Loki ENDING EXPLAINED - Who PRUNES LOKI in Season 2 Episode 1? - Future MCU Revelaed!

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Loki season 2 episode 1 ends with a HUGE mystery--who prunes Loki at the end? What is going on in the future TVA? Why is Loki timeslipping? We have answers that will setup Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars. The future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe looks bright.
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[@unlimitedv3rses]

It's funny cause I had the same comment on new Rockstars video

[@costanzafaust]

I already watched the episode, but FFS ScreenCrush all you need to say is "Ending Explained" -- putting plot details in your titles or thumbnails is a dick move and makes me want to unsubscribe.

[@r2dxhate]

I think the time loop is a brute force machine learning algorithm, powered by mrs minutes. Every lifetime is just to learn the next baby-step. Like when Kang gets stabbed but disappears, because he knows he was going to get stabbed. But then Kang passes that threshold of unprecedented time. If you've ever played an emulator of a video game with save states, you can save every time you successfully complete a single jump or single task, instead of having to restart back at marioland 1. Kang's somehow the one that remains after the loop of time recycles.

[@r2dxhate]

The time loop is a good way to avoid a time paradox. It allows you to change the past and present and future in an identical descendant universe, without undoing your own creation. Futurama had the episode of cyclical time.

[@vrnorwaynorway6048]

youtubers got episode 1-4 first and now they spoiling and we allready know loki pruned loki. Thanks Marvel and KZbinrs for spoiling. i hate that youtubers get to see it b4 the normal person. its not good for anyone except the youtubers.

[@darthyoda8170]

I think it was future Loki cause Sylvie was there almost as if she was waiting for him so either she meant the other Loki or future Loki knew he had to be at that specific point in time to prune himself to save himself

[@achimwokeschtla7582]

Loki is time slipping but only physically present at once moment in time so there can’t be two Lokis at the same place and moment in time

[@darthyoda8170]

@@achimwokeschtla7582 but there was, in one of the trailers there were two Lokis present at the same time, and one of them time slipped

[@nikhilchelkar6623]

​@@darthyoda8170same I also saw 2 loki on one of the trailer

[@Unsweetened8618]

Yep, it's Loki who did that. It make sense.

[@aaronchasco613]

it was he who remains

[@dorukulf]

If the pruning guy is Loki, then the time travel in this episode seems like the one in TENET, which makes more sense if we consider the meaning of the "Oroborus" as well

[@Jarvik]

I like this

[@helenvalencia]

I haven't seen Tenet but I can understand where you are going. I agree. It makes me think of the movie Arrival too and how time is a circular language. Future Loki knew to prune himself because both things are happening together in time. It does make you think of free will and determinism.

[@dorukulf]

@@helenvalencia There was a scene in TENET where one of the main characters opens a door to his past self for accomplishing the mission. Very similar.

[@24Kphotography]

I need to rewatch Tenet sober... LoL

[@ScreenCrush]

What did you think of the episode?

[@BOABModels]

I thought it was great - I really liked that it continued on from the first series rather than skipping forward

[@Philyshark7]

Why did loki want to be cured of timeslipping? It seems like a pretty useful power.

[@bryanheilman4376]

Loved it. But I gotta know WHY Colton is trapped in the tv! Let him out!. I'm tired of you telling us he is trapped in there and not letting him out. What could he POSSIBLY have done?

[@elfthebomb2]

Amazing

[@TeamDaemon1980]

Ke Huy Quan's Ouroboros or OB is a great addition. I thought this S2E1 would be confusing according to all these reviewers but it actually wasn't. It's really an episode that starts where S1E6 left off. And I just finished looping Loki S1 a 6th time or so right before S2 came on, so the end of S1 transitioned smoothly to S2. Loki is actually my favorite series on Disney+ and maybe my favorite for any MCU project. I'm talking more enjoyable than any of the Avengers films and Captain America films. It's so rewatchable. I didn't mention this prior but I love all the gadgets they use. It's so retro circa 1970s. That's already a show in itself with all the items in the background. Go back to the Time Variance Authority cartoon with Miss Minutes in the very first episode. Not only is it very informing, it has artwork from like the 1950s through 1980s. And Miss Minutes herself looks like she was drawn in the 1940s. I don't see the 1920s Felix the Cat inspiration but I do see the Mr. DNA from Jurassic Park. That very first episode of Loki was strong, btw. Can instantly get you hooked. Loki got 10 years of character development in one episode after watching a video of him dying. Perhaps one of the strongest first episodes ever. The Boys S1E1 is right up there as well. That first episode was stronger than a lot of shows' season finales. I'll rank Loki S1 episodes like this: 4, 5, 1, 6, 2, 3. IMDb scores have it similar. Then we got the music which is incredibly brilliant. It feels weird and kinda haunting. Gives you this retro vibe as well like late-70s to early-80s. Watching Flash Gordon (1980) and Tron (1982). And also very original Star Trek from the 60s. Office equipment that look straight out of Brazil (1985). But the color scheme is more like 1970s wardrobe. The little gadgets and computers they use looks so retro. I only recently ordered a hat of the Andor logo from Aliexpress that arrives in two weeks because that's become my favorite Star Wars series but I really need to get some merch for Loki. Like get a TVA jacket that Loki wore in S1E2. Get a Miss Minutes clock. I know Grace Randolph got some good Loki merch two years ago that was sent to her for free. It's weird because Iron Man is my favorite character by far but I personally don't love his individual films. I like them but I don't love them. My favorite MCU films are either Avengers or Captain America (the last 2). While Thor have the worst films but it's my favorite lore with more of my favorite characters like Loki, Thor, Hela, and Mobius. Loki and Thor: Ragnarok go 1-2 for me among all of MCU. I prefer the Thor/Norse mythology. It's more interesting than the modern world Tony Stark lived in where it's just Earth. I loved seeing Asgard the first time I saw it in 2011. I like flying horses and the different weapons which aren't guns. I like sorcery. I like Valkyrie. I think Tessa acts fun in both Thor films she's in. Thor lore has more fascinating places to see. It's Game of Thrones meets Star Wars. As I type this, Loki S2E1 finished so it looped back to playing S1E1. I love the DB Cooper reference. How Loki was him. Even the weakest episode, S1E3 Lamentis, it's really not that bad. It didn't move the story and it's still my least fav, but it doesn't ruin my experience. And there are scenes from it I still enjoyed. It's a really great series. And Loki has become my favorite character post-Endgame with Tony gone. Loki is relatable to me. Loki is a lonely, born loser. Same here. I'm always losing and I'm alone although by choice. So I root for him. Loki is an underdog. And Tom Hiddleston has this endearing quality to his Loki. Loki is like Beavis and Butt-Head but 10x smarter. You want them to succeed but they never do. It's always by fate or maybe bad luck they lose. With B&B, they're just stupid. Their stupidity always sets them back to square one. Tom Hiddleston getting his Midnight in Paris (2011) co-star was a perfect addition. And that film also dealt with time travel. Loki S1E4 with the Lady Sif time loop was hilarious and brilliant. Was also bittersweet. Lady Sif only echoed the loneliness Loki will have. Best scene ever with Lady Sif. Jaimie Alexander deserved better than what she got in Love and Thunder although I still LOL from her parody-like reply about not making Valhalla with her arm cut off: "Oh, shit!" So Monty Python/Naked Gun/Hot Shots!.. Rewatching S1E5 and listening to Richard E. Grant's Classic Loki saying he started missing his brother made me think this 2012 Loki will end up reuniting with present Thor and his new daughter (Chris H's real life daughter). I think it will be very sweet if we watch Thor and Loki reunite in Loki's series finale. I know Chris H and Tom H love working together and remain very close friends. Loki S2E1 moved so much faster than the first two episodes of Ahsoka. Things were happening right away. And it was 45 minutes long. We weren't getting 35 minutes when some Ahsoka episodes deserved to be at least 10 minutes longer. I laughed at least 6 times to things OB said or did within 15 minutes that I never did for Ahsoka's entire run. OB in R&A is Best Buy's Geek Squad but in the basement of the basement of the TVA building. OB isn't even aware what hell is going on up there. The convo with Loki talking to past OB while Mobius is talking to present OB was clever and hilarious like the Lady Sif scene. Thank you, Ke. You gave us a new fan favorite next to Owen's Mobius. "Yeah. I'm having trouble reconciling that." [he repeats it] "Four hundred years." "Believe it or not, he was my last visitor." "Ouroboros. Um, may I call you OB?" "OB? I like that." "Okay, you've got about an hour." [looks back to see something crack the window] "You've got about 5 minutes." "Is this cracked?" [applies tape over the cracked glass] "You're good." "OB! Get ready to see some hoofin' like you've never seen before!" "Okay." [then walks away] I just realized Ke Huy Quan said *wow* four times to Owen Wilson in the R&A. 😂 That's also the first word he ever said in Temple of Doom. "Wow! Holy smoke! Crash landing!" He said wow to Mr. Wow four times. Will Owen say it? Ke is funnier as OB than he was as Short Round and Data. I was worried for S2 because Michael Waldron (of Rick & Morty fame) didn't write it although he's still there to oversee it. I thought maybe they go to a different direction and Loki S2 loses the charm of S1. Nope. S2E1 showed it still got it. Loki scenes happens a lot in those TVA offices. Think Mad Men/The Office meets Bill & Ted. And it's all retro and weird but very interesting. It's world building in that building. Waldron applied great ground rules for the TVA like no superpowers can be used in it. Tesseract sounds dumb according to Casey who also doesn't know what a fish is. Infinity Stones are useless there. TVA operates by its own rules where the outside rules of it won't apply. It can be 400 years and no aging. TVA building is the quiet star of the show but people can still transport to different years and places quicker than a Bill & Ted phone booth. I've seen Loki enough times that the TVA building is it's own character itself. It's similar to LOST with that island. The location can be a character. I'm into movies like Back to the Future, Bill & Ted, and Hot Tub Machine, so I love all the time traveling and weird stuff like how TVA still uses outdated computers. I guess TVA is supposed to look and feel timeless. You're not supposed to pinpoint an era. That's why you see computers that looks like it has MS-DOS, outdated printers, typewriters in the end credits, and handhelds with orange LED lights like a gaming device in the 1970s. Great series. Great visuals, great music, fun characters, great quotes, great world building happening a lot in the TVA offices, and highly rewatchable. Loki will not save MCU. Not one project will. We need a consistent body of work from Disney if they want to regain our trust. But at least we get over a month talking about arguably the best thing MCU has ever made. You got something to talk about for another five weeks, KZbinrs. Disney+ MCU and Star Wars 1. Loki 2. Andor 3. The Mandalorian That's the only three I enjoy rewatching even with Mando S3 being disappointing. I still like WandaVision but it hasn't aged as well if it's just therapy for Wanda. Very unique but not great world building or a great cast of characters I love. I still like WandaVision more than Ahsoka, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Book of Boba Fett, and every MCU series not named Loki. Favorite Loki Characters 1. Loki Laufeyson 2. Mobius M. Mobius (M stands for Mobius) 3. Ouroboros aka OB 4. Classic Loki 5. Miss Minutes 6. Kang aka He Who Remains 7. Ravonna Renslayer 8. Casey 9. Sylvie 10. Hunter B-15 Apologies to Boastful Loki, Kid Loki, and Alligator Loki for not making my top 10. I can switch around Loki, Mobius, and OB as my No. 1 favorite. All three characters are better than every Ahsoka character not named Baylan Skoll. For all time. Always.

[@unknownagent2411]

Random thought based on the facts you presented Ryan. He who remains had the temp pad already set to send Loki back to the TVA . Yes Sylvia opened the door ... but she knew not where she sent Loki. Therefor He who remains set this up as part of his plan.

[@discobassgroove]

That’s so insane

[@discobassgroove]

He who remains is built different

[@Snuzzled]

Oh shit you right

[@oakmen4604]

He who remains didn't know what was going to happen next. That could have just been the place he was going to go, or Silvy just button mashed him there

[@Sienisota]

​@oakmen4604 He who remains did push the tempad to a specific spot when he put it on the table. He might not know for sure, but he clearly planned one of the Lokeys take it.

[@OdemGee]

I think everything they do will lead them all they way back to He Who Remains but this time Loki will take the offer. I believe Loki second guessing if He Who Remains is actually right for doing what he did is foreshadowing them ending up at the same spot given the same offer at the end of this season.

[@FireJach]

Hwrs goal is to keep the timelines which means this season is happening like after and before Secret Wars and the Avengers will visit the place and meet Loki as the hwr

[@user-iq6pp2ij8p]

I also want to be like HWR

[@Cheo-ji8io]

I think it was future OB who pruned loki! It would make a lot of sense since OB would be the only one close to the temporal loom who knew what the task was. Just how they built the machine going back from past present and future.

[@greywater3186]

This makes the most sense.

[@dantepierre1948]

you can literally see Loki standing in the background when present loki looks at the phone ringing, it’s so obvious😂it’s not OB

[@Cheo-ji8io]

@@dantepierre1948 It’s not obvious. People are now saying that just because someone really went down deep to investigate who that was and this video confirms it. People didn’t think about it until this theory came up. Now all of a sudden everyone knows or thinks its obvious lol

[@dantepierre1948]

@@Cheo-ji8io I watched the episode over immediately after the first time I watched it. I didn’t even see a person behind him on my first watch, as soon as I watched it over I knew it was Loki who pruned himself…that was way before this video was posted lol, new rockstars hasn’t even talked about it at all somehow.

[@intothefrayyo]

@@Cheo-ji8io haha no- how could you not think it was Loki 😂 - it was a 2 point plan.. what was Loki‘s part 🧐

[@lennysteinberg9199]

I thought the time loom and pruning Loki was supposed to stop his time slipping but the trailers show him time slipping at least 3-4 more times. So did they not fix his time slipping?

[@leeroy5665]

Its a trailer. Out of order.

[@Tport712]

Not just out of order but also Marvel is notorious for creating fake scenes. Or editing people out of a scene just for the sake of trailers. Don't always believe what you see in the trailers

[@ajdoherty1957]

I think when they pulled him out he was able to control it instead of stopping it

[@charlesjohnson7458]

Check it out - those slips we've seen actually go to different episodes

[@Kelticfury]

The thing about time slipping is that they don't show you what he does several times when he slips and comes back. There is no reason that Loki pre-soul suck couldn't be in the same "present" as the cured Loki.

[@neekos3084]

Loki pruned loki. First thoughts.

[@chelsearunyan]

It makes sense it was future Loki. Hopefully he than pruned Sylvie🤮 she is by far the worst character.

[@GogetaLife_ITS_FUTILE]

Ding ding ding you got it!

[@michaelscott5653]

Yup, that's exactly what happened 🤣

[@carolinahammer9480]

Love the content, mate

[@user-cy2yk9sr1g]

This actually makes sense because as we all know Ravonna was the one who captured sylvie and she doesn't really said what was the reason for sylvie being a variant. I think that He who remains ordered ravonna to capture sylvie because he knows that it is sylvie who will kill him and continue the loop. Edit: The audio recording in the War room maybe hinting at this moment? That ravonna obeyed Kang's order's to capture sylvie. Thus, him winning the multiversal ware and continuing the loop.

[@slack__]

pretty sure sylvie is a variant because she just wanted to be a valkyrie instead of the goddess of mischief, as was her "purpose". we see her role playing with the toys in her episode, instead of being up to no good and that goes against what a loki "is"

[@user-cy2yk9sr1g]

​@@slack__ Yes but they can't consider someone a "variant" with just a thought, it needs to be a action.

[@slack__]

@@user-cy2yk9sr1g i think they absolutely can, when loki and sylvie had their moment on lamentis, they were just thinking, sitting next to eachother realising their feelings and that caused a big enough branch for them to be saved before the apocalypse. So for younger sylvie to be playing make believe and flying valkyrie toys around in the air probably was enough to show the tva/sacred timeline that her ambition was enough to create a branching time where there was a timeline without the goddess of mischief..

[@ronaldpinson2236]

Ironically, He Who Remains was basically pruned by Silvie. Kang stated he took a peek at what happens at the end of time, and more likely he’ll state that he allowed Antman to defeat him so he can become who he needed to be to master all of time.

[@Regzzo]

I missed that, when did he say he took a peek?

[@intothefrayyo]

Why are people making stuff up

[@ronaldpinson2236]

@@Regzzo Antman Quantamania when he showed the sacred timeline

[@pepesilvia3827]

Different Kangs.

[@ronaldpinson2236]

@@pepesilvia3827 We don’t know how many times this cycle has occurred.

[@ScreenCrush]

What are your theories?

[@kylecarter1599]

Each episode going forward will focus on finding Sylvie, Victor Timely, and Zaniac, and then they will try to make sure the premiere goes the way we saw it.

[@Ryzza5]

Who was on the other end of that telephone?

[@markshine2448]

great job breaking this down

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Great explaining video as always ryan cant wait see how this will change the future of the mcu saga forever.

[@RyanHaney55]

Awesome! Loki, Ouroboros, Mobius all loop. The TVA logo, and hourglass symbols fit, too.

[@user-te6fo9cb1c]

Great video and I think you nailed it👌

[@spongekathotpants]

Love to see the shout out to writers! Keep it up

[@mrsealmayr]

Great explainin' !!! I especially like the Loki = Loop in another language insight. Keep it up Brian

[@IsiahBradley]

THANKS for this, ScreenCrush Gang!!!!

[@jeffreycarman2185]

Thanks for the video. This season and the multiverse saga stuff should be awesome! I can’t wait.

[@juancarlosrubio3548]

Hype for this season

[@AlexSanchezber]

Need that Doug as Loki in a dog bowl!!!

[@BretMuckdogs]

Thanks Ryan!

[@calebseliga3827]

6:54 i had this same theory and either wrote it on one of your other videos or a new rockstar video the other day👏🏻 i 💯% agree!

[@mariokuzyna7151]

Oh my God guys, I was so hyped to see videos from you to Loki again. But please do me the favor and put the og scene from Mobious back into your videos!!! 'and it happens again, and again and again! Because it's supposed to! Because it has to!' I loved that so much. ❤ You should make a shirt out of it. I would totally buy it. Keep on going with the show, much appreciated! 💪

[@FireJach]

Great video. Exciting times. Hope mcu will deliver

[@hardstarboardradio]

Loki season one previewing the entire Multiverse Saga was something that occurred to me when it aired two and a half years ago. The only edit I would make to your theory is that the "sacred timeline" is not an endlessly repeating cycle, but a single temporal loop that only seems to repeat for those who are trapped within it (i.e. everybody except Kang/HWR). I also subscribe to your theory that Loki is the central protagonist of the Multiverse Saga as Tony Stark was in the Infinity Saga. It makes a great deal of sense.

[@taylormadealpha]

Nice! I'm fully invested in this theory of mcu events.

[@richardwafulaluis2791]

Thumps up to you Ryan for scooping deep.

[@greywater3186]

Very smart video.

[@jrey800]

This video made me subscribe. Thank you for breaking things down Barney style.

[@AwesomeSoundsEng]

stopstopstopstopstop ... spaghettification is completely different from what you see in Quantumania! Spaghettification is that if you'd fell into a black hole, the gravity at your feed is so much stronger than at your head, which results in stretching out like a spaghetto ;-)

[@sagibear2506]

Maybe the 5 kang faces in the war room could be the three kangs in the post credit scene in ant-man 3, kang the conqueror, andnhe who remains?

[@ScreenCrush]

Who pruned Loki?

[@darthyoda8170]

I think it was future Loki cause Sylvie was there almost as if she was waiting for him so either she meant the other Loki or future Loki knew he had to be at that specific point in time to prune himself to save himself. edit: damn u said the same thing

[@laverdadescatolica5]

It could be another LOKI variant

[@schools6555]

I think it was Loki who Pruned himself when Sylvie pried open the elevator doors and said "There you are"!

[@shisah5544]

It looks like möbius

[@WanteiMusic]

Kang..

[@LL-kh7sc]

The Sacred Timeline. In Season 1, it is described as a single timeline. Now in this ep, it is described a multiple timelines weaved together like a rope. Now making the branched timelines loose strands that are no longer weaved into the rope, instead of alt rogue timelines… At least that’s how I understood it. This is part of what makes telling stories with time travel or multiverses difficult and confusing. I just hope this doesn’t turn into an Enterprise Tempral War kinda mess… S1 was awesome, so there is promise it won’t get that screwed up.

[@nancyscogin7549]

I like when OB says temporal loom it kind of sounds like Temple of Doom. I also like MT's theory the TVA is in one of the black holes shown in season 1's finale opening.

[@cky7765]

Ayo

[@ernesto8290]

great theory good job Colton

[@amq9415]

I agree 100 percent

[@wesleycolvin7158]

It certainly adds a new level of menace to his last words in Season 1: "See you soon."

[@MarvelMania677]

Exactly what I had in mind

[@Whuzzer]

I think Sylvie prying through the elevator and saying "there you are" was all part of Loki's plan. His future self knew that seeing her would be the perfect distraction for him to prune his past self. I feel like they will play that out in a comedic format where Loki is explaining the plan to Sylvie.

[@intothefrayyo]

No

[@Whuzzer]

@@intothefrayyo roger that

[@kellenhassell]

Stellar breakdown and theorizing. As, err, For All Time, Always.

[@marcusduck]

I love how there's a film grain in the cinematography all throughout the episode to accentuate the retro aesthetic but I'm not sure if they removed it during the post-credit scene when Sylvie is back on Earth. Does anybody know?

[@strangeruler2317]

Wow crazy prediction, turned out all correct

[@Valjao67]

I love your theory and i agree with you. I also think that the sacred timeline links all these universes in a time or causal loop. The time travel has it’s paradoxes and HWR found a way exploit that. He win the war and prevent his variants to change that, even if they travel through time and universes. Everyone is a pawn for him but as a chaotic being, Loki may find a way to understand and change that or at least warn others that the universes are caught in that loop… the next Avenger movie ? 😂😂

[@SSGTStryker]

3:21 It’s Ryan “Rave” Arey 🤣🤣🤣

[@Snuzzled]

Dang, watching Loki fall through the time door in slow motion makes me appreciate how good Tom Hiddleston is at pratfalls. I never noticed before that he does a backwards somersault there!

[@liamking4180]

It’s good to see Ryan having a good time at 3:22

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

I was gonna say the same thing Well see that scene again later in this season From different perspectives i think it was future loki ,but it would be neat of if it was somebody else

[@jermainelong6789]

Amazing

[@everythingrandom2944]

I think this my favourite of all the theories 🎉

[@matthewsams1038]

I had to watch this twice, confusing but excellent stuff...!

[@phoule76]

the H in vehicle is silent due to the stress on the first syllable; it's in the word vehicular that the stress shifts, making pronunciation of the H necessary

[@TeamDaemon1980]

Ke Huy Quan's Ouroboros or OB is a great addition. I thought this S2E1 would be confusing according to all these reviewers but it actually wasn't. It's really an episode that starts where S1E6 left off. And I just finished looping Loki S1 a 6th time or so right before S2 came on, so the end of S1 transitioned smoothly to S2. Loki is actually my favorite series on Disney+ and maybe my favorite for any MCU project. I'm talking more enjoyable than any of the Avengers films and Captain America films. It's so rewatchable. I didn't mention this prior but I love all the gadgets they use. It's so retro circa 1970s. That's already a show in itself with all the items in the background. Go back to the Time Variance Authority cartoon with Miss Minutes in the very first episode. Not only is it very informing, it has artwork from like the 1950s through 1980s. And Miss Minutes herself looks like she was drawn in the 1940s. I don't see the 1920s Felix the Cat inspiration but I do see the Mr. DNA from Jurassic Park. That very first episode of Loki was strong, btw. Can instantly get you hooked. Loki got 10 years of character development in one episode after watching a video of him dying. Perhaps one of the strongest first episodes ever. The Boys S1E1 is right up there as well. That first episode was stronger than a lot of shows' season finales. I'll rank Loki S1 episodes like this: 4, 5, 1, 6, 2, 3. IMDb scores have it similar. Then we got the music which is incredibly brilliant. It feels weird and kinda haunting. Gives you this retro vibe as well like late-70s to early-80s. Watching Flash Gordon (1980) and Tron (1982). And also very original Star Trek from the 60s. Office equipment that look straight out of Brazil (1985). But the color scheme is more like 1970s wardrobe. The little gadgets and computers they use looks so retro. I only recently ordered a hat of the Andor logo from Aliexpress that arrives in two weeks because that's become my favorite Star Wars series but I really need to get some merch for Loki. Like get a TVA jacket that Loki wore in S1E2. Get a Miss Minutes clock. I know Grace Randolph got some good Loki merch two years ago that was sent to her for free. It's weird because Iron Man is my favorite character by far but I personally don't love his individual films. I like them but I don't love them. My favorite MCU films are either Avengers or Captain America (the last 2). While Thor have the worst films but it's my favorite lore with more of my favorite characters like Loki, Thor, Hela, and Mobius. Loki and Thor: Ragnarok go 1-2 for me among all of MCU. I prefer the Thor/Norse mythology. It's more interesting than the modern world Tony Stark lived in where it's just Earth. I loved seeing Asgard the first time I saw it in 2011. I like flying horses and the different weapons which aren't guns. I like sorcery. I like Valkyrie. I think Tessa acts fun in both Thor films she's in. Thor lore has more fascinating places to see. It's Game of Thrones meets Star Wars. As I type this, Loki S2E1 finished so it looped back to playing S1E1. I love the DB Cooper reference. How Loki was him. Even the weakest episode, S1E3 Lamentis, it's really not that bad. It didn't move the story and it's still my least fav, but it doesn't ruin my experience. And there are scenes from it I still enjoyed. It's a really great series. And Loki has become my favorite character post-Endgame with Tony gone. Loki is relatable to me. Loki is a lonely, born loser. Same here. I'm always losing and I'm alone although by choice. So I root for him. Loki is an underdog. And Tom Hiddleston has this endearing quality to his Loki. Loki is like Beavis and Butt-Head but 10x smarter. You want them to succeed but they never do. It's always by fate or maybe bad luck they lose. With B&B, they're just stupid. Their stupidity always sets them back to square one. Tom Hiddleston getting his Midnight in Paris (2011) co-star was a perfect addition. And that film also dealt with time travel. Loki S1E4 with the Lady Sif time loop was hilarious and brilliant. Was also bittersweet. Lady Sif only echoed the loneliness Loki will have. Best scene ever with Lady Sif. Jaimie Alexander deserved better than what she got in Love and Thunder although I still LOL from her parody-like reply about not making Valhalla with her arm cut off: "Oh, shit!" So Monty Python/Naked Gun/Hot Shots!.. Rewatching S1E5 and listening to Richard E. Grant's Classic Loki saying he started missing his brother made me think this 2012 Loki will end up reuniting with present Thor and his new daughter (Chris H's real life daughter). I think it will be very sweet if we watch Thor and Loki reunite in Loki's series finale. I know Chris H and Tom H love working together and remain very close friends. Loki S2E1 moved so much faster than the first two episodes of Ahsoka. Things were happening right away. And it was 45 minutes long. We weren't getting 35 minutes when some Ahsoka episodes deserved to be at least 10 minutes longer. I laughed at least 6 times to things OB said or did within 15 minutes that I never did for Ahsoka's entire run. OB in R&A is Best Buy's Geek Squad but in the basement of the basement of the TVA building. OB isn't even aware what hell is going on up there. The convo with Loki talking to past OB while Mobius is talking to present OB was clever and hilarious like the Lady Sif scene. Thank you, Ke. You gave us a new fan favorite next to Owen's Mobius. "Yeah. I'm having trouble reconciling that." [he repeats it] "Four hundred years." "Believe it or not, he was my last visitor." "Ouroboros. Um, may I call you OB?" "OB? I like that." "Okay, you've got about an hour." [looks back to see something crack the window] "You've got about 5 minutes." "Is this cracked?" [applies tape over the cracked glass] "You're good." "OB! Get ready to see some hoofin' like you've never seen before!" "Okay." [then walks away] I just realized Ke Huy Quan said *wow* four times to Owen Wilson in the R&A. 😂 That's also the first word he ever said in Temple of Doom. "Wow! Holy smoke! Crash landing!" He said wow to Mr. Wow four times. Will Owen say it? Ke is funnier as OB than he was as Short Round and Data. I was worried for S2 because Michael Waldron (of Rick & Morty fame) didn't write it although he's still there to oversee it. I thought maybe they go to a different direction and Loki S2 loses the charm of S1. Nope. S2E1 showed it still got it. Loki scenes happens a lot in those TVA offices. Think Mad Men/The Office meets Bill & Ted. And it's all retro and weird but very interesting. It's world building in that building. Waldron applied great ground rules for the TVA like no superpowers can be used in it. Tesseract sounds dumb according to Casey who also doesn't know what a fish is. Infinity Stones are useless there. TVA operates by its own rules where the outside rules of it won't apply. It can be 400 years and no aging. TVA building is the quiet star of the show but people can still transport to different years and places quicker than a Bill & Ted phone booth. I've seen Loki enough times that the TVA building is it's own character itself. It's similar to LOST with that island. The location can be a character. I'm into movies like Back to the Future, Bill & Ted, and Hot Tub Machine, so I love all the time traveling and weird stuff like how TVA still uses outdated computers. I guess TVA is supposed to look and feel timeless. You're not supposed to pinpoint an era. That's why you see computers that looks like it has MS-DOS, outdated printers, typewriters in the end credits, and handhelds with orange LED lights like a gaming device in the 1970s. Great series. Great visuals, great music, fun characters, great quotes, great world building happening a lot in the TVA offices, and highly rewatchable. Loki will not save MCU. Not one project will. We need a consistent body of work from Disney if they want to regain our trust. But at least we get over a month talking about arguably the best thing MCU has ever made. You got something to talk about for another five weeks, KZbinrs. Disney+ MCU and Star Wars 1. Loki 2. Andor 3. The Mandalorian That's the only three I enjoy rewatching even with Mando S3 being disappointing. I still like WandaVision but it hasn't aged as well if it's just therapy for Wanda. Very unique but not great world building or a great cast of characters I love. I still like WandaVision more than Ahsoka, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Book of Boba Fett, and every MCU series not named Loki. Favorite Loki Characters 1. Loki Laufeyson 2. Mobius M. Mobius (M stands for Mobius) 3. Ouroboros aka OB 4. Classic Loki 5. Miss Minutes 6. Kang aka He Who Remains 7. Ravonna Renslayer 8. Casey 9. Sylvie 10. Hunter B-15 Apologies to Boastful Loki, Kid Loki, and Alligator Loki for not making my top 10. I can switch around Loki, Mobius, and OB as my No. 1 favorite. All three characters are better than every Ahsoka character not named Baylan Skoll. For all time. Always.

[@ybloc1428]

My favorite TV show

[@stanco4ever]

Promising start - hope they keep it up, marvel and disney really need a win

[@m.scottmcgahan9900]

Whoa! Your sponsor works for the TVA! They use the same logo!

[@johnbrimelow5646]

Also, think back to when Loki went to the TVA library/archive asking about TVA history. It was classified, I believe.

[@Xenoray1]

pretty sure it was mobius, it was all set!

[@ayezoop884]

Same

[@CrackingDarts]

It's a good theory about Oroborous loop and how it's happened before, but how you do explain in the Season 1 finale when He Who Remains reaches the part of his "script" (threshold) where he doesn't know what happens next? This would imply that there is a new breaking point in the Oroborous loop happening in the S1 Finale. IMO.

[@brettmajeske3525]

In Norse mythology, Loki is the father of Jormungand, the Norse name for Ouroboros.

[@jaynekranc8607]

Is Sylvie his Sigyn?

[@brettmajeske3525]

@@jaynekranc8607 I think that maybe a real possibility. On the other hand, Hela and Fenrir were also supposed to be his children instead of his sister and her pet.

[@greywater3186]

@@brettmajeske3525Do you watch wheel of time?

[@jaynekranc8607]

I know..my Norwegian told me tons of these stories. @@brettmajeske3525

[@PaulTheFranklin]

Post credit scene at the end of the season: Deadpool begging to prune someone, then cut to him sneaking up behind Loki.

[@1337_bean]

When Loki saw the word skin in the future. That shit scared the hell out of me because it had to be a future where Mobius lost his skin

[@FaZeMogul]

I agree to because In Loki s1 finale he said his varients broke out and to back that up when he supposedly "died" in ant man 3 it teloported him to a place where he can only watch 😮

[@SHADOW543121]

Doesn't this mean that from the conversation Obie had with mobius that this loop would happen every 400ish years

[@Playstation20104]

Loki!!!

[@creolo7]

No one on any channel has mentioned why mobius didn’t leave the prune stick there where it dropped? He had already witnessed Loki coming right back to where he left from so why did he take the stick and place it elsewhere??

[@keepitwolfson]

I basically had this exact theory after the first season of Loki

Maybe all this time loop is a butterfly effect like the MC Donald commercials as He Who Remains is tired of repeating this time loop as he knows everything that will happen as he relived that exact moment for several times. Maybe Nathaniel Richards originally time slipped into the time stream.

[@jacoboneill2494]

Loki's time slipping resembles He Who Remains' maneuvers in the elevator.

[@aaronblanchard209]

Please make a variant jacket! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@katearcher8514]

I love how every KZbinr thought the ending of the first season was set in the present/near future, cue all the theories. And they just shuttered everything showing it was all in the past of the TVA. Love it.

[@berkeleycrawford9341]

Someone we haven’t met yet but a key player in this season

[@jacobholly2096]

The three timekeepers sounds like the three versions of kang at the end of antman quantumania silvi cut the head of one of them meaning that's one on the kang variants that will be taken down first I think.

[@deathstar9137]

Silvie know more i believe

[@MatthewM575]

This channel is much better than New Rockstars

[@SPACEKNOCKERZ76]

Hope it’s like how they did lovecraft country. When majors character was the one who saved his dad in his childhood stories about it

[@biglove9374]

So much happens in the first episode it was hard to get emotionally invested.

[@generick8627]

Mind blown 🤯

[@alexanderdumas-]

Notice it didn’t create a branch time line TVA it just altered the past and future of the one TVA. I wonder if the infinity stones don’t work because they are in a dimension not created by a singularity that grounds the the power time space mind soul and reality of every actual universe. Maybe the TVA is in a pocket universe like the ones they used to torture Loki in

[@magic80588]

Have you seen the show Dark? This is reminding me of the show.

[@sternhutjes1433]

What if it is not a singular timenloop, but a dual one. The TVA has both the hourglass and infinity symbol with dual loops. They converge in the same point, where one decision splits of an entirely different loop. This point could be Loki being pruned, but it might also be whether or not Loki and Sylvi kill immortice, which would explain why immortice could not look beyond (either it happens or it doesn't). A moment where the timeline either unravels or is brought back into a single one (by converging worlds destroying each other and maybe even Battle World). It might be a reach, but it would be a cool direction.

[@arhatttt]

I used to watch New Rockstars but now I don't any more . You guys are the best. The way you explain is just awesome. Love from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@JoseGarcia-zr2hf]

They need to put a scene where O.B. Says “Bootytraps” and Möbius says “you mean Boobytraps” and O.B. Say “that’s what I said”

[@flipcool2117]

😂

[@kbenk108]

Also I just wanted to add that in Loki Season 1 last episode when He who remains is giving a history lesson of his variants, he mentions the first variant is a scientist that appears on Earth in the 31st century, makes contact with other variants, etc. But when he talks about that variant coming in contact with Alioth, he then changes from 3rd person to 1st person, so I think He Who Remains is actually that first variant from the 31st century.

[@Lionize728]

The thing that confuses me about the Multiverse Saga is that so far everyone seems to be intent on making sure everything happens exactly the same way it has happened before. What is the point? If nothing ever changes where is this story headed?

[@daydaymilburn7259]

I think that's kind of the point lol, that's why they stress that time is a circle, because eventually it will happen again.

[@greywater3186]

I agree. If everything happened the same then why create branches? The branches are created outside of the scripted timeline meaning the actions of other characters are not set in stone. If everything was set in stone then there would be no problems, it would be utopia. Eventually free will breaks through which is why the pruning sticks and other weapons exist.

[@unitedauzzie3207]

my brain hurts with this explanation .. hats off for trying to explain it but my head hurts

[@jeremyfields3232]

Pruning sends you to the end of time so does the extractor pull one from the end of time or is the end of time part of temporal loom? If loki see himself timeslip then the aura extractor didn't work to start with

[@Blaah6]

I think now, he will be in control of which time he wants to exist.

[@joelfransson3612]

I also beleve that loke pruend himself in the future. But i i think it will be viktor timely that will be ”he who remains”. From the the trailer we se viktor timely pressents a divise that take power from time. When loke is in the future befor he gets pruned we can see on the display how all the timelines are foreced together. That is the devise that viktor timely pressents. The reasone they need timely is becaus O.B couldent save the temporallome

[@migmol]

I would want to see a tempura loom. Sounds delicious.

[@kinglibra6179]

"what was that I stopped listening" 🤣🤣 Dammit Doug stay outta my head lol

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

“You think the audience will understand the new Phases?” - MCU Storytellers “Ryan and the others got it covered” - K. Feige

[@PVCKMVN]

Ay let’s not forget jormangandr I think the O.B connection definitely looks like Lokis child in Norse mythology we never heard of jormy in marvel either!

[@user-ic2qg5nl8x]

When Loki and Sylvie meet He Who Remains, did we not see time slipping already happening in the elevator with He Who Remains n his temp pad? Mastered time slipping, right ?

[@Regzzo]

Bro you make me even more excited for future Marvel projects and always open my mind to new ideas I didn’t think of previously. I cannot wait for the future Loki deep dives and also can’t wait to see how this season ends! Thanks for all you do Ryan, seriously you’re insane lol Marvel gotta hire you or something

[@flipflopgucci7250]

I think Ms Minutes sent Renslayer to Victor Timely and the conversation from this episode is after they defeated Loki

[@jeffhaddox2239]

What if Loki and Silvie accepted kings offer too rule together in one of the timelines and created the timekeepers too hide Kang?

[@Zeyek1]

that would be a huge plot twist

[@wesleycolvin7158]

Any time a story brings up 'strands', 'threads', or 'strings' regarding time, I think of the Greek fates (moirai) and the Norse Nornir.

[@Madillusionist]

Damn I do hope this builds to something special. It's most likely TVA is and always has been He Who Remain's army. Doesn't make sense for the Council of Kangs to want to have TVA whose sole purpose is to prune the Timeline. Council of Kangs exists because the timeline was allowed to split and create Kang variants. What I don't quite understand was in Season 1 we established that all stuff that is pruned is sent to the Void at the end of time with no way back. However, Mobius was able to using his Tem-Pad. How is this different in this case? Is the time slipping condition changes the outcome of being pruned?