Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks. Now what about ‘Loki’?
Good question. In the second episode of the second season,
(‘Breaking Brad’), we have general Dox, (played by Kate Dickie, apparently),
destroy a large part of the multiverse. Pause.
Here’s the thing: we never saw this character in the
first season off ‘Loki’, so they’re brand new, which is good, but they also may
be the villain of the season, nothing more, the overall villain is Kang, or
Kangs, but…
…But without the multiverse, can there be multiple
Kangs? The ‘Quantumania’ movie established that the latter is true, but, again,
this was before Dox destroyed a large part of the Multiverse, correct? If not,
can we have some time framing here, please? In the first three-four phases of
MCU, we had a good timeline where each portion of each phase goes, and how it
correlates with each other; in phase 5, (ok, from the end of the phase 4
onwards), this is no longer the case. Instead, we got nothing, save for a
question: what – literally – has happened to the Multiverse? Is it gone or not?
Obviously, the answer to the question has some large
ripples and connotations as well: if the Multiverse is destroyed, (being destroyed),
in ‘Loki’, does it mean that it is being destroyed for the rest of the MCU? And
if so, was it sanctioned by Disney and the rest of the RL jazz?
No, seriously, ever since it was launched in the first
season of ‘Loki’, the Multiverse was nothing but trouble in MCU. The 1st
season of ‘What If?’ went down well enough, but nothing fancy, and in its’
live-action incarnations the Multiverse was nothing but trouble. As the ‘Sequel
Trilogy’ of the SW-franchise showed, Disney and its’ affiliates do not need to
be too gentle to reboot themselves, and this may be what is happening here and
now in MCU: the Multiverse is on its’ way out!
Speaking of SW, here is a theory as to what is going
on over there: the Disney/SW franchise are quietly using its’ various films,
comics, and especially TV series, to bridge the gap between the original trilogy
(the 4th-6th movies) and the sequel trilogy (the 7th-9th
movies). Since most people did not like the sequel trilogy, they are becoming unamused/disillusioned
by Disney/SW’s current tactics and are beginning to be vocal about it. What
next?
Anyone’s guess. Disney/SW’s original handling of the
sequel trilogy broke the SW fandom, as we have discussed it way back when, and
since then Disney/SW has done its’ best to undo this breaking, because it harms
the entire franchise. However… First, you cannot please everyone, and second, the
original issues – the original reasons as to why some people did not like the
sequel trilogy – have never left. Disney/SW is trying to just re-sell it in a
different package/wrapping, nothing more, and people are not fooled. They are
not fooled and they are getting angry – and what the fallout will be this time,
remains to be seen…
Back to Disney/MCU? There is not much remains to be
said. Unlike the situation with SW, here things are less obvious: it has healed
its’ rifts regarding AoS, (by removing it completely from itself), as well as
the captain Rogers/Tony Stark rivalry, (ditto). Sadly, since ‘Kamala Khan’, the
MCU branch of Disney is trying to reimagine itself for no good reason, and as a
result, it suffers… without any obvious reason. The fallout from that has
already manifested itself in SI; ‘Loki’ S2 so far is avoiding this fate, but
this does not guarantee that it will be a smashing success either; more time –
and data – is needed to make this judgement…
This is it for now. See you all soon!
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