Loki s2 finale, "Glorious Purpose"

[kore]

(Which was also the title of the first episode of season one!)

WELL. GOSH. THAT WAS CERTAINLY A FINALE. I still don't know how I feel about it but I had to watch it all over again immediately. That final sequence is maybe one of the most beautiful I've ever seen in the MCU, I was dying to see it on a big screen. But OMG! Was that a smile at the end, or not? Is he happy? What do you all think?

It was certainly amazing!

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Yeah, I was satisfied with that ending -- I felt like it was fitting for the character and his place in the MCU. Also, I felt like it was where he was headed all along so it wasn't like the ending took some sort of abrupt turn.

[kore]

I totally did not see it coming at all, lol! I bet if I got back and rewatch now I'll see lots of little hints.

Interestingly some people thought the purple glow on Ravonna meant Kang was coming to rescue her -- I thought it was just Alioth preparing to eat her? But if they wanted to dump Majors (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE) and give us Ravonna as Kang, that could be a way to do it.

[yourlibrarian]

Oh interesting. I thought she was going to get eaten too. But from what someone said they are pivoting from Kang but instead bringing in Dr. Doom -- no doubt the better to reboot Fantastic 4 with.

[lynnenne]

I loved it, and I just wrote a reaction post over at my journal. I think it's a fitting ending for Loki's story, taking on the role of the Norns as the weaver of fate - because he's the god of chaos. He's the one who defies fate, again and again and again. Who better to weave it than the only one who can bend it to his will?

[kore]

Ooh! //goes to look

I hadn't thought he was taking the place of the Norns -- that's a nice insight! He's kind of the keeper of all the stories, now, all the different possibilities. Chaotic unchecked freedom, instead of a pruned singular oppressive "sacred" existence forced on everyone.

That final sequence was just so goddamn gorgeous and heartfelt. I've watched it about three times already, lol. (But then Mobius -- and Sylvie -- looking so SAD! AUGH)