#as someone who has seen a lot of buddy action comedies from the 90s/2000s I am baffled by folks truely reading that dynamic as romantic

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It's clearly a buddy dynamic. Shoulder claps and light teasing. I feel like a lot of the 'baiting' happens in-fandom. F.e. when Loki was afraid the pruning might not work, he was most likely contemplating how to tell Mobius about the threat that's supposed to be coming (the Kangs) and that he will have to handle it alone. It was too much info to put into words. By calling that a 'confession' fandom creates it's own baiting loop. Nothing to confess here, just a rough situation.

Also every interview defines the relationship as a friendship and a buddy dynamic. I don't get how anybody can feel 'baited' when they are told excactly what it is from the very beginning.

(Not to mention the interview part about Loki's bisexuality. "Erm, it will not be as present" is a nice way of saying not present at all, because Disney).

And while Loki is canonically bi there is nothing about Mobius that would suggest queerness. They even built up tension with him and Ravonna in season 1.( that does not mean being queer equals certain traits of course but in media cliched traits would be used for 'coding' and that's not the case here).

What was baity though was claiming they would explore Loki's bisexuality and generfluidness prior to the release of season 1 and not actually following through apart from words on a paper and one throw away line of dialogue.

Loki and Mobius though? Forced Coworkers turned friends. Very clearly.

I am not trying to start some kind of debate. I'm just curious what people think...because I've seen some takes on here that seem really wild (imo).

And I would be very interested in seeing folks reasons for their opinions. So feel free to reply or reblog with, like, some details from the show that led your opinion. (But, again, not trying to have any arguing here).

Also, please feel free to reblog for a bigger sample size. I genuinely want to know what is the most common opinion.