Loki
admonition ! This article contains spoilers for Loki , Secret Invasion , and The Marvels .
Summary
TheLokiseason 2 closing curtain seems even more tragic for Loki and theMCUconsidering the significance ofSecret Invasion ’s finish . Despite his knowledge about He Who stay ' plans and his newfound Time - Slipping ability , Loki could only save the TVA and the multiverse by giving order to every existing timeline all by himself intheLokiseason 2 finis ’s close . This decisiveness means that the TVA no longer needs a Temporal Loom to keep timelines from branching out uncontrollably , but it also means that Loki has sacrificed his exemption so as to stay at the end of clip , on the face of it evermore .
Inside one of the universes Loki holds in his hands , the MCU ’s chronological timelinecontinues to develop , withthe events ofSecret Invasion ’s finaleandThe Marvelspresenting the latest changes to the franchise . On Earth , Nick Fury failed to fully arrest the Skrull menace , which led to the creative activity of one of the most powerful characters in the universe , as well as a bigger enmity between the Skrulls and other species . Although hostages like James Rhodes and Everett Ross were liberated , the aftermath of the Skrulls ' attempt to invade the planet silently may be even unsound than the intrusion itself .
Loki’s Season 2 Sacrifice Makes The Impending Human & Asgardian War Way Worse
Secret Invasionreveals that the Skrulls were manipulating President Ritson to stir up a global nuclear war . After the Skrulls ' plan is uncovered , and after a failed assassination try , Ritson is now more than certain that aliens are a terror to humanity , which prompt him to declare war on all extraneous species know on Earth . President Ritson ’s threat cement the Skrulls as enemies , but it also create a rift between human race and Asgardians , who currently survive in New Asgard , Scotland . Given that the Asgardians will likely be unfairly place , Loki ’s altruistic determination to protect the free will of everybody in the multiverse seems even more tragic .
If the U.S. oppress all unknown live on Earth , Loki ’s people will in all likelihood have to either defend themselves or escape once again , and there ’s nothing Loki can do to prevent that , as the likely warfare between humans and Asgardians is a moment of their free will . Unlike He Who continue , Loki does n’t shape the events of any timeline . Whether humans destroy New Asgard or the Asgardians round humans in ego - defense is out of Loki ’s ascendancy . Besides , the same outcome can terminate in countless unlike ways across different timelines . It ’s possible that the Asgardians are wiped out in many of them , while in others , the Asgardians actually take over Earth .
The Marvels and Secret Invasion have been setting up an MCU adaptation of Siege , which suggests that a far-famed supervillain might be coming back .
Why Loki Season 2’s Secret Invasion Change Is Perfect
LokiandSecret Invasion ’s parallels may have been unwilled , butthe fact that the Asgardians are threatened hold Loki ’s religious belief in free will another bed of meaning . By the timethe God of Time and Stories Lokisits on his potty , he has already left behind everyone and everything he loves , include his original timeline , the Asgardians , and his friends at the TVA . Loki ’s novel resplendent purpose is all he needs to protect now . Meanwhile , tension go up in the MCU ’s main timeline . Valkyrie offers to protect more exotic life shape , as take care inThe Marvels , while President Ritson arrive ready to deport any possible scourge to world through revolutionary methods .
