The Multiverse is Here, and You Should Be Thanking Loki’s Sylvie for That

What If…? is upon us and a whole variety of unrestricted stories are about to hit the MCU. So, I got to thinking about how we got here. A few weeks ago, Loki’s finale aired. It was pretty good, introducing us to He Who Remains and his job to maintain the “Sacred” timeline. In the end, Loki and Sylvie battled over killing He Who Remains, which would bring about the multiverse and also more dangerous versions of himself. Sylvie won, and the multiverse was born again, leading to an unpredictable future. I’m here to say, that’s a good thing. 

When Loki’s first season ended, a lot of fans, and I mean a lot, started making comparisons between Sylvie and Star-Lord. That’s wild to me. Nobody messed up as bad as Star-Lord. Even with Dr. Strange’s one timeline where they win revelation (which should be called into question considering the TVA’s manipulation of all things time), Star-Lord made the worst decision possible. He sacrificed the universe just to smack Thanos in the face a few times, and it cost them everything.  Despite the fact that Sylvie’s actions are driven by her emotions and inability to trust anyone, the choice to kill He Who Remains aka variant Kang wasn’t a bad move. Sure, the birth of the multiverse brings about various versions of Kang the Conqueror and a potential multiversal war. However, there are big parts about that decision that people are missing. The first is that Sylvie’s decision gave her what she wanted. It wasn’t a pointless lashing out lik…