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Tysm for tagging me! ❤️✨

Loki!! (MCU. He's the literal loml 😔)

Sylki 😭💜 (they're my babies okay)

Art (specifically poetry and drawing. It's just something so beautiful and full of meaning.)

Life 💐 (humanity, society, how things are, how they could be, dreams and ambitions.)

Food (lmao 🙏🏻😭)

Tags with no pressure: anyone who wants to do it 🌟

I saw this meme going around on twitter and I think it'll be perfect for this account.

List 5 topics you can talk on for an hour without preparing any material.

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I have a new tablet, finally 😩 So I did this to try it out, it was some unfinished work, I forgot what I wanted to achieve here so it is what it is 👍🏼

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KATHONY SYLKI PARALLELS

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THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)

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The way Loki and Sylvie’s attitudes towards each other grows along with their attitudes toward their Lokihood is something I’ll forever be insane about. Like, the way we start off with the TVA’s angle and the whole ‘superior Loki’ thing, which Mobius uses to access Loki’s particular issues when it comes to self worth, to motivate him to track down Sylvie bc “this variant is better than you, and you can’t take it.” Loki has long felt like he must compete for any modicum of worthiness, and so it slides into his attitude right alongside his pre existing issues. He adopts it, and even repeats it to Sylvie when he meets her; he tells her of his exploits, of his going undercover and earning their trust, and demands, “I think that makes me the superior Loki, don’t you?” This, then, is the attitude he approaches meeting a new Loki under at this stage of the story: comparison, competition, superiority. And interestingly, Sylvie does a bit of this too, “here I was worried they’d found a better version of me” and all. Where did she get it from, and how much of it does she buy into? Is she using it to needle this TVA Loki because there have been others who came before? Questions without clear answers, but the very fact it’s there at all is quite fascinating.

But yes. Sylvie. Meeting Sylvie challenges this mindset. We are introduced to her side of things, which includes her vehement rejection of the identity. Loki’s reaction to her “don’t ever call me that”, initially focusing on “what, tech-savvy?” because her next words “No, a Loki,” and the venom in her voice takes him totally by surprise. His reaction is utterly fascinating. He narrows his eyes, juts his chin out, confusion and question written all over his body language. The idea of competition and a hierarchy among himself and the other Lokis fitted into the pre existing issues his raising instilled in him; but this, this total rejection of identity? Well that echoes more closely (for this Loki especially, who is coming directly off New York and all that led up to it) his very recent trauma as regards his true identity as a frost giant. Episode three is our major introduction to Sylvie and focuses greatly on her assertion of her individuality, and the way this mirrors Loki’s own journey leading up to this stage. Loki, too, violently attempted to reject the part of his identity that, when it was revealed, suddenly caused him a great deal of pain. Not that that means that being a frost giant is a bad thing to be; in much the same way that being a Loki is not a bad thing to be, they have each been taught hatred of the self. Loki was raised in Asgard, and absorbed a very negative idea of the Frost Giants (“what, that I’m the monster parents tell their children about at night?”). Sylvie’s status as a Loki is part of what ruined her life. The self loathing that they have both developed for themselves is a shared root

They become significantly less aggressive with each other as they spend more time with each other, mutual (or semi mutual) curiosity giving way to genuine affection as they both slowly deconstruct the issues they have associated with their identity. Sylvie opens up to Loki after travelling the apocalypse with him, when they think they’ll die by the lake on Lamentis. “Do you think what makes a Loki a Loki is the fact that we’re destined to lose?” An offering, an olive branch of sorts, to the other Loki across from her, peaceably, if sadly, acknowledging their shared identity, and their shared pain. And Loki responds in kind, choosing to reassure her, “No. We may lose. Sometimes painfully. But we don’t die. We survive.” And this touches Sylvie deeply; she reciprocates. Loki is famous for his silver tongue, but Sylvie is a very touch oriented person. She reaches over and touches him, with gentleness, exactly where the frost giant that revealed his true identity to him grabbed him. And this moment, in what they give to each other and see in each other, is a turning point for both of their attitudes towards themselves

Immediately following this, we’re brought back into the TVA, and the old adages are reiterated: notably, the moment when Mobius is trying to get a rise out of Loki and brings up the ‘superior Loki’ shenanigans, commenting that “I would have bet on her, but that’s what makes a horse race.” Now obviously this takes place in a scene where Mobius is deliberately needling Loki, and has also conveyed news of Sylvie’s (fake) death. But amidst it all, this line, and the look that crosses Loki’s face. He hears it afresh, and it is as if it is the first time he’s fully considered how insane that rhetoric is, how divisive, dismissive, dehumanising. No longer does he take pride in the competition. No longer is there satisfaction for him in the winning of the TVA’s game. “Her name was Sylvie,” is all he says, and with it, he forces the recognition of her personhood, in a system that views her as just another variant, one of thousands.

On and on, until they reach the stage where it is a positive affirmation “You do! Because were the same!” as this shared identity is an intrinsic part of their relationship to each other and their mutual love for each other, both as individuals separate from themselves and also as variants of themselves. But just as they are both Lokis and this shared identity is one they’ve both come to accept and respect as not a thing to be loathed or levelled up but a simple thing that is, so are they separate people who have lived separate lives. “Why aren’t we seeing this the same way?” is a heartbreaking line because she has finally after all this time been willing to open her heart to another Loki like herself, and through loving him come to love herself and her identity. They’re the same. But they’re not. And Loki’s heartbreaking return, “Because you can’t trust and I can’t be trusted” is acknowledgment that whilst they share a root and a soul, their lived lives diverged long ago and shaped them into very different people.

But regardless of the beautifully painful ways this falls out in the season one finale, they can never go back to how it was before they met each other. They are irrevocably changed, in how they see themselves. And that’s beautiful

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tysm @sylkiagathario ✨🌷🩷

Last song: Born Again by Lisa

Last book: Ignite-me by Tahereh Mafi. I absolutely LOVED this book in a way that I can't describe without writing an essay about it. The romance, the anguish, the change in the protagonist's attitude were something that I completely loved it. 🤧

Last movie: The Bodyguard. Never cried so hard in my life.

Last TV show: none

Favorite colors: moss green, beige and brown! But I started to really like pink these last few months.

Sweet, savory, or spicy: sweet and savory! I can't choose between these two. But I absolutely HATE spicy things 😭

Relationship status: single and I intend to stay that way until I establish myself financially.

Last thing I googled: weather near me

Current thing i'm obsessed with: Sylki! Besides them, I'm obsessed with Bridgerton and Genshin Impact. I've been playing Genshin Impact for a while now, but I've only recently gotten back into it and the game's lore continues to captivate me every day. And about Bridgerton, I'm rewatching the series and I intend to read the books while the 4th season hasn't been released yet. ❤️

Looking forward to: start therapy next month and go shopping with my family soon! 🥺

I tag @sylvies-kablooie @laufeysonwife03 @oswildin @sylokis @julietjenkins and idk more 5 people to tag here, sorry 😭

10 things for 10 people you’d like to know better

Way late on this but was tagged by @inevitablemoment!

Last Song: "Please Please Please" by Sabrina Carpenter. (Had S&S Deluxe set as my alarm for this morning.)

Last Book: Lost At Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malley. He's the Scott Pilgrim creator and I believe this was the first graphic novel he had published?

Last Movie: Saw Sinners last Saturday! It was great.

Last TV Show: Saturday Night Live this past weekend

Favorite Color: Orange and pink

Sweet, Savory, or Spicy: All 3 (well, spicy to a point) but I'll go with savory.

Relationship Status: Perpetually single and it's still frustrating. The longer I hold out the higher my expectations get. If I have to wait this long, I'll only accept the best

Last Thing I Googled: Apparently the weather forecast for my town

Current Obsession: Other than trying to properly form a career? Was obsessed with nailing an audition last week but that whole thing is over now and this probably means fandom anyway so....helping the current StarKid Kickstarter get as much money as possible for their remounted production of The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals! And I really liked Thunderbolts so I've been thinking about Marvel lately (as in, more than usual) but that's typical for this time of year since they usually have a big new movie releasing around now and it's also the anniversary of quite a few of their biggest.

It's funny because I've had a lot of different obsessions this year so far but I'm currently focused mainly on the ones I always seem to go back to.

Looking Forward To: Ummm this upcoming week is kinda dry which worries me. But helping out with more arts and Pride stuff in the coming weeks will be fun! But yeah in the meantime gotta make some plans (other than continuing to job search and spiraling upon rejection).

Tagging: @always-rolling-my-eyes @itsnightmaretime @tardisesandtitans @kairithemang0 @youremyonlyhope @lettingtimepass @juliatheorcha @oswildin @loki-is-my-kink-awakening @clowns-ofthesame-circus

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"BECAUSE WE'RE THE SAME."

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Make a move, reindeer games. The Avengers (2012)

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It meant to be something for mermay but something is off idk, I'm tired 😩 ( I just cropped it and put colour lol ) maybe someone will like it

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It's been a long time since I posted a Loki sketch so here we go 🥹

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Loki making Sylvie smile. ♡

Loki Season 1

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SYLKI & TANGLED parallels / for @reashee

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I'm positive this take has been done already but I'm still thinking about the fact that the last time Loki sees Sylvie in S1, she's pushing him away through a timedoor.

And the first time he sees her in S2, she's reaching towards him through the elevator doors.

It's a nice parallel (that they didn't really do much with – insert usual rant about S2 here – but), I like the symbolism about (self) forgiveness and acceptance.

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LOKI SERIES / BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

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Sylvie and Loki first time seeing each other and the last time.

Loki season 1 | Loki season 2

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