This text incorporates spoilers for the Loki season 2 finale
Twelve years in the past Tom Hiddleston made his debut as Loki in Thor. Few would have anticipated his story would nonetheless be unfolding after so a few years, and no one might have predicted the mind-bending conclusion to Loki season 2. Not unhealthy contemplating Hiddleston initially auditioned to play Thor himself means again within the earliest days of the MCU.
Over that point Hiddleston’s Loki has tried to invade Earth, been accountable for his mom’s dying, reconciled together with his brother Thor and, courtesy of the Avengers screwing with time in Endgame, grew to become entangled in a multiversal battle to save lots of the material of time.
Loki’s saga got here to an epic finish within the season 2 finale, with him concluding his character arc by getting the throne he’d at all times dreamed of, although with the twist that he can by no means depart it. Loki is now on the coronary heart of Yggdrasil the world tree, making certain that the multiversal timelines will not fall into chaos.
However is that this actually the top of Tom Hiddleston’s lengthy MCU journey?
Will Loki return?
It’s value underlining that the Loki we’ve been following within the present is only one variant and that there at the moment are an infinite variety of different Lokis on the market in varied kinds and guises. No less than one is an alligator so we all know they don’t all seem like the Loki we all know and love, however President Loki proved there can be many resembling Hiddleston’s model of the character. As such it’d be pretty easy for a multiversal Loki variant to be written right into a story, although whether or not that’ll really occur stays to be seen.
It additionally appears that there are not any plans for Loki season 3. In an interview with Cinemablend Head Author Eric Martin stated he thought-about the story is now full:
“We approached this as like two halves of a guide. Season one, first half. Season two, we shut the guide on Loki and the TVA. The place it goes past that, I don’t know. I simply wished to inform a full and full story throughout these two seasons.”
Our take is that if Loki had been to return it’d seemingly be a really totally different model of the character, maybe a model of the comics ‘Child Loki’ that we briefly noticed in Loki season 1 that might staff up with the Younger Avengers?
Sylvie’s destiny can be unclear. She’s lastly gotten the liberty she craved and appears in a position to journey wherever she needs by way of TemPad. It’s believable that Sophia di Martino might fill Hiddleston’s footwear in future Thor films and it’d be very attention-grabbing to see Thor coping with a feminine model of his long-lost brother. Di Martino was so enjoyable because the character it’d be a disgrace if her journey ended right here, so fingers crossed Kevin Feige can discover a means for her Loki to pop up in a future story.
Will Tom Hiddleston be again?
It’s doable that Hiddleston could possibly be again as Loki in just some months. What If…? season 2 has two episodes that might feasibly characteristic him: “What if… Odin & Hela had confronted Wenwu?” and “What if… Avengers had fought Surtur?” Hiddleston shouldn’t be presently confirmed for the season 2 solid, however provided that he voiced Loki in a number of season 1 episodes we wouldn’t be stunned to see him again right here too.
Past that? It’s not wanting so good. Hiddleston has given no indications whether or not he’d return for any future MCU films or TV reveals and proper now it’s troublesome to see the place he’d slot in. This Loki might probably play a job in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars if we see Kang’s harmful multiversal warfare. Nonetheless, it’d take quite a lot of exposition to elucidate who the God of Time Loki is to audiences who didn’t tune in for the Disney Plus present.
So, for now, let’s assume Loki season 2 is Tom Hiddleston’s remaining bow because the god of mischief. It’s a heck of a solution to exit the stage and Tony Stark abruptly has a contender for probably the most heroic motion within the lengthy historical past of the MCU. However… all we actually need to say is “encore!”.