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Loki Episode 3 “Lamentis” and Episode 4 “The Nexus Event” reveal telling details of Sylvie’s past, and her fight against the TVA.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Loki Episodes 3 and 4, now streaming now on Disney+.
The first two episodes of the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki were focused on the titular Trickster as he helped Mobius M. Mobius and the TVA track down a dangerous Loki Variant, who has been sabotaging the Sacred Timeline. The third episode picks up right where the last one left off, with Loki following the female variant through a time door. The two then spend the episode together, and much of her character is revealed, including that she doesn’t like to be called Loki, and instead prefers to go by Sylvie.
Sylvie and Loki end up stranded on Lamentis-1 during an apocalypse, and encounter numerous roadblocks as they attempt to flee almost-certain doom. They end up on a train ride that grants them the opportunity to get to know each other. Although they’re both Loki, they have seemingly as many differences as they do similarities. The most obvious difference is their gender presentation: Loki has been confirmed as canonically genderfluid, and these two present differently.
Like Loki, Sylvie Is Confirmed as Bisexual
That leads to a significant similarity between the pair, as they are both revealed as bisexual. Neither has apparently had any serious attachments to their partners, although there is some ambiguity to Sylvie’s reference to a long-distance relationship with a postman, because it appeared to be a joke.
Sylvie Is an Orphan, But She Knew That Long Before Loki Did
One of the sadder differences comes when they discuss family. Sylvie reveals she knew from a young age that she was adopted, something Loki only learned by accident during the events of Thor. Moreover, it’s unclear whether Odin ever planned to reveal the truth of Loki’s parentage. But at least Loki got to grow up with a mother who not only loved him but believed in him.
In contrast, Sylvie never really knew her mother, because she was arrested by the TVA when she was young. It’s unclear, however, if they are both talking about Frigga, because they never refer to their mothers by name. Loki mentions that his mother was a queen of Asgard and the one who taught him magic, but Sylvie claims she is self-taught. While the information Sylvie shares about herself in Episode 3 are purposefully vague, the information revealed in Episode 4, “The Nexus Event,” is more revealing. So while she still didn’t confirm Frigga was her mother, we know she was born a princess of Asgard, and raised in a palace.
Sylvie Has an Old Score to Settle With the TVA
Another ambiguous aspect is Sylvie’s actual plan, and motivations, for targeting the TVA. All that’s really known is her plan has been in place for a long time and she’s been avoiding the organization for much of her life. When Loki refers to himself as a hedonist, Sylvie says that she is the same, but she never allows that to impact her mission. Loki assumes she simply wants to destroy the TVA and the Sacred Timeline in order to usher in true chaos. In Episode 4, “The Nexus Event” reveals the true origin of Sylvie’s rivalry with the TVA and how her original plan to get to the Time Keepers came into play.
The episode depicts a young Sylvie’s arrest and abduction from Asgard by TVA agents, led by Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). Sylvie’s crime against the Sacred Timeline isn’t revealed, but she nevertheless is sentenced to be pruned. As she’s brought before a judge, Sylvie steals Ravonna’s TemPad and escapes, beginning a life on the run from the TVA.
Near the end of the episode, as they’re being brought before the Time Keepers, Sylvie asks Ravonna if she recalls what the girl’s offense was. Ravonna answers coolly that she doesn’t remember. The moment that changed the course of Sylvie’s life is brushed off by a smirking Ravonna, which may demonstrate how little regard the TVA has for those who disrupt the timeline.
Loki stars Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wunmi Mosaku, Sophia Di Martino, Richard E. Grant, Sasha Lane, and Eugene Cordero. New episodes air Wednesdays on Disney+.
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