A Kang statue stands where the Time Keepers were, and Mobius has no idea who Loki is. And wow, is it happening in style!Īnd then Loki ends up in another one of those timelines when he returns to the TVA. We knew it was coming what with Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but we didn’t know how. Once Sylvie kills He Who Remains, the timeline branches in countless directions. We have no trouble imagining her taking that desire for control to the nth level, doing whatever it takes to maintain a timeline she believes in. In the comics, Terminatrix wants to control her own destiny and she goes to extreme lengths to do so.
It’s likely we’ll see her go full Terminatrix in future MCU stories. We don’t know the contents, but we’re guessing whatever she saw has her on a mission. Miss Minutes provided Ravonna with some files chosen by He Who Remains. Her name was once Rebecca Tourminet, and she graduated from Ohio State University. The pen came from Ravonna’s life before the TVA where she worked at the Ohio based high school as a vice principal. We thought maybe it was a connection to Kang or even Molecule Man, but no. Roosevelt High School” appear on the pen. Remember back when we first saw Ravonna’s pen in the second episode? The words “Franklin D. The Oracle helps the Fantastic Four fight Kang’s son Ramades.
In the comics, the banished Time Keeper appeared in 4 #16 ( 4 as in the Fantastic Four). The fourth statue in the Citadel is shattered, representing the exiled Oracle of Siwa. We saw three of them in Loki’s The Wizard of Oz reveal-all robots. Banished Time Keeperįour statues decorate the entry of the Citadel representing the Time Keepers. The nostalgic music underscores Miss Minutes’ offer to give Loki everything he’s ever wanted, including Asgard’s throne, if only he’ll go away. And in the Loki finale, she weaved in Mark Mothersbaugh’s “Twilight of the Gods” from Thor: Ragnarok. Composer Natalie Holt has done a gorgeous job with the Loki score, possibly doing for the theremin what Ludwig Göransson has done for the recorder in The Mandalorian. Look, we’ve heard callbacks to themes from previous Thor films throughout Loki. The statues of He Who Remains have clocks for faces. Cycles of the moon cover the floor along with the motion of planets. In case you needed reminders about how the Time Variance Authority deals with, you know, time, the Citadel has plenty of visual cues. He Who Remains is one of Kang’s variants and he’s communicated with multiple Kangs and stopped a Multiversal war. In the comics, Kang was the descendant of someone who discovered time travel. He wanted to push Wanda’s potential as a Nexus Being and harness that power. The golden medallion he sports makes us think of Immortus, one of Kang’s/Nathaniel Richards’ many incarnations.Īnd an interesting thing about Immortus in the comics: he manipulated Vision and Scarlet Witch to have Tommy and Billy. He’s rocking a casual version of Kang’s purple and green costume from the comics. Loki has dropped a number of hints pointing towards Kang as the villain, and we’re thrilled to actually see Majors in the role here. He does mention he’s been called a conqueror (and a ruler, likely a reference to his Rama-Tut incarnation). So while Loki never refers to him as Kang, it’s totally Kang. Of course, we’ve known about Jonathan Majors being cast as Kang the Conqueror for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania since September 2020. Always.” wastes no time bringing Loki and Sylvie to the being behind the TVA: He Who Remains. Though the comics version of He Who Remains appeared differently than the one in Loki (more on him in a second), he also played the role of the director of the Time Variance Authority and created the a trio called “Time-Twisters.” But then Thor and Jane Foster stopped those creations, and so the Time Keepers came to be. The Citadel was the last reality of the Multiverse And yes, it was the home of He Who Remains. That has a history in the comics, first appearing in Thor #245. Anyway, she tells the Variants they have arrived at the Citadel at the End of Time. We knew her pleasant demeanor and smirk belied her true knowledge of the TVA. The CitadelĪfter Loki and Sylvie enter the castle, they meet Miss Minutes-who absolutely knows everything and has this entire time. Which kind of ties into how the TVA is “repairing” the Sacred Timeline. The Japanese art form repairs broken pottery with golden lacquer to help imperfections shine rather than covering them up. As for the castle itself, bold golden streaks appear throughout the pillars and walls, bringing kintsugi to mind.