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i didnt realise ao3 was started in response to lj deleting account relating to p//edophi|ia and they explicitly support the posting of such works yikes

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I found Mobius’ new favorite game

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he was the last and only person to see him

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Mobius: So... For how long?

Loki: What?

Mobius: For how long have you been trying?

Loki: Mobius-

Mobius: I'm not an idiot, Loki! You're acting really weird. Running around, mumbling something, knowing what we're going to say before we even finish the sentence. And the way the TVA system works-- how do you know all that?

Loki: Mobius, please, wait, I-

Mobius: Look, all I'm asking you is for how long? Hm?

Loki:

Mobius:

Loki: 4,5 billion years.

Mobius: 4,5 billion years...

Loki: It's okay, I promise.

Mobius: Why? Why would you even do that to yourself? What could ever be so important that you've been fighting for for so long?

Loki: What do you think? You. I had to find the way to save you.

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GUYS

I just had a thought

It's always been about dual sacrifice, but I don't think Loki really knew that.

Look back at episode 1 where Loki and Mobius are addressing Loki's time-slipping. If Loki doesn't prune himself in time, he's lost to time, if Mobius stays out there too long, O.B. says that he'll gradually age and get his skin peeled off.

When Mobius and Loki bicker about it, Mobius tells Loki he would rather violently rip himself from the timeline

"At least you get to live."

"Live? What's the quality of life with no skin?"

Obviously it's played for laughs, but it can have a lot deeper of a meaning. If Loki didn't make it back then, we know that Mobius would've stayed out there. Loki (wrongfully) assumes that Mobius would be able to live through getting his skin peeled off (god logic ig). But he wouldn't have. If Loki didn't make it back, neither of them would've.

Applying that to the finale, Loki assumes that his actions will let everyone (including Mobius) live. And he's right this time actually, Mobius does live-

But what's his quality of life?

He doesn't feel like he can stay at the TVA. He can't go back to his family. He's completely alone.

Just like Loki is.

Dual sacrifice, and in both instances Loki didn't realize that Mobius would go down with him too. He thought Mobius would just be able to go on with his life.

But he can't, neither of them can. They're connected. Look, his name is literally Mobius M. Mobius. They're both burdened with the weight of eternity. Forever conjoined, but always separate. All either of them can do now is just "let time pass."

Very poetic and sad.

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THE WAY I NEED THIS

They even gave his pop figure sad eyes! 😭😭😭

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Peter and Loki would completely understand each other

Both had to sacrifice their lives with the people they loved and leave them forever to save them and the multiverse and are now alone

Peter can see them again but they don't remember him

Loki can't see them again but they remember him

I'm gonna go cry now

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Crowley and Mobius have one thing in common now - they both pray to someone who hears them, but cannot answer.

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smh gay people can never say “i love you” it’s always a firm handshake and “sherlock is actually a girls name” or “thank you, mobius”

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Loki gave free will to everyone, but once in a while, he would create tiny victories for Mobius.

When it rained, and there was no shelter for Mobius, somehow a forgotten umbrella would appear next to him.

And when Mobius went to order pastries at a local cafe, he would feel that no matter how long the line was, it always quickened when he stood on the queue.

Loki became the god of stories. And Mobius became the main character.

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Me several weeks ago: Oh, yeah, I guess it would be cute if Loki and Mobius were a couple

Me today, sobbing: Mobius watched Loki's entire life before they met and now Loki will watch Mobius for the rest of their lives. The parallels are staggering how do I go to work today

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I find it very hard to understand everyone's confusion regarding who he was talking to when he said “I know what kind of god I need to be. For you.” In the doorway, Sylvie runs off, but Mobius is frozen and horrified. Mobius is the Loki expert. Mobius knows then that Loki isn’t coming back and just stares in fear and petrification. Loki knew those words had meaning to only them, and those are the ones he chose as his farewell. Then he turns and advances towards the loom, where the Lokius theme was playing as he became the God of Stories because it was through Mobius’ guidance and unconditional love and support that they’ve come this far.

Mobius explaining to Loki in s2e2, "because it's not my life, this is. the tva is the only life i've ever known, i like it. i wanna thank the guy who brought me here, got me this pie." and the juxtaposition to the revelation that Loki is the one who brought Mobius to the tva in the first place and gave him his own Glorious Purpose makes him leaving the tva the moment Loki isn't there anymore louder than ever in terms of how real their love is. It proves Mobius truly stayed at the tva because he had Loki. He only decided to finally see his tl because loki wasn’t around anymore — he felt no other purpose to stay. But really there’s no purpose for him in his st either. Loki is his purpose. Loki is his life.

Mobius didn’t choose to leave the TVA just because Loki wasn’t there anymore but because he knew Loki couldn’t see him there as well. So, he chose to stay in his og timeline because at least in one of the infinite timelines where Loki reigned over, Loki could still see him as opposed to in the tva, a place that exists outside of time.

Loki HEARING Mobius means that they are connected. They could have literally had that same scene but with Sylvie in Mobius' place - but no, it was Mobius who Loki heard. It is Mobius whom Loki is looking after. They are together in spirit. And Mobius knows that. He knows that Loki sees him and that's the most important thing. As sad as it is, Mobius being alone and depressed without Loki is better than him being happy and nonchalant about Loki being gone (like Sylvie). Mobius is lost without Loki, he can't live without him, whereas Sylvie can. This just solidifies how real their love is. Loki watching over Mobius and smiling upon hearing his voice was not only insanely romantic but also solidifies whom that “for you” was truly meant for. “For you” was for Mobius. “For all of us” was for his found family. (sorry this got so long i just think their love story is very impactful)

this. all of this.

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Imo, it's important that Loki's sacrifice be honored and that he sit there and guard the timeline. But I guess I'm not one who thinks he needs to sit there forever. Gods die. Worlds end. Every watch is over someday.

And i agree with everyone saying that a tree isn't like a loom. It doesn't need someone there to work it and maintain it. It's not an industrial instrument created by man, it's a living thing that eventually perpetuates itself if it's given enough care at the start. At some point, no one will need to power the tree, it will power itself.

So, I have no doubt that after they've both lived a thousand lifetimes, Loki will leave his throne and come back to his Mobius. And they'll have that drink. And, if Mobius hasn't gone back to the TVA (or even if he has), Loki will tell him all about all of the different Don variants he saw living out their lives in the eons he sat in the tree. And they'll laugh and banter and maybe have that kiss. A new branch will form. Their branch.

All will be well. It'll just take time.

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NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOO!

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Mobius will resort to this to explain to Loki how good he is