Did everyone make it out of Loki episode 4 alright?
I genuinely have watched that man die so many times, I’m afraid to say I was not the least bit fazed when he was pruned. Now Mobius on the hand…that one hurt me. After finally believing Loki and working to help him, the man was killed. Or was he? If Loki has a world for himself and his variants, does everyone? Or is there at least another world somewhere where all the variants go to chill on a really lavish vacation? I would like to think Mobius is there on his jet ski. Let me just have this moment.
Regardless, a new episode means a new podcast! And this one is extra special and extra long, as it also includes our Black Widow film predictions. Check it out below!
Now to cover something we not only missed but totally talked about incorrectly, we have to delve into the whole ‘Loki was pruned but ended up on some timeline or something with a bunch of other Loki variants problem’. I will openly tell you I was ridiculously distracted by crocodile Loki to look anywhere but at the variants that address Loki at the end. Because of this, both Taylor and I missed probably the most important aspect of the scene, which was that they were in a destroyed New York. The Avengers tower rose tall in the background, destroyed, but easily recognizable to any Marvel fan. In the trailer, we see a shot that also includes this apocalyptic world, just from a very different angle. As per my thoughts in previous podcast episodes, this could be tied to if Loki either won against the Avengers, or New York was nuked. Had New York been nuked, I would think Loki would still have been able to survive, as our troublesome God literally always does. While I expect to have some of this explained to us (hopefully) within the next episode, I did have to address the fact that we totally didn’t see the skyline at all.
Another thing we missed was the possibility of Runes behind the “Time Keepers”. Now throughout those shots, several glowing symbols can be seen, although each of them are the same. If you do not remember, Runes are what Agatha and then Wanda used in WandaVision, which block another witch (or anyone with magic) powers from working. When we see Wanda’s, they look eerily similar to the ones we later see behind the Time Keepers. Personally, I don’t believe it is Wanda that is controlling the TVA. However, I do think that possibly the Scarlet Witch before her (or at least the spirit of the Scarlet Witch), may be what created them. Since Scarlet Witch is a Nexus being and the TVA seems to do what is best for them, I wonder if they are instead doing what is best for the person they are actually serving. The Scarlet Witch holds an immense amount of power and it would make sense that, at least the spirit, was trying to keep the Multiverse closed and controlled. But Wanda herself would likely want it open, as it is possible her children are trapped somewhere within. It is also possible this is why the TVA never stopped Thanos or Wanda from making the Hex, as they needed Thanos to take everything from her and needed her to form the Hex in order to fully become the Scarlet Witch. Am I maybe getting five thousand steps ahead of myself? Yes, possibly, but it would completely irk me if I, in some weird world, ended up being right and I didn’t say anything.
Of course, the second half of the podcast is all about Black Widow predictions, and since we still have to see the movie, there isn’t anything we missed yet. I hope you all go take a listen and are prepared for the second to last episode of Loki. I also hope everyone has gotten their tickets for Black Widow or are prepared to pay to watch it home. Continue to keep up with all this amazing content, especially this week, because Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.
Image: “Loki Episode 4”, Rick Stevenson, Screen Rant
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