LOKI: TVA Double Standard: Why Loki & Not Avengers or Thanos?

Loki's first episode throws Loki at the mercy of the Time Variance Authority, including Mobius and Justice Renslayer, who offer little explanation as to why Loki is being punished, and not also the Avengers or Thanos, who are also arguably guilty of violating the Sacred Timeline. Erik Voss explains what the TVA's illogical double standard really tells us about this cryptic organization and their dark agenda.

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PATREON PRODUCERS:
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Producer: Zach Huddleston
Producer: Brandon Barrick
Writter: Erik Voss
Writter/Host: MasterTainment
Post Production Supervisor: John Costa
Staff Editors: Joshua Steven Hurd, Andres Lopez

[AlSween]

I like how Loki repeatedly tries to stand on higher ground when talking to people. Even before going into the room with Mobius he stopped at the top of the ramp. He also tried to stand up during their conversation to make a point. However, when he got humbled, he was sitting on the ground while Mobius was standing.

[EricShoesmith]

They need to make a “What if” episode where the TVA arrest Thanos.

[lukemighty]

If Loki didn’t take the tesseract, Tony wouldn’t have had the scene where he met with his dad. The TVA didn’t stop that branch of time.

[bracesforme]

Loki is so popular, marvel can't keep him dead. He's just too great.

[shironasama]

Loki: “Supposed to happen according to who?”

“To Kevin Feige of course”

[LWTok]

I hope this all ends with Loki totally dismantling the TVA.

[sarlon]

Personally, i think that Loki escaping was actually meant to happen. I think that someone high up in the chain of command, possibly one of the time keepers themselves, fudged the flow of time just enough so that particular variant of Loki could escape, thus leading Loki right into Mobius's hands where he could help the TVA take down the evil Loki. I mean seriously, if you put the tesseract at Loki's feet, he is going to pick the damn thing up.

[johnl]

What stuck out to me is Renslayer says to him "It's not your story, Mr Laufison. It never was." Which is true. He was always part of someone else's story. But now it IS his story. Is it possible Loki's true destiny is to be the chaos that a strict bureaucracy can't have? That Loki's true glorious purpose exists outside of time.

[chraketcm]

I never liked the "cap lives in the background" version of his second life, but given how TVA work, I think it is a good explanation now. Perhaps Cap did try to alter and prevent all those events, free Bucky etc. but these created variant Steves that the TVA pruned, since it would alter the sacred timeline. I now think both interpretations of Steve's time travel second life are equally plausible now.

[tbwlhctd]

I think all TVA workers were variants, and after deemed "not guilty" their minds were wiped and that's why they think that they always were in TVA, and agent Mobius talking about Jet Ski-s, i think he loved it in his real life

[thomasblackcraft]

This is one of those stories where every event was orchestrated from the beginning…lol.

[Shearper]

"everytime someone tries to end a war before it starts, innocent people die." Steven Rogers - Age of Ultron
if Steve lives by those words, then yeah, he would probably sit back and let things play out as if he had no knowledge of them

[Ryoshi-z]

i think its because Kang runs the TVA, he needed the avengers to stop Thanos but Loki will some how mess up his plan. this might be a stretch as well but what if the TVA city is actually Chronopolis and thats the city we saw in the quantum realm in Antman n the wasp

[TheScreamingMime]

The fact that Gamora isn't considered a variant is strong evidence that it's all BS.

[nevil]

Hulk fans : ohh they nerfed down hulk

Infinity stones : hold my paper

[tyrelbass]

They should Introduce Deadpool to the mcu by having the TVA put him on trail for when he was time traveling in Deadpool 2 😂

[blucipher]

Anyone else find it weird Loki's prison jumpsuit comes with pockets? Yeah I'd say their system is flawed.

[JohnFoley]

Those little time grenades they use to “reset” the timeline just destroy the entire universe in that timeline. Those timelines still exist, they’re just neutralized by having nothing in them. This prevents powers from arising in those universes that can challenge the power of the TVA and the time keepers. The “sacred” timeline is the timeline that won the multiversal war. It’s only sacred because it is the one that ultimately produces the time keepers and the TVA. It’s only tautologically sacred. Only events that lead to the existence of the time keepers are a part of it.

[negyt]

I've been thinking for a while about how badass a series could be about Steve and Peggy running from the TVA post WWII




And of course by TVA, I'm referring to the Tennessee Valley Authorities.

[QueenMegaera]

Headcanon: when Steve landed in the 40's (or whenever it was when he met up with Peggy), the TVA dropped in and took him aside saying "ok, you get a hallpass, but if you try to change ANYTHING we'll erase you from existence and you won't get to watch your homeboys getting along and kicking a** in the future."