I'm gonna nerd about music and my feels for a bit but whenever I listen to this song in particular, one thing that REALLY stood out to me was at the very end of the song. Right after the high-pitched horn sound, there were bits of sounds that reminds me of how sparkles would sound like. A sound of fleeting magic in the midst of nothingness.
When this score was played in the episode, the end of the song cuts to Don's house. He was last seen playing pretend with his kids, knowing not even an ounce of the idea that his world, along others, were at the brink of destruction. If it weren't for Loki, this simple life would've never existed.
Now, hear me out. I'm very much reaching here and I'm like, 100% sure this is just my brain connecting the nonexistent dots. But, the mirror between both medias just felt really impactful for me.
Why?
Obviously, Loki's magic had given everyone a second chance. Not just his friends, or people in the TVA. Literally everyone. Even for someone insignificant like Don. The thing that saved best for the last is a mundane life everyone has, and I think it's beautiful, because you learn to perceive life on a better light knowing someone wants you to enjoy that while it lasts.
Especially for Mobius, though. It felt bleak knowing a good friend he had in a long while was taken away from him. But, he too, stepped out from his comfort zone and got to see what was his life before the TVA altered him to who he is now. He seemed uncertain of how his future is going to work now he had resigned from his position but perhaps looking back to his older footsteps would give him an idea of what's to come.
Perhaps in the end, there will be better hopes for both him and Loki. It's a fucking bleak outcome for both, and you might wonder if this what their fates were meant to be, even under the fact there are many possibilities for them to be together now. Are they really meant to be separated, despite the signs littered around the show said otherwise? That can't be it, yes?
The overall run of this song is hauntingly beautiful. Gloomy yet optimistic, it's a song that wraps the show in a light so positive yet caustic. Sure, things don't go the way you would've wanted, but the future is flux, so why not look forward for that?
I'd like to think the spark at the end is the sound of hope. And it could be anything. Hope of everyone for a better, lasting future, in the middle of darkness. Hope of TVA to run its course well in the embrace of the void. And, well...
Hope for Mobius to be able to see Loki again someday.
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