SPOILER ALERT:This post contains details from the Season 2 finale ofLoki.
The Season 2 finale ofLokiwove together more than a decade of character development for Tom Hiddlestons titular character.
He is no longer just the God of Mischief.
Sophia Di Martino and Tom Hiddleston in ‘Loki’Gareth Gatrell/Marvel
He is the God of Stories … his own and everyone elses.
Lets keep building that, head writer Eric Martin told Deadline.
The idea was always Loki would finally get his throne when it was the last thing he wanted.
And like Atlas, hes burdened with this purpose and his purpose is holding all of time together.
He has replaced the Loom.
Hes become so powerful that he alone can hold time together.
Then the work goes into like, how do you achieve that?
But looming over Season 2, is the question of like, well, who was correct?
So the season became about exploring that, Martin said.
What is the new reality that they face?
What happens when you remove the power structure and now theres kind of nothing mooring this?
I want to make it always as difficult as possible for our characters.
The harder the journey, the more valuable the victory.
The more satisfying the conclusion.
It has to actually be plausible in the way that he is now incredibly knowledgeable, incredibly powerful.
But what time gives us all is wisdom.
Hes now incredibly wise.
He has lived so much.
It felt absolutely necessary to run him through that wringer because of all of that.
The complexity of that journey is what brought directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on board.
The directing duo helmed the first episode, as well as Episodes 4 through 6.
So you get to just start at a place of vulnerability and trauma and know where somebody comes from.
Thats where we got to start.
But, the directors did have one suggestion for how Hiddleston could lock in before shooting that momentous scene.
And you know, what are you going to tell Tom Hiddleston about preparation or directing?
Hes one of the most skilled actors.
But hes such a lovely guy whos just so giving.
He went off and watched these scenes and that was really endearing.
But, it wasnt until post-production that the idea really came about.
The post-production team spent about seven months ensuring that the moment landed.
Bringing them full circle right from the start helped everyone lock in moving forward.
B-15 (Wunmi Mosaku) and Ouroboros (Ke Huy Quan) are hard at work within the TVA.
Sylvie is off to forge her own path.
Then theres Brad Wolfe (Rafael Casal), whose ending is a little harder to spot.
You realize that thats actually what ended up happening to Brad, Moorhead said.
When asked if there was anything else the directors wanted audiences to know, Moorhead grinned.
Well fight them to release it in a steel book.
As for how Lokis choice will ultimately ripple through the broader MCU?
Im not just being coy.
It will probably help us out tremendously.
