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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?
I was meh on the final episode of Loki was a lot of exposition monologue. A LOT. I was glad that it wasn't non-stop CGI fighting, but if the big reveal is "Surprise! S2! Which means we're going to kinda-sorta wrap up one plot point but nothing else!" then it didn't do its job.
Yeah yeah I know, setting up a whole bunch of next wave MCU things. That's not a good enough reason.
Weirdly, Mr. Loomy really liked the final ep. But he is a huge fan of convoluted plot twists that keep going .
But if S2 is non-stop Loki having existential crisis and and "A crocodile?!" sorts of things, I would be happy. I don't particularly care about action omg timeline chaos the end of everything! I just want flummoxed and out of his depth Loki.
The one thing I keep thinking is that when Loki pops up at the TVA and tells Mobius and that hunter whose name I can't remember because it's just a letter and a number that the guy he saw at the end of time is terrifying my first thought was "he is?" I was also surprised back when Mobius called Loki a bad friend because I didn't think they were friends yet so maybe I am just not watching right or something
Here's an interesting article about the retro set design of the TVA: [link]
I want to get some sort of short film or piece about crocodile Loki. Or Crocodile Loki and Kid Loki.
t, I had those exact reactions as well. I felt like there were several emotional beats in this show that were just kind of skipped, and then referred to afterwards as if they had actually happened.
Oh, that’s a good way of putting it, Jess! And I’m glad it’s not just me
Crocodile Loki and Kid Loki.
I would watch the hell out of a Croki and The Kid cartoon series.