The fifth episode of LOKI released yesterday and
after doing a breakdown of the episode, we may have a clearer answer towards who the
real TVA villain of the show is.
There's still many theories going around suggesting multiple candidates, but in this video, I'm
going to be breaking down all of these theories and giving you my thoughts on which one is
the most likely.
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But without further ado, let's dive into the biggest theories surrounding who could be
the LOKI villain, which is set to be revealed in Episode 6.
So the ending of Loki Episode 5 gave us a pretty good idea of who is hiding behind the
curtain and the final scene of the episode includes Loki and Sylvie making their
way towards a mysterious castle.
Now, this instantly got fans wondering what the castle is and what it means for the main
villain of the show.
Starting with the most likely theory, the episode leads us to believe
that the castle seen in the distance is actually Castle Limbo, and Kang the Conqueror will
be residing from inside of the giant structure.
In the comics, Kang’s city-base of Chronopolis was depicted as existing outside of time and
could exist in a temporal limbo.
We essentially saw that with the episode's plotline and location,
so it would completely fit the bill for it being Kang's castle.
But alongside the most glaring connection, there are also many
other clues that point to Kang The Conqueror.
In the comics, the monstrous Alioth is also known for taking over Kang’s dimension,
so it would make sense for the castle to be stuck in limbo because of Alioth.
This of course makes a lot of sense and fits in line with all the Kang teases we've been
seeing throughout the show and in particular the introduction of Alioth in episode 5.
We are heading into the finale next week where presumably all will be revealed, but the purpose
of the show is clear now, to reveal who created the TVA and why.
And in my view, there’s only one answer that makes sense.
Kang the Conqueror is a Marvel Comics villain that seems like the most likely answer to
Loki’s central question, and at this point, the evidence has stacked up to be a lot more
weighty than WandaVision’s Mephisto theories ever were.
Along with Castle Limbo and Alioth in Episode 5 connecting to Kang, that's just scratching
the surface of how many easter eggs and clues there have been suggesting he is
the main villain.
In particular, Ravonna Renslayer is the consort of Kang the Conqueror in the comics.
The show informed us this week that apparently, Ravonna does not actually know what’s going
on more than anyone else does, and is now on her own quest to discover who is pulling
the strings.
This may be true, or it’s possible she may already be working for Kang.
After all, she has been manipulative in other episodes.
Or episode 6 could be the time they first meet, giving the characters potential to
grow in the future.
On top of this, Kang the Conqueror’s main powers involve time travel.
So what better villain to have created the TVA and prune its timelines into one finale,
the path where he comes out on top?
I mean this is the likely option that a nearly immortal time travelling villain would take.
Kang is also not some nebulous MCU concept like Mephisto, because the character
has already been cast in the MCU.
He’s being played by Jonathan Majors and is set to be the main villain of Ant-Man and
the Wasp: Quantumania, due out in 2023 after what
should be two seasons of Loki, we presume.
And since Kang is involved with Ant-Man and the Quantum Realm, that plays into another
theory, that the TVA exists in the Quantum Realm.
This is evidenced by a shot of a city glimpsed in a previous Ant-Man movie, and the fact
that time, magic and superpowers do not work properly in this realm, which is something
you can’t really say of anywhere but the Quantum Realm.
Also, one younger version of Kang in the comics is Iron Lad, a core member of the Young Avengers,
a team that Disney Plus has been assembling through literally all of its Marvel shows
so far, and the ones still to come.
I could see Iron Lad being introduced in say, season 2 of Loki if the finale reveals Kang
is behind everything.
And that's not the only Kang and Avengers reference
as The Avengers Tower appears in episode 5, but this time with a Qeng logo in place of
the Avengers logo.
Qeng Enterprises is a company ran by Kang out of the former
Avengers Tower in Marvel's comics, and is part of what might be termed the universe's
recent history.
And to top it all off there's the reveal of a Sphinx in episode 5,
which once again, heavily relates to the story of Kang.
There have been many iterations of the character, but the first was Rama-Tut, a pharaoh persona
that Nathaniel Richards created after travelling back to
ancient Egypt from the 31st century.
In that timeline, he also takes on a sort of archaeologist persona which could explain
the shovel they found in the opening episode of the show.
So at this point, all the easter eggs, story, themes and some of the characters link to
Kang the Conqueror.
However, the one thing that bothers me about the Kang theory is that if Kang is the main
villain of Loki, which many of us currently predict, then what is the show supposed to
do with him until Ant-Man arrives?
It would be kind of poor if the entire purpose of two seasons of Loki is just a set-up for
the villain arc of the third Ant-Man movie.
A villain like Kang controlling the TVA makes sense and I can see how vanquishing that villain,
or at least disrupting his plan, would be the event to trigger the coming multiverse
split.
You have to keep in mind that everything the TVA said from the start has been a lie, with
the “sacred timeline” being the only one that matters and the multiverse being a path
to chaos and destruction.
With someone like Kang saying that you can see how he would pick the timeline to cultivate
that and serve only his purposes the best.
If that’s disrupted, multiverses are free to expand and grow, as we know they will for
Doctor Strange 2 and Spider-Man 3, at the very least.
I just don’t know who else it can be besides Kang at this point.
But my real question is how Kang is handled, and what purpose he will serve in the finale,
other than just a brief, cliffhanger reveal?
We'll have to see, but after an episode that was full-on easter eggs, I'm hoping that if
it is Kang, we will get a finale that gives us a good reason and a successful
conclusion to the plot that was outlined with the first few episodes.
The other theories out there right now also suggest that the Castle seen at the end of
episode 5 could belong to Doctor Doom.
Many fans started by pointing out that it looks almost identical to Castle Doom from
the comic books.
However, it does seem unlikely as right now it’s way too early to bring in Doctor Doom
himself.
It might turn out to be his castle but since Marvel haven’t released an official release
year for the Fantastic 4, I don't think that they’d bring in Doctor Doom this early
on.
Plus, I think that the Kang The Conqueror teases are much more likely given his connections
to what's unfolding and what we've seen, alongside the castle also
reflecting his own Castle Limbo, so that looks a lot more possible that it's going to happen.
The only other main theory to mention in regards to the TVA villain is the one floating around
that it could be another variant Loki.
Now, I think that this makes much more sense than the Doctor Doom theory.
I still believe that Kang The Conqueror is what it will turn out to be, but the Loki
theory isn't a bad shout by any regards.
The question to ask is why exactly is the TVA
so hellbent on pruning all the variant Lokis from each timeline?
When Sylvie was snatched away, she was just a kid.
Did she really create a nexus event that warranted her kidnapping or was this just an excuse
to erase her along with the other variants?
One possible reason for this is that another Loki variant is actually responsible for everything
that's happened so far.
After all, Loki in any timeline is the god of mischief.
Misdirect comes naturally to them.
And Loki has always been thirsty for power.
What could be more "Loki" than trying to take over all of existence?
If that's true, then this Ultimate Loki may see other versions of themself as a threat
to the TVA's power, not to mention their narcissistic need to be the best at everything they do.
There's also something rather fitting about the idea of our Loki confronting his own evil
variant because he's now worlds away from the god who once fought the Avengers to a
standstill in 2012.
Episode 5 also goes out of its way to communicate just how powerful Lokis can be when Classic
Loki gives our Loki and Sylvie the time to defeat Alioth by creating the
entirety of the Asgard Kingdom using an illusion.
And when you combine that kind of god-like power with a trickster’s sensibility, it’s
not hard to imagine that Classic Loki, or another Loki entirely, could be pulling
all the strings.
Again I think Kang the Conqueror is the most likely based on what we've seen thus far,
but I wouldn't disprove this theory as it does make some
logical sense.
It would also solve the problem of introducing a villain so later, tying up the plot of interrogating
the character of Loki throughout this season.
We'll have to see but I do predict that Kang will be revealed and make an appearance, revealing
all of his schemes throughout the show.
But they were some of the most popular theories on the real LOKI villain alongside my thoughts
on who it could actually be.
I hope you guys enjoyed this breakdown, and overall, I'm intrigued to see what happens
in the finale next week, which I will be covering here on the channel.
I'm also intrigued to hear all of your thoughts on episode 5 and who you think the real villain
is, so let me know down below in the comments section as well as listing your predictions
for Episode 6.
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