The second season of Loki has been well-received so far and it's mostly due to its compelling exploration of the characters and the TVA organization in the midst of a multiversal dilemma caused by the killing of He Who Remains in the first season finale.
While it is a pivotal chapter of the Multiverse Saga, it is still pretty much more focused on the character dynamics and the TVA system despite grappling with the multiversal dilemma and the Kang variants that they might have to face later on.
However, as it turns out, the original plans for the new season were different than what we're seeing now and it would have doubled down on the multiverse dilemma.
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Loki Season 2 Was Originally Planning to Go Full-on Multiversal War
In an interview with Den of Geek, Loki executive producer Kevin Wright revealed that the second season originally planned to go full-on multiversal war back when it was supposed to be released first before Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
However, they decided to not move forward with the idea as they felt that they hadn't earned that type of storyline yet.
"In one version, we go full-on multiversal war, but even as we were saying that, it felt completely wrong, jumping to something we haven’t earned yet," he said.
In the end, they settled with continuing the first season cliffhanger and exploring the TVA in the aftermath of the revelation.
"We want to continue living in the moment where our show ended, with a huge character conflict between Loki and Sylvie. That moment where we see B-15 and Mobius," Wright said.
"They just made a huge decision, so what’s happening at the TVA now? Is everyone in the TVA on board? Probably not for something as radical as this. What happens when the TVA starts finding out they are variants? If Loki can find Mobius, what is he going to tell him?"
The producer continued, "All of this stuff will have bigger consequences for the MCU, but it’s our story, the story we started in season one."
In retrospect, they made a great decision of not going full-on multiversal war in the new season since it sounded too ambitious for a TV show that is still in the middle of the Multiverse Saga and that could have created some issues down the line.
The idea also fits better with the upcoming Avengers films where they can actually explore the ramifications of the multiverse within all the major characters in the MCU and not just have the series carry the back on that aspect.
It is interesting to see how this new season will plant the seeds for the rest of the Multiverse Saga given its potential implications with the Kang variants that we will meet and how the TVA will move forward in their role of safeguarding the sacred timeline after the revelations.
New episodes of the second season of Loki premiere every Thursday night on Disney+.
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