I still think of how crazy it was when we got this Loki
… and Thor: The Dark World within weeks of each other.
How did we survive?
Okay, I’ll see your that Loki is Alligator not a Crocodile and raise you he was adopted by Crocodiles therefor “Croki” is still valid.
Asgard is the Everglades
I will not be taking questions at this time
Me going into the Loki tags in depth for the first time since the finale:
Okay … but … like … he’s supposed to be different? That’s the whole point of Variants, this Loki is not the Loki we’ve seen post-Avengers. The Loki that went on into sit in a cell for a year in The Dark World and this one we followed into the TVA gain entirely different senses of self at a highly critical point in their character development. They should act, emote, and express themselves different.
The show is attempting to distill what are the essential bits of Loki and what is trappings. That process takes the entire season and it’s probably not finished and maybe will never be finished.
Now, maybe I’ve found this fascinating and engaging because I’m coming in off of 10 years of comic Loki. And I’m seeing how they are graphing the big picture concepts from there on to the MCU version of a character that is in such a different place in their life and story. And watching it go differently but retain some core element that feels right and familiar.
This Loki is not anyone we’ve met before. They are a new character that deserves their own divergent path free of what some other version might have chosen. That’s the point.
And not enjoying this character or path is totally reasonable! They are not the Loki you may have spent years going on an emotional journey with. You are under no obligation to follow this one somewhere else or care about them; you can even be upset because they aren’t the same and you miss “your” Loki.
You’re free to close the book on a complete story and walk away knowing you always have it waiting for you on the shelf.
No matter what anyone thinks of the Loki season finale … I’m glad we all agree that Miss Minutes would not hesitate to consume all of our souls in an instant if we crossed her.
So that finale, huh?
It’s a 10/10 as part of the ongoing Marvel Cinematic Universe saga.
But it’s only about a 5/10 as an episode of Loki. That’s unfortunate.
While for me personally that’s not a problem because watching all the pieces come together as a work in progress is just as enjoyable as having the completed end product. But the Facts That Remain in this episode take up a lot of effort that’s going to have to be inevitably spent again in the movies. It’s obviously Important to get all of that in front of the audience at this point or that’s not what they would have done.
However, the last 60 seconds of this finale are a masterwork. The being that not long ago was the God of Lies is now the only person that knows the Truth. And this is a position that is more than simply dangerous, it’s multiverse breaking.
It’s okay Loki - I to have had the beginnings of a multiversal mental breakdown on the 10th floor of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
How we doing y’all? Everyone check in.
Everyone: Hey are you ready for Loki?!?
Me:
The previous episode of Loki (Ep 5) made me speed run many emotions from the last 10 years of comics. It was a lot. It makes me equally hopeful and fearful for the finale.
