Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks. Therefore, let us talk about the ‘Loki’ S2 instead. In this week’s episode, ’1893’, it seems that the S2 has found its’ wings at last. This episode worked.
No, really,
it did. It kept alongside the main plotline of S2, and this time it even
introduced the season’s main (?) antagonist – Victor Timely, yet another Kang
variant that has fallen by the wayside of the council of Kangs. No, indeed – Victor,
HWR, and the Kang from ‘Quantumania’ were three very different characters, but
they were all Kangs, and outsider Kangs at that, it seems. Given how the show does
not appear to be entirely done with HWR either, this can get interesting!
…The fact that Renslayer/Rebecca has teamed-up with Miss Minutes is also
unexpected, since at the end of S1 the former has left – just left, and the
latter did not appear to be too interested in working with anyone, so when
exactly did they team-up? Of course, it might be an entirely different Renslayer/Rebecca
from S1, as Victor is an entirely different Kang from HWR, but, still, Miss
Minutes doesn’t appear to have too many variants, and-
-and ‘1893’
shows a break in the narrative from the first two episodes, as unlike them,
Loki and Mobius actually get to go out of TVA, and not deal with its’ internal
arcana, (I don’t care if it’s an appropriate term here, I’m using it), but
rather with an external issue, (Victor Timely and everyone else who’s chasing
him), and it is a variant timeline altogether, so score one for ‘Loki’ S2 here!
No, seriously,
this is what ‘Loki’ is supposed to be all about – the Marvel multiverse! The
titular character and his cohorts are gone out there and fix problems all over
it! In addition, indeed, they did do something similar in S1…except that a
Kang, the HWR one, had hijacked the agency and (in a different way) the show,
making it all about him vs. Loki. Here, in S2, we have more variety, as general
Dox, (who was the main antagonist in ‘Breaking Brad’), hasn’t gone away, but is
rather biding time to continue destroying the multiverse, and right now Loki,
Mobius, and the rest of their allies need to handle both her and VT, so another
score for ‘Loki’ S2 – a more complex plot than the S1 one again!
…I’m also aware that since the real life sucks, some
of the elements of the ‘Loki’ S2 plot will not go down well, given the new
conflict in Middle East. But this isn’t Disney/MCU’s fault, for a change, (I hope not), so let’s cut them
a break and hope that they won’t leave us hanging in the air just as ‘Loki’ S2
is beginning to get good with action and excitement balancing out all the lore
and the knowledge (and the time loom). Given that it is Disney/MCU – who knows?
…In other news, the ‘PJ Masks’ franchise has
released a new big bad – a reptiloid alien named Gloop and his minions. Sigh.
So what? Yes, the
showrunners are trying to make him a big deal, but these days the ‘PJ Masks’
franchise isn’t a big deal, so that’s the end of that… though it should be
noted that Gloop seems to be falling in the previously-established ‘official
new character’ category, one where he won’t just fade away, but rather continue
on, meeting the rest of the established cast until the end of the season, after
which either the next new character will come around, or the show itself might
end, you know? So much for the ‘PJ Masks’ ‘upgrade’, it looks like! Anything
else?
In fact – no.
Rather, this is it for now, see you all soon!
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