The old account resurfaces
Loki stands in for someone refusing to identify with their earlier online self.
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- The connection being denied
- Me at my old posts
Also called Loki Denial · Loki Never Met This Man · Thor Ragnarok Loki Reaction
Loki calmly denies knowing someone he knows very well. Add a situation where a person, device, or service suddenly refuses to recognize a familiar connection.
The denial is deliberately unconvincing. It works for distancing yourself from an embarrassing friend, an old post, or something you would rather not be associated with.
The same expression can personify a device that stops recognizing its owner or settings. The printed line supplies the denial; your caption explains what prompted it.
Tom Hiddleston delivers the line as Loki in Thor: Ragnarok, the 2017 Marvel film. When asked about Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, Loki claims not to know him. [1]
The moment circulated as a GIF in November 2017. A February 18, 2019 Reddit post used it for a phone fingerprint-sensor joke, followed by more image captions about implausible denials. [1]
Loki disowns his connection to Thor in front of the Grandmaster. [1]
The denial becomes a short reaction that can be shared on its own. [1]
A Reddit caption applies the denial to an everyday technology failure. [1]
Put a brief setup in the space to the left of Loki’s face. Keep the printed line along the bottom intact.
The reader should understand the connection being denied. An embarrassing past choice or a familiar device acting like a stranger gives the reaction a clear target.
Original captions to try with this template.
Loki stands in for someone refusing to identify with their earlier online self.
A once-familiar printer acts as if it has never met the computer before.
A public performance prompts an exaggerated denial of the friendship.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
Identifies the Thor: Ragnarok scene and documents the GIF and later image-caption format.