Loki quotes from Loki

Loki

[to Classic Loki] Why do you wear the horns? You let a child command you.

You'll do well to respect the boy. This is his kingdom.

Loki

Right. And what was your nexus event, Your Majesty?

[looks right at Loki] I killed Thor.

Sylvie

How do I know that, in the final moments, you won't betray me?

Loki

Listen, Sylvie, I... I betrayed everyone who ever loved me. I betrayed my father, my brother, my home. I know what I did. And I know why I did it. And that's not who I am anymore. Okay? I won't let you down.

Mobius

Looks like you got away in the end.

Loki

I always do. What will you do at the TVA?

Mobius

Burn it to the ground. Thanks for the spark.

Sylvie

Aren't you gonna tell me not to kick the door in?

Loki

It never made a difference.

Sylvie

Well, if you think it's a bad idea, I prefer you to speak your mind.

Loki

No. Nothing to say.

Sylvie

That would be a first.

Miss Minutes

All of it. Everything. Exactly the way you've always wanted. And you can have it all, together.

Sylvie

It's fiction.

Loki

We write our own destiny now.

Miss Minutes

[mockingly] Oh, sure you do. Good luck with that. [disappears]

He Who Remains

I understand your moral objections to what the TVA does. And my methods are deceptive. But the mission, it never was. Without the me, without the TVA, everything burns.

Loki

Then what are you so afraid of?

He Who Remains

Me.

Sylvie

And just who are you?

He Who Remains

Oh, I've been dubbed many names by many people. A ruler, a conqueror, He Who Remains, a jerk. But it's, it's not as simple as a name. Eons ago, before the TVA, a Variant of myself lived on Earth in the 31st Century. He was a scientist, and he discovered that there were universes stacked on top of his own. At the same time, other versions of us were learning the same thing. Naturally, they made contact, and for a while there was peace. Narcissistic, self-congratulatory peace. "I love your shoes." "I love your hair." "Oh, man, nice nose." "Thanks, man." Et cetera. They shared technology and knowledge, using the best of their universes to improve the others. However, not every version of me was so pure of heart. To some of us, new worlds meant only one thing: new lands to be conquered. The peace between realities erupted into all-out war, each variant fighting to preserve their universe and annihilate the others. This was almost the end of everything and everyone.

Sylvie

And then the Time-Keepers came along and saved us all.

He Who Remains

Amen. No. No. Nope, this is where we diverge from the dogma. That first variant encountered a creature created from all the tears in reality, capable of consuming time and space itself. A creature you both know.

Loki

Alioth.

He Who Remains

Bingo! I harnessed the beast's power and began experimenting on it. I weaponized Alioth and I ended, I ended the Multiversal War. Once I isolated our timeline, all I had to do was manage the flow of time and prevent any further branches. Hence, the TVA. Hence, the Time-Keepers and a highly efficient bureaucracy. Hence, ages and ages of cosmic harmony. Hence, you're welcome. You came to kill the devil, right? Well, guess what? I keep you safe. And if you think I'm evil, well, just wait 'til you meet my variants. And that's the gambit. Stifling order or cataclysmic chaos. You may hate the dictator, but something far worse is going to fill that void if you depose of him. I've lived a million lifetimes. I've gone through every scenario. This is the only way. The TVA, it works.

Loki

[softly] Stop.... [softer] Stop.... I've been where you are. I've felt what you feel. Don't ask me how I know. All I know... is I don't want to hurt you. I don't want a throne. I just... [sighs] I just want you to be okay.

Sylvie

But I'm not you.

Mobius

That's, what, 63 new branches in this unit alone?

Does he want us to just let them all branch?

Mobius

At this point, how are we going to stop it?

Loki

We can't!

Mobius

What? What did you say?

Loki

It's done, Mobius. we made a terrible mistake.

What's done?

Loki

We freed the timeline. We found him beyond the storm. A Citadel at the End of Time. He's terrifying. He planned everything. He's seen everything. He knows everything. It's complicated, okay? But someone is coming. Countless different versions of a very dangerous person and they're all set on war. We need to prepare.

Mobius

Take it easy. You're an analyst, right? What division are you from?

Loki

What? What are you talking about?

Mobius

Who are you? What's your name?

Boots on the ground now. Archives.

Mobius

Who are you?

Mobius

Don't do the "Coulda, woulda, shoulda", just focus on what we know.

Loki

That. [He points to a mural depicting a bombardment.] That is what we know. War. And it's on its way.

Mobius

You just disappeared.

Loki

I know.

Mobius

And I can't keep looking at it, 'cause it's horrible.

Loki

What? I thought you said it didn't look that bad!

Mobius

I was lying i-- it's terrible! It looks like you're being born, or dying, or both at the same time.

Ouroboros

Wow! How long has it been?

Mobius

"How long has it been?" Uh... Could it be three or four--?

Ouroboros

Four hundred years...

Loki

What?

Mobius

Feels like a thousand!

Ouroboros

Remember? You got off on the wrong floor and I told you it was the wrong floor?

Mobius

Wait, that's right! Yes, because then I stayed for a little bit! He took me over--

Ouroboros

No! You left immediately.

Mobius

...well, I'm back!

Ouroboros

But it could be dangerous!

Mobius

How dangerous?

Ouroboros

Oh, not too bad if you're quick about it.

Mobius

Gotta be quick about it!

Ouroboros

But if you spend too long in there, that kind of temporal energy will peel the skin right off you!

Mobius

Wait, I thought you said "not too bad", and now you're talking about me getting my skin peeled off of me?

Ouroboros

Oh! Not too bad compared to what Loki has to do.

Mobius

Why? What's Loki gotta do?

Loki

"Violently rip myself from every thread of time and space"... all at once?!

Ouroboros

Well, have you heard about how, if you fall into a black hole, you turn into spaghetti?

Loki

No.

Ouroboros

Good. The less you know about that, the better.

Mobius

Wait, now hold it! I mean, am-- am I ready to get my skin peeled off? I dunno...

Loki

Yeah, am I ready to violently rip myself from every thread of time and space?

Mobius

I would actually rather have that...

Loki

What, you'd rather be atomically disassembled and then never reassembled again?

Mobius

Yeah, than have your skin ripped off? Yes!

Loki

What are you talking about? Then, at least, you get to live!

Mobius

"Live"? What's the quality of life with no skin?!

You quit with the magic and fight fair!

Loki

It's not a fair fight.