Some endings are apparently too Sacred for Marvel to stick with, even for Loki, the God of Mischief and Thor’s anti-hero half brother. With Season 2 of the popular Disney+ series Loki having concluded in 2023, there’s no guarantee of a Season 3 as of yet, but if it does happen, might it tie into an alternate, unreleased ending from Season 1?
Michael Waldron, showrunner for Loki, certainly believes so. Fans have wondered what that ending might’ve been ever since Waldron delivered a verbal easter egg a while back, making it known there were multiple potential endings to Season 1 that were discussed before going with the one that made it to audiences — Loki’s partner-in-crime, Sylvie, stabbing Kang the Conqueror to cataclysmic results for the Time Variance Authority and the Sacred Timeline.
In a recent Q&A session of Ask Me Anything on Reddit, Waldron was presented, with no equivocation, with the question of if his alternate ending(s) for Season 1 could find its way into the MCU at some point by way of, ideally, a third season of Loki. In classic Waldron fashion, he kinda sorta answered the question, after teasing that he nearly typed out the ending on Reddit before thinking better of it.
Q: “Hi Mr. Michael! I remember you once mentioned in an interview that you originally had slightly different ideas for how season 1 of ‘Loki’ would’ve ended before deciding on the final version. Is there any chance you could share a bit more about that? It’s been a few years now, and not gonna lie, I’ve always been curious about that and wondered what might’ve happened to Loki, Sylvie, He Who Remains, and the TVA if there had never been a Season 2.”
A: “I actually typed out the answer but never say never, especially in the MCU. Maybe one day you’ll get to see it instead of read it.”
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Loki appears stoic while surrounded by timelines in Loki season 2Image via Marvel Studios
Smothered in Waldron’s ambiguous tease is a tremendous hint that there very well could be a Season 3 of Loki on the way, and despite what looked to be a mostly final ascension in the Season 2 conclusion. Loki, in fighting desperately to save the Sacred Timeline, ultimately evolved into an everlasting version of himself that is now the protector of the Timeline and, in a huge nod to Nordic mythology and culture, the Timeline and its branches resemble Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life.
That transcendent form makes it feel as if Loki is above the mostly smaller battles that wage beneath him on each branch of the Timeline and in the multiverse as a whole but, on a macro scale, it stands to reason he could very well return in his current, more powerful form to help combat the likes of Doctor Doom and allies like Galactus, and possibly even the Beyonder(s), or aid a different superdeity like The Living Tribunal, in Avengers: Doomsday. The possibilities are nearly endless, and Waldron knows that, along with the answer to the question of what might be next for Loki … but he’s not sharing it with the class.
Both seasons of Loki are currently streaming on Disney+.
Release Date
2021 – 2022
Network
Disney+
Showrunner
Michael Waldron
Directors
Kate Herron
Writers
Bisha K. Ali, Michael Waldron
Tom Hiddleston
Loki Laufeyson
Tara Strong
Miss Minutes (voice)
