‘Loki’: The Meaning Behind ‘Love Is A Dagger’

But in fairness to Loki, this “imaginary dagger” has honestly been his experience in his relationships so far, with Hiddleston continuing that, up until this point, this “is Loki’s experience of love, I suppose. He certainly feels like it’s not been something he’s been close to. It has been some sort of illusion that he has trusted and been let down by.”

Surprisingly, the line actually does have a romantic bent to it, as head writer Michael Waldron was busy working on the episode just before his own nuptials.

“I wrote that really, really quick,” Waldron explains. “I remember I was revising Episode 3 in the two weeks leading up to my wedding. It’s interesting because that’s probably the most romantic episode. At that point, Loki is a little bit drunk. That freed me up, where it was just like, ‘Don’t think too hard about it,’ which is sort of my first thought that Loki would think here.”

Doesn’t exactly make sense? For Loki, it doesn’t need to make sense for him to be convincing with it, and Waldron relied on that. “I just ran with it, ‘Love is a dagger,’” shares Waldron. “And fortunately, like many of Loki’s metaphors, it almost works.”

Loki’s half-baked explanation of his reasoning also gives viewers a glimpse into Sylvie and how she’s not just about to buy what he’s selling.

“It’s a chance for Sylvie to burst the bubble of Loki’s pomposity,” Hiddleston says with a laugh.  “He’s always coming up with things that he thinks are profound, but actually, they’re not particularly profound.”

What will Loki come up with next? There are more tricks to come in Loki, now streaming exclusively on Disney+.

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