Loki 2x6 Reaction | Glorious Purpose

[@nyghtmoon]

Loki, who wanted friends and to not be alone, accepts being alone to save those friends. That is love.

[@EddieDexterStewart]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔

[@alexanderriley2979]

And sacrifice.

[@kerouac.jackson]

The TVA gave Loki a second chance. I mean, if not for the TVA pulling him out of his original timeline, he would most likely still have died at the hands of Thanos. So it was only proper that Loki make this sacrifice in order to give his friends at the TVA a second chance, taking the place of the flawed loom to replace it with something better, this newly evolved version of himself.

[@CrankyGrandma]

Genuine love. Selfless. And this was set up to be believable. It’s just amazing.

[@davidmole8299]

if he controls time surely he can find a way to have a woman in his life..like bringing sylvie to him

[@kaizen2049]

Loki tugging the timelines down the stairs & sitting on the throne all alone the one thing he's afraid of the most just broke me 😭 I'm beyond sad

[@EddieDexterStewart]

Me too 💔💔💔😭😭😭😭😭

[@vidhi3697]

I know right im so sad 😭😭😭 also i just got back into my loki phase and this is what i get 😖 also poor loki 🥺

[@phtevenj]

but he fulfilled his 'glorious purpose' in the end.... exactly what he wanted when he first talked to Mobius... King of the multiverse... but yes still sad for him as well

[@nigelcoleman7666]

Lady Sif told him "You are alone and you always will be."

[@veronicathornton4413]

I just keep crying!

[@anyahati]

There's something so unbelievably sad and incredibly poetic about Loki, God of Stories fashioning the threads of time into Yggdrasil

[@procrastinator99]

OH GODS IT *IS* YGGDRASIL!! I love Norse mythology and didn't put that together! I'm simultaneously overjoyed at that..... and disappointed in myself.......

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

@@procrastinator99It was right in front of us all along and all we had to do was tilt our heads! Norse mythology was the first one I ever dove into - thank you famed Dr. Joseph Campbell and Mrs. Delapena from sixth grade - and it was right there in front of me. Clever bastards.

[@hollywoodguy70]

Its really beyond what the Norse mythology indicated. It's the whole multiverse. I only wish they showed him seeing Eternity or the Beyonder. Those are the only entities at that level of reality

[@anyahati]

@@hollywoodguy70 I just meant in terms of how it looks, not that it was actually the World Tree

[@jtser8322]

Before Ted Lasso, I was unfamiliar with Kintsugi art. Now it's become a theme in Star Wars and Marvel as well. I really enjoyed Loki's God of Stories costume at the end. It was subtle nod to the humility and sacrifice he's learned from when all he wanted was to rule and his costumes were adorned with gold.

[@everquestingknight]

The TVA motto hits way differently when you think about Loki making the sacrifice and sitting on that throne. For All Time. Always.

[@qrowing]

"I know the kind of god I need to be.. For you.. For all of us.." and as he exits the blast doors? "For all time. Always."

[@paulchavez3039]

Yeah Loki finally began to understand "for all time" differently than He Who Remains. His re-interpretation of his story from just keeping it on a loop forever, to tending to it in all ways is the breakthrough in methodology for how to maintain the infinite emergence of narratively ordered existence. He-who-remained invented the the wheel, Loki innovated inventing itself. The God of Stories weaves the vines of fate with a caring and expert hand, learning from the shortcomings of his predecessor, who shot them in a loop but doomed himself to have to keep inventing that loop 😂

[@benlee8436]

@@paulchavez3039 Yes, the Norns would like a word!

[@Wyattoons]

Something interesting about season 2 is it’s basically Loki fully accepting his godhood. He always had an ego about it on the Sacred Timeline (Odin even tried to humble him about it), and season 1 we see his more mortal side. But these last couple episodes he literally steps up and takes his place as a god. And now he does it out of benevolence, not ego or greed like before.

[@joshuamendez9959]

Beautifully said!

[@matthewlee4697]

@@joshuamendez9959 I agree. 👍

[@joeblankenship377]

Yep. No more god of mischief. (but I'm guessing he can still play that card if he needs it)

[@mavvynne444]

Such a bittersweet ending for his story.

[@sageart4771]

@@joeblankenship377 yeah he's now the God of Stories

[@Matisaro]

"So he's just sitting there holding it all together?" Yes, watching his friends live over and over, alone but not forgotten, for all time always. Loki, the god of stories. Best.MCU.Project.EVER

[@thseed7]

Loki's biggest character deficit was his need for power, love and respect along with his willingness to do anything to get it. Over the course of the show his character develops to where he wants to do the right thing. The wants and needs of those around him become more important than his own. He sees the TVA destroying entire timelines and all of the beings on them as something he wants to prevent. Once he realizes this he works tirelessly, for centuries, to save Victor and prevent the collapse of the loom to protect the people he love's hopes and dreams. Once he learns that He Who Remains designed the loom to protect his timeline alone, Loki again finds a way to save all of the other timelines. He destroys the loom and weaves all the timelines himself. He uses the his powers to stabilize everything. His final seat on the throne isn't that of a ruler as he had dreamed but one of sacrifice that allows everyone else to live on. Because he is a god, he will bear that burden for eternity and as one of the few beings that could. It's his redemption arch complete. No longer a "take power for me" kingship rather a "use power for you" in a genuinely selfless capacity.

[@jimmy67744]

The kang from 616 adjacent realm was the one Ant-Man beat in the quantum realm

[@odalv316]

ah, the ants... Thanks, god, for Loki caring the MCU on his back.

[@tbirdguy1]

This show is why we watch the MCU. What an epic finale.

[@jarrettreynolds4560]

Actually the M-She-U sux. This is the best thing they have done since the infinity war.

[@Saje3D]

@@jarrettreynolds4560Then don’t watch. What you kids get out of comments like this, i don’t get. You think it makes your tiny tool grow or what?

[@cky7765]

@@Saje3Dthese social rejects have a wasted existence so they have nothing else better to do…

[@cky7765]

@@Saje3D they’re wasted garbage.

[@rickykozak58]

@@Saje3D100% agree with you.😅

[@joshuamendez9959]

Now that Loki has given everyone the ability to have free will with out the multiverse dying, the agents that are still at the TVA, they have CHOSEN to stay there and look after kang. Instead of having no free will, they make a choice to sacrifice and follow the lead of Loki. beautiful.

[@alangarde2928]

Loki finally saw the throne he wanted for his own sake was actually a burden for the sacrifice of all the others, and he willingly accepted it for them. The whole groundhog day really made me think it'd work and Loki would do what he always did, cheat his way out of it. Instead we got him accepting the cost and not running from it so others had a chance (and just a chance) of making things different. It's a beautiful, beautiful character arc and I didn't expect it to hit me so hard. Tears were shed.

[@kivimik]

It is at this point where Loki was more suited to the throne than his brother ever could be.

[@oxhine]

Hey, Angela! Amazing finale! Loki did not go back in time for centuries but kept looping for centuries acquiring knowledge from Ouroboros piecemeal "Groundhog Day"-style. That's dedication! "Pumpkins" is a 19th-century epithet for something wonderful; an exclamation of exultation. The loosed branches were dying unless Loki sustained them through contact. He became the tether of the multiverse; a new Yggdrasil, a Worlds Tree! The 616 adjacent realm was the Quantum Realm in "Quantumania" where Kang was defeated by the Pyms and Scott. Ravonna might evade Alioth in that pyramid where she just might find a pruned variant of Kang known as Rama-Tut, his pharaoh persona! Option 1: Kill He Who Remains --> Loom meltdown --> Sacred Timeline branches without TVA --> Multiversal War that dooms all Option 2: Kill Sylvie --> TVA preserved with He Who Remains maintaining the Sacred Timeline at the expense of Free Will Option 3: Replace the dead He Who Remains and the Loom with a Multiversal Yggdrasil thus bypassing the fail-safe reset effect of the Loom meltdown which would have restored He Who Remains to power. By tethering himself to the Multiversal Yggdrasil, Loki preserves Free Will and the TVA who now hunt Kang variants to prevent a Multiversal War. Loki's sacrifice is reminiscent of Odin's sacrifice in Norse myth where he hung from Yggdrasil for 9 days and nights to acquire knowledge. Loki finally achieved his Glorious Purpose.

[@joshuahessel4915]

He Who Remains said the loom was a failsafe and it would destroy all timelines *except* the sacred timeline. Then He Who Remains just rebuilds the TVA. The war comes, but He Who Remains wins it. Again and again.

[@Maastrichian]

Centuries later… The fallback trope for time travel is that you have all the time you need to find the solution and make it work. What I loved here was that they took that path… and it was not the solution. There was no magical resolution. Which made the victorious tragedy all the more poignant. All that time spent only to discover that the solution is the ultimate sacrifice and one that can be done immediately. And now we have Loki Who Remains at the end of time, alone. Heartbreaking but absolutely beautiful.

[@VegetaLF7]

In true Loki fashion, his life remains a tragedy even when he wins.

[@zoc.6922]

I loved that too. It reminded me of Looper a bit.

[@josephkrengel]

This is the first and only MCU series that has actually used it's final episode to wrap up a story instead of just serve as table-setting for the next property.

[@cerberus01]

Except it could be setting up something, especially with the TVA still tracking the Lang variants and the Renslayer conclusion?

[@josephkrengel]

@@cerberus01 I'm not suggesting that the two are mutually exclusive, I've just found that all of the other MCU shows I've seen have used their finales exclusively to set up "what's next" without bothering to provide a conclusion to their own stories.

[@StarkRG]

@@josephkrengel I disagree. Wandavision concluded its story, though it did use the two post-credits scenes to set up what came later. Hawkeye also concluded its story and only barely set up Kate Bishop's future in the MCU. Moon Knight not only concluded its story but its characters are apparently not coming back for anything else. She-Hulk left things open for more, but pretty much closed it out if they decide not to continue with it. Honestly, even Falcon and the Winter Soldier concluded its story, it could even have been left out entirely without affecting the future movies since Endgame ends with Sam getting the shield. So, really, it's only Loki's first season that didn't finish its story because they gave it a second season.

[@josephkrengel]

@@StarkRG WandaVision concluded her story in the episode prior to the finale, and really by that time we already knew exactly what the story was. She was crippled with grief and was dealing with it poorly. At no point did she actually learn how to deal with it well though, she just went from one bad coping mechanism (enslaving an entire town) to another (studying the Darkhold). To me that's not a compelling or well written conclusion. I didn't see Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

[@StarkRG]

@@josephkrengel She wasn't reading the Darkhold at the end of Wandavision, that doesn't count because it was the post credits scene. The end was her releasing the town and leaving. Whether it's a compelling or well-written conclusion or not is a judgement call, what it is, though, is a conclusion to the story that was told.

[@crossbones13]

"Does Loki just remain there at the end of time for all time?" Yes. He always wanted a throne and a burden of glorious purpose. He got all he ever wanted and as the god of mischief he can enjoy the universe's sense of ironic humor that his granted wish was not as he envisioned in his power-hunger youth...

[@avsbes98]

I would argue that he got what he wanted before he truly knew what he wanted - the latter being just being with his friends, not sitting on some throne and most importantly, not being alone. In the end, the trope Sylvie (or was it Mobius?) mentioned in Season 1 came back: Lokis are destined to loose. But this time was different, because him loosing, giving up being with his friends, being forever alone now serves a glorious purpose. To give Free Will a chance. For all Time. Always.

[@ShiningWolf88]

Loki became the god of stories. And by doing this He Who Remains was defeated. Loki defeated the most dangerous one.

[@paulbrown9328]

Naw that wasn’t the most dangerous one he himself said so. He would know he’s been through a multiversal war. Plus he allowed loki to choose what kinda of villain he’d be, to come up with his own solution. Because no matter what he chose there was a huge burden attached to it even option c he came up with. He who remains technically isn’t defeated yet for all we know another variant could take his place during a multiversal war we know is coming and that’s how the first one came to be he just survived the war and thought it best to have one timeline over utter chaos.

[@Corvid76]

He's absolutely not the God of Stories. The God of Stories manipulated timelines, which is precisely what Loki was trying to prevent He Who Remains from doing. He's nothing more than a custodian of the multiverse, just like Atlez and Atleza in the comics. He's giving people free will for the first time within the MCU, just like Silvie wanted. We also have no indication that He Who Remains was defeated. For all we know this was his plan all along so that he could become freed from the situation that he designed for himself -or- he's freed without expecting to be and now has cause to become the "Kang Prime" of the MCU. Who knows.

[@Magdalena8008s]

@Corvid76 you are right. He's not necessarily God of Stories Loki. Hardly anyone knows what you speak of. Very few people know Atlez. It's not that big of a deal for people to see Loki as God of Stories. I think there's a world where it's a combination of the two to a certain degree.

[@mavvynne444]

The most dangerous one is Immortus. Second is Prime Kang.

[@charlie53echo]

Yggdrasil, the tree of life, made from the "branches" of all of time, is inspired. Loki, as the God of Stories, is amazing. If, as a result of real-world court issues, they need to write out Kang, they can now explain him just being handled by the new TVA. Brilliant!! Great reaction, great editing, amazing show! Love you guys! ❤

[@Corvid76]

He's absolutely not the God of Stories. The God of Stories manipulated timelines, which is precisely what Loki was trying to prevent He Who Remains from doing. He's nothing more than a custodian of the multiverse, just like Atlez and Atleza in the comics. He's giving people free will for the first time within the MCU, just like Silvie wanted.

[@charlie53echo]

@Corvid76 well put. I will admit I am coming at this with a very little bit of understanding, and I appreciate your clarification. Also, I meant World Tree, not tree of life. Oops.

[@goestheboom5211]

​@@charlie53echonah we need to keep kang and his amazing actor

[@kivimik]

@@Corvid76 Perhaps so. However, I do take issue with "nothing more than a custodian" -- it belittles the sacrifice he had to make (and indeed, the role that custodians have in general).

[@SpaghettiYOLOKing]

@@Corvid76 well, he's a different take on the God of Stories. He's given people the chance to have free will and write their own stories, something that wasn't possible with He Who Remains.

[@invictus7736]

"For you, for all of us" that he says to Sylvie before he makes his sacrifice is the same thing he says in the original Thor to Odin before he lets go and "dies."

[@PILLGATESUBEEZY]

Glorious Purpose is such a beautiful beginning and ending title for this amazing show. Hats off to the writing to the acting. Truly incredible.

[@ic5319]

"Purpose is more burden than glory"

[@kerouac.jackson]

This was the most poignant message in this series for me. Back in Avengers, Loki thought his "Glorious Purpose" was to rule over humanity, he made that big speech in Germany about how humanity didn't really want free will, and he honestly believed that mortal beings should have faith in their gods. And here at the end, he's done a complete 180 in an entirely believable way. His "Glorious Purpose" is now to serve, ensuring that people in all of the timelines will have free will (free will is why there are branching timelines in the first place), keeping hope alive because he has faith in mortal beings such that as long as they have a chance, there's still hope that they can find a way to stop the coming war between the various Kangs and survive it.

[@rickykozak58]

Dude… the MUSIC!!! Natalie Holt produced what has to be the best score of any TV series ever. Just unbelievable. Maybe it’s not fair to compare this show to others produced by networks and whatnot, but man, I can’t put into words how it made me feel. Beautiful, beautiful job on the score for this season.

[@SteveMND]

I let out an audible gasp when it pulled back to show Yggdrasil. Well done, Marvel. Well done.

[@eryniel95]

When you realise Sylvie's name has Latin roots and that "silva" means forest.... Loki is at the end literary holding together a tree (Yggdrasil) for her forest of free will. Also, yeah, "burdened with Glorious Purpose" certainly takes up a different meaning with his sacrifice. What a character arc.

[@wb3159]

Silvie wanted everyone to have free will. Keeping her in her timeline wouldn't have done that. The loom was a fail safe designed to reset everything back to the sacred time line which is why all the branches were dying. When Loki broke it he prevented the reset and defeated he who remains. However, he who remains was performing a function which now Loki is doing, but Loki is doing it his way as the God of Stories.

[@kerouac.jackson]

I don't think that's quite true. The TVA is continuing to perform that function, but for themselves instead of for HWR, and Loki is making it possible for the TVA to continue to exist and to perform that function.

[@goestheboom5211]

​@@kerouac.jacksonthink the tva is just for multiversal threats

[@JoelMiller431]

In the end... Loki has found his glorious purpose

[@RGMyers24]

A beautiful ending. Loki quoting T.S. Eliot: “We die with the dying; See, they depart, and we go with them. We are born with the dead: See, they return, and bring us with them.” Then joining the branches of time forms Yggdrasil, the tree of life in Norse mythology, which unites the 9 worlds. Everything exists around it. Imaginative, tragic and poetic. Bravo!

[@zuyrais]

it's Multiversal Tree Yggdrasil which the foundation is Loki the God of Time and Stories, he preserved all realities by letting the all branches live and giving them his power of time constantly. He did get the throne not only to one Universe but the Multiverse but at time he actually didnt want it and and constantly living his fear of loneliness for eternity to save his friends as well as everyone and everything. it's great story, but im very sad tbh.

[@Corvid76]

Yggdrasil was only the host of the 9 realms, not the multiverse. This is either a much larger version of that which encompasses infinite multiverses or this is Loki shaping it into something similar to the Yggdrasil stories that he grew up on. We don't know either way. Also he's absolutely not the God of Stories. The God of Stories manipulated timelines, which is precisely what Loki was trying to prevent He Who Remains from doing. He's nothing more than a custodian of the multiverse, just like Atlez and Atleza in the comics. He's giving people free will for the first time within the MCU, just like Silvie wanted.

[@joshcrigger5630]

This reminds me of the scene in Thor: Ragnarök where Thor tells Loki that life is about growth and change. Thor tells him that "You will always be the God of Mischief, but you could be more."

[@phtevenj]

i absolutely LOVED the Miss Minutes scene... the way she just blinked at Loki cracks me up, every time.

[@rnkelly36]

Basically they are pulling from Loki The God of Stories run in the comics. Loki is now I guess you could say managing the stories of all timelines/universes. I doubt they do too much with The God of Stories in the future but the existence of the multiverse leaves the door open for Loki in the future if its Tom playing the role or someone else. It would be nice if one of the stories he creates is that he comes back as a kid or younger Loki and do the story from the comics about Loki atoning for his sins.

[@shadowsweaver]

When Loki went to the bridge I was already crying, from joy and sadness because I understood what he was going to do. What punched me even more was the Sacred Tree forming from those branches. He became a True God now, alone, fulfilling his glorious porpose. Poetic. Welcome God of Stories.

[@Drake844221]

This Loki's official new title is "God of Stories"... and I really do love that for him. It is such a beautiful place for his life to have brought him. What is even more powerful is his final line from the series. Go back and re-watch the first Thor movie. It is a callback to what he says to Odin as he's hanging off of the shattered Bifrost. Even more glorious is that it was actually Tom, himself, who realized what his final line of the series should be as he was getting ready to film that scene. Before filming it, he'd gone out and taken a bit of a jog around the studio, and then it hit him. He came back, told them his idea, and everyone agreed that it was an amazing final line. I will never be able to hear "I am Loki of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose" and not tear up ever again. Knowing where this arc takes him... the glorious purpose that he takes on as a burden for the good of others. He railed against the siren lure of freedom, and yet... he gave up his freedom so that everyone else could have theirs. Loki is my favorite character in the MCU. Not my favorite hero - that belongs much more to our supersoldiers. But my favorite character all around. And with this finale, he's going to hold that place for me. For all time. Always.

[@clarkbarrett6274]

Yep, Loki was always my favorite too. With Bucky as the not so close second. They both had to be there for their friends, even when they made enemies of friends. I didn't care for the beginning of this season. As we binged the final 3 episodes I mentioned the problem with Loki the series, was a lack of Loki, the character. The final 2 episodes made up for it. I hope we DON'T see anymore of Loki (or Tom) - though I love them both. This was a proper send-off. Don't muck it up - not even with a future cameo.

[@TK_Brainslug]

I loved that they didn't need an epic battle to end the show. I also think Loki can go to where and whenever he wants but I think he has to return to the same point in time when he left

[@kschneyer]

Lovely reaction, as usual. Yes, Loki decided "the kind of god I want to be." He is like Atlas holding up the sky. He has condemned himself to an eternity of holding time together with his bare hands. As an Asgardian, he can do things He Who Remains cannot; he can literally grasp time in his hands, monitor it moment-by-moment, forever.

[@flumbz5266]

Absolutely adored Victor Timely, love the little details in even how he talks, how he will repeat the same word a couple of times at the end of his sentence. Superb acting but superb acting by all of them.

[@Lngbrdninjamasta]

Seeing Loki at the end with the single tear got me

[@attackonhumby]

loki created the “new loom” in the image of the world tree from his mythology 🥹 that’s just 🤌🏽🤌🏽

[@VegetaLF7]

Remember, the TVA is outside of the flow of time from the timelines. He didn't create it in the image of the world tree, he *created the world tree*. The moment it happened for him, it always existed in the timelines.

[@TboneUSA07]

And now we have The God of Stories! Love this show.

[@Corvid76]

He's absolutely not the God of Stories. The God of Stories manipulated timelines, which is precisely what Loki was trying to prevent He Who Remains from doing. He's nothing more than a custodian of the multiverse, just like Atlez and Atleza in the comics. He's giving people free will for the first time within the MCU, just like Silvie wanted.

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

⁠@@Corvid76The show presents a version of the God of Stories. The symbolism is clear and intentional, as it was for various other aspects of the myriad incarnations and interpretations of Loki. The wonderful and maddening thing about Norse mythology is that it was an oral tradition of which much is lost or vague or even contradictory in its academic study. Yet, this leaves us room to fashion what we will from these sources and debates. It leaves room for invention, interpretation, and imagination. And this show took that aspect - the descriptive aspect - and ran with it. It played with project, metaphor, and symbolism. And it left us with a version of the God of Mischief, Chaos, Schemes, Death, and Stories - the stories of untold billions playing out before him. And a few in particular he helped write. This the show also gave us a satisfying end(?) or milestone for the MCU version of the collective Norse mythological version of Loki.

[@Corvid76]

@@AngeloBarovierSD no it doesn't. The God of Stories wasn't up for interpretation and was a very specific storyline where Loki became a being that could write and rewrite history. If his form now doesn't allow him to do that(and it absolutely doesn't), then he's simply not the God of Stories. What he is however, is the custodian of the multiverse, which was a position held by Atlez and later Atleza in the comics. And no, they can't manipulate timelines either, they were simply there to hold the timelines together so that they could exist while allowing the lives within them, free will.

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

@@Corvid76 Sigh. M’kay. If that’s yer dogma, I’ll leave ya to it. Peace.

[@jameslewis9292]

@@AngeloBarovierSD @Corvid76 is correct. They are using Loki in place of Atlez/Atleza which is a pretty unknown entity in the comics. I can see Loki progressing into either his God of Stories variant or Avenger Prime after this ending, but right now he's just tethering the multiversal timelines to something. I can see them finding someone else to take that place, thus freeing Loki to evolve into one of the above mentioned though. That would give them more story possiblities and character growth for Loki.

[@alexanderphilips1101]

I guess in a way, Loki did become "Loki: King of Space"🤣 Mobius called it in season 1

[@StarkRG]

More like King of Time

[@bajes328]

In Norse mythology, earthquakes are caused by a chained Loki screaming in pain because Skaði, another Norse goddess, placed a snake to drip poison into his veins. He walks to his throne across a rainbow stair, Bifröst, creating a tree of life, for all time, always. In this timeline, Loki's energy is drained to maintain all of existence, and his rage would cause timequakes.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

This episode was everything we needed from this finale. Absolutely incredible! Thanks for sharing your reaction 😄

[@andrewpeppin4769]

One hint upon looking back was the automat. Every pie was key lime, a green pie. Infinite slices of green pie. Also the timelines at the end resembled Yggdrasil.

[@LeeCarlson]

Not only are all of the people we love there, but they also are aware of who they are and what happened.

[@isbammoi3358]

The amount of emotions on his face in the final shot WRECKS me. I can see so many and can't pin down a single one. He's holding more than just time together. OUCH OOF. And yeah WOW, the music, ty! I always listen closely to music. That final moment was phenomenal but wouldn't have near the gravitas and weight without the music. Glorious.

[@tadcooper9733]

Yggdrasil, the world tree!

[@Heavensrun]

My interpretation: HWR thought the only way to prevent a multiversal war was to destroy the rest of the universes and only maintain the sacred timeline: his timeline. Sylvie wanted to give everyone free will, even if it meant the end of everything. Loki's solution is a compromise. He destroyed the loom, freeing the multiverse from HWR's failsafe. The timelines start dying. But Loki can use sylvie's enchantment magic to scan the timelines to determine which ones are actually dangerous. Then he gathers the "safe" timelines, and nurtures them, weaving them into the world tree. In doing so, he gives the people free will and the multiverse is selected to eliminate the most dangerous Kang variants. The TVA goes back to pruning, but rather than being about purity (sacred timeline) it's about maintaining the multiverse so it can grow safely. But to make that possible, Loki has to give up his own freedom..

[@estebanmanriquez1757]

Go back and watch the talk he had with Mobius (timeslip to when he first arrived at the TVA) during this episode. After trying for centuries to save his friends to no avail, he has that conversation with Kang after learning to stop time and his only option is a terrible choice. It's the talk with Mobius that gave him the second option, his worse option. He gained his "Glorious Purpose" from that first meeting in ep 1, he rules over everything on a golden throne , but it cost him everything he has truly come to want most. Dooming himself to his worst fear of being alone for all eternity, but he does so knowing that the price he pays will mean his friends will live. T

[@BrandonWestfall]

Just to confirm, 616 is the primary universe the MCU is set in. When they said 616 adjacent they're referring to the quantum realm from Ant Man.

[@CaturdayNite]

I love that, just like the timelines, the show seemed to get intentionally messy throughout and then, just like repairing them, was woven back together into a strong finale that not only do I see it as a fitting end to the show as whole, but for the character (if they intend for this to be his last work as Loki).

[@karimsavotins4766]

Yes we are universe 616 and wen mobies thold about variant he who remains it was taking about kang from ant-mane

[@diegoluna2549]

The perfect end of a beautiful character for a glorious purpose. 💚💚💚💚💚💚😭😭

[@1amazeme]

The centuries Lucky spent studying physics, and the loom at the end of the show added to his knowledge, and how to become an intelligent loom. It is a much more healing and understanding of a loom, then if he would have become one at the beginning of the series.

[@ericgallini3988]

This finale was just beautiful! As others have mentioned, he's no longer the god of mischief. He is now the god of stories.

[@cctomcat321]

Loki basically built a universal Yggdrasil, the Norse mythological "World Tree" (see God of War gameplay for a representation). Groot is actually born from the branches of Yggdrasil (sp?), just a random factoid. Loki here is going full circle.... His "Glorious Purpose." His throne. But a Loki who has gone on a similar journey as Thor to the point he saw he was wrong for seeing his brother as weak after Thor 1. This Loki didn't want the throne, anymore. Which is when he earned it. So he takes a seat at the end of time as Loki, God of Stories. He is past just being Loki, God of Mischievuousness/Tricks. He has his throne and glorious purpose... A burden and a privilege to hold it together for everyone he cares about. For All Time, Always.

[@ohctascooby2]

For Hunter B, you must remember she chose a profession to save lives on earth, a profession also that comes with heartache… in her new role she gets to save countless lives (literally).

[@LeeCarlson]

As Sylvie said, "Maybe what defines a Loki is that they always lose," and Loki has to accept what he will lose in order to save everyone that he cares about.

[@johnniequinn3215]

He didn’t lose, he made a sacrifice that even HWR could not foresee.

[@LeeCarlson]

@@johnniequinn3215, by "loss" I mean the contact with the friends that he has made by accepting the duty that he has.

[@johnniequinn3215]

@@LeeCarlson The ending sort of implied that he could see them all thru the new branches of the timelines; but I understand both the triumph and tragedy of the decision. That’s one of the things that made this so epic.

[@chuckb8514]

Fantastic reaction. Loki is a great character, becoming the God of stories is his perfect ending for him.

[@Corvid76]

People keep parroting this "God of Stories" stuff without understand what the God of Stories even was. He's absolutely not the God of Stories. The God of Stories manipulated timelines, which is precisely what Loki was trying to prevent He Who Remains from doing. He's nothing more than a custodian of the multiverse, just like Atlez and Atleza in the comics. He's giving people free will for the first time within the MCU, just like Silvie wanted.

[@alchemist6658]

Its amazing to come full circle from the first Thor. The last thing Loki says then and now "for you...for all of us" 💔hits just as hard but differently. Tom Hiddleston won't be playing Loki anymore but you never know, there could be a cameo in a future film.

[@efremvercaigne7265]

"Most purpose is more burden than glory." What else can you say to that?

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

Look, I’m gonna watch your reaction but before it even starts, I just gotta say: They stuck the landing. They stuck it so hard my hands hurts from applauding. They stuck it so hard that if we never see Loki again, I’ll feel like it was an emotionally satisfying conclusion to an epic screen character. Everyone from the heads of department to the bit role actors stuck the goddamn damned-god landing that Nadia Comăneci would think she could have done no better. Ugh, I want to shake the hands of everyone who made this series! It was just … _glorious!_

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

Special shout-out to Natalie Holt for composing such wonderful versions of the theme, along with the narrative score. She’s fab. Also, yes, Loki decided to be the anchor for the multiverse, used every power he’s ever learned to do it, and also chose to fashion his version of the loom in the image of the great World Tree, Yggdrasil, how the Norse myths describe the universe. Given that the written accounts of Norse myth are varied and confusing in their own way, it’s wonderful to see a version of that manifested visually here. It’s as though all those variations of its oral tradition are exemplified in that visual, with Loki at the centre of those stories - in the heart of the World Tree. Odin, Frigga, and especially Thor would be so proud. The selfish god who wanted to rule - to control - making the selfless choice to give people their own choice for their own fate. And it is so steeped in mythic tale (beyond even Norse), and symbolism without clear definition, that this student of mythology loved every bit of it. “To define is to destroy. To suggest is to create.” - Mallarme.

[@evilpopcans3735]

i believe thats why the time stone is green, because of loki. or now known as the god of stories lol

[@SinSoonSan]

green timelines loki was holding are where deadpool, wolverine, and tobey maguire are. the purple above is where b level avengers will lose to kangs in kang dynasty. möbius eventually recruits secret wars team and they fight at the terrain loki built at the end of time

[@avsbes98]

22:28 Exactly, because that is his glorious purpose. For all Time. Always.

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

This is Probably the BEST Story Involving Time Travel I have ever seen or heard of..Spectacular. LOKI God of TIME

[@QlisBbsa]

You can’t reach the end of the story without the journey changing you.

[@Saje3D]

He has become the God of Stories. I cried like a baby. Dammit.

[@cellprocessing6832]

No in Norse mythology there is a part of Loki's life called the binding of Loki. It's a bit different than this. And Loki is not bound by his son entrails. He is instead bound by the timelines and enchanting them for all time to give them life.

[@malikwalker4765]

Angela, what we saw was Loki literally becoming a God. Season 1 was getting rid of his self-centered ambition, S2 was giving everything for others with nothing for himself. Apotheosis - a man becoming a God.

[@alexanderriley2979]

Yes, but he was already a god. (Norse variant.) He became and instantly and infinitely surpassed Odin. Burdened with glorious purpose. Becoming an Atlas-like figure, although he gets to sit down. Heavy is the head that wears the crown...

[@malikwalker4765]

@alexanderriley2979 God with a small "g". He has literally Ascended now to a God with "G".

[@MoonlitPhoenix0]

I love how Loki becomes the core of Yggdrasil which is the world tree of Norse mythology and Loki is a norse god. Its so symbolic and then the people at the TVA staying snd prptecting the multiberse Loki saved

[@shinjiitsu6319]

This woman is beautiful and graceful - and I’m charmed. Subscribed

[@jasonhair2457]

This series was Loki's journey from the god of mischief to the god of stories. He holds every story in every universe together, for the rest of time.

[@ernieojeda]

Beautiful and sad ending

[@zarathos616thewolf]

the God of Stories...... good comics ...

[@RoxxSerm]

From adopted Brat with Daddy-issues to Saviour of the Multiverse. Lokis character development over the course of so many movies and series-episodes was just stunning. Also Yggrasil

[@malthesse]

A bittersweet end to a great series. Loki sacrificing himself for his friends and the greater good. He has come a long way, and he found his glorious purpose, even if it was not something he truly wanted.

[@alexanderriley2979]

Angela, it is pretty simple if you think it over. And more to the point, it's basic story structure, which is one of the reasons why it's so beautiful. Our Hero Has a problem. They try and fix it. Nothing works. They keep trying. Nothing works, things get worse. Until through all that effort an answer is found. An answer that was too big and too off-the-wall for just out-of-the-box. An answer that is not assured, and the consequence is not as expected. Loki wanting to be king, and getting that throne...but not out of selfishness, but to save everyone and everything.

[@marksullivan7766]

8:52 "I hope their naps are hefty and beautiful" now that's a blessing

[@Kjleed13]

Now Mjölnir is the one that’s unworthy. 😂 It’s hard to understand but easy to follow emotionally. Loki released everything, allowed multiverse war, gave them a chance to fight Citadel of Kangs, turned everything into Yggdrasil and became what some are calling the God of Stories. Extra trivia, Loki in Norse mythology was punished for his misdeeds by being bound by a rock, much like here.

[@alexanderriley2979]

Bound to a rock with venom dripping in his face from the Midgard Serpent, and when his wife emptied the bowl she was collecting the venom in, it hits him and the world shakes.

[@clarkbarrett6274]

​@@alexanderriley2979 Norse mythology has many interpretations but I believe his torturer was a serpent but not the Midgard Serpent. Midgard, of course, was one of Loki's 3 children (with Hel and Fenris). Midgard was also poisonous - and his poison would eventually drown Thor during Ragnarok.

[@adamthebrave1]

Hi! Your reaction is great.This was a glorious episode for Loki.

[@CrankyGrandma]

This benefits from a rewatch. It’s flippin amazing. Best marvel in ages.

[@LeeCarlson]

While Loki is experiencing each iteration of these events, for the others it is always the first time that they are experiencing it.

[@khagapatibisoi3835]

19:38 Yes the main universe is 616 that we have watched for a decade Adjacent realm = they are talking about the quantum realm in (antman 3 movie) and Kang

[@JKUTWatcher]

Your ‘wow’ was spot on.

[@davidstrangeDMC]

In Norse Mythology Loki is the god of Mischief and Then becomes the God of stories. (Like in a similar loop until Ragnarök. If Memory serves (I believe his Norse Rune Symbol is The S With 2 Snakes Trying to Bite each other. And tangled together. Not the Same Shape. But seems like the same concept to the Ouroboros . And Marvel Comics Has Had a Run (Of Loki Comics) with Loki as the ''God of Stories '' Like Breaking the 4th Wall but More involved and (More complicated) I Like How Loki Makes the Timeline into The ''World Tree''

[@ro4eva]

*Best character arc in the MCU. Best MCU tv show ever. That finale was amazing.*

[@MrTIMSARAH]

We are Earth 616, the adjacent realm he spoke of - The Quantum Realm! He was referring to the Kang that Ant-Man fought in Quantummania. Love your content, keep up the fun!

[@zenkizenki]

616 adjacent realm, that may be the antman quantumania movie

[@qjv1922]

Wow! 🤯Now THAT's how you end a season 🤯 Closing the circle, giving Loki his godly purpose by choice making himself the keeper of the "Tree Of Life" 🤯 which has been referenced a couple of times in MCU 🤯 ...and of course as always I was amazed by your genuine emotionally honest reaction 🤯 💖 👍

[@moomoopuppy508]

I love how Loki "created" Yggdrasil, the tree of life.

[@grimm516]

Yggdrasill The world tree lokie The God of story's

[@Acta_Non_Verba]

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."

[@AFT3RDAY5]

This is so brilliant 🤩 Can’t wait to see how that story goes on 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@exploringandstargazing]

And I bet it's Loki who brings everyone together for The Kang Dynasty.

[@TroubleSturm]

One of my favorite Easter eggs in the show was finding out that Casey was Frank Morris, who famously escaped from Alcatraz, from a branched timeline.

[@foodwallet1223]

"You are alone. And you always will be." Such a perfectly bittersweet ending. I'm so proud of Loki.

[@duelangel5318]

It would be incredibly hard for Loki to go back and stop Silvie from being taken out of her timeline unless he wants to overthrow the tva at that period in time. Think about it. She was a variant, they would keep trying to prune her timeline until either a, the tva stop functioning at that time period or b, Loki himself would need to be the one to take her and protect her in the sacred timeline.

[@manuelsiongco]

Wow, ,,,Loki season 2 is amazing 😍😍😍😍😍 great writing and story telling👏👏👏👏👏

[@jcehall]

I'm loving the hairstyle.

[@YouCountSheep]

The whole second season is a gigantic mind twist. Yggdrasil the world tree has always existed in Asgard mythology. And Loki became Yggdrasil binding everything together and giving the multiverse life. Beautiful ending.

[@tonyroid1]

We watched the villan become The God we all needed. Great writing. He created the Word Tree.

[@Sawyer1982OAC]

Can the rest of this MCU phase be just Loki and He Who Remains battling through words until the end of time? Tom Hiddleston and Jonathan Majors delivered more in one scene than 2 hours of perfect CGI battle...