Has Loki Given Variant Loki A Way Back Into The Main MCU Timeline?
Endgame Disney  Obviously, like with any Disney Plus Marvel show, there are a lot of theories swirling around Loki and its future pertaining to the larger MCU. The most common ones include the idea that Loki is about to drop the multiverse bomb, destroying the sacred timeline, which isnt so sacred and possibly kind of evil, and expose the figure behind it, which may be time-traveling villain Kang, another (pretty well-evidenced) theory. But theres something else I keep hearing come up after last week, that Loki the show may be setting up a way for Loki the variant to survive real Lokis death at the hands of Thanos, one of the most shocking moments of Endgame, and what at the time looked like a permanent casualty that couldnt be undone (though we sort of got Vision back, and Black Widow just had her flashback solo film). The idea is that Variant Loki has learned something from Classic Loki, played last week by Richard E. Grant. Different Lokis have different strengths. Sylvie can enchant, Classic Loki can create masterful illusions. Classic Loki Disney  Classic Loki regales Variant Loki with a tale about how he created an illusion of himself so convincing during the sequence where Thanos snapped his neck, that even the Titan himself was fooled. Then he went to live in exile for years, until the TVA caught him before he tried to get off the planet because he was lonely. The idea is that once Loki is able to sort through this current mess and get back in the timeline, that he can now do the same thing. That he can go back and live through the correct events of Thor Ragnarok and make his way to that moment in endgame. There, he can fake his death the same way Classic Loki did, only this time, go on to keep living after Thanos is vanquished, given that there will be no TVA to hunt him down anymore. This is different than the theory that main timeline Loki is Classic Loki and that Loki never died, which I dont believe is true, given that his TVA file ended the moment Thanos snapped his neck. But its related, and I believe its possible Variant Loki could be inspired by this plan to return to the main timeline and appear in future MCU offerings besides his own show. That is sort of the catch, however. Loki has already been greenlit for a second season, so this does not seem like something that would happen in next weeks finale. There may be post-Thanos Loki content to come, but Id be surprised if thats what season 2 entailed, and we saw this unfold next week. It just doesnt seem very likely thats where the finale is heading. Maybe the whole series could end like that, but well have to see. Of course, this could go a completely different way. With no TVA and no need for a sacred timeline once the multiverse is unleashed, Loki could simplyhop back into the timeline, go hang out with his brother, do whatever he wanted, without going to all the trouble of faking his death in that exact moment. The implications of everyone being free from their destiny if the TVA falls is pretty vast, and Im not sure we can comprehend how thats going to play out yet. And who knows, the TVA may not fall in a single episode next week, it may take another season at least for that to happen. More to come, well know how this shakes out by Wednesday. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series, and The Earthborn Trilogy, which is also on audiobook.