Loki writer confirms Sylvie romance and that the show is written as a “love story”

Love is in the air for Loki. And Loki. In the ultimate narcissistic move, Tom Hiddleston’s God of Mischief has fallen for another version of himself – with head writer Michael Waldron confirmed what we all likely suspected.

"That was one of the cruxes of my pitch [for the series], that there was going to be a love story," Waldron told Marvel’s official site.

It seems, though, there was hesitation in going all the way – if you’ll pardon the expression – with Loki crushing on his Variant. "We went back and forth for a little bit about, like do we really want to have this guy fall in love with another version of himself? Is that too crazy?" Waldron said. "But in a series that, to me, is ultimately about self-love, self-reflection, and forgiving yourself, it just felt right that that would be Loki's first real love story."

Waldron pinpoints Loki and Sylvie’s moment of connection on Lamentis during Loki episode 4 as the first real time that the pair realize they have feelings for each other – something cemented by Loki’s boyish stuttering during the episode’s final moments.

"As we were cutting it together in the studio, everyone was, ‘Oh, this [relationship] is really cool. Let's dig into that more. When we went back to filming, we added or tweaked scripts basically to [emphasize it]."

But the course of true love (or self-love) never did run smooth. Loki and Sylvie are now very much on the outs – but not through their own making. Tom Hiddleston’s Loki has been ‘pruned’ and finds himself face-to-face with a handful of new Lokis – including Richard E. Grant’s Classic Loki. Sylvie, meanwhile, has Ravonna Renslayer trapped in the depths of the TVA. For those shipping ‘Soki’, it might be some time before these star-cross’d lovers can find themselves once more.