Loki
Summary
Few characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have had a journeying quite likeLoki , whose story and surrounding character have been plethoric with delicious opening for theories that essentially spay the God of Mischief ’s electric discharge . From Asgardian mob drama to KO’d space political maneuvering to an esoteric journey across the timeline of the multiverse , Loki has had a particularly turbulent run inthe MCU ’s moviesas well as his own television series . It ’s no wonder that through his long and arduous journey , several notable theories have arisen over the years that put his struggles into a fresh context .
The climacticseason 2 finis ofLokiseemed to finally give a classic ending to one of Marvel ’s lover favourite anti - heroes , forever cement him as the God of Stories lording over the many timelines of the new multiverse . However , it ’s not out of the land of possible action that Loki could return to the action , and many intricate theories seem to support this dissertation . Beyond that , the supporting cast ofLokiand their relationship to the God himself can be called into question , causing the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be consider through a brand - new lens .
Loki ’s multiverse - salve sacrifice became his defining instant in the MCU , but may have been spurred on by one death that occur in 2013 .
10Loki Has A Connection To The Time Stone
The God of Mischief’s favorite color may have a deeper meaning
Compared to many other Marvel characters , Loki has always had a particular affinity for and association with a sure colour , constantly wearing emerald immature clothing while wielding magic trick conjuration that dissipated into a sallow green hue when garble . The finale ofLokidoubles down on his connection with this colour , with his newfound index as the God of Stories also aim a dark-green hue . This constant association with a individual semblance may not be just for show , as Loki could have a bass connection with a certain green Infinity Stone .
Though Loki spend the most metre wielding the Mind Stone , embedded within his scepter inThe Avengers , he may harbor a deep connection to the Time Stone . Like Loki , the issue of the I. F. Stone ’s temporal world power echo its own coloration , with vibrant green energy pulsate whenever it has been used . This seemingly surface - point similarity might have gravid meaning when considering Loki ’s eventual mastery of time powers . It may be no co-occurrence that Loki wound up slipping through the fling of the multiverse , only gain his meter mightiness thanks to some kind of inherent connection to the pit .
9He Who Remains Is Actually A Loki Variant In Disguise
The cyclical themes of Loki season 2 may be a warning
One of the most famous variate of Kang in the MCU , He Who stay was the ultimate scoundrel of Loki season 1 and the true mastermind behind the TVA .
One of the most famousvariants of Kang in the MCU , He Who Remains was the ultimate villain ofLokiseason 1 and the straight mastermind behind the TVA . Fearing the encroachment of his other selves , this version of Kang was dedicated into maintain a exclusive " sacred " timeline in fearfulness of what could come in should the universe be allow to cleave and fracture . Though audiences never got to spend a gross ton of time with Kang , there ’s mount grounds that the humans at the end of metre was none other than Loki himself .
In a sense , the time of year 2 coda ofLokisaw the titular god take Kang ’s place . look at the many cyclical themes of season 2 , include never-ending circular imagery and the very name of O.B. , a.k.a . Ouroboros , referring to a massive snake in the grass that eats itself , the close of season 2 may be closer to the ending of season 1 than was primitively think . If anyone could mask themselves as a Kang variation and move into the past while hold control over the timeline , it would be Loki himself .
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8Loki Needs To Lose For The Multiverse To Persevere
The “L” in Loki’s name may be more fitting than originally thought
Few graphic symbol in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have experienced loss quite on the same layer as Loki . It was n’t enough that Loki ’s rightful bloodline and adopted status was hidden from him for most of his life , but he then had to go on to turn a loss his beginner , female parent , ancestral homeland , and top executive . By the close ofLoki , he ’s given up even more , eschew all promise of ever seeing his friends again by taking up the title of the God of Stories and sacrifice his own well - being to eternally sit on the throne of the secular loom .
This red ink may be no fortuity . In season 1 ofLoki , Sylvie morosely asks if all Lokis are simply destined to lose . She may have been more accurate than she realizes , with one possibility positing that all Loki variants playact as a sort of lightning perch for the universe , always losing so that the creation may go on living safely . Indeed , no Loki strain the MCU introduces has anything resemble a glad fortune . Combined with the previous hypothesis that Loki and He Who Remains are one in the same , it could even be that Loki localize himself up to give way .
7Loki’s Sacrifice Plays Right Into Kang’s Hands
It could be that Kang had plans within plans
He Who Remains show for a long fourth dimension that there was small Loki could do to really overturn his status quo , despite trying over and over for millennia . Eventually , Loki seems to have come out on top , if not without great personal forfeit . But it ’s very potential that if He Who rest is indeed a Kang form and not a disguise Loki ruling from the future , Loki ’s ultimate decision to take the reins of the sanctified timeline may be playing powerful into his hands .
The skilful evidence for this possibility is the simple fact thatAvengers : The Kang Dynastyis still on path to be the next major crossover event in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Clearly , the impose threat of hereafter Kang incursions wo n’t be fully apportion with by Loki by the time of the film ’s release , despite the best campaign of the restructured TVA . It ’s very possible that putting Loki into this position was all part of He Who stay ' plan .
6The Time Keepers Are Real After All
It could be that Kang wasn’t simply taking creative license when establishing the TVA’s mythology
One of the biggest reveals ofLokiseason 1 was the fact that the Time Keepers , the supposed overlords of the timeline that rule the TVA from the shadow , were n’t really real . alternatively , the alien immortal of sentence were simply creations dreamed up by He Who stay on to keep the agent of the TVA gentle and accepting orders , knowing that they ’d never follow his own commands . Yet there ’s nothing to suggest that the Time Keepers never exist , possibly even ruling the TVA before He Who Remains showed up .
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has slowly been introducing more and more deity in the cracking cosmogeny of the franchise over the years , from Eternity inThor : Love and Thunderto the Celestials ofEternals . The Time Keepers could have been a very real set of entities preside over the timeline before He Who Remains took it over and established , or annex , the TVA for himself . This theory puts the brief sightings of the Time Keepers ' statues under a microscope , possibly cite powerful beings in the Marvel Comics .
5The Original Timeline’s Loki Is Still Alive
It’s possible Loki didn’t leave without finding a replacement
This Loki ’s sacrificial play did at long last redeem him in the goal .
The last time audiences visit Loki of the original timeline , he was err through space as a clay , having been strangled to demise by Thanos after he boarded the Asgardians ' ship . This Loki ’s sacrificial play did ultimately ransom him in the end , though he was n’t have any screen clock time to delight his status as a reformed baddie . However , thanks to the action of his variant inLoki , it ’s very potential this rendering of the character could finally regress .
Atthe ending ofThor : Love and Thunder , Loki is oddly missing from the halls of Valhalla , which welcomed Jane Foster with capable arms . weigh he was in the end redeemed and died a warrior ’s death , it could mean that the original Loki never choke at all . His survival of the fittest could be explain by his God of Stories variant warping him away the moment before he dies , whichLokihas proven is potential , thus returning his freshly - redeemed ego back into the universe of discourse as a placeholder to experience it through .
4The TVA Is Full Of Clones
It could very well be that TVA agents aren’t just kidnapped, but replaced
One of the oddest aspects of the TVA decently out of the logic gate from season 1 ofLokiwas the fact that they were seemingly normal humans purportedly created to keep the peace of the timeline . Viewers learned by the ending of the first time of year that this was a mere artifice created to distract the agents from the fact that they were actually abduct from their home and brainwashed , never to see or even remember their have sex ace ever again . Season 2 explored the traumatic burden this had , though Mobius adjust unusually well to hearing the news .
A thinking - provoking theory posit that the TVA agents are in reality clones of these specimens rather than the kidnapped humans themselves , having no retentiveness of their alternating lives because they were never in truth there . This hypothesis is support by the Marvel Comics , in which the TVA is indeed run by copy of fibre like Mobius and O.B. rather than mere abducted variants . The import of this would be vast for Loki ’s incur family in the TVA , peradventure cause a bigger existential crisis than the original divine revelation did .
3Miss Minutes Is An Ultron Variant
If the rest of the TVA are made up of variants, there’s nothing to say its own sinister A.I. isn’t as well
Over the course ofLoki , Miss Minutes begins to slowly take a more insidious role as her allegiance to He Who rest is revealed . The show claims that Miss Minutes was create by the Kang variant , earlier as a simple A.I. to act as chess with , but evolve to take over the most authoritative role in the TVA outside of He Who Remains himself . While He Who remain ' abilities are assuredly vast , him being a prodigal computer scientist capable of manufacturing advanced A.I. seems like a lazy answer for Miss Minutes ' descent .
Assuming that every other penis of the TVA is a kidnapped variant of a random man , it would be unknown for Miss Minutes to be an elision to this theatrical role . It could very well be that Miss Minutes ' codebase was taken from a variant of Ultron , whose vast computational prowess was isntead put towards monitoring and maintaining the sacred timeline . Considering thatWhat If … ?showed off justhow dangerous an Ultron ’s return could beif given the right opportunity , this theory being dead on target would put the new TVA in grave risk by continue to work with a rebooted Miss Minutes .
2Brad Really Was The Zaniac
Hunter X-05 might’ve done more than played the rampaging monster
One of the most peculiar side - stories in season 2 ofLokiwas the hunt for Hunter X-05 , a.k.a . Brad . Having escape the TVA once before , Hunter X-05 went on to become an actor , starring in the in - universe repulsion filmThe Zaniac!,described by Brad himself as an " elevated thriller . " But Hunter X-05 ’s extracurricular activities outside of the TVA may have gone far beyond only playing a demon .
Zaniac is a real character in Marvel Comics , albeit a minor one . Being a monster made up of a swarm of demonic parasite , the Zaniac of the comedian dwell the Dark Dimension , the same positioning the entity Dormammu calls home . There could be some precedent for Zaniac in reality appearing in the MCU , even using Zaniac as a form of host , much like how Jack Russell acted for the host of the titular curse inWerewolf by Night .
1Loki Can Take Control Of His Many Variants
The God of Stories may not be as far removed from the MCU as once thought
The most tragic part of Loki ’s resignation to his role as The God of Stories is his inability to interact with the away man . Just as he found real family among his compatriots in the TVA , Loki must spend the rest of his day play as a living temporal loom , locked forth in the Citadel at the End of Time for the foreseeable time to come . But Loki may very well have a elbow room to continue interacting with the external world , though it may not be an entirely ethical one .
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessintroduced Dreamwalking to the Marvel Cinematic Universe , a taboospell in Doctor Strange ’s arsenalthat allows the exploiter to forcibly inhabit the body of one of their random variable across the multiverse , even if they ’re already a decaying corpse . deliberate his monolithic boost in magical might by the end of time of year 2 , Loki could very well use Dreamwalking to populate his various alternative selves , even Sylvie . While it ’s unlikely for the redeemedLokito do so following his buyback , it ’s potential that the invasion of Kangs will pressure his hand .
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Loki Has A connexion To The Time Stone
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He Who remain Is Actually A Loki Variant In Disguise
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Loki Needs To misplace For The Multiverse To Persevere
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Loki ’s Sacrifice play Right Into Kang ’s Hands
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The Time Keepers Are Real After All
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The Original Timeline ’s Loki Is Still Alive
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The TVA Is Full Of Clones
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Miss Minutes Is An Ultron Variant
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Brad Really Was The Zaniac
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Loki Can Take Control Of His Many Variants
