![]() This is a Loki who is humbled but still burdened by glorious purpose. That crown is constructed from the same marble as He Who Remains’ shattered palace. The only bit of clothing that denotes his divine, godly nature is the horned crown he wears. Loki vowed to find another way, and he made good on that promise before the finale ends.Īs Loki marches toward the Loom, we see his TVA uniform stripped away, leaving only the humble, homespun fabric of an ordinary Asgardian. Either Loki saves He Who Remains and allows the single Sacred Timeline to continue existing, or he watches as infinite branching timelines eventually overwhelm the Loom and all of existence is wiped out. Jonathan Majors’ He Who Remains believed he laid the perfect trap. Loki’s Season 2 finale culminates in a powerful scene where Loki makes his final march toward the TVA’s Loom and risks his life to save the multiverse. ![]() And all of that is before Loki even makes that final journey toward claiming his throne. Now he’s a time-travelling adventurer who embraces the love he feels for his friends and struggles with the weight of the multiverse on his shoulders. He used to be a tyrant who craved a throne as badly as he craved his father’s approval. Who he was and what he wanted in the first Thor movie are completely at odds with what he’s become by the end of Loki: Season 2. No MCU character can match the complexity and nuance Loki has shown throughout the Thor franchise, multiple Avengers movies and now the Loki series. But even there, Tony undergoes the bulk of his character arc in the course of one movie. He becomes a man burdened by the human cost of his arms-dealing empire, one determined to guide humanity along a better path. ![]() Tony begins his MCU career as a vain, self-absorbed narcissist who revels in making bigger and better weapons of mass destruction. The closest comparison here would be Robert Downey, Jr.’s Tony Stark. It’s as true when he’s a shrimpy kid in Brooklyn as it is when he’s leading the charge against Thanos in Avengers: Endgame. From the very beginning, Steve is a fundamentally decent guy who wants to do good in the world and protect the weak from bullies. They die still holding fast to their twisted (if understandable) beliefs.Įven on the very opposite end of the moral spectrum, Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers is a character who doesn’t change much over the course of his MCU journey. Jordan’s Killmonger are compelling, but they don’t necessarily change. Certainly, Loki stands head and shoulders above the other villains of the MCU in that regard. No other MCU character has evolved quite so dramatically. The second time, Loki has become a truly selfless hero who’s willing to lay everything on the line for those he’s come to love. The first time Loki spoke those words, he was a son spurned by two fathers, committing a deeply selfish and destructive act. For all of us.” Those words echo what Loki once said to Anthony Hopkins’ Odin when he attempted to destroy Jotunheim. This episode features another callback to the first Thor movie when Loki bids his final farewell to Mobius and Sophia Di Martino’s Sylvie at the TVA. But here, Loki specifically says, "The last thing I want is a throne." Ironically, only after rejecting a throne is Loki finally allowed to claim his rightful place atop one. And when his plot failed in 2011’s Thor, Loki settled for trying to rule Midgard in 2012’s The Avengers. ![]() We’re reminded of how badly he once coveted the throne of Asgard. In the process, the finale illustrates just how far removed Loki is from the vain, self-serving god of mischief he was in the early days of the MCU. This episode is all about looking back to where Loki was before he finally becomes who he was meant to be. Both the finale and the series premiere are titled “Glorious Purpose.” We even see Loki revisit the events of the series premiere when he travels back to his original meeting with Owen Wilson’s Mobius. ![]() Loki’s Season 2 finale is truly all about bringing Loki full circle. ![]()
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