History Awesome / Loki2021

** He steps onto the walkway without any protection. He leans into the wind of the temporal radiation, and every blast appears to be disintegrating his uniform... until it becomes apparent that it's actually ''revealing'' a new version of his iconic horned costume. The scenes where his horns slowly build with every blast are particularly stunning.

** Creator/JonathanMajors also demonstrates his incredible acting talents once again: he not only effortlessly slipps back into the role of He Who Remains, but then adjusts it ''ever so slightly'' to reveal him to be a BitchInSheepsClothing ([[RewatchBonus putting a whole new twist on his actions and statements in the finale of season 1]]) and even pulling off a pitch-perfect ''mockery'' of his other role as Victor Timely when HWR [[ILied reveals he knew exactly what would happen past his death]]. It comes off as the character himself imitating the other character, instead of Majors just slipping back into the stutter and dictation of Victor, and it's a strong enough performance to make you completely forget both are played by the exact same guy in the exact same episode and show.

** It's extremely important to remember that for the longest time, Loki was considered one of the "weaker" gods, and even some of his other variants were far stronger than him. Now, he stands as quite likely ''the most powerful god in the '''entire''' pantheon'', single-handedly holding the ever-expanding Multiverse together and overseeing the fates
of an unfathomable amount of lives. Thor, Odin and Frigga would be '''damn''' proud.

--->'''He Who Remains'''": Well done.

* After speaking with his friends through various points of his own personal timeline, Loki decides that it's not enough to fix the Loom, or kill/replace He Who Remains. Every option results in either complete multiversal destruction, or the nearest thing and one fascist dictator in charge. So instead of letting Timely fix the Loom, he goes down himself.

** This exposes the branches of time, and they hang loosely throughout the realm, growing gray and beginning to die... until Loki starts grabbing them and infuses his power into the threads, causing them to steadily glow green. He grabs more and more, dragging them behind him, until he reaches the end of the walkway. He steps onto invisible stairs, still grabbing and infusing more threads, until his cape is literally ''made'' of them - [[Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness Dr. Strange, eat your heart out]] - and comes upon He Who Remains' throne room. All that is left is a bare rock in the middle of nothingness, a shattered window, and the seat of a throne. As gold crawls up the throne, Loki twists, and sits down, holding the threads of all reality before him before he infuses them all with his power. The shot pulls back to reveal that he has created a ''gigantic new'' Loom that resembles [[RuleOfSymbolism Yggdrasil]], a beautiful WorldTree that restores stability to the multiverse and timelines while ensuring his friends can live on to protect it from the coming war. ''That's'' how you showcase his ascension to the God of Stories.

** This visibly takes He Who Remains aback, even though he seemed to expect Loki would learn how to freeze time eventually, and with good reason: Loki has now reached the level where he can challenge the Kang-variant who ''beat all the other Kang variants'', who ''won'' a ''Multiversal War''... on equal footing. And outsmart him by taking the option that would have never occurred to him.

** Creator/JonathanMajors also demonstrates his incredible acting talents once again: he not only effortlessly slipps back into the role of He Who Remains, but then adjusts it ''ever so slightly'' to reveal him to be a BitchInSheepsClothing ([[RewatchBonus putting a whole new twist on his actions and statements in the finale of season 1]]) and even pulling off a pitch-perfect ''mockery'' of his other role as Victor Timely when HWR [[ILied reveals he knew exactly what would happen past his death]]. It comes off as the character himself imitating the other character, instead of Majors just slipping back into the stutter and dictation of Victor. It's a strong enough performance to make you completely forget both are played by the exact same guy in the exact same episode and show.

* It was mentioned in episode 2 that Lokis are one of the most common Variants, but by no means the only ones. That must mean plenty of other Variants end up in the Void. Despite that, the only Variant of someone else than Loki we see in the void is a buried Throg.

-->'''He Who Remains:''' Now, go through this a couple thousand more times and come back when you're ready to talk, okay? ''[uses his device to bring Sylvie back and unfreeze her]''\\

-->'''Classic Loki:''' We're Lokis. We survive.

* After speaking with his friends through various points of his own personal timeline, Loki decides that it's not enough to fix the Loom, or kill/replace He Who Remains,. Every option results in either complete multiversal destruction, or the nearest thing and one fascist dictator in charge. So instead of letting Timely fix the Loom, he goes down himself.

** This visibly takes He Who Remains aback, even though he seemed to expect Loki would learn how to freeze time eventually, and with good reason: Loki has now reached the level where he can challenge the Kang-variant who ''beat all the other Kang variants'', who ''won'' a ''Multiversal War''... on equal footing. And outsmart him by taking the option that would never occur to him.
** Creator/JonathanMajors also demonstrates his incredible acting talents once again by not only effortlessly slipping back into the role of He Who Remains, the first of the Kang variants he got to play, but then adjusting it ''just'' so to reveal him to be a BitchInSheepsClothing ([[RewatchBonus putting a whole new twist on his actions and statements in the finale of season 1]]) and even pulling off a pitch-perfect ''mockery'' of his other role as Victor Timely when HWR [[ILied reveals he knew exactly what would happen past his death]], which comes off as the character himself imitating the other character instead of Majors just slipping back into the stutter and dictation of Victor. It's a strong enough performance to make you completely forget both are played by the exact same guy in the exact same episode and show.
* Loki stumping He Who Remains by quoting T.S. Eliot, for the first time HWR doesn't have an answer or even a clue.

* After speaking with his friends through various points of his own personal timeline, Loki decides that it's not enough to fix the Loom, or kill He Who Remains, or even replace He Who Remains. Every option results in either complete multiversal destruction or the nearest thing and one fascist dictator in charge. So instead of letting Timely fix the Loom, he goes down himself.

** This exposes the branches of time, and they hang loosely throughout the realm, growing gray and beginning to die... until Loki starts grabbing them and infuses his power into the threads, causing them to steadily glow green. He grabs more and more, dragging them behind him, until he reaches the end of the walkway. He steps onto invisible stairs, still grabbing and infusing more threads, until his cape is literally ''made'' of them, and comes upon He Who Remains' throne room. All that is left is a bare rock in the middle of nothingness, a shattered window, and the seat of a throne. As gold crawls up the throne, Loki twists, and sits, holding the threads of all reality before him. Then the shot pulls back to reveal that he has created a gigantic ''new'' Loom that resembles [[RuleOfSymbolism Yggdrasil]], a beautiful WorldTree that restores stability to the multiverse and timelines while ensuring his friends can live on to protect it from the coming war. ''That's'' how you showcase his ascension to the God of Stories; [[Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness Dr. Strange, eat your heart out.]]

'''Loki:''' And what makes you think '''[[WhamLine this]]''' is the first time we've, had, '''this''', conversation?

-->'''He Who Remains:''' Now, go through this a couple thousand more times and come back when you're ready to talk, okay? ''*uses his device to bring Sylvie back and unfreeze her*''
-->''Sylvie refreezes, Loki having grabbed at the air and raised a single finger.''
-->'''Loki:''' And what makes you think '''[[WhamLine this]]''' is the first time we've, had, '''this''', conversation?

-->'''Loki:''' We die with the dying... We're born with the dead.
-->'''He Who Remains:''' Uh huh...
* Loki decides that ''he'' will become He Who Remains, keeping an eye on the branching timelines. In this HeroicSacrifice, Loki walks down the causeway to the Loom, his outfit being blasted away by the temporal radiation only to be replaced by a new version of his horned costume, before he [[GodzillaThreshold destroys the Loom]]. This exposes the branches of time, and they hang loosely throughout the realm, growing gray and beginning to die... until Loki starts grabbing them and infuses his power into the threads, causing them to steadily glow green. Grabbing more and more as he continues walking, until his cape is literally ''made'' of them, Loki steps onto invisible stairs and climbs toward a simple throne, where he twists, sits, and rearranges the lot of them into a gigantic ''new'' Loom resembling [[RuleOfSymbolism Yggdrasil]], restoring stability to the multiverse and timelines while ensuring his friends can live on to protect it from the coming war. ''That's'' how you showcase his ascension to the God of Stories; [[Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness Dr. Strange, eat your heart out.]]

-->'''Loki:''' We die with the dying... We're born with the dead."