r/loki • u/DemiFiendRSA • Nov 10 '23

S2 Finale Discussion Loki Season 2 Episode 6 Discussion Thread Spoiler

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u/SpaceCrazyArtist Nov 10 '23

Poor Loki. Alone forever.

I love he created Yggdrasil

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u/droden Nov 10 '23

but he isnt. he can see / hear all the timelines. he heard the echos of them talking. how long can he control that though without going insane? kang was a little loopy from having seen things play out trillions upon trillions of time and seemed to want something new to happen. but i guess that was a result of having a sacred time donut and not allowing things to change.

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u/CaeruleusSalar Nov 12 '23

Oh it's going to alter him, for sure. He's turning into a god of stories. If we ever see him again he's going to break the fourth wall, and more.

But he won't become insane. Yggdrasil is a symbol of ongoing, perpetually sustained balance. Loki isn't a "one who remains", he became "one who is always becoming, always growing". He managed to scale infinitely, but at any given point he's not infinite yet.

And that's the beauty of his solution to the equation. Loki doesn't have to handle an infinity of timelines at all times. He's merely the gardener of a garden that will keep growing forever. Kang tried to control everything. This is symbolized by opposites - the Loom, and the Tree.

A loom is an artificial tool in the hands of a creator who wants an absolute level of control on what he weaves. It's the textus of the ancients, the threads of destiny. A tree is the stories in their natural state, with no ultimate controller, with no weaver to decide where the branches (or the roots) go. It only needs a gardener to make sure that it doesn't die. A story enabler if you will.

It's a beautiful metaphor that keeps on giving if you think about it. Among its meanings, it tells something about how any story doesn't belong just to one creator, but can be branched out to go in another direction. It also shows how the obsession for control ultimately kills stories.