seidrade:

iamanartichoke:

Dear lord, I don’t go on tumblr for like, a day, and I come back to find the fandom losing its collective shit, the Loki TV series confirmed, and the first tweet in years from one Tom Hiddleston. 

So my first reaction is: 

TV series! With Tom Hiddleston! Hopefully this means Loki is alive! Or coming back to life! Woo! 

Second reaction, brain dumpy thoughts/concerns: 

– I wish it was on Netflix instead of Disney – like, I know the movies are Disney and Agents of SHIELD is technically Disney (ABC) but I can’t seem to rid myself of the child-like connotations of, like, a Lizzie McGuire type TV show with a stupid theme song. Netflix shows are darker, more gritty and real, plus, potential crossover with the Defenders? Jessica Jones? Heck yes. So, yknow … there’s that. But, I guess we’ll take what we can get. 

– This has to mean Loki’s alive, right? Unless they plan to CGI Tom to look like he did in Thor 1 and have the show take place in earlier canon, which seems like a lot of trouble to go through for an entire TV series (some scenes in a movie, sure, but 8+ hours of show?). 

– I hope it’s not some alternate universe/timeline version of Loki, but a more plausible guess might be that A4 sees the heroes reverse time, Loki never died in the first place, they fight Thanos again and defeat him this time (with some Avengers casualties, Thor maybe?) and then after that, they all go on their separate ways, leaving our Loki to travel around and have adventures across the universe while grieving Thor (because, like, holy angst, Batman, sign me up for that). 

So, yeah, I’m basically just hoping that this means Loki is alive and the timeline of the show is post A4, and that it’s more like SHIELD or the Netflix shows than the Disney brand would otherwise imply. 

– I hope we get some involvement from Joss Whedon and (maybe?) Kenneth Branagh (I mean, he’s done TV stuff before, isn’t that how he even met Tom Hiddleston? I could see him behind the scenes, especially if it’s a miniseries, like TNM). And I hope that the fucking Russos stay far, far away from it. 

– Since Loki is the progatonist, I hope we get to see more of his powers and his magic, that we explore more of his Jotun background, that we see him make some real friends of his own (although I’m not necessarily here for a romantic pairing, Loki is too prickly, but maybe a character like Verity from AoA, a best friend who values him in ways Thor never did [sorry Thor]), that we get some answers on what happened to him in Thanos’s captivity, that we get it confirmed that he was tortured/mind controlled prior to Avengers, and some flashbacks or dream sequences with Frigga (some big name cameos can’t be too hard, right?). 

– I also hope part of Tom Hiddleston’s contract/agreement to be on this show means he gets some creative input or control, because no one loves/understands Loki like Tom loves/understands Loki. 

Ooh. Yes. I like all of this. I esp. like your idea of when it might be set. The question of “where’s Thor?” in all this is… interesting. 

The more I think about it, if the current timeline holds true (A4 will be released in May 2019 and this series won’t be debuting until late 2019) then it really would make sense for the series to primarily take place after Thanos’ defeat in A4, with Loki going off to find his place in the universe, as you suggested. Because yeah, where’s the interest/drama in setting it prior to Thanos’ defeat at that point? They have so much to draw inspiration from, just from the newer comics alone (AOA onward), so it’d be silly to rehash too much…

That said, I think there’ll likely be at least a few scenes in the tv series set concurrently with IW+A4.

Reason being: I’m envisioning that Current!Loki after his IW ‘death’ has been working behind the scenes to help collect the Infinity Stones— moving between timelines or into an alternate universe, possibly coordinating with Strange. Maybe acting as a secret ally to Avengers and Co. without them fully knowing. (I mean… when the Avengers need re-assembling, who’re you gonna call?) We know Loki’s not above letting Thor think he’s dead in order to Hide From Thanos and Get Shit Done.

But I presume Marvel doesn’t want Current!Loki’s involvement in A4 to outshine Captain Marvel and the main Heroes— especially if Avengers!Loki is also back on the scene. Even at a projected 3 hr run time, there’s probably not much room for two Loki’s in A4. So unless they pleasantly surprise us, I’m sure Current!Loki’s involvement will be at most limited to a couple crucial senes— possibly just enough to reunite him and Thor and give him a bit of a role in taking down Thanos without pulling too much focus. (haha, good luck.)

In my mind, the TV series almost guarantees a limited Current!Loki presence in A4; I can see him riding in with the cavalry towards the middle/end of A4, with little to no explanation— specifically to keep the fans thirsty for the tv show. (So prepare to be frustrated, maybe? Haha!) Marvel knows how much we STILL want to hear about what happened to Loki after the Bifrost— and they know we’re gonna be gagging to know how Loki escaped death (or at least, made it work for him.) It’d be easy enough for them to use that content to provide a jumping-off point for the tv series, before whisking Loki off into a new plot.

(Seriously though, TV gods— please give us a scene or two of IW Loki interacting with his younger self! Or if nothing else, more magic and space travel and Jotun content, for the love of all that is holy.)