Will Loki and Sylvie Actually Hook Up?
Warning: Spoilers for the 4th episode of Loki.  Guys, we have no idea how to feel about one of the biggest developments in the latest episode of Loki. On the one hand, we all love the God of Mischief and keep hoping that guy will figure out how to be happy. Because as of Loki episode 4, The Nexus Event, that sure looks like maybe this is where things are headed. Okay, sure, yes, we agree Loki deserves to find some form of happiness. And theres no denying he and Sylvie, his female time travel duplicate, have chemistry. Theyre undeniably fun to watch together. But its gonna take us a minute to digest the idea of IS LOKI ACTUALLY TRYING TO ROMANCE HIMSELF. Even Agent Mobius openly mocked Lokis feelings (or whatever they are, because its a bit fuzzy at the moment, even for Loki) during that interrogation scene. Granted, given what we know about Loki, it makes total sense. He may be getting better at not doing outright evil things, like commanding an alien invasion of New York City, but at the end of the day hes still a narcissist. Never forget how much he loves reminding lesser beings that hes a god. He loves himself more than anyone and so it makes sense that this includes herself. And on some level, its kind of cute. Loki and Sylvie have already been through a lot. Theyve shared secrets and bared their souls to one another. Despite difficulty working together, they actually make a great team. And clearly, Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino have the right chemistry as actors. But its also very weird when you think too much about the implications. Unfortunately, you cant look to the source material for answers. In the comics, Sylvie and Loki (as of this writing) have never hooked up  shes not even a variant. Created by writer Paul Cornell and artist Mark Brooks, Sylvie made her first appearance in 2009 in Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1. We meet her as Sylvie Lushton, a teenage girl from Oklahoma who woke up one day with magical powers after the recently-resurrected Asgardians established their new home in the Sooner State. It turns out those powers were given to her by Loki, though she didnt find out about that until later. After getting the hang of things, she moved to New York to join the Avengers, calling herself Amora the Enchantress, a name she borrowed from another magical super person. She subsequently became a supervillain, sort of, but eventually the real Amora the Enchantress showed up and banished her to another realm as punishment for stealing the name. Which could have been worse, honestly. And as we said, she never actually got together with Loki. But this is the MCU  it only takes elements from the comics in broad stokes and never does a straight adaptation. Lets say for a moment that we look past the weirdness of Loki entering a romantic relationship with an alternate timeline version of himself. In terms of story, itd be a little hard to make it work long term. As we saw in this weeks episode, Loki and Sylvie just touching hands created a massive Nexus event. Thats how the TVA were able to find them on Lamentis-1. So, assuming they were both able to escape the TVA alive and together, a physical relationship between the two could seemingly have huge fallout for the rest of the universe. Then again, Sylvie did bomb the sacred timeline two weeks ago, and we still have absolutely no idea what kind of consequences came from that. But theres still two episodes left Anything can happen to either one of them (especially since our Loki has a habit of dying). Their main concern right now is just finding their way back to each other, considering where the episode left each of them.