I had to give myself some time to just sit on this one.

The finale of Loki Season 2 and possibly the entirety of the Loki Series wasn’t exactly what I think we thought it would be. For a while, I’ve had to contemplate whether expectations made us feel this or if we just didn’t like the ending. Now, I’m here to say that I think we just didn’t like the ending, as it closed doors we didn’t think would shut and opened ones that only lead down the trail of confusion. After some time away, I can confidently say I can break down the Loki Season 2 finale in a more objective manner, still pointing out where we thought it went wrong, but also being able to discuss the possible future of the Loki characters. If you are interested in listening to our extremely first-hand reactions to the episode, recorded right after finishing it, you can listen by clicking the button to find your platform of choice or listen live in this blog.

Loki, the God of Stories

As a long-term Loki fan, I will say I can’t complain about the amazing development they gave to the character in this season, which was a huge complaint of mine in Season One. Not only was there a large focus on his character, but we saw Loki throughout the season come to terms with the fact he cared about people and didn’t want to be alone anymore. Knowing the mental state this Loki came out of in 2012, this was a huge leap, considering the OG Loki took about 6 more years to have even a fraction of this realization. It was for this reason that Loki made arguably one of the largest sacrifices we’ve seen in the MCU, which was to choose to be alone to save everyone he cared about. Yet beyond that, the sacrifice came in the form that Loki knew it wasn’t just his friends he would save, but the entire Multiverse. The only way to let everyone live and allow the TVA to continue to exist was for him to save the Multiverse himself, becoming the God of Stories and the heart of the Multiverse.

Despite all this growth, this is still a rough ending for those who want to see Loki return again. Putting aside Tom Hiddleston’s comments about the character and focusing on what the show gave us, Loki’s fate seemed fairly permanent. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen a lot of people discussing how a Multiversal War or something with the Kangs wouldn’t be able to take place without bringing Loki into the discussion. I don’t inherently disagree but we have to remember that Loki has quite literally woven the tree of life and sits in the center of it. He has almost become the live-action version of The Watcher, stuck watching everything happen while sitting outside of all of it at the same time. I do hope we see Loki return, even if it is briefly, but his current position seems like a pretty permanent solitude.

Mobius and Miss Minutes Will Return

Two characters I can put into the ring to make their return are Mobius and Miss Minutes. Both have been rumored to return in Deadpool 3 of all things, which only seems to open a slew of questions for us to ponder until next summer. Focusing first on Mobius, his possible return here can be looked at in two ways. Initially, when he was rumored to return, everyone thought it was going to be as a TVA agent. Due to the ending of Loki Season 2, this could still be valid, although Mobius’ ending was left undefined. He watches what his life on the Sacred Timeline could have been from afar, not quite wishing to have it but also not quite content with his life in the TVA anymore. He’s facing a crossroads for the first time in his possibly very long life, one we will have to wait until Deadpool 3 to see play out. He could very easily return to the TVA and continue his work there as if nothing happened. On the other hand, Mobius may end up finding that seeing his original life is what is the spark needed to light the fire to return to it. We’ve seen Brad do it, and we know there’s a possibility, especially with the Multiverse open. We might find that the timeline Mobius returns to ends up being Deadpool’s timeline, connecting the two stories in one place.

As for Miss Minutes, she was rebooted and brought back to the TVA to continue the work she had been helping them do in Season One. I don’t for a second trust her, though. As one of the most powerful AI systems known to man, I don’t expect a reboot and maybe some other tinkering to reset her completely. Miss Minutes has been around for a long, long time and was built by He Who Remains himself. As he had a failsafe for the Loom, it can be expected he had a failsafe for her as well. Regardless of my feelings about her, if the TVA does need to intervene anywhere with Deadpool, Miss Minutes would be one of the characters I expect to see, as she is indirectly the face of the TVA, even with all her problems.

Where Does Sylvie Go from Here?

Sylvie is one of the few characters that is just all-around wonky, having been taken from her original timeline at such a young age, but not being pruned or turned into a TVA agent, allowing her to actually grow up. Her timeline is long gone and so is the one she briefly made a home on after killing He Who Remains. With Loki sitting as the God of Stories, Sylvie for the first time is a fully stand-alone Loki variant at the end of the series. So the question becomes, where will Sylvie go and will we see her again? She might make a nice little home on a timeline, as she did before, or could be forgotten for a while as the MCU focuses on other projects before bringing her in for maybe something like Secret Wars. She could be a fascinating character to have someone like Thor meet, as she not only is a variant of his brother, but she can tell him where (at least a variant) of his brother is now.

The other thing we need to note when talking about where Sylvie might go is the fact she still has He Who Remains’ tempad. I bring this up for two reasons: she can still travel wherever she wishes including the TVA, and this tempad works at the end of time. We know it does, as she used it at the end of Season 1 to kick Loki out of the Citadel and also in this season to send Renslayer there. It’s a more powerful tool than the regular tempads, so the question arises of whether or not Sylvie could technically use it to visit Loki in his new position. Getting an answer to this may be nearly impossible for the time being, but it’s good to keep in mind when thinking both of Loki and Sylvie’s individual fates.

The Kangs from Here

We saw our sixth version of a Kang variant in the second season and we also saw him get noodled to death as well. Victor Timely, in his own way, stole hearts and broke them quickly when his death came in Episode 4. Then all of Episode 6 happened and we haven’t quite gotten confirmation on what happened to the adult version of Victor Timely. Don’t get me wrong, we saw that young Victor never receives the TVA guidebook and time moves as it’s supposed to move on the Sacred Timeline, but we never really got confirmation of what went down with adult Victor Timely, the variant that Renslayer and Miss Minutes created in this season. In fact, the last we saw was adult Victor Timely still in the TVA, helping the crew as Loki decided he had to be the one to go out there. We know the TVA is still alive and well thanks to Loki’s sacrifice, so where is Victor?

On top of that big question mark, we also have to question what is going on with all the Kangs. I would love to leave off-screen drama out of this, but Marvel has been rumored to be moving away from the Kang storyline due to Jonathan Majors’s ongoing legal issues. If this is true, where does that leave us in the MCU after the conclusion of Loki? We saw that Loki has essentially surpassed He Who Remains, part of what the final episode was there to show us and he now resides over the entire Multiverse, breathing life into it. So if the Kangs are still coming, well, a fully functional Multiverse seems like their breeding grounds to create chaos. If, and it’s a big if, Marvel continues down the route of Kang Dynasty, then I would have to think that they are right around the corner from becoming a huge problem.

The final question I want to raise is: how will Loki handle the Kangs if they come? Loki’s role right now is still very ambiguous, as he may be like the Watcher and be unable to interfere with events in the Multiverse, or he could be almost an all-powerful being. If the latter is true, then Loki could find a way to wipe the Kangs from existence, but if not, how this all plays out is still very up in the air. Until we get confirmation on what Loki can do, his involvement in either a Kang-level event or Secret Wars remains questionable.

Conclusion

I won’t lie to you all and say the finale of Loki Season 2 was my favorite thing, but it had some huge implications for the MCU and the Multiverse saga moving forward. While there is still a lot to learn from the ending, the biggest takeaway remains that the Multiverse is alive and well. We look forward to whatever this means for the future as more projects come down the pike. As for the podcast, we are doing several deep dives into The Marvels, so make sure you guys keep up with our new episodes and with Marvel, as Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “Loki Season 2 Episode 6,” Aryan Khanna, SK Pop