The last thing anyone expected of Loki’s titular protagonist was true self-sacrifice.Loki has sacrificed himself or died plenty of times before, most of them fake. From falling off the Bifröst in Thor to his supposed Thor: The Dark World demise and getting his neck snapped for real in Avengers: Infinity War, Loki’s appeal has always been his unpredictability. One moment, he’s scheming for a royal throne claim, and the next, he’s aiding Thor to kill someone because their interests align. Other times, he’s reduced to the victim. The antihero has always straddled a line between malevolent, pathetic, tragic, and walking punching bag that has made Tom Hiddleston’s incarnation of the character a definitive MCU fan-favorite. Loki peels back all those emotional layers and asks the character what he wants regardless of his emotional Asgardian baggage. The answer, it turns out, is friends.That need to protect his friends made him work to prevent the TVA’s destruction across Season 2. But what makes “Glorious Purpose” a phenomenal season finale is how it challenges Loki at every turn. Every obstacle he thinks he’s overcome reveals a bigger roadblock set up ages ago by Kang variant, He Who Remains, frequently asking Loki what he’s willing to give up to ensure this victory “for all time.” That he ultimately goes through with the choice is a testament to how well Loki carried over the foundation of Loki’s movie growth to his TVA self’s arc, and more importantly, it gives Hiddleston a chance to really act after multiple episodes of simply going where the plot told him to go.RELATED: Loki Season 2 Episode 5 Gets to the Heart of Loki
The last thing anyone expected of Loki‘s titular protagonist was true self-sacrifice.
Loki has sacrificed himself or died plenty of times before, most of them fake. From falling off the Bifröst in Thor to his supposed Thor: The Dark World demise and getting his neck snapped for real in Avengers: Infinity War, Loki’s appeal has always been his unpredictability. One moment, he’s scheming for a royal throne claim, and the next, he’s aiding Thor to kill someone because their interests align. Other times, he’s reduced to the victim. The antihero has always straddled a line between malevolent, pathetic, tragic, and walking punching bag that has made Tom Hiddleston’s incarnation of the character a definitive MCU fan-favorite. Loki peels back all those emotional layers and asks the character what he wants regardless of his emotional Asgardian baggage. The answer, it turns out, is friends.
That need to protect his friends made him work to prevent the TVA’s destruction across Season 2. But what makes “Glorious Purpose” a phenomenal season finale is how it challenges Loki at every turn. Every obstacle he thinks he’s overcome reveals a bigger roadblock set up ages ago by Kang variant, He Who Remains, frequently asking Loki what he’s willing to give up to ensure this victory “for all time.” That he ultimately goes through with the choice is a testament to how well Loki carried over the foundation of Loki’s movie growth to his TVA self’s arc, and more importantly, it gives Hiddleston a chance to really act after multiple episodes of simply going where the plot told him to go.
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