A massive ‘Loki’ spoiler might be hiding in plain sight
We’re one day away from the premiere of Loki episode 3, which will launch on Disney+ early on Wednesday. Needless to say, speculation surrounding the hottest MCU TV show so far is still running rampant. The first two episodes started explaining how the time flows in the MCU, something we’ve been looking forward to learning ever since the series was announced. Marvel also went on to reveal one of the biggest Loki developments from the trailers. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has been arrested by the Time Variance Authority (TVA) for his actions in Avengers: Endgame. Now, he has to cooperate with the TVA, whether he likes it or not. And the first two Loki episodes delivered all of that, revealing the TVA’s biggest problem right now, the one that requires assistance from the God of Mischief.
As we have explained already, episodes 1 and 2 raise further questions about the past and the future of the MCU. Marvel will not explain everything at once, and we discover the TVA’s complex rules at the same time Loki does. We’ll need to see more episodes to get the bigger picture. Until we do get all of our answers, we’ll explain one particular Loki secret that might be hiding in plain sight. As always, stop scrolling right now to avoid spoilers if you haven’t seen any Loki episodes yet.
Episode 1 showed us that what happened in the Infinity Saga was predestined. The Time Keepers, whom we have yet to meet, allowed it to happen. That’s why the Avengers could mess with time travel and avoid the TVA’s wrath, whereas Loki had to be stopped. But the episode also introduces the confusing Sacred Timeline. It might sound like a single reality at first, one that is supposed to flow within specific parameters. But the more logical explanation is that the Sacred Timeline consists of several separate realities, like the one in which the Avengers reside and the one where Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) retires.
Episode 2 explained what the Reset Charges do. They’re essentially sophisticated explosives that erase everything from a Nexus event within a radius. Lady Loki (Sophia Di Martino) uses the stolen charges to attack the timeline at various points in space and time, with the objective of spawning enough branches to send the TVA into panic mode. All the agents are dispatched to the affected locations to deal with the aftermath. The episode also tells us that you can’t go back in time right before a Nexus event happens, and also that Nexus events must be fixed before the branches grow too far.
The well-choreographed attack on the Sacred Timeline might have significant repercussions on the MCU, and we already suspect these actions will somehow lead to the first multiverse movies in Phase 4, Spider-Man 3 and Doctor Strange 2. But the immediate effect might be more practical for Lady Loki. She might be able to attack the TVA headquarters while most of the TVA workforce scrambles to fix the timeline.
