Loki! (spoiler thread)

[Bardic Dave]

Imagine if they made an older Loki fill the role that Kang fills in the comics, and all the talk about Kang was just a misdirect. Like, the big bad of the next phase could be an as yet unseen Loki who sees himself as the one true Loki.

I like your highlander Loki idea a lot, but I think Kang is more likely for entirely meta (and somewhat cynical) reasons. If the BBG is Kang, it ties right into their next big cinematic event, allowing them to build hype and momentum the same way they did with gradually teasing Thanos. If it’s Loki, then the show is a little more self contained. One of those approaches is likely to result in greater viewer engagement over time (and therefore, more money for Disney).

EDIT: actually, there’s no reason it couldn’t be highlander Loki working for Kang. Best of both worlds!

 

[Morrus]

I like your highlander Loki idea a lot, but I think Kang is more likely for entirely meta (and somewhat cynical) reasons. If the BBG is Kang, it ties right into their next big cinematic event, allowing them to build hype and momentum the same way they did with gradually teasing Thanos. If it’s Loki, then the show is a little more self contained. One of those approaches is likely to result in greater viewer engagement over time (and therefore, more money for Disney).

The thing with the Kang theory is that the next Ant Man film (where he's being introduced) was supposed to come out before this show.

 

[Bardic Dave]

The thing with the Kang theory is that the next Ant Man film (where he's being introduced) was supposed to come out before this show.

Oh! That does undercut my logic a little, but not entirely. Maybe his Antman appearance is also somewhat brief and it’s all building toward some epic blockbuster extravaganza 4-5 years from now? Or have we confirmed that Kang has a big role in Antman?

 

[Morrus]

Oh! That does undercut my logic a little, but not entirely. Maybe his Antman appearance is also somewhat brief and it’s all building toward some epic blockbuster extravaganza 4-5 years from now? Or have we confirmed that Kang has a big role in Antman?

I assume he’s the new Bug Bad post-Thanos, but I don’t know.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

I read an interview with the actress playing Sylvie and she said they only filmed for a few weeks before covid shut the production down. And during that down time, there was a lot of rewriting and refining the script, so who knows what was changed from the pre-covid timeline of show release order.

And an interview with the actress playing Ravonna said this show is just the beginning for her character. My guess is that means before she meets and becomes involved with Kang. So maybe a post-credits scene in episode 6 wil give us out first look at Kang before he shows up in Antman 3.

And it has been stated that Tom Hiddleston's Loki will not be in Thor 4, but maybe Sylvie will be? I can just imagine the craziness of the Thor/Sylvie interactions. Or Valkyrie/Sylvie. Or female Thor/Sylvie.

 

[MarkB]

I assume he’s the new Bug Bad post-Thanos, but I don’t know.

A new Bug Bad would certainly make sense in an Ant Man movie.

Having him show up as an opportunistic exploiter of the fall-out of the events in Loki seems more likely than having him be the orchestrator of the TVA, at least to me.

 

[Tonguez]

The middle one greeted them. The one on the left asked them if they had any last words. The one on the right said they weren't a threat. The one in the middle then called Sylvie a "cosmic disappointment" and then ordered them to be deleted.

After the fight, the middle one called Sylvie "a child of the Time Keepers" and invited her to talk. She then decapitated him.

Yeah that last comment I did hear which did make me wonder if the whole TVA was created by the True Loki too. (After discussion here though is It actually Hela who set it up and is now returning?

also did anyone else notice that the face on the verify through deletion poster was that of comicbook Mobius

 

[Bardic Dave]

A new Bug Bad would certainly make sense in an Ant Man movie.

Having him show up as an opportunistic exploiter of the fall-out of the events in Loki seems more likely than having him be their orchestrator of the TVA, at least to me.

You make a couple of very good points here!

 

[pukunui]

Yeah that last comment I did hear which did make me wonder if the whole TVA was created by the True Loki too. (After discussion here though is It actually Hela who set it up and is now returning?

I don't really know what that means, although my first thought is maybe the TVA took her with the plan to turn her into one of their agents rather than to just delete her altogether. What if everyone who works for the TVA was specifically created by the TVA in order to become a TVA staff member? (Rather than the TVA just taking cast-off variants and brainwashing them to be staff?)

also did anyone else notice that the face on the verify through deletion poster was that of comicbook Mobius

No, because I haven't read any of the comics.

 

[Tonguez]

A new Bug Bad would certainly make sense in an Ant Man movie.

Having him show up as an opportunistic exploiter of the fall-out of the events in Loki seems more likely than having him be their orchestrator of the TVA, at least to me.

Heh I read this without context and first thing I thought was ‘Oh is Bug Bad some weird Marvel Villain, an Alien Insectoid from the Thor comics?”

When it comes to comics Bug Bad is a perfectly legit name