Honestly I feel pretty let down by the Loki series and not just because of the [spoiler]weird, gross “selfcest” thing[/spoiler], but because Loki is not himself at all. The hamfisted way they skipped years of character development is bad enough, but his skills, intelligence and physical prowess seem to have evaporated. Even his mannerisms and the way he speaks are different.

Loki has been rewritten as a completely different character by people who haven't the faintest idea who he is or his previous history. Even Ragnarok treated him better than that. The movies have established Loki as a 1000+ year old powerful sorcerer, master manipulator and clever strategist from an ancient alien civilization. But he has also spent his life being second best, never quite fitting in and not knowing why. However the show is seemingly trying to imply Loki lived a charmed life as a spoiled prince, all in an effort to prop up Sylvie, the "superior" Loki, whose life has been anything but. It's all completely ridiculous and makes me resent Sylvie just for existing.

The once clever and highly adaptable Loki has been reduced to comic relief, a bumbling fool the plot is happening to, but barely has any effect on the story. He’s just...there. It’s sad to see. I really don't understand why Marvel keep punishing characters that apparently became more popular than intended, instead of embracing them. Loki was sidelined to the point he's even being treated as a sidekick in his own series.

Also [spoiler]Sylvie and Loki kissing[/spoiler] was one of the most cringey and uncomfortable things I’ve ever watched.