helensilivren:

 let’s be honest, our paths diverged a long time ago

There was a really turning moment for Loki when he ended his internal love/hate struggle, accepted his feelings and not just escaped from Sakaar, but went to Asgard to save his/not his homeland and stay side by side with his/not his brother.

But things could be different. Loki could be stubborn

enough

to stay on Sakaar, where, as we know, all lost and unloved souls should stay for good. I believe he could earn Grandmaster’s favor

back

if he wished that, he even could enjoy it for a while, but… Loki gets bored easily and I’m sure at the some point he should find himself sick of the fake smiling, behaving and plaing Grandmaster’s games. But he is on Sakaar and there is no way back.   

Well, mabe there is way back. Probably Loki could finaly escape from the trash planet

and even meet his brother again (if Thor survived Ragnarok), but their relationship would be still broken. 

Knowing that he can’t reach brother anymore, Loki might start drinking a lot to numb the pain of loss. He could start wearing his helmet again as the only reminder of his past and origin. 

And there are thousands years of the same messed up life ahead of him. 

Isn’t that a nightmare?