![]() ![]() While Loki confronting himself in the end would make for a dramatically interesting enterprise, the hard evidence at hand still seems to indicate that Kang the Conqueror is our real villain. And when you combine that kind of god-like power with a trickster’s sensibility, it’s not hard to imagine that Classic Loki, or another Loki entirely, could be pulling all the strings. This episode goes out of its way to communicate just how powerful Lokis can be. With that in mind, it’s possible that Classic Loki is a bigger character than he appears at first glance. It’s not every day you can find a seasoned performer who can portray a kindly exterior with some menace underneath. What if the villain of Loki is… Classic Loki or Another Loki Variant Before we get to him (and it’s absolutely who you think), indulge us in another theory. Who indeed? There has been one name bandied about as the most likely Loki Big Bad. Plus, that leads us to the final and most important question that this episode raises. “I think we’re stronger than we realize,” Loki tells Sylvie, so this would certainly be a case of that if it came down to it. Or is he? It seems like he could have been utilizing the very same technique here he claims to have used to escape his death at the hands of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War. Ultimately Classic Loki is swallowed up by the Alioth and therefore finally blinked out of existence. Bet you’ll never guess who lives there! Yes, it’s ol’ Victor von Doom himself, Doctor Doom to his friends…of which he has very few. ![]() Perhaps the most famous one is Castle Doom within Doomstadt. Interestingly, there are no shortages of spooky castles in Marvel comics lore. It’s about time a Marvel villain lives in an honest-to-goodness castle! While it’s still possible that this is a misdirect and this environment is not what it seems, for now it looks like episode 6 will be headed off to a spooky castle. It’s no wonder then that it would make an appearance in Loki. Oh yeah, it’s all coming together.Īlioth is considered to be the first being that broke free from the constraints of time. That same comic also introduced Ravonna Renslayer and features Kang the Conqueror as its central villain. Classic Loki helpfully offers up the analogy that the Void is a shark tank, and Alioth is the shark.Īlioth of the comics was first introduced in 1993’s Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective #1. ![]() It’s the TVA’s unwitting cleaning service, wiping out all the Variants that the TVA can’t eliminate. ![]() In the world of Loki, Alioth is a big, hungry cloud monster that prowls the Void looking to consume yummy matter. Since the Time-Keepers are unable to completely destroy matter (Theory of Conservation of Mass and all that), they send unwanted Variants to the end of the timeline to languish or be swallowed by a hungry monster (more on him in a bit). This episode does a pretty good job of succinctly describing what the Void is. Equally as important, however, is that “Journey Into Mystery” raises some big questions about the ending of this show and the future of the MCU. In this hour, Mobius joins the side of the heroes, Judge Renslayer has some questions, and Loki and Sylvie’s relationship continues to blossom thanks to the conjuring of an uncomfortable green blanket. This article contains spoilers for Loki episode 5.Īgent Mobius did say that time ran differently in the TVA but who could have imagined that the penultimate episode of Loki would arrive so quickly? Marvel’s Loki episode 5 “Journey Into Mystery” keeps up a streak of superb installments for this increasingly superb show. ![]()
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