If you still haven't seen Avengers: Endgame...well at this point, I can't even comprehend why you haven't. But, if you actually haven't, here's your SPOILER ALERT.
If you're like me, antiheroes are your favorite characters, and even if you're not, it's hard not to like the Norse God of Mischief and Thor's brother, Loki.
At the end of Thor: Ragnarok, we see Loki on a ship with Thor, Valkyrie, and the other Asgardians trying to find a new home on Earth. However, they're ship is blocked by one piloted by Thanos, who is after the space stone, which Loki has.
The story continues in Avengers: Infinity War. Loki pledges his allegiance to Thanos, to trick him into letting his guard down so the Hulk could defeat him. The plan failed. Thanos beat the Hulk and partially blinded Thor, and of course, he gets the space stone.
Loki tries to pledge his allegiance to Thanos a second time, but Thanos no longer trusts him and Loki ends up dead--this time for real, not like when he faked his death at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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However, thanks to time travel, that's not true anymore.
In Avengers: Endgame, our favorite heroes devise a plan to bring back everyone Thanos snapped away from existence: time travel and gather all the infinity stones before Thanos does.
Of course things don't always go according to plan. Tony Stark, Scott Lang, and Steve Rogers (Iron Man, Ant-Man, and Captain America) try to get the space stone from 2012 New York.
Also there is the 2012 version of Loki, who fans loved seeing:
Things go awry and 2012 version of Loki, still alive, grabs the space stone instead and teleports away to who knows where.
He never shows up again in the movie, so it's unclear what happened to him or where he ended up.
Fans were all wondering the same thing, and finally, the Russo brothers (Joe and Anthony, aka the directors of the film) told us what we wanted to know.
Loki can be considered an antihero, but at the end of the day, he is a self serving villain.
That's why it's easy to believe he creates his own timeline using the space stone, which is what Joe said:
"Loki, when he teleports away with the Space Stone, would create his own timeline."
"It gets very complicated, but it would be impossible for Cap to rectify the timeline unless he found Loki. The minute that Loki does something as dramatic as take the Space Stone, he creates a branched reality."
Anthony added:
"We're dealing with this idea of multiverses and branched realities. So there are MANY realities."
People on Twitter could hardly contain their excitement:
Of couse, we knew Disney is planning on launching a new TV show centered on Loki, starring Tom Hiddleston. The project was announced before Endgame came out, but the events of Infinity War had fans wondering if the show could be a prequel.
We're happy its not:
And of course there was an outpouring of love for Loki in general:
Loki can be such a tearjerker, especially when it comes to his relationship with his brother:
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It's clearly unanimous. The fact that Loki lives is cause for celebration.
Celebration of him:
We don't know when Loki's next appearance in Marvel movie will be, or in what capacity, but at least we have the Disney TV show to look forward to.
The show will be released on Disney's brand new streaming service, Disney+, which launches on November 12th 2019, but no release date for the TV series has been announced yet.
Whenever it comes out, we're excited to see Loki on our small screens, and we can't wait to see more from our favorite mischief maker!
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