#mcu!kang

[lokiinmediasideblog]

WAIT. Loki protecting victor timely. Timely is a con man (trickster type). Fors loki count as a patron of tricksters since hes "the" trickster (norse one anyway)

Yea. I liked how he was protecting another trickster type. So, back to Victor being a typical "chosen one", Loki, being a god that can never be allowed win, is a "chosen one" but in a negative direction.

And technically, Kangs and Lokis are both negative/bad archetypes at this point. Lokis were always forced by the TVA to be villains and can never win. And Kangs are these dangerous variants that are destined to destroy many timelines and ruin many lives (including those of Lokis) by creating the TVA.

I really liked how Sylvie realized she was doing to Timely what the TVA and HWR did to her (taking him out of his life due to assemptions based on an archetype/role he's supposed to take). And I am rather proud of her.

And I liked how Loki was rational and was just trying to keep everything from going to shit. Also proud of him that he managed to reason with a very angry Sylvie. Even though I see people frustrated with the romance aspect of their relationship.

I wonder what the rest of the series will reveal.

[pemberley3k]

Well, if it wasn't before, it IS now. High chance it's just coincidence cuz, infinity stones were created around the time of creation of celestials. That old. But I'm just saying, it's a damn good coincidence🤷. My mind thinks what it thinks.

[cleabellanov]

The Loki season 2 soundtrack is considered for a Grammy nomination!!!

And it would be such a deserved one

📸: Natalie’s Holt Instagram

[lokiinmediasideblog]

AS always, I was expecting a worse ending. And I should because, it's fucking Disney.

My worst expectation was that they'd have JUSTIFIED the destruction of Timelines in a "Thanos was right", "Pruning is a NECESSARY EVIL" kind of way. (kinda how TUA S4 did; I can't believe it ended worse than a fucking Marvel show).

I agree that I was SO glad they didn't make all Kang variants evil (especially with the TERRIBLE optics that would entail). Because I hate the "some people are inherently evil" message, and I've always had issues with it even in Silver Age comics.

The thing that annoyed me the most (after the most egregious product placement EVER) was that for some godforsaken reason they tried to portray Dox as "less evil" than Ravonna. I'm just like, "How?"

Also, super pissed they wasted time that could have gone to Ravonna's development/backstory on that horny clock. That clock wasted so much time that could have gone for character development. Ravonna apologism all the way. She reminds me of Thor 1 Loki in her modus operandi.

Debated making this, but oh well, here we are…

I rewatched the Loki series.

Going to add here quickly that I have been a fan of Loki since 2012/2013, and I personally relate to his character for a multitude of reasons.

Now, I enjoy the series, but I wish they made it more character focused than they had. I do feel like they prioritised story in terms of making it fit the next phase over exploring and expanding on Loki’s character to some degree (a lot of it was surface level).

For example, I would’ve loved to have seen:

Exploring Loki’s Jotun heritage, even if it was a variant of him in the void that embraced it, dropped his aesir form, a conversation between Loki and his Jotun variant as they explain why they chose to embrace it, giving a different view to maybe how our Loki sees himself/the Jotuns. If ‘What If’ could have a frost giant Loki variant, why couldn’t the show?

Expanding upon what happened to Loki during that year after his fall from the Bifrost. The reason for this is self explanatory really, it would add more lore/depth to his experiences/actions during the Avengers. Maybe address the trauma he has from it.

Loki fighting with his so-called ‘desire’ for a throne more. By this I mean, I felt he flipped pretty quickly from his plan to overthrow the time keepers to just following along with Sylvie - which is fine, but I kinda thought there would be more push back from him. I get it was a life or death situation and Loki’s whole thing is ‘survival’, but it would’ve added to their dynamic and the fact the writers clearly wanted to push how Sylvie was different to other Loki’s.

Exploring Sylvie’s backstory more. It really did feel like it was an afterthought, which is a shame. I suppose they left it ambiguous for certain reasons, but I think they should’ve had more flashback scenes of what Sylvie could remember. I think it would’ve helped people understand and relate to her more. (I do love her though).

Actually showed Loki’s gender fluidity & shapeshifting ability more. Again, self explanatory really & important to his character, plus the whole implied only ‘woman variant’ thing with Sylvie should’ve not been a thing, like at all.

They should’ve given Loki more time to process everything. This show really should’ve had 8 episodes each season, I get that’s not the writers fault, likely Disney/marvel’s doing. Perhaps then the shift in his character wouldn’t have felt so jarring, especially considering he’s 2012 Loki. I do agree they wrote him as if he was Ragnarok!Loki, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it just felt jarring considering the last we saw of this Loki was Avengers. But then I could also argue that maybe he thought ‘what’s the point of it’ because the TVA know everything about him, but I digress.

Used Sylvie more in S2. It did feel like they didn’t quite know what to do with her, her and Loki clearly just needed to sit and discuss the citadel fight, but the closest thing we got is in EP3 where Sylvie says ‘this is all rather familiar, isn’t it?’, referencing their different/opposing opinions on the TVA/He Who Remains. And also maybe the pie room scene, but it’s very vague/not directly addressed.

Explored the fact that Mobius is not a good guy more. Because, he isn’t. And that’s okay. To me, the whole point of the show is based on Loki’s quote of ‘no one good is ever truly good, and no one bad is ever truly bad’, and whilst they do reference Mobius’ own morally grey actions/traits, they don’t particularly make it clear and most just see him as this ‘happy go lucky old man who likes pie and loves Loki variants’. In fact, I actually really liked the scene where Sylvie confronts him - which is a very unpopular opinion to have it seems, lol.

Delved into the psychology of Loki further than surface level/what we already know about him. Yes, we know he’s the God of Mischief. Yes, we know he isn’t evil. Yes, we know he is redeemable. Yes, we know he’s cunning, manipulative and selfish. We get that he projects this ‘illusion’ of himself, but it was only really mentioned in S1 EP1, maybe slightly EP2, before it’s never really mentioned again. I suppose S2 does this to a degree with the bar scene and EP5 of S1 in the time cell with Sif - also I think they tried to take the narcissist angle from the pov that it’s because of his low self-esteem as to why he needs validation and it’s a defence mechanism, but they didn’t particularly make that clear and made it seem like he just thinks highly of himself.

I know it seems like I have a lot of issues with the show, and I do, but I still enjoyed it. It’s okay to be critical of a piece of media and still enjoy it.

I do prefer S2 to S1, mostly because I prefer the direction they took it in and whilst I, of course, wanted better for Loki, I can’t deny S2 EP6 is a stunning finale. I sobbed so hard during the ending and still feel the grief that I actually lost someone I knew personally. But I also have hope that this means Loki is now a main player in the next phase (am I delusional? Maybe).

I enjoyed the dynamics, the back and forth/chemistry, the story was interesting, the set & costume design, the acting, the directing/colour grading, the music (Natalie Holt, you are genius), the emotions, the fun, the characters…

So this is not a hate post by any means, I will once again state, I enjoyed the show. But, I do have issues with it, and that’s okay too.

Please, dni if you’re just going to be argumentative or confrontational. I also don’t want to hear that just because I enjoyed the show that I’m ‘not a real fan’ lmao. I’m sorry, but I’ve been a Loki stan for over a decade, and I will not have someone tell me I’m not a real fan because of a piece of fictional media. Also, please do not mention anything regarding ships on this post, I do not care for it because it always ends up in arguments and I am a multishipper so I don’t tend to fight for any side. Thank you! :) /gen

[abitofboth]

I saw this tweet from @/forbestiel and I HAD to share!!!!!

[2stepadmiral]

Imagine how confused Steve Rogers would be by youth slang in this day and age. Like, I’m hung up on the idea of Kate saying “No cap,” in the middle of one of Clint’s stories, and Steve getting confused and all like, “no cap? But I’m right here?”

[rei-ismyname]

Infinity Wars Emma Frost

Infinity Wars was a 2018 event comic that pretty nakedly attempted to cash in on the success of its MCU counterpart. It really sucks, but there's some fun Emma Frost moments.

It gets better, trust me.

When we first see her she's melded with Logan, because Gamora remixed Thanos and instead of killing half the universe she combined two souls into one on a grand scale. 'Diamond Patch' is literally just Logan that says darling a lot. Emma would hate this.

Loki explains the gibberish that led to this situation and a dull bad guy shows up to get stabbed.

Diamond Patch leans on some phoenix time travel nonsense to summon Phoenix Logan. Ugh. Duggan reused this 'message your future self' trick much more effectively in Cable 2020.

Great, The Phoenix saying 'bub' - the concept is truly dead. I feel a bit bad for exposing people to this, but the two are split and Logan exits the story. That must have taken some restraint.

Emma takes Charge and insists she the motorcycle with Loki on the back. As it should be.

She somehow stands up to Gamora with all the Infinity Stones/Gems and takes the Power Stone for herself. As the stone operates from the wielder's mastery of mind, Emma is king shit. I'm kinda surprised they didn't use the much more recognisable (and Omega telepath) Jean Grey for this, but I'm glad Emma gets to flex.

That's a terrible BDSM joke, I'm not sure it makes sense. Then again I'm ace, so maybe someone more experienced can confirm or deny.

Unsurprisingly, they (yeah Kang, Ant-Man and Kamala showed up) are betrayed by Loki. However, his scheme sucks and they win anyway. Adam Warlock arrives to delete this silly universe and all is well. I'm just here for The White Queen tbh.

[paintsplash1712]

Honestly, in retrospect, phases 4 & 5 shouldn't have been setting up "The Multiverse Saga" but instead should've been "The Next Generation Saga."

Think about it. We got Eli/Patriot in FatWS and in the new Captain American movie coming up, Billy and Tommy in WV & Agatha All Along, Kate in the Hawkeye show, Cassie in all of the Ant Man movies and America Chavez in MoM, all we need is Teddy and we've got the Young Avengers.

We've also got Ms. Marvel and Riri as new solo heroes.

Setting up the Young Avengers would make more sense since all of phase 1 was setting up the OG Avengers and with how the YA get together in the comics, having the team set up after Endgame would make perfect sense!

Also would be way more simpler to set up then the multiverse

[lokiinmediasideblog]

I wonder if loki know there's a kang variant who killed thor

Think he might have let Sylvie kill Kang right away or done it himself if he knew.

[tomas-smoked-sasuage]

I knew something was familiar

[rystiel]

squid falls..….. gravity game……….?

[cleabellanov]

Loki season 2 premiered this day exactly 1 year ago.

We let time pass. It did.

We haven’t been the same ever since.

[acecluckart]

Fantastic Four: Friends, Foes, and Family

[villainboygirl]

Villains of Avengers' movies be like:

[pemberley3k]