Loki (and by extension, Sylvie) is supposed to be an Asgardian, an alien race that innately sports superior strength, stamina and durability, plus magical abilities in these characters’ cases, compared to earthbound humans, of which the TVA and Lamentis-1 is supposed to be comprised of. There is a bit of a scuffle with the TVA during the early moments, but it doesn’t mean a lot, and if anything, it simply draws attention to a growing issue in the Loki series Its nerfed lead character. In any case, while it is fun to see Loki and Sylvie banter and scheme both with and against each other across Lamentis-1, as it faces total destruction due to a collapsing planet, it is also true that this entire episode is rooted in mischief and exposition, and not much else. It would thus appear that Sylvie Lushton/Enchantress and Lady Loki are indeed being merged into one character in MCU canon, as I previously speculated, and rather than being a creation of Loki, Sylvie instead appears to be a different Loki altogether, one that traveled a much different life path, to the point where even her gender is inverted from the MCU’s main Loki. The second, Sylvie, is a ‘new’ Enchantress that is effectively created by Loki in the printed panels, who grants her magical abilities, eventually empowering her to join the Young Avengers, a team that the MCU has been teasing at length throughout its current crop of Disney+ shows. The first Enchantress, Amora, is one of the most dangerous and frequently recurring Thor villains in Marvel Comics lore. Sylvie’s chosen alias would seem to confirm that she’s the MCU version of Sylvie Lushton, best known as the second incarnation of Marvel femme fatale, Enchantress. This is another very significant revelation to come from this episode, even if many Marvel fans already put it together. This may frustrate some Marvel fans, considering that we know all about Loki’s destiny over years of MCU movies, but we don’t know anything truly concrete about this new female Loki, beyond the fact that she resents being called, “Loki”, and that her chosen name is instead, “Sylvie.” We ultimately don’t learn too much about the female Loki variant in the end either, who is predictably cagey about her past. It’s also true that the rapport between Loki and his female variant is effortlessly entertaining, as the two constantly try to outsmart, outwit and manipulate each other in a desperate, unlikely bid for survival. In fact, a pessimist could rightfully call, “Lamentis” a bit of a filler episode, even if it does still contain some crucial revelations and plot developments toward its climax. Putting that aside however, I’m sorry to say that, to some extent, Loki’s storyline continues to slow down to a fault here. in Marvel Comics lore), to eventually come to the MCU, something that Marvel Studios godfather, Kevin Feige has already claimed is almost certainly going to happen at some point. This episode taking place almost entirely on Lamentis, during the far future of 2077, could also be a small tease for cosmic superhero, Nova (who, unsurprisingly, spawned from Xandar’s destroyed Nova Corps. were seemingly destroyed off-screen by Thanos during the events of Avengers: Infinity War, but if Lamentis-1 is still affiliated with Xandar in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it could be a sign that Xandar, like Asgard, may persist in another form during the MCU’s future. In the Marvel Comics Universe, Lamentis-1 is actually a colony of Xandar, the familiar planet from Guardians of the Galaxy that the Nova Corps. “Lamentis” and its central apocalypse scenario, true to the episode title, takes place on the futuristic mining colony of Lamentis-1, a location that carries some interesting significance from Marvel Comics lore. The rest of this week’s episode thus unfolds with Loki and his unlikely new ally struggling to escape certain doom, all while the TVA presumably has their hands full with the many alternate timelines that the Loki variant has now created with her displaced time charges. Instead, the growing, highly tense, very begrudging partnership between Loki and his new female variant took center stage in this case, after Loki thwarts his female variant’s attempt to reach the Time-Keepers, an act that ultimately strands both of them in the worst apocalypse that this new ‘Lady Loki’ kept on her TemPad device. Loki made the bold decision to almost entirely break away from the TVA during its third episode this week. NOTE: Full spoilers for this episode of, “Loki” are present in this review
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