Loki Ending & Future SetUp Explained

Loki Ending & Future Set-Up Explained

Loki’s ending sets up some big changes for Phase 4 – confirming fan theories, making a new villain, and altering the face of the MCU itself.

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WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for Loki episode 6.

Loki episode 6 brought about a suitably grand ending for the Marvel Cinematic Universe series – but also masterfully set up for Loki season 2 and the franchise’s wider future. Through season 1’s six episodes, audiences witnessed the new “main” Loki variant learn about the nature of the multiverse, the Sacred Timeline, and the Time Variance Authority, with the show slowly making clear that the TVA wasn’t quite what it initially appeared to be.

In Loki’s ending, the answer to this puzzle is provided, as Loki and the Lady Loki variant Sylvie meet He Who Remains; the creator of the TVA and crafter of the Sacred Timeline, who quickly explains that he made both in order to stop a multiverse wide war. Despite telling the protagonist duo that killing him will leave another of his variants in his place, Sylvie murders He Who Remains – a decision that, as the show’s ending reveals, places Marvel villain Kang in charge of the TVA and thus the MCU timeline, seemingly.

Loki season 1 masterfully navigates weaving major concepts like essentially introducing the multiverse alongside the personal growth of its main characters, resulting in an ending that is both satisfying and sets up an immense amount for the world of the MCU. With new villains, new heroes, and an entire multiverse-changing event contained within it, it’s safe to say that Loki’s ending was anything but a boring conclusion to the Disney+ show.

Why Sylvie Kills Kang

Sylvie’s decision to kill the Kang variant He Who Remains is perhaps the single most important event that takes place in Loki episode 6 – as it allows the iconic Marvel villain to replace him in the timeline, and results in the multiverse once again forming in the MCU. It is, however, also a decision that many may regard as a strange one, given that Sylvie knows killing He Who Remains could have a potentially catastrophic effect and create another multiverse war.

However, what little has been made clear about Sylvie’s backstory explains this decision effectively. Sylvie was taken from her timeline as a young child, and was raised her entire life to believe she was defective as a result of being a variant. She also spends that entire time – which could be as much as 2000 years, given she confirms she’s older than Loki – being hunted. Discovering that this wasn’t true, and that she was merely a different version of the “Sacred” version of Loki – a version who was taken from her home and threatened with death solely because He Who Remains believed other timelines were a threat – is no doubt a devastating reveal. With this in mind, her decision to kill him is likely partly done for revenge, and in part to allow others the chance to have the life she wishes she had.

Why Mobius Doesn’t Remember Loki

Loki and Mobius’ relationship was an integral part of Loki season 1, and so it came as something of an unexpected blow to discover that, after Sylvie betrayed Loki and sent him through the time door, he landed in a different timeline and that version of Mobius didn’t recognize his former ally and friend. This makes sense when the changed statue in the TVA offices is taken into account, though, as it appears that this may be a timeline Loki technically never even met Mobius in – as Kang leading the TVA means many other changes may have also taken place unbeknownst to viewers. On top of this, there’s also the intriguing suggestion that the changes to this timeline meant that Loki never became the TVA’s most-pruned individual, as was established earlier in the season. If Mobius doesn’t recognize him, he’s never encountered any of his variants, suggesting a very different history for Loki. And in more symbolic terms, removing Loki’s second greatest ally – after Sylvie’s betrayal – leaves him isolated and alone: hauntingly bringing Lady Sif’s prophecy full circle.

Kang Statue In The TVA Replacing The Time-Keepers Explained

Loki episode 6 ends by showing that the Time-Keeper statues in the TVA headquarters have been replaced with a version of He Who Remains dressed in a costume familiar to comic readers. Though minus the helmet, the statue is immediately recognizable as wearing Kang’s outfit, revealing he is one of the variants He Who Remains was warning Sylvie and Loki about. Him replacing the Time-Keeper statues – which He Who Remains appeared to use in order to hide the fact that he was leading the TVA – shows that Kang is now the overseer of the TVA, which will no doubt present many problems for the MCU’s heroes going forward. There’s also an element of the statue suggesting a more tyrannical approach where the overlord is celebrated rather than shrouded in mystery: this variant wants an audience and accolades, and from the small hint in what Mobius said about him, there’s already an element of him ruling by fear.

What Loki Season 2’s Story Will Be About

Loki episode 6’s mid-credits scene revealed that there will be a Loki season 2, which naturally raises questions on where this season’s story will go. As the Loki finale makes it clear that only Sylvie and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki know what went down between them and He Who Remains – and are possibly the only people who remember that the timeline looked like prior to Sylvie killing He Who Remains – it seems most likely that season 2 will revolve around this. On a more personal level, the second season will presumably see Loki and Sylvie’s relationship under the lens more too, after her turn on him at the end ripped his heart out. Though Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will feature Kang as its villain, there are no doubt many other alterations to the timeline for Loki to try and help sort out – as well as him no doubt trying to prevent a future multiverse war. Depending on its release, Loki season 2 could also tie in closely with Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness or Ant-Man 3, as all three projects share some close ties both conceptually and plot-wise. Either way, it’s also crucial that Loki season 2 covers the aftermath of the God of Mischief’s personal arc, too, as him losing his bonds with Sylvie and Mobius in one fell swoop surely isn’t easy on him.

What Loki Was Really Saying About Free Will

Given Loki’s final episode revolves around the idea that countless timelines were neutered based on whether He Who Remains deemed them dangerous or “not true” to the Sacred Timeline, it was perhaps inevitable that the discussion in the finale would turn to the nature of free will. He Who Remains and Judge Renslayer have relatively straightforward perspectives on this matter, both believing that sacrificing others and preventing their free will is ultimately a good choice if it potentially prevents further chaos. Loki, Sylvie, and Mobius all believe very much the opposite – that the chaos of life is a worthy price for being able to live authentically. Importantly, the show itself has a relatively different message, as it makes a point of establishing that while much of Loki and Sylvie’s actions were ultimately controlled by He Who Remains, the one true act of free will is Loki choosing to let Sylvie kill Kang’s variant because he wants her to be happy – showing that choosing to care for others is the one act that is always born out of free will. Somewhat ironically, of course, Sylvie’s attempt to stop He Who Remains from controlling the timeline simply led to another variant repeating the same history and taking over the TVA. So the message isn’t exactly firm on whether the results of free will are great: just that the right itself is important.

Kang’s Death Starts A New Multiversal War For MCU Phase 4

The death of the Kang variant He Who Remains isn’t just important in that it appears to change the MCU timeline – it’s also important in that it allows the multiverse to reform, as it was only He Who Remains’ efforts that were preventing this. Though this is in many ways a good thing, it also sets up for a multiverse war in MCU Phase 4, as He Who Remains actively mentions that a multiverse war is inevitable without one party or universe actively controlling the others. And since Marvel comics have a slew of titles and events involving different universes battling one another, it makes sense that the MCU would seek to adapt these iconic comic moments onto the big screens. Already, it seems likely that the “variants” of Doctor Octopus and Electro confirmed for Spider-Man: No Way Home are linked to this war, and so too would be the rumored Spider-Men variants (played by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield). Add to that the suggestion that Doctor Strange’s Multiverse of Madness is now a result of Sylvie’s slaying of He Who Remains and Phase 4’s immediate future (including the multiversal shenanigans of What If…?) will be heavily reliant on what happened here. At least there’s a positive for Scarlet Witch as she has a chance to save her children now after WandaVision.

Loki Sets Up Multiple New MCU Villains

The conclusion of Loki season 1 sets up a healthy collection of villains to be added to the MCU’s roster. First and most obvious is Kang, but it’s also worth note that Ravonna Renslayer made a quick escape while claiming to be off to find “free will” – which is fairly ominous given the episode releases in the wake of Black Widow’s plot about a serum that removes all free will from those it is given to. Similarly, Sylvie’s arc ending on the grim note of her breaking ties with Loki may suggest she too becomes a villainous entity later down the MCU’s proverbial road, as her moral compass and Loki’s are vastly different. And then, of course, there are the other Kang variants: He Who Remains promised “infinite versions” of himself, which means the MCU could bring in every comics iteration of Nathaniel Richards – the Warlord, Kang the Conqueror, Immortus and even the imposter Doctor Doom he became at one point. It seems likely, no matter which characters appear, that Jonathan Majors’ villain is being set up as the MCU’s next Thanos.

Now that Loki has reinstated the multiverse, as well, it has opened the gates for an endless assortment of Marvel villains to appear in the MCU. Many have long worried that entities such as the likes of Magneto or Doctor Doom can’t logically be introduced this late, as they’re too powerful and notable to have simply fallen off the radar of MCU’s heroes for so long – a concern that can now be entirely avoided by merely having these figures enter from other universes, in the same vein as Spider-Man: No Way Home is introducing villains from previous non-MCU films. On an even more exciting note, this allows the franchise to use villainous versions of its heroes from alternate universes, which would be the perfect way to up the stakes from Phase 4 and onwards.

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