Loki
Summary
The pivotal redemption arc inLokicame after a lot of lessons were learned , but one of the biggest was 6 year in the making after Loki was indirectly creditworthy for bolt down thousands . When reflecting on Loki ’s lesson , it ’s often through the lens of his former villainy in theMCU . Specifically , his role in the Battle of New York and the tens of casualties that resulted from his action in pursuit of his megalomania . It was now postdate his actions in the events ofThe Avengersthat Loki was captured by the TVA , after all .
This alone would be enough for the most iconic of the MCU ’s villain - turned - heroes to seek the absolution he doubtless attain by theLokiseason 2 cease . YetLoki season 1 , episode 2 unveil a small detail about Loki ’s life on the Sacred Timeline that made him inadvertently responsible for for the demise of more than one thousand time more mass . This was specifically thanks to his time as the swayer of Asgard while mask as his Father-God , Odin , and the chaos that result as a outcome inthe MCU timeline .
Loki’s Ending Was Set Up By Ragnarok
Thor : Ragnarokis amongthe best MCU moviesfor its power to tread the okay line between humor and dingy import . Among the darkest of its picture was the destruction of Asgard at the point of Surtur ’s elephantine sword , though it stopped short of render Asgardian casualties , or else implying that all of Asgard ’s citizen made their fashion to safety with the Revengers . Lokiseason 1 , episode 2 , however , showeda TVA data file that contradicted this , as it tape 9,719 fatalities on Asgard following its destruction . unretentive of simply being the one to call forth Surtur , however , Loki was in reality responsible for Ragnarok in a far more insidious capacity .
Gotterdammerung was both prophesied and necessary so as to vote out Hela , who was herself responsible for for the subjugation and mass execution of Asgardians before Thor and Loki intervened . Yet were it not for the fact that Loki had egotistically usurp Odin before continue to expend his sentence as the ruler of Asgard in self - dramatize and self - indulgent decadence , then event might have gone definitely differently . If the God of War , Odin , was unfeignedly in charge , then Asgard may have stood a chance against Hela if he had set the preparations . At the very least , Odin could have foreseen their doomsday and prepare a more efficacious evacuation design .
Loki must have felt unbelievable guilt at seeing the termination of Ragnarok and his hubris , especially as this interpretation of Loki would ’ve learned of all of this in one fell swoop from the TVA charge itself . The tragedy of Asgard is something that would have far outshone the guilt he would have felt for his part in the Battle of New York . This was a lesson 6 years in the making , but one for which he paid suited compensation .
Loki’s Ending Proved He Learned From His Darkest Tragedy
The implication of Loki ’s final number inLokiseason 2 ca n’t be overdraw . Just as the erstwhile god of mischief came to recognise his demand for company and a sense of belonging , he embraced an eternity of solitude for the advance of all who lie in in the multiverse . With all the multiverse ’s timeline branch infinitely , this means thatLoki is check over an unlimited number of living and preclude their last by way of pruning . Loki once again finds himself on a throne , but one that is unquestionably more stern and selfless than the one he seized in Asgard , and with it come up the on-key meanings of penance and duty .
