The final episode of LOKI released on Wednesday
and after doing a breakdown of the episode, it left many fans and viewers wanting to know
where the MCU could be going and what LOKI Season 2 may contain.
I'm going to be discussing what could happen in Season 2 and the MCU going forward, with
focuses on the multiverse, Kang the Conqueror and Doctor
Strange.
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But without further ado, let's dive into all the biggest theories and predictions for LOKI
Season 2 and the MCU.
So in Episode 6 of Loki, we encountered "He Who Remains" or Immortus, a variant of Kang
the Conqueror who, after a multiversal war between countless variants of himself, decided
to found the TVA in the hopes of ending the war.
Immortus also explained how and why the war happened, and why the TVA was necessary.
However, in the end, he is killed by Sylvie, a Loki variant.
But I believe these final two episodes of Loki foreshadow what is to come in the future
of the show, as well as the forthcoming Multiverse of
Madness, as well as why Loki was targeted by the TVA, to the point where they dealt
with him a lot.
To begin with, I think season two is going to throw plenty of new challenges at Loki,
and hopefully more focussed exposition.
First of all, our God of Mischief will need to figure out what is going on in this new
version of the TVA.
How will he get Mobius on side if Kang has always ruled this timeline or rewritten history
in some way?
And it's not just one Kang he needs to worry about as He Who Remains has now become They
Who Remain, which means that there are an infinite number of time-travelling villains
to fight.
And the worst thing of all is that Loki doesn't even have Sylvie on his side now either following
a betrayal at the end of season 1.
Things could soon change in that regard though given the pair's connection and with Kang's
tempad, Sylvie can go anywhere now, and I wouldn't be surprised if she ends up coming
back to Loki in some way.
But it's likely that by the time LOKI season 2 comes around, Kang
The Conqueror will be a big threat in the MCU if of course, he isn't defeated in some
way during the events of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Another point to mention is that Ravonna will most certainly pop up again too.
The TVA is all she's known before the brainwashing, and her quest to discover free will could
end up transforming the Judge into an ally of sorts.
However, what's key to note is that in the comics Ravonna becomes closely connected to
Kang, so my bet is on the character following that path and maybe assisting the evil variant
in his endeavours.
And with these plots by Kang, it tells us that Loki will need all the help he can get.
But coming to my theories for Loki Season 2, in truth, Kang and Loki are not so different.
Both started out with a lust for power, and both ended up looking to either rule or destroy
the TVA.
This is also represented with the differences between Loki and Sylvie, with Loki wanting
to consider keeping the TVA, and Sylvie wanting to destroy it.
In the Marvel comics, Kang the Conqueror states of
Immortus, his older variant self, with Immortus calling him the Master of Time.
He prunes away the chronal branches deemed by others to be dangerous, reducing reality
to a bloodless meadow.
Similar, Sylvie states that the universe wants to break free, so it manifests chaos, like
her being born the Goddess of Mischief.
There is also a focus on free will and freedom.
As you can see, Sylvie's view is not so different from that of Kang the Conqueror, albeit with
a focus on freedom and chaos, rather than bloodlust and warfare.
In fact, prior to Episode 6, several people theorized that the creator of the TVA was,
in fact, a Loki variant and the case in point is that no two Loki variants are exactly the
same.
In Loki episode 2, Owen Wilson's Mobius explains that the TVA has pruned a lot of different
versions of Loki and almost more than any other variant.
However, I believe these parallels are foreshadowing the future of Loki himself, as well as his
other variants.
For one, as established, Loki and Kang are not all that dissimilar,
and as such, the TVA also pruned a lot of Loki variants.
This raises two important questions.
The first is, what if the reason why the TVA pruned so many Loki variants was precisely
because the TVA recognized the danger of multiple Loki variants starting another multiversal
war?
And number two, will the Loki variants work with Kang or against Kang,
which is likely, as most Lokis seek to become superior to other beings.
And Will Sylvie choose to ally herself with Kang, or try to help Loki defeat him?
If so, what happens to the Loki variants after Kang is defeated?
Will the Loki variants all continue to wage war against one another?
Personally, my theory or speculation is that the first option is most convincing.
Loki was not just The God of Mischief and Chaos to the TVA, but someone whom Immortus
actively considered enough of a threat, or a successor, to pave the way for two Loki
variants to either take over the TVA or to kill him instead.
For some reason, whether it be because Loki himself is the personification of chaos and
mischief, or for another, above all other variants, those of Loki were most like Kang.
This, in turn, gained the attention of Immortus, leading to the events of the show, where Immortus,
having grown bored and weary, wants to start a new game with Loki, with the fate of the
multiverse as its stakes.
To this end, the choice Immortus also offered Loki and Sylvie was also a choice he once
had to make, which involved choosing either stability or chaos.
After a lifetime of chaos, he chose stability.
We also see this reflected in the Loki variants who help TVA Loki in Episode 5, particularly
Classic Loki, who like Immortus had grown weary of war and lived out the rest of his
life on a desolate planet.
Thus, this leaves yet another question.
Will Loki and his variants, eventually, become the new Kang or Immortus?
I think the odds are good, especially going into Season 2 and the Multiverse of Madness.
It's just a theory, but when connecting the dots it would seem like an interesting route
to go after what we saw explored in season 1.
But beyond the show itself, Loki's finale also just changed Marvel's entire trajectory.
Not since we saw Captain America has the MCU been left so shook by one event, but here
we are, about to dive into the multiverse of madness.
Doctor Strange is perhaps the only one strong enough to fix this mess, aside from Wanda
of course.
In fact, the Scarlet Witch could turn out to be the key to everything going on here.
As a Nexus Being, Wanda can reshape reality itself, and that's going to come in handy
given all of the Nexus stuff happening from this point on.
Elizabeth Olsen's involvement in the film has already been confirmed, and at the end
of WandaVision, it was strongly implied that Wanda will visit another reality to try and
rescue some version of her now-deceased children.
Could this help fix things somehow or perhaps make them worse?
But Doctor Strange and Wanda aren't the only ones caught up in all of these problems.
Loki has also been cast in Doctor Strange 2, so it's very likely that we are going to
see a potential team-up between Doctor Strange, Wanda and Loki himself, even
if it's just, to begin with.
Whether that involves trying to take down an evil variant of Kang or not, we don't know.
But I would presume that Ant-Man and Loki Season 2 is going to be dealing more with
Kang because the character is now heavily focused in both.
My prediction is that Doctor Strange 2 will focus more on the multiverse itself and everything
going on after the consequences of it being opened up.
But whatever it is they do have to deal with in that film, it's going to take a good few
instalments to sort this growing problem out.
And to add to the list of mindbending MCU properties, there's also an animated show
called What If...?, which will dive into some of Marvel's alternate
realities firsthand, and the upcoming Spider-Man sequel will also tackle the multiverse with
cameos from franchise stars who appeared before the MCU.
All of this multiverse insanity further opens the gates for the X-Men and Fantastic Four
characters to finally join the Universe too.
Marvel's First Family, as they're known in the comics, are already confirmed to star
in their own film, and the Mutants won't be far behind either.
Whether those teams end up being recast or whether they ask the original actors to come
back, one mutant whose return has already been confirmed is Deadpool.
So it's likely that the ramifications of Loki's Season 1 finale will hit the MCU in other
unexpected ways too, but whatever happens, it seems likely that Ant-Man 3 will play a
big role in the multiverse's future.
He Who Remains has been confirmed to appear, and given that the film is named Quantumania,
Ant-Man will likely help save the day with a quantum weapon or a device that harnesses
quantum energy.
But I do think that Kang is going to be a big player in many films and shows to come,
so I wouldn't be surprised if Ant-Man can't stop the famous villain, or at least maybe,
he'll stop a variant of him.
But putting this all aside, I do think that my theory
at the beginning of this video surrounding Kang and Loki, does carry a lot of weight
and I'm interested to see what direction they eventually, go in.
But that was my brief video on predictions and theories for Loki Season 2 and Phase 4
of the MCU.
I hope you guys enjoyed this breakdown, and overall, I'm intrigued to see what they do
with all the elements I discussed in future MCU instalments.
I'm also intrigued to hear all of your thoughts on what happened in LOKI Season 1, so let
me know down below in the comments section.
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