#i remember video essays 'proving' he was a narcissist using those dsm5 guidelines

[worstloki]

As far as I'm aware it's taken as an ableist comment, because of the flippant/derogatory way it is said and as it's a word thrown around similarly to 'psychopath' when it does not apply; hence, this is bad even under a colloquial sense.

People who did take it as a diagnosis often went 'yes, Loki is a narcissist, he loves himself! And is very self centred! Selfcest!' and those who argued it's an inaccurate diagnosis did it to disprove this, because they were pointing out that NPD is an actual thing that is not well known or looked upon. Both these categories may use DSM guidelines at will to make their points.

Considering Mobius' alleged status as a Loki expert, it's not unusual to expect him to have insight on the Loki in question and so all this is not an unexpected thing that happened.

i recently discovered, to my surprise, that many people had assumed that bit in the loki series where mobius calls him a narcissist was intended as a diagnosis, and not just in the colloquial sense. so now the anger about it makes a bit more sense oh my god why would you take it as a diagnosis what the fuck.