#like....... if you're going with the whole chaos/order dichotomy then the TVA is just as extreme as the 'dangerous' Variant's

[worstloki]

i mean, that's literally what's going on. mobius is all sad pity aha sure you're the superior loki haha nice joke AND THEN im aware you're capable but what do you mean you found something we missed and the way to get to the variant already no that can't be right you're good at this

like.......keep in mind that the 'dangerous' variant has THIS many reset charges

and from episode 1 we know they can get 6 a week...... they've been doing this for A WHILE, with stealing reset charges and all............

so saying that Loki is similar to, even if they insist he's lesser, or say he's a cosmic mistake, or that this isn't his story, doesn't change the fact that 1. Loki isn't buying what they're selling (re: "Your TVA propaganda is exhausting", "Hang on. I'm not sure 'superior' is actually quite the right word", "I mean, you really believe in all this stuff, don't you?") and 2. he did actually figure out stuff about the Variant Loki including their hiding place and their plan (re: "I found your hiding place like that. [snaps finger]", "I see. That's your plan. Lure us all here so you can blow the place up.") which is more than the TVA has done in all the time the Variant was loose for!

Additionally, the Loki Variants do behave recognizably similar enough, especially to each other (re: stalling, validation, down with the TVA badges, arson, recognizing the other's plans,) with the exception of having different goals when they interact. (Though she leaves the doorway open for him, so maybe she has reconsidered on that team-up).

Even assuming that the TVA Loki is the lesser Loki of the two, he's proven he's leagues ahead of the TVA who despite being so theoretically powerful have proven themselves incapable of putting that into practice multiple times now.

Loki goofs off and then reminds people not to underestimate him and then actually exceeds expectations because people underestimated him because he was goofing off. It's hilarious because he's doing everything in plain sight and hardly trying to hide his motives or expressions and people fall for it. And I'm going to be incredibly disappointed if the show doesn't have a pay-off that shows he only runs his mouth when he can match up to it.

Mobius to Loki in episode 1:

Mobius: I specialize in the pursuit of dangerous Variants.

Loki: Like myself?

Mobius: No, particularly dangerous Variants. You're just a little pussycat.

Judge Renslayer in episode 2:

Ravonna: Towing a dangerous Variant into the field is controversial.

Mobius: Yeah, it didn't go exactly the way I wanted it to today, but here's what we did find out. [...] Because understanding this Loki helps me get closer to the [dangerous] one we're chasing. Right?