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Summary

• Marvel Studios continues to face challenges when it comes to including certain characters in their projects, as demonstrated by the recent reveal from a writer on Loki season 2.
• The issue of character availability and inclusion in the MCU has been ongoing since 2014, with writers and directors sometimes having their plans for characters blocked by Marvel Studios.
• The interconnected nature of the MCU and the introduction of new characters in Phase 5 and beyond will likely lead to even more complications and conflicts in terms of character use and crossover opportunities.

Marvel Studios is still dealing with a prominent MCU problem that was first addressed in 2014, as proven by a new reveal from a writer on Phase 5's Loki season 2. Since 2008's Iron Man, Marvel Studios has introduced dozens of characters into the MCU, creating a vast shared universe with crossovers between a variety of projects. Bringing heroes and villains into multiple projects establishes a sense of interconnectivity with the MCU, yet plans for characters don't always come to fruition. Marvel Studios' bigger plans for the MCU mean that characters that writers and directors want to include often aren't available, which was exactly the case for Loki season 2.
During a recent interview with New York Times, Loki season 2 writer Eric Martin revealed that Marvel Studios blocked certain characters from appearing in the Phase 5 series. The Tom Hiddleston-led series is in a strong position in the MCU, as it takes place adjacent to the franchise's main timeline, meaning the show's creatives have a higher degree of freedom compared to more primary MCU projects. Even so, Loki still has to follow Marvel Studios' grander plans for the MCU. While it's unclear which characters Martin wanted to bring into the story of Loki season 2, characters being either cut or introduced due to other ongoing projects is far from a new concept for the MCU, and has a history of being a complex topic for the franchise.