Marvel Studios will be better or worse right now, but there is no doubt that Loki It is the great hope on which they stand. The first season of the series became a big fan favorite. Two years later the second one has arrived, and it did not disappoint. The project of Disney+ has put an end to it with an epic denouement that forever breaks the way of understanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A chapter so ambitious that it also redefines the conception of who was once the great villain of the franchise.
During the previous episode, Loki He discovered that he could control the time slip. With his new powers, he was able to jump back and forth in time and space. Thus, he could save the AVT from the explosion of the Temporal Loom and thereby prevent the multiverse from collapsing. Therefore he travels to the moment just before Victor Timely try to access the machine and die from temporary radiation. Once there, the God of Deception Repeat the sequence over and over again to find the perfect way to execute it.
He is even forced to spend centuries (yes, centuries) learning about theoretical physics and temporal engineering, matching the knowledge of O.B.. But when they manage to expand the Loom’s capacity to support all the branches, it fails again. The error is not there, but further back in time, when multiversal chaos was unleashed. That is, when Sylvie killed The One Who Remains at the end of season 1. That’s where it’s headed Loki. Again, he tries again and again without success to stop the female variant of her, which he insists that to do so he will have to kill her.
Finally, he has a conversation with The One Who Remainsstopping time so that Sylvie do not attack. It is then that the powerful villain reveals to him that everything that has happened has always been part of his plans. He was not going to let himself be killed without knowing that he would be reincarnated again and again thanks to time travel. Loki. Regarding the problem of the collapse of the multiverse, he reveals that the Loom actually only serves to erase all branches except for the Sacred Timeline, keeping it stable. Therefore, the protagonist only has two options.
Loki breaks the equation
The first alternative is to let Sylvie carry out her revenge. The result is known perfectly well. The timelines expand infinitely, the Loom collapses, explodes, and the entire multiverse is destroyed. The second option is to keep He Who Remains alive and, therefore, kill Sylvie. But Loki is not willing to go through any of them. And that’s when he finds a third way. “I will change the equation. I will break your Loom,” he snaps at the villain. “But the Loom prevents a brutal war in which nothing survives, Loki. Not even the Sacred Timeline,” he explains again. It refers to the threat of the rest of Kang’s variants, which would begin a battle for control of the multiverse.
Despite warnings, Loki decides to take the risk. Before carrying out his plan, he travels back in time to speak with Mobius and Sylvie. With both of them he has deep conversations about destiny and how to face what is to come. So, once and for all, Loki discovers what he has to do to keep everyone safe from destruction. He must give them at least a fighting chance to survive.
Your glorious purpose
Once again, Tom Hiddleston’s character travels to the moment when Victor Timely is going to die and the Loom is going to explode. But instead of sending the kind-hearted Kang variant to fix it, he himself steps forward, without even putting on the protective suit. “I know what I want. I know what kind of God I must be to you. To all of us”, he tells his friends in a farewell tone. They are the same words that Loki said to Odin at the end of the first movie. thorjust before “dying.”
The protagonist then makes his way down the hallway. The temporal radiation begins to disintegrate his clothes, but suddenly magic arises. Instead of perishing, he manages to generate a spectacular new suit of God. It is similar to his first appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. and that of the comics, although with different details. With this new divine appearance, he arrives at the Loom and destroys it. As a result, the branches expand all over the place, but begin to fade and die.
At that moment, Loki begins to grab them one by one with his hand, giving them life again. And, climbing invisible stairs, he reaches the very center of time, to the throne that He Who Remains was to occupy. The hero sits on his golden throne, controlling all timelines at once, and stays there for all eternity. As the camera zooms out, a poetic image is revealed. The Marvel multiverse is shaped like Yggdrasilthe tree of life from Norse mythology. Instead of uniting the nine realities, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe What unites are all timelines, with Loki at the center.
The God of Stories
Until now, Loki has always longed above all else to escape loneliness. Have a place to live with his loved ones. But, in order to keep them safe, sacrifices himself, remaining isolated forever. Thanks to his new temporal powers and his new role as savior of the multiverse, Loki has become the God of Stories. A reference to the Marvel comics, where he is recognized by that title, although the implications of it are not as great.
With this act of extreme generosity, Loki has defeated He Who Remains, who will not be reincarnated again. In turn, he has prevented the multiverse from collapsing and destroying itself. It is he who keeps all the timelines alive. In fact, the God of Stories may have solved Marvel’s big problem with Jonathan Majors. By taking down the most powerful variant of him and finding a third way to save the world, the war between Kangs may never happen. The company has just opened the possibility of getting rid of the actor, accused of gender violence. All the Multiverse Saga will culminate in Avengers: Secret Wars. But the villain no longer has to be Kang. In fact, Doctor Doom sounds like a substitute in search of total power over space-time.
It may also be that Marvel Follow the path as marked. Before Secret Wars reach Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. If they decide to do without Majors and look for a new villain, the film would change its title. If, on the other hand, the course remains the same, the controversial actor will return once again to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There is still time to decide and act accordingly, since the film will not hit theaters until May 1, 2026.