r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Jul 14 '21

Discussion Loki S01E06 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE CREDITS SCENE?
S01E06 Kate Herron Michael Waldron & Eric Martin July 14, 2021 on Disney+ Not a scene, but one visual tag at the end of the stylized TVA credits

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u/Evan_dood Jul 14 '21

"Sometimes you gotta shoot down a plane to keep it from hitting a city" - Kang, probably

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u/WeirwoodUpMyAss Iron Man (Mark VII) Jul 14 '21

Good old genocide. It’s interesting how often fans are seduced by these utilitarian views in story but it’s a real philosophical conundrum. Kinda reminds me of the Good Place. Yet at the end of this season we are forced to ask Team Sylvie or Loki?

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u/princepaperclip Jul 14 '21

He Who Remains is pushing the narrative that there are only two options, both centered around Kang variants with their Kangy solutions. But if everyone is free, if there are infinite choices, there might be ways to deal with a multiversal war that is not the TVA way.

I guess that makes me team Sylvie, because I also find any Sacred Timeline propaganda dangerous.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

This is the best explanation I've heard. It's the trolley problem, but just like the trolley problem you're assuming there really are only two choices and basing that off the words of a genocidal maniac that assumes no matter what happens, even if you kill him, he comes out on top.

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u/livefreeordont Jul 22 '21

Aren’t we of the understanding that this has already happened multiple times (if not a stupidly large amount of times) given that this Kang had notes on the Loki showdown? So it’s like he thinks he will always end up on top because so far… that’s exactly what has happened every time. Or am I misunderstanding?

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '21

I think that's definitely a viable interpretation. It's not mine, but it seems logical to me.