Loki Season 2 Can Tell The Multiverse Story Doctor Strange 2 Failed To
WARNING: This contains SPOILERS for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ title promised a deep dive into the craziness of the multiverse, but it isLoki season 2 that could really pay that promise off. Ever since Loki season 1 brought the idea of the multiverse to the spotlight, parallel universes and alternate variants of heroes have been featured in some of the MCU’s most important releases. Spider-Man: No Way Home used the multiverse to bring Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield back as Spider-Man, What If…? was entirely dedicated to the multiverse, and Doctor Strange 2 seemed like it would be the culmination of that concept.
The expectations for Doctor Strange 2’s use of the multiverse came from more than just the movie's title. One of the film’s writers, Michael Waldron, had also written Loki, and Kevin Feige had mentioned that Sylvie killing He Who Remains was going to have an influence on why all the multiverse problems started to happen. In a franchise where everything is so deeply connected as the MCU, it was feasible to expect that Loki’s setup of a chaotic multiverse with no ono more sacred timeline would have major impacts on Doctor Strange 2.
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However, that was not exactly what happened. In fact, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness did not fully deliver on the “madness” it promised, and all the chaos set up by He Who Remains' death in Loki was not felt in the Sam Raimi film. In fact, Doctor Strange 2’s story was very straightforward and centered around more on the threat of Scarlet Witch than on the multiverse itself. Earth-838, in which Doctor Strange 2’s Illuminati cameos
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