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I’m warning you right now that there will be full spoilers, because we can’t talk about this BOMBSHELL of a finale without talking about the spoilers. While WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier gave hints at what was in store for the MCU, Loki is the first one that actually set up the future of what Marvel can bring. It doesn’t just set up a new big bad: it allows Marvel to be freer than ever and shapes future storylines. Marvel came in with a people’s elbow and asked all of fandom if they can smell what they’re cookin’, and damn it smells delicious. A Loki by Any Other Name After Loki got pruned, he wound up on Easter Egg Island…I mean The Void. This is where we meet our Loki Variants of Classic Loki (Richard E. Grant), Kid Loki (Jack Veal), and Boastful Loki (Deobia Oparei). And most importantly of all, Crocodile Loki. Each actor gives us a very different Loki but still a Loki at their core. They give our Loki some great character development as he has to see himself in various lights. He learns Kid Loki killed his Thor? *Chef Kiss* But through all this he can see why Lokis are Lokis and what their fatal flaw is. At this point, he admires the uniqueness of Slyvie from every other Loki. The growth is nice to see. At the same time, Slyvie is working on her end to find the truth behind the whole TVA. Not trusting Renslayer, as she shouldn’t, she prunes herself and ends up in The Void with Mobius (shedding a tear that Mobius wasn’t dead). Together, they find our Lok…
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