LOKI Season 2 Set Photos Tease A New TVA Adventure For The God Of Mischief And Mobius M. Mobius

@GeneralZod - @MosquitoFarmer - Agree 100%. Their chemistry through the mistrust and finally the friendship was excellent.

@MosquitoFarmer - Same here. And I want to add that the writing was excellent, and especially how they got Loki from the type of person he was in the Battle of New York to the end of the Loki series.

I've gone back and watched those scenes a few times.

"I don’t enjoy hurting people. I don’t enjoy it. I do it because I have to, because I’ve had to. Because it’s part of the illusion. It’s the cruel, elaborate trick conjured by the weak to inspire fear." "A desperate play for control."

It was a believable arc through self reflection to learning he can be someone better.

@MosquitoFarmer - Interesting points.

Here are my thoughts:

1) In Endgame, the "redeemed" Loki may have just made those decisions for self-preservation, so how "redeemed" was he at this point of the game? We don't really know. I know a f#ckton of people stated this was his "redemption" moment, but we don't really know that. Is trying to kill the person who might kill Loki really an act of redemption or self preservation?

2) It was verified by Kevin (or one of the MCU powers-that-be) at some point that the Loki in the Avengers film was under the spell of the scepter that Thanos loaned him. Otherwise, he would not have been as bad as he was.

So, going into the Loki series, the spell he was under at that time would still be wearing off. Yes, he was a %^#)*#$# in the first film, and, for all we know, he was still the same when Thanos killed him. After all, he "did" steal the tesseract from Asgard for his own purposes. Again, we really don't know how "redeemed" he was.

3) Yes, it was done suddenly (it caught me off guard) and easily, HOWEVER, I seriously suspect that almost anybody, knowing how it's going to end for them, would have some major self-reflection.

And many people who experience the death of someone dear to them have changed, so how much more likely would it be that Loki, realizing he has wasted most of his adult life on selfish plans that would never come about, and "then" seeing himself "die", would start changing then and there.

And he did change, to some degree, but he still spent most of the episodes being a trickster, wanting to unseat whomever who controlling the TVA, so maybe his arc was not so "easily" done (depending upon your definition of "easily" as it pertains to this story).

And, yes, the fans wanted Loki redeemed and back in action, so they had to do it.

I had to watch is "arc" at least three times before I really began to appreciate the writing in it. The more I thought about it, the more sense it made.

@LSHF - I think it was darn good, and the more you sit with all the facts of the circumstance it works very well. But I guess it’s just that they had to jump a 2-phase arc into ultimately several minutes is abrupt.but given the circumstances, it’s rather well handled and very effective. Still, given Loki as we knew him then, it’s a big jump. The scepter being a factor is a great point, though he was still a screwball before and after it got in his hands.

(I wanted and expected them to get back to the Loki we’ve come to properly love, but to do it all in a fraction of the first episode is a large journey that took a long while otherwise. Not complaining; can’t wait to see him go on, though don’t know we will ever get a definitive and meaningful send off for him at this point, whenever that may come.)

@MosquitoFarmer - I agree, it's just that I don't rarely think about anything that threw me off or "for a loop". And when those thoughts "do" come to mind, I throw them off and ignore them.

For example, they remind me of someone sitting next to me while watching it and pointing out everything that he had problems with, which I don't want to think about as I just want to enjoy it. So, he would become irritating and I would want to ignore him.

Meaning, I sometimes end up ignoring myself while watching these films and shows! True story. I don't want to hear or think about what isn't, but just enjoy what is. So, I understand what you are saying; I just don't entertain those thoughts after they initial appear in my head.

But them I'm not normal and have issues.

@kylo0607 - Well, I came up with the same comment independently, but now I see you beat me to it. 😂🤣

@RolandD - Just searched for the infamous Owen Wilson WOW moment and found this LMAO.

@GhostDog - I'm annoyed at myself for falling off this show seasons back. Need to just start over from the beginning and give it a proper binge