A primary tenet of existentialism is that there is no greater machination to life. There’s no higher power to assign meaning; therefore, it is up to the individual to discover meaning. We see Sylvie and Loki grapple with this idea throughout “Loki,” as everything they’ve known up until finding the TVA is thrown out the window. Loki believed he was a god, but that’s now meaningless, as godhood doesn’t hold the same weight with an all-powerful organization that controls the flow of time in existence. Sylvie made it her purpose to kill He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors). Once she’s done that, there’s nothing else for her to do.
It can be disheartening to realize nothing matters, but taking it a step further, life can become incredibly freeing. Sylvie gets Loki to admit the real reason he wants to get everyone back together at the TVA is because he wants his friends and to not be alone. Previously, Loki has been a villain with his sights set on conquest. But ultimately, the thing that truly brings him joy is connection. He has a found family now, and he doesn’t want to lose it. Loki may have initially thought he lost everything being sent to the TVA, but he discovered what truly mattered to him.
“Oh! Sweet Nuthin'” by The Velvet Underground may come across as a song about losing all hope, but it can also be interpreted as finding it, especially with the verse, “They threw her out in the street / But just like a cat, she landed on her feet.” These two Lokis were tossed aside by the universe, but they found what they needed to thrive in the end.
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