can change a lot and maybe they can answer all of these things within that timeframe. but i have Many Questions and few answers.

#One episode just seems like such a short time to wrap this up!!!!#I wish they would just say what they mean!!!#Girl who cares about the damn loom!!!#Is this negativity? Honestly not sure #I still have been enjoying it just doesn’t have the same feel as s1 #We shall see how it ends!! Not making any predictions #Regardless i will keep cherishing this community so don’t think I’m going anywhere #Juni rambles #loki #loki series #loki tv show #loki show #loki tv #loki s2

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scintillatingshortgirl19 · 6 months

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I'm going to go ahead and say that I genuinely think - on a personal level but also just from a narrative standpoint - that that might have been the worst possible ending they could have come up with for this character.

It was established throughout the series (and in particularly clear terms in the previous episode) that Loki's worst fear - the worst fate that could befall him - is being alone. It's also abundantly clear to anyone who has analyzed this character for so much as five minutes that Loki does not and never has actually wanted a throne - and that this isn't a change that came about during the series, either. Even when he did "want" it, it was just as a substitute for the love he couldn't access. And, bonus, the "glorious purpose" thing has never held any actual significance - it was a throwaway line fed to him by Thanos that has never been true to Loki himself. His underlying goal has always been this: love, acceptance, and a sense of belonging within a community.

The ending gave Loki these three things which he did not want - one of which was his literal worst fucking fear - and withheld the one thing he has always wanted. Based on the narrative and character traits they established, this is the most tragic ending they could possibly have given this character. But this isn't supposed to be a tragedy. It's framed as if it's bittersweet. A necessary sacrifice. Sad, but inspiring.

I can't see it as any of those things, though. It's just . . . bleak.

Being completely isolated in a solitary confinement situation forever - never able to experience actual connection, only able to watch from afar - is arguably a fate worse than death. And based on the facts established about Loki in particular, this is definitely the case for this character. It's great that he got his hero moment - I'm not denying that it was a beautiful scene - but this all leaves such a bitter taste in my mouth I can't really focus on the positives.

This is a character who has experienced tragic ending after tragic ending. I've spent over ten years of my life watching him be knocked down over and over and over again, and I am just not capable of seeing a tragic ending for him as satisfying in any way. This isn't the first time Loki has sacrificed himself for his loved ones. I already watched it happen in Infinity War, and I had no desire to watch it happen again.

All I can really say in conclusion is thank fucking god I'm not hyperfixating on this show like I was during season one. Hell, I've been watching this season almost casually and I'm still this fucking pissed off. I can't imagine how I would feel if I was still as engaged as I used to be.

#loki spoilers #loki tv series #loki #loki series negativity #i just. loki deserved better #he really did #op

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twh-news · 7 months

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Loki Season 2 reviews are in! While critics still praise the Tom Hiddleston series… the reviews are not quite as good as Season 1

With just two days left before Season 2 of Loki debuts on Disney Plus, the first wave of reviews have come in… and they're not quite as positive as Season 1.

Loki - which continues the adventures of Tom Hiddleston's God of Mischeif title character - debuted in June 2021 with a 92% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

While most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first TV shows on Disney Plus were considered one-offs, Loki was the first to get a second season, and later touted by Marvel President Kevin Feige as the 'most-watched' Marvel Studios series.

Now the reviews are in for Season 2 ahead of its October 5 debut on Disney Plus, with a slightly-lower 82% score from the first 50 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

The involvement of Jonathan Majors, who returns as Kang, amid his arrest for domestic violence, was also troubling for many critics.

Rolling Stone's Alan Sepinwall called Majors, 'the big problem' with the season in his negative review published Tuesday.

'It’s not his performance, which remains a weirdly compelling live-wire act, full of odd, halting line deliveries and twitchy physicality. Instead, it’s the ugly real-world circumstances surrounding him,' Sepinwall began.

'After the season was filmed, Majors was arrested and charged with domestic violence against his romantic partner, which led to Rolling Stone uncovering a pattern of alleged abusive behavior going back a decade. Majors was set to play the big bad for the next few phases of the MCU. Instead, it’s impossible to imagine him ever appearing in a Marvel project after this one,' he added.

ComicBook.com's Nicole Drum gave the season a positive review (3.5 stars out of 5), but even she admitted something felt off, compared to Season 1.

'Season 2 definitely doesn’t suffer from the pitfalls that would make people continue to question if superhero fatigue is real or not, but through characterizations, pacing, and too much self-awareness, it definitely feels like a very different show,' she said.

She said the first episode debuting on Thursday, 'is hectic, throwing new concepts, characters, and threats into the story with little explanation and little reason for fans to be invested.'

'When the premiere does try to stop and ruminate on what Loki just experienced in the Season 1 finale, the end result becomes rushed and confusing,' she continued, adding the, 'overstuffed and slightly frenetic chaos' sets the tone in the four episodes (of the six-episode season) that were screened for critics.

Mashable's Belen Edwards added in her negative review that Season 2 delved into the first season's worst aspects.

'Instead of digging into what makes Loki fun, the show's second season doubles down on Season 1's worst tendencies… It's a drag when it should be thrilling, an exposition-filled trudge when it should be an exciting romp,' she said.

USA Today's Brian Truitt gave Loki Season 2 a positive review (3 stars out of 4), stating, 'Sometimes you feel like you need a theoretical physics degree to understand it all. Strong character work makes up for some of that, as does a knowing sense of humor.'

He added the new season, 'couldn't come sooner, as the Marvel Cinematic Universe films are starting to feel a little repetitive and a plethora of disparate TV series haven't helped.'

IGN Movies' Jarrod Jones gave the season a negative review (5 of 10), adding, 'Tom Hiddleston’s Loki is back for more multiversal shenanigans, but the absence of director Kate Herron seems to have sapped the wily fun from his Disney+ spinoff.'

Like many reviews - even the negative ones - Jones praised the addition of newly-minted Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan.

Quan plays a Time Variance Authority (TVA) 'basement-dwelling repair guy' named Ouroboros, 'whose jovial presence gives Season 2 a much-needed boost from its overall mopey tone.'

ComicBookMovie's Josh Wilding called Season 2, 'a masterclass in imaginative storytelling' adding the show represents, 'the MCU at its best and a riveting new chapter in the Multiverse Saga that’s mind-bending, monumental, and utterly marvellous,' adding, 'and as a bonus, Ke Huy Quan is a scene-stealing delight!'

Collider's Therese Lacson added, 'Season 1 was well-loved, and with a fan-favorite character like Hiddleston’s God of Mischief at the helm, Season 2 proves that the series not only hasn’t lost its touch but remains one of the stronger pillars of the MCU as a whole.'

However The Daily Beast's Nick Schager said in his negative review, 'Its convolutions overwhelming its charming personalities and freewheeling spirit of paradox-laden adventure, it’s another indication that the once-mighty franchise has lost its direction.'

London Evening Standard's Vicky Jessop added, 'It's all a bit wearying' when describing the entirety of the season that was screened for critics.

Indenpendent UK's Louis Chilton added, 'More than anything, Loki has started to resemble what it truly is: an ill-advised spinoff in the old tradition. A too-bright spotlight for a side character who was never best suited to lead. A dinner comprising only hors d’oeuvres.'

'Loki season two is a jaw-dropping magical experience that will ultimately leave you clamoring for more, with high stakes twists and turns that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat!' added ComicBookMovie's Rohan Patel.

#loki #loki series #tom hiddleston #loki season 2 #loki s02 #review #article

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zylice · 6 months

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Loki may have become a ‘better person’ but he literally had the living HELL beat out of him in order to do so. I don’t want to see a character tortured into SUBMISSION by his kidnappers and HUMILIATED in order for him to be redeemed let alone constantly ABUSED throughout the process of ‘growing!’ Thor didn’t get abused, tortured, belittled and humiliated during his ‘redemption arc’ so why does Loki?! 😢💔

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lucianalight · 5 months

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PSA: New Tags

I'm trying to come up with new tags for my posts about Loki S2. And I find it kinda silly because these are just my opinions why should I tag them as positive or negative, anti or pro, or whatever. they can be both. They are both. Ugh.

Anyway, I was awake till 5 a.m. last night and I spent my time making gifs and finishing one of my posts which I'm going to post soon and here's what I come up with for new tags:

Content: Tag

S1 and S2 Criticism: loki tv show negativity, loki series criticism

S1 criticism: loki s1 negativity, loki s1 criticism

S2 criticism: loki s2 negativity, loki s2 criticism

S1 pro/positive content: loki s1 positivity (I don't think I ever use this tag :D but just in case)

S2 pro/positive content: loki s2 positivity

S1 and S2 pro/positive/general content: loki tv show, loki series

Tagging posts for characters and ships are even more difficult. I always try to analyze characters fairly and regardless of my emotions.

I don't hate Sylvie, I sympathize with her a lot of times but I don't deny that she has a lot of flaws and she wasn't well-written especially in S1.

I don't like Mobius. Ok I hate him. But there were a lot of times that I liked him in S2. Still my perspective on him is negative. And imo with good reason. I acknowledge that he has good characteristics though. And I think one of the reasons I hate this character is because Owen Wilson played the role so well, and not mentioning that this character is very flawed isn't fair to his portrayal.

So I don't know whether to tag my analysis of these characters. Tell me if you want or don't want the analysis about them to be tagged according to the content.

About ships. I'm neutral about sylkie so you can find content on it on my blog. Lokius is a NoTP for me. There will be no content or meta about it. But you also won't find posts hating on ships on my blog. Because I hate ship wars and I find them useless.

#blog maintenance

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