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“That was one of the cruxes of my pitch [for the series], that there was going to be a love story,” head writer Michael Waldron explains to Marvel.com. “We went back and forth for a little bit about, like do we really want to have this guy fall in love with another version of himself? Is that too crazy? But in a series that, to me, is ultimately about self-love, self-reflection, and forgiving yourself, it just felt right that that would be Loki’s first real love story.”

— Michael Waldron, Loki head writer, for Marvel.com

When I started the show, that was always in the DNA of it—that Loki was going to meet a version of himself and they were going to fall in love. And that’s honestly what drew me into the story, because I directed Sex Education. I love stories about self-love and finding your identity and your people. Loki is such a broken character when we join him, and seeing him go on this amazing journey with all this growth and finding the good points of himself in seeing her—I think that was very beautiful.

— Kate Herron, Loki director, for Esquire

Herron says thematically, Loki falling for Sylvie is an exploration of “self-love,” but only in the sense that it’s Loki learning to understand his own motives and integrity. “[The show is] looking at the self and asking ‘What makes us us?’” Herron says. “I mean, look at all the Lokis across the show, they’re all completely different. I think there’s something beautiful about his romantic relationship with Sylvie, but they’re not interchangeable.”

— Kate Herron, Loki director, for Polygon

“When I started, Michael [Waldron] had written the pilot. Then, there was a second episode written by Elissa [Karasik], and Bisha’s [Ali] episode was written. So, there was a rough shape of the show. It was already fixed in that Loki was gonna be arrested by the TVA and then it had this twist that he was going to try and solve the mystery of who this other Loki was, but then it pivots and becomes this love story about him falling in love with himself. I just thought that was so inspired and the message that had about self-love. I just really wanted to be part of that.”

— Kate Herron, Loki director, for Buzzfeed

Meanwhile, when Loki and Sylvie are stranded on 2077 Lamentis-1, a moon about to be crushed by a planet, the dystopian look is defined by pink and purple during their series of walk and talks. “There was a big discussion of what that should be and then what [shade of] purple and pink,” Arkapaw said. “We came up with a palette as part of the character beats. We wanted a colorful environment to serve the romantic emotions.

— Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Loki cinematographer, for IndieWire

Yeah, the scene where Loki and Sylvie, you know, their connection scene in episode 4 where they set off the TVA alarm bells and it’s so off the grid off what should be happening there. That one was really hard to get the right tone for. If it was too subtle, it didn’t play right. I tried a much more understated version of it and then I just did this bombastic, love-in-space, the world is ending sound, just this huge, sweeping love moment and it just seemed to work with whatever it is that they brought to the table. I mean, I don’t think anyone quite knows what’s between them, whether it’s this narcissistic moment or the system or whatever the connection they have to each other, it’s still something really powerful. But yeah, that was the most challenging thing to score.

— Natalie Holt, Loki composer, for ScreenRant

“It’s subtle,” Di Martino says of the flirtationship between the two Lokis. “I didn’t want to make it too easy for them to be really open with each other because they’re characters that have huge walls built up around themselves. They cannot trust other people. And it’s a very vulnerable position that they’re both in feeling that they like another person. It’s all tied into this idea of self-love—and whether they can each find something in themselves that they can like.” “I think everyone feels lonely at times,” she adds. “And it’s great to have some glimmer of hope that your person is out there.”

— Sophia Di Martino for Esquire

“He says something really nice to her before they kiss,” Di Martino recalls. “Loki basically says, ‘I’ve always hurt everyone I’ve always been close to. I’m a horrible person, but you’ve changed me because I care about you, and I want you to be OK.’ And for someone to say, ‘I want you to be OK,’ it’s such a nice thing to hear, especially for someone who’s damaged as Sylvie. It sort of breaks her heart a little bit because she just wants herself to be OK as well. For someone else to acknowledge that, and to see her in that way and to just see her, is so powerful.”

— Sophia Di Martino for Marvel.com

The only thing — or, well person – who gives Sylvie pause is Loki himself. After the two share a moment on Lamentis-1 that’s so powerful it causes a straight up and down spike on the timeline, it’s clear that there’s something more brewing between them. Di Martino herself likens the pair to “two teenagers who have never had these feelings before.” “Obviously, Tom’s a super charming, very easy to fall-in-love-with guy. With Sylvie, I was really aware that she’s never had feelings like this about anybody. This is a hugely vulnerable position for her to be in. I really wanted it to be not too easy for her to just sort of go there. It’s that moment where it’s so awkward. They just don’t know how to put it into words. They don’t know how to behave around each other. It’s all a bit too intense and a bit much.”

— Sophia Di Martino for Marvel.com

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kaleidoscope-eyez · 4 months

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“And I'd choose you, in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you.”

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kaleidoscope-eyez · 4 months

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@giftober 2023 + @mcuchallenge| Day 20/31: Joy

LOKI (S2E6): Glorious Purpose

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kaleidoscope-eyez · 4 months

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Best Prompts of 2023!

Prompt #1025: "You told me you loved me." "Yes." "While you thought I was dying in your arms." "Yes." "Well, I’m still alive. Care to repeat that?"

Prompt #1011: "I sometimes miss that little girl you once were." "I don’t, she was a coward."

Prompt #1018: "Shut up, I’m trying to confess my love to you."

Prompt #1026: "I thought a few candles would be very romantic." "You almost burnt down the house."

Prompt #1037: "Sometimes you annoy me so much that I want to start planning our wedding, just so I can very publicly divorce you."

Prompt #1016: All their kisses so far had been full of anger. Too rough, too desperate. This one was their first kiss that was soft, without urgency.

Prompt #966: "Why did you never tell me?" "It was a personal issue." "You being in love with me kind of also involves me."

Prompt #1023: "Why do people keep saying I’m doing well considering the circumstances? I’m feeling awful!" "Since the circumstances were you almost dying, I would say you are doing quite well being able to whine to me about it."

Prompt #1057: "Just admit it, you have feelings for them." "Only the worst ones."

Prompt #1050: "Can you feel it?" "Can I feel what?" "My disappointment in you."

Goodbye 2023 and hello 2024! I wish you all a wonderful start into the new year!

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kaleidoscope-eyez · 4 months

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I FINALLY FINISHED IT! In the end, there's some things I'm still not entirely happy with, but I'm exhausted and so I declare it good enough. I thought it was highly amusing that in the show, Loki was all like, "I'm not gonna fall for your tricks, woman!" and then ends up falling for her lmao - hence where I got the idea to draw this.

That Spongebob time card took WAY longer than it should have bc I drew the whole thing (with ref) from scratch. So I'm actually quite proud of it LOL I have a few other (Marvel) fanart in the works for 2023. I plan to draw WandaxVision next, then hopefully Mark/Stephen from Moonknight. Stay tuned for an ALTERNATE ENDING. Also if any procreate/digital artists out there wouldn't mind sharing what size they make their canvas' for best upload quality (for tumblr and twitter) I would greatly appreciate it 🙏 For the sake of not wanting to lose the quality of the original, I had cropped the full comic into 3 separate images and then uploaded them individually. I don't want to do keep doing that every time so, again, I'd appreciate any tips. (Also, yes I purposely took out Sylvie's "what are you doing?" response back bc I liked it better this way for the comic.)

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kaleidoscope-eyez · 5 months

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"Would you be able to do a gif blending the Sylki kiss with the shot of Loki approaching Sylvie in the Citadel in S2 (the amazing one from the Assembled documentary where he is so close to her and is looking at her with all the love in the world?!)." - Request by Anonymous.

LOKI For all times. Always s01e06 || Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2.

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kaleidoscope-eyez · 5 months

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Pants with a daggers???🤨