Loki writer talks season 2 Easter eggs, Loki's new superpower, and why he's itching to write the MCU'S X-Men movie
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Loki season 2 . If you're not yet caught up, and don't want to know anything that happens, turn back now!
It was good news and bad news for the God of Mischief in Loki season 2 episode 5. On the plus side, the Temporal Loom explosion didn't quite destroy everything as had been warned, it just reset the members of Team TVA back to their original lives on the Sacred Timeline. The snag, however, was that Mobius, Hunter B-15, and co could no longer remember who Loki was, or anything that happened pre-Loom Boom for that matter.
Everyone but Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) that is, who pushed back on Loki's re-rallying of the troops while encouraging him to admit why he's so hellbent on restoring things back to the way they were. "I want my friends back, I don't want to be alone," the Asgardian eventually confesses, realizing that his actions up until this point haven't been entirely altruistic.
"It's a psychological breakthrough. Right? I think we've probably all had those where you just suddenly go, 'Oh, that's why I do that thing. That's why I'm doing this'. And when he sees it, he can't unsee it," the Marvel series' head writer Eric Martin tells GamesRadar+. "This has been told to him, and now it's there so that's bound to change how he approaches things; we see him go into that room and own up to it, like 'Okay, I've been selfish. I'm sorry, go back and live your lives. This isn't about me.'
"Free will is at the heart of all of this and there's no black and white here. It is just various shades of grey. Who is the one to grant free will? Is it anyone's to grant? You could just let everything be chaotic and wild but if you do that, you're also making a decision that's impacting
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