Does Mobius' Love Of Jet Skis On 'Loki' Suggest Something Ominous?
First, theres Mobius innocent obsession with Jet Skis. He knows the decade they were invented, claims theyre one of the few things in history that havent disappointed him, all before admitting hes never actually ridden one. Loki uses that opening to question Mobius devout belief in the Time Keepers and his mission to protect the sacred timeline, despite not knowing where exactly he came from, who created him, and why. Of course, Mobius deflects by posing that same question and cautioning Loki not to think too hard about those kinds of existential conundrums, but were dealing with the God of Mischief here. Loki is an ancient, alien being whos convinced entire civilizations that he is, in fact, a god. Hes right, of course, but that means Mobius and Loki must now sift through hundreds of naturally occurring disasters to find where this chaos-causing villain is hiding which leads to a fairly revealing chat between the pair over a cup of coffee. That talk starts with, you guessed it  Jet Skis. Loki recalls a water sports magazine he found on Mobius desk, asking him why he finds the vehicle so fascinating, which has led us on one of the more bizarre comic-book-inspired easter egg hunts weve ever been on. In Lokis second installment, Tom Hiddlestons trickster Variant is recruited to hunt a more dangerous version of himself, one who seems intent on mucking up the sacred timeline and giving everyone at the TVA a mountain of paperwork to slog through. Most of the episode sees Loki and Agent Mobius ( Owen Wilson ) testing out their theories about this timeline-thwarting Loki s real endgame and how they might catch him before he does something irreversible with all those reset charges hes been collecting. They end up having a breakthrough when our Loki Variant realizes the future (or past) version of himself is shielding his movements by camping out in time branches doomed to end by way of an apocalypse, meaning he can do anything he wants to the timeline, and the Time Keepers wont ever know because that branch was always going to implode. We want to talk about the metaphorical purpose of Jet Skis and what they might hint at when it comes to the motivations of the mysterious Time Variance Authority on Marvels latest series, Loki . Not the literal purpose, being the beautiful union of form and function that allows mankind to glide atop the ocean surface on a carbon fiber dolphin-shaped chariot like some kind of swashbuckling Jesus. No, everyone  even the God of Mischief  knows the awesome practicality of this aquatic feat of engineering. There are a few theories working in favor of that narrative twist. First, early in the episode, we see Loki studying the basic history of the TVA and what it is that they do. Eventually, hes invited on a mission to an 80s era Renaissance Fair where a Hunter has been taken hostage. While there, Mobius quizzes Loki on the TVA protocol that dictates how they should handle the disrupted time branch, and Loki, rather bluntly, compares what the reset charges do to, well, murder. The TVA likes to say they prune the timeline so that it can heal itself. Loki accurately paraphrases that definition, explaining its just a nice way of saying they disintegrate everything in their vicinity. Its not the only time that the TVA agents seem to callously disregard people and Variants unlucky enough to be trapped in one of these branches. When Mobius team heads to a department store about to be destroyed by a hurricane (which also serves as evil Lokis basecamp), he becomes visibly upset with how rough the Hunters are with the terrified citizens just seeking shelter from the storm. Its this apathetic attitude and outright disgust of people they see as expendable anomalies or worse, disruptive mistakes of the timeline, that point to a more sinister endgame when it comes to the Time Keepers. Next is the idea that every agent working at the TVA was created by the Time Keepers. Thats the origin story presented to us in episode one when we meet an office clerk whos never heard of fish  which makes Lokis threat to gut him a little less intimidating  and when Mobius reveals he doesnt really know how old he is because time works differently at the TVA. Now its certainly plausible that an agency that uses Infinity Stones as paperweights could just will their workforce into being, but fans on Reddit have a different theory. Technically, we still dont know what the term wiping entails here. Maybe the TVA just erases Variants from the timeline altogether, effectively killing them  which also works to prove our theory that these people are actually the worst. But thatd be pretty wasteful, considering Variants who end up at the TVA are already removed from the timeline to begin with. If we were omnipotent overlords, thats what wed do. If Mobius was actually just a Variant whod been wiped, it explains his love of Jet Skis and vintage 90s soda brands (shoutout to those Josta energy drink cameos!). Other than an introductory video narrated by Miss Minutes, we know next to nothing about the Time Keepers and their ultimate plan, and when Loki tries to find out more information in episode two, hes told those origin stories are classified. Mobius has never interacted with the Time Keepers either, something he seems a bit salty over during a meeting with Renslayer, and his explanation as to why  that theyre just too busy untangling the universes epilogue so that we can all live in peace and order  also seems suspect. Renslayer seems to be the only person whos had an audience with these overlords  though weve never seen proof of that fact  and she reacts rather oddly when, in the episodes final minutes, the problem-causing future Loki (who may be Lady Loki or may actually be a character named Enchantress from the comics) blows up the timeline. Some fans are theorizing that Renslayer, who has ties to the villainous Kang in the comics, is actually working for him and that the TVA may actually exist in the Quantum Realm  which would nicely tie into future Ant-Man movies and get us hyped for Jonathan Majors turn as Marvels next big bad. But even if all these clues end up being red herrings (a very possible outcome considering were talking about Marvel here) the original scene that sparked all of these wild theories still feels like a foreshadower of things to come. After bonding over their mutual appreciation of said Jet Skis, Loki leaves Mobius with some earned wisdom to chew on:  No one bad is ever truly bad, and no one good is ever truly good.  And that might be the best summation of the Time Keepers that weve heard so far.