'Selfless'
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I feel like this ep was punishment for all the fans who ever complained about every Marvel series ending with a CGI lightshow battle.
"Don't like big blowout fight scenes? Fine, we'll have the heroes spend half the episode sitting quietly and listening to the villain explain the plot. HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES"
I did think, for about 30 seconds or so, that Miss Minutes was the actual mastermind behind the entire TVA. I would have been impressed if Marvel went with that.
My brother reminded me this morning that about 3 weeks ago he texted me a picture of his Kang action figure (which of course he has), with the text "There are no Timekeepers; only Kang." He's very pleased with himself for calling that one.
for about 30 seconds or so,
Me, too. I would have preferred that to what we got.
Tep, me too, and I would have LOVED that outcome.
Yes, Tep!
HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES"
Bwahahaha and no, them apples are sour and wormy, do not want
I figured, with the whole castle at the end of time thing, that it HAD to be Immortus/Kang behind the TVA. But man did they find a blah way to go about that reveal and the end of the season.
I feel like this ep was punishment for all the fans who ever complained about ever Marvel series ending with a CGI lightshow battle.
Ha! Yesterday morning, my cousin texted me that she had already seen negative things about the finale, and my response was literally "I wasn't that big on the WandaVision finale, or the end of Black Widow for that matter! So I won't be surprised if they end with a huge fight for no good reason"
I didn't mind the ending.
The AVClub did a good job rounding up the issues though: [link]
(tl;dr: Pivoted too hard away from Mobius/Loki; didn't set up Loki/Sylvie enough; Why was Sylvie a master planner acting impetuously at the end; didn't set up the reveal; not satisfying for a single season finale, but fine for a mid-story cliffhanger...)
I see TVA and think Tennessee Valley Authority/Agency ... but then it took me a while to not automatically think BLM was Bureau of Land Management. sigh ... bureaucracy ....
Me too, Toddson!
I honestly thought Loki (the series but also I guess the character) has been lacking in shenanigans and mischief all season, I don't know that I have *more* to complain about wrt to the finale it's just now I know there won't be shenanigans coming as I always kind of hoped previously?