Loki on Disney+

[Radical Larry 28539]

The Spaghetti Incident?

[South Austin 52443]

I need subtitles to explain to me what the hell is going on.

[hornian 5210]

2 hours ago, South Austin said:

I need subtitles to explain to me what the hell is going on.

Forget it Jake, it's China Town!

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

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My working theory is it all goes back to who pruned who and when.  Renslayer pruned Loki back in Season 1, that led Loki on the path to find “he who remains” who was then killed by Sylvie.

 In the previous episode, Renslayer was pruned by Slyvie’s thrall which most likely sets Renslayer on a path to find “he who remains” and they end up creating the TVA with Miss Minutes to eventually have everyone’s mind wiped.  
 

Additionally, in the previous episode we saw a Loki prune a Loki which has yet to be fully explained.  The whole thing is probably a giant loop created by Miss Minutes and/or Loki. 

Working theory in spoilers. 

It’s a good show. 

Edited November 3, 2023 by Hugo Stiglitz

[Js1 85269]

11 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

I have to be honest. I don't quite understand what I'm watching, but I do enjoy it and am liking it better than anything like it on Disney+ in a while, since probably Wandavision

Same. I liked Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk, but Loki season 2 is way up there for the shows 

[UT_OB1 2213]

19 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

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My working theory is it all goes back to who pruned who and when.  Renslayer pruned Loki back in Season 1, that led Loki on the path to find “he who remains” who was then killed by Sylvie.

 In the previous episode, Renslayer was pruned by Slyvie’s thrall which most likely sets Renslayer on a path to find “he who remains” and they end up creating the TVA with Miss Minutes to eventually have everyone’s mind wiped.  
 

Additionally, in the previous episode we saw a Loki prune a Loki which has yet to be fully explained.  The whole thing is probably a giant loop created by Miss Minutes and/or Loki. 

Working theory in spoilers. 

It’s a good show. 

First episode - Loki was time slipping. In order to stop it loki had to be dematerialized at exactly right time while Möbius adjusted loom. He keeps skipping and can’t get a stick. He’s about to run out of time and then is mysteriously zapped when he sees Sylvie.  Flash forward a few episodes, we see that it was Loki in the future realizing he has to zap himself so that his past self can be saved. It’s not that complicated 

[hornian 5210]

3 hours ago, UT_OB1 said:

First episode - Loki was time slipping. In order to stop it loki had to be dematerialized at exactly right time while Möbius adjusted loom. He keeps skipping and can’t get a stick. He’s about to run out of time and then is mysteriously zapped when he sees Sylvie.  Flash forward a few episodes, we see that it was Loki in the future realizing he has to zap himself so that his past self can be saved. It’s not that complicated 

I still don't understand this "explanation," so let's agree to disagree. 

[RockyMountainHighHorn 890]

You know “stick” these days has about 5 different meanings so anyone not up on “lingo”, let’s limit stick. I thought you meant he couldn’t get a gun, beard and horny above thought he was stuck to the wall, and you’re probably talking about being stuck in time. You can stick a stick back in time and stick it to a stick but you can’t unstick a stick in a stick in a stick. *breathes* 

[Js1 85269]

[Radical Larry 28539]

All this shit happened because Hulk couldn’t take the elevator.

[Js1 85269]

That was interesting 

[hornian 5210]

So Loki turned into Yggdrasil (The Tree of Life) at the end?

Fitting. 

[Radical Larry 28539]

Yeah, so this Loki is holding it all together to give them a chance to fight the multiverse wars coming instead of only protecting the sacred timeline. Nice transition to the next phase.

[UT_OB1 2213]

Yeah Loki the Worldtree was pretty bad ass and not something I was expecting. 

[Viper 12101]

7 hours ago, hornian said:

So Loki turned into Yggdrasil (The Tree of Life) at the end?

Fitting. 

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I think he just became the God of Stories

 

[hornian 5210]

2 hours ago, Viper said:

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I think he just became the God of Stories

 

Why not both? 

[Viper 12101]

4 minutes ago, hornian said:

Why not both? 

I think it was less that he's the tree and more that Loki replaced the analogy of the timelines needing to be woven into a single thread to be weaved to the timelines being a tree that branches out and and grows. 

Edited November 10, 2023 by Viper

[ballrific 215]

wonder if this was a last second re-write considering they’re “writing out” the Kang actor. Will be interesting how they introduce Doom in his place.

I also know shit about nothing, Kang could get a redemption arc

[mdmost 42999]

No, I think with the strike this wasn't a re-write. 

Saw the MCU calendar today as they've yet again made adjustments. After The Marvels, there's nothing until 2025 now. Deadpool 3 is next up in 2024 but that's not a full-on MCU property. I'm sure it will tie in but it's not going to be doing the Kang storyline. After that it's the Sam Captain America movie and then Thunderbolts. So that's a lot of Earth centered MCU vs. multiverse. Plenty of time to pivot. Fantastic Four could be the resetting point for Kang to Dr. Doom. Maybe Doom becomes the worst of the Kang variants. 

Edited November 10, 2023 by mdmost

[Js1 85269]

I did catch the reference to the 616 universe encounter with HWR.  Total Quantumania reference.

[mdmost 42999]

7 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

I loved S2. It was beautiful and interesting and during season 1 and again early in season 2 (1st episode, after the long break) it took a while to get used to the anachronism of the 70's bureaucracy, but by the end it worked.

Felt like An Imitation Game meets a Time Heist and Loki's character growth over the two seasons, and highlighting it with the first Mobious meeting, gave this episode a lot of emotional depth which paid off with how it ended, I thought.

Shame that Jonathan Majors is a bully because when it comes to acting that creep can roll. Thought he completely owned the HWR character in finale of S1 and in S2 and did a great job with Victor Timely variant. Was ready to flush him after the horrible effort that was Quantomania Ant Man movie because his Kang sucked, but will have some compartmentalized regret we will miss out on the future HWR. Oh well.

I spoilered things I didn't understand that maybe comic book fans can help flesh out for me:

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I didn't understand the Renslayer ending, waking up next to a volcano with a broken slab of TVA and completely forgot about her arc and what she was supposed to be doing, actually.

I further didn't understand the Loki ending and how he replaced the loom and how he would even know that was a possibility, when wrestling with the morality of freewill and killing Syvlia and how to make the hard choices. How did he not get spaghett'ed in the first place? Why wouldn't he have just taken the thing to the loom and launched it instead of spending 100's of years learning physics if he could just walk through the radiation?

 

She woke up on the realm where Ailoth resides, the Void. It's the place all variants go to after they are pruned in season 1, where Loki meets all the other Lokis. Basically she went there to meet the fate she metered out to all the other variants.

He survived because he's a god. The only one that could ever kill him was Thanos, who became a god. He knew he had to sacrifice himself to save everyone. He got his kingdom and found his glorious purpose.

[Apep 645]

22 hours ago, mdmost said:

 

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She woke up on the realm where Ailoth resides, the Void. It's the place all variants go to after they are pruned in season 1, where Loki meets all the other Lokis. Basically she went there to meet the fate she metered out to all the other variants.

He survived because he's a god. The only one that could ever kill him was Thanos, who became a god. He knew he had to sacrifice himself to save everyone. He got his kingdom and found his glorious purpose.

 

 

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It also revealed the great foreshadowing by old Loki in S1.

 

[atomheartbevo 89623]

On 11/9/2023 at 10:32 PM, hornian said:

So Loki turned into Yggdrasil (The Tree of Life) at the end?

Fitting. 

So my wife's church is a Presbyterian church, and on the wall in their main worship area, they have various banners with important symbols, including  a big banner of the Tree of Life (roots = death, branches/leaves = life, etc.).

My son isn't fully up on the Loki mythos in the comics or Norse mythology, but he asked "is that what Loki became" and without wanting to explain the God of Stories, etc., I just told him "yes son, when you are in this church, Loki is looking down upon you."  

[freyguy 4261]

Just finished season 2.  Fantastic.  Made me a little sad.

['stache 21792]

Didn't realize its been a year but finally binged Season 2. I thought it was great. Can't say I fully understood all the timelines and multiverse nuances but enjoyed it just the same. The only thing that kinda stuck out to me was the issue about the loom needing to be bigger. I literally thought at the time it was first mentioned : "Aren't the branches going to just keep branching off towards infinity? How is making it bigger going to help except maybe buy more time until it's overloaded again?" Seemed like an obvious thought that should have arisen earlier amongst the geniuises.  

I just really enjoy the setting and the characters in general. I like that Loki eventually becomes a true god (his "glorious purpose") at the end after centuries of work and sacrifice. I liked the conversation he has with Sylvie when she talks about them playing god. I literally called the line in my own head "they are gods." Just then, Loki says it "we are gods." The flashbacks to Avengers Loki also showed me Hiddleston's acting abilities. Just the difference in his facial expressions and dialogue from hateable evil Loki to likeable good guy Loki is phenomenal.  

I know it was supposed to be the end, but surely they can come up with a reason for Loki Season 3 or for this Loki to be part of a future movie. He's essenetially a god holding together multiple timelines, surely he can insert himself into any part of the timelines he's holding together for some reason. I just want more Loki in some form or another. 

Edited November 12 by 'stache