Doom was at the center of Marvel Comics’ multiverse-shattering Secret Wars event by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic, and the castle we see in this episode’s conclusion sure does look an awful lot like his humble Doomstadt home.Įvery time we get excited about Doctor Doom or the potential Secret Wars threads embedded in this show, we’re brought back to reality by the fact that there’s virtually no way that Marvel would introduce arguably their greatest villain in a teasing series finale episode, especially not when they’ve got the Kang-centric Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to tee up with Kang.The following review contains spoilers for SKY Castle. This is a considerable longshot, despite the fact that we’ve wanted it to happen for a long time. If it’s all a Kang-sized red herring, then so be it. It’s undeniable, however, that Loki has provided us with plenty of breadcrumbs. Perhaps by this time next week, all of this Kang conjecture will look as silly as WandaVision’s Mephisto fever dream. I just noticed that the centerpiece of the Time Variance Authority’s seal totally looks like Kang’s head. Kang was announced for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania but doesn’t it sound very Marvel for the character to make his unexpected debut here? For starters, we know we already have an MCU actor for Kang in the fold already in the form of Jonathan Majors ( Lovecraft Country).
This isn’t a case of collective delusion like with all of the Nightmare/Mephisto WandaVisiontheorizing, Kang really does seem to be a legitimate possibility. The internet at large has been banging the drum for Kang the Conqueror as the ultimate Loki villain for weeks now and it’s not hard to see why. While Loki confronting himself in the end would make for a dramatically interesting enterprise, the hard evidence at hand still seems to indicate that Kang the Conqueror is our real villain. And when you combine that kind of god-like power with a trickster’s sensibility, it’s not hard to imagine that Classic Loki, or another Loki entirely, could be pulling all the strings. This episode goes out of its way to communicate just how powerful Lokis can be. With that in mind, it’s possible that Classic Loki is a bigger character than he appears at first glance. It’s not every day you can find a seasoned performer who can portray a kindly exterior with some menace underneath. What if the villain of Loki is… Classic Loki or Another Loki Variant Before we get to him (and it’s absolutely who you think), indulge us in another theory.
Who indeed? There has been one name bandied about as the most likely Loki Big Bad. Plus, that leads us to the final and most important question that this episode raises. “I think we’re stronger than we realize,” Loki tells Sylvie, so this would certainly be a case of that if it came down to it. Or is he? It seems like he could have been utilizing the very same technique here he claims to have used to escape his death at the hands of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War. Ultimately Classic Loki is swallowed up by the Alioth and therefore finally blinked out of existence. Since the Time-Keepers are unable to completely destroy matter (Theory of Conservation of Mass and all that), they send unwanted Variants to the end of the timeline to languish or be swallowed by a hungry monster (more on him in a bit). This episode does a pretty good job of succinctly describing what the Void is. Equally as important, however, is that “Journey Into Mystery” raises some big questions about the ending of this show and the future of the MCU. In this hour, Mobius joins the side of the heroes, Judge Renslayer has some questions, and Loki and Sylvie’s relationship continues to blossom thanks to the conjuring of an uncomfortable green blanket. This article contains spoilers for Loki episode 5.Īgent Mobius did say that time ran differently in the TVA but who could have imagined that the penultimate episode of Loki would arrive so quickly? Marvel’s Loki episode 5 “Journey Into Mystery” keeps up a streak of superb installments for this increasingly superb show.
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