Why Loki Won"t Use His New Powers To Undo His Endgame Death
Summary
- Loki's new time-slipping superpower allows him to change past events and affect his own timeline without creating a variant or branch, giving him unprecedented power over the MCU timeline.
- While Loki theoretically could use this power to undo his death in Avengers: Endgame and change the events of the Infinity Saga, it wouldn't make narrative sense and would betray the character's growth and newfound purpose.
- By undoing his own death, Loki would risk erasing the family and friendships he has finally found, as well as his acceptance of the consequences of his actions, making it unlikely that he will use his new power in this way.
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Loki season 2 episode 5The penultimate episode of Loki season 2 introduced a new superpower to Tom Hiddleston's God Of Mischief that could be the MCU's most powerful yet. But Loki probably won't use that new superpower, which seems to give him unrivaled power over the MCU timeline, to undo the most tragic part of his MCU backstory. Despite the precedent st by Captain America undoing his own personal tragedy in Avengers: Endgame's ending, it's time to accept Loki isn't likely to do the same thing.
Both seasons of Loki have been about Thor's adopted brother accepting responsibility for his own actions, first being confronted by the reality of what he did, and then making amends for them. In season 2, that has somewhat shifted to Sylvie being forced to accept that her murder of He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) in Loki season 1's ending was potentially disastrous for all existence. And as that focus shifted, Loki's new arc emerged as he finally gained the ability to write his own story. Given his new power, Loki could change everything, but the series has cleverly built in a safeguard against Loki's new time traveling loophole.