I think that this is setting up one or more magical gotchas. Either Sylvie is projecting this experience into Loki’s head to get more info, or Loki faked the broken temppad to string Sylvie along for more info or both.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
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Calli - Jun 26, 2021 5:11:07 am PDT #3401 of 4004
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
-t - Jun 26, 2021 9:35:47 am PDT #3402 of 4004
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was thinking she was projecting the experience at one point but it sounded like she had to use memories for that. Although she could, of course, be lying about that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 26, 2021 2:03:42 pm PDT #3403 of 4004
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My thought is, do they really need a working evacuation ark to power up their TARDIS remote, or just some intact part of its drive system that holds sufficient charge?
-t - Jun 26, 2021 2:43:26 pm PDT #3404 of 4004
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That makes sense, Matt.
Steph L. - Jun 28, 2021 2:08:06 pm PDT #3405 of 4004
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
My brother apparently owns an action figure of Kang the Conqueror,* because he just texted me a picture of him holding it, with the comment "No Timekeepers; only Kang." (I didn't whitefont that because it's not even a spoiler as far as I know; it's just speculation, though it's speculation grounded in comics canon.)
*(I, on the other hand, do have a Happy Meal toy of Kang from The Simpsons. For real.)
-t - Jun 28, 2021 3:02:24 pm PDT #3406 of 4004
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I demand y'all make your Kang figures duel! And/or kiss. I'm not picky
Tom Scola - Jun 30, 2021 5:20:36 pm PDT #3407 of 4004
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
lokigator
-t - Jun 30, 2021 6:23:07 pm PDT #3408 of 4004
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Whaaaaat
Steph L. - Jun 30, 2021 7:04:00 pm PDT #3409 of 4004
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I too was coming to say: what the fuuuuuuuuck.
But also, if there's Lokigator then I goddamn want frog Thor, who is comics canon. Or cat Thor, which is also comics canon, but slightly more complicated because it's Loki shapeshifting to be Thor, but Thor as a cat: [link]
Also, now I'm stuck in a philosophical debate that's similar to (but not the same as) Would You Fuck Your Clone? I feel like every version of Loki, in any timeline, would answer a resounding yes. (For the record, I would not fuck my clone, because I get on my own nerves when there's only one of me.) But Loki wouldn't actually be fucking his clone, per se (assuming that Sylvie is a Loki variant and NOT Enchantress, which I still think she is); it would be more like fucking a photocopy.
-t - Jun 30, 2021 7:28:11 pm PDT #3410 of 4004
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I’m not sure how I feel about that - I do not at all get how anything could make a nexus spike on Lamentis, much less a steeper spike than has ever been seen before. But I also don’t see how young Sylvie could have messed up the timeline playing alone, so I guess I will roll with it for now and hope the sense-making comes later