If I did, it was when I was a kid. My recollection is from the last five years or so. It was probably something I read online, maybe A.V. Club's Wiki Wormhole.
Spoilers Loki season one discussion thread
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I agree it won't be Kang (even though this week's episode was stuffed full of Kang-related easter eggs) but I don't think it will be a Loki either, as that sends the depressing message that Lokis can't change and will always end up as the villain.
I actually think it will be a very, very, very old Revana.
Like Thanos was in "The Avengers" and several other movies? I was one of many people watching and thinking "Who is this guy, and why should I care that he's standing there?"
In regards to this It Was Loki All Along theory, I don't really know how the character is done in the comics but creating a bureaucratic nightmare of office drones to impose order doesn't seem very mischievous.
Theory I saw on Reddit about who is running the TVA
The TVA motto:
For All Time. Always
F.A.T.A.
Fata Morgana, The Italian name of:
Morgan Le Fay
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Morgan_Le_Fay_(Earth-616)
For All Time. Always
F.A.T.A.
Fata Morgana, The Italian name of:
Morgan Le Fay
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Morgan_Le_Fay_(Earth-616)
That seems far less likely than Kang. At least we already know Kang is coming soon...and he's much better known (on a Marvel level).
I just got caught up on the last couple episodes. I'm not familiar with the deep stuff of the Marvel mythos, but I do find the whole mystery to be rather intriguing. As more of a casual MCU viewer, I'm kind of hoping that whoever is behind the TVA turns out to be someone or something that already appeared in the MCU movies.
Kor
Kor
I could see it ending this way, but with a mid-credits Kangish figure in the shadows watching everything on a screen. Maybe even an old TV screen, filmed in WandaVision TM.
I read on IGN this morning that 90%-95% of the sets they used were physical. Even though they had CGI enhancement, even the void and the moon with the planet crashing into it seemed to be mostly physical, just with some CGI enhancements in the background.
I was wondering about that too.
Better. That, as the jar said, was Variant T365 (as in Thor 365, its first comic appearance), better known as... Throg.
Thor. As a frog.
Let's see Florida Loki try to get the better of him...
Oh, OK. I saw someone make a reference to Throg, and that would explain why.
A lot of the MCU's earlier movies and shows have set up characters that 95% of the audience wouldn't be familiar with.
The only reason I have some doubt that it will be Kang is that they never mentioned that it will tie into Quantumania. They seem to make a point of saying where the shows will connect with the movies that are coming out, but I they never mentioned Quantumania in any of the promotion for Loki, and if it is a set up for that movie's villain I would expect some mention of it.
Marvel.com has posted an article about the origins of Alligator Loki and how he was brought to life.
I thought they might have had a real one, at least for the scenes when he was in the pool in the Loki's hideout, but apparently he was 100% CGI.
I came across this wandering the STAR section of Disney+:
The Alligator People
Doubtful it has any connection to Alligator Loki, but possibly an inspiration for Curt Conners? Anyway, suddenly I'm the mood for anthropomorphized alligators.
I know there's lots of these easter egg type videos on youtube but this is nicely put together and is pretty slick and the host isn't too annoying.
That was surprisingly useful (and not that annoying) and he pointed out a ton of Easter eggs that I missed, both the obvious ones I should've spotted and those I would've never realized were anything at all.
Surprisingly, and I thought that he was hinting at it early on, he didn't draw on the possible connection to something I joked about in the Marvel thread but now feels...possible? The shimmering colors around the castle that Loki and Sylvie heads towards are awfully similar to that in the Quantum Realm. So perhaps this Void (and maybe also the TVA as I jokingly suggested before I saw that scene again) is actually in the Quantum Realm? That would be yet another connection towards Kang (considering we know he'll be in Quantumania) that seems awfully coincidental if he's not actually revealed as the man behind the curtain.
That said, this guy's theory that Classic Loki is actually the man behind the curtain also has merit and makes more sense thematically with the show. So maybe it's actually Classic Loki...but then the post-credits scene shows us our first glimpse of Kang, which demonstrates in some way that he was connected to the events of this show. Perhaps the fall of the TVA and opening up of the "Sacred" timeline allows Kang to begin his conquering?
As I also mused in the Marvel thread, I noticed when I rewatched the first What If...? trailer the other day that The Watcher refers to "...these vast new realities...", which makes me suspect that What If...? happens as a direct consequence of the concluding events of this season, whether it's because of Kang, Classic Loki, or whomever else.
Surprisingly, and I thought that he was hinting at it early on, he didn't draw on the possible connection to something I joked about in the Marvel thread but now feels...possible? The shimmering colors around the castle that Loki and Sylvie heads towards are awfully similar to that in the Quantum Realm. So perhaps this Void (and maybe also the TVA as I jokingly suggested before I saw that scene again) is actually in the Quantum Realm? That would be yet another connection towards Kang (considering we know he'll be in Quantumania) that seems awfully coincidental if he's not actually revealed as the man behind the curtain.
That said, this guy's theory that Classic Loki is actually the man behind the curtain also has merit and makes more sense thematically with the show. So maybe it's actually Classic Loki...but then the post-credits scene shows us our first glimpse of Kang, which demonstrates in some way that he was connected to the events of this show. Perhaps the fall of the TVA and opening up of the "Sacred" timeline allows Kang to begin his conquering?
As I also mused in the Marvel thread, I noticed when I rewatched the first What If...? trailer the other day that The Watcher refers to "...these vast new realities...", which makes me suspect that What If...? happens as a direct consequence of the concluding events of this season, whether it's because of Kang, Classic Loki, or whomever else.
Oh huh didn't notice that, the Sphinx still had its nose
Guess it was pruned from a timeline where it never fell off lmao
Did they ever explain what causes the Lokis to look different? My first assumption was they're allowed to live and grow up until they cause a nexus event, and once the timeline is reset a new version appears. Or perhaps the TVA allow multiple timelines to exist as long as they go according to plan, then they get reset when a nexus event occurs, but that seems at odds with their mandate of keeping a sole sacred timeline.
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