Captain Carrot

As I see it she sees everyone as expendable if their death helps the mission. (She did also send Peacemaker on the mission specifically to deal with anyone including Flag that might want to release the information on the computers). So the two most 'patriotic' characters in the movie were worse than all the others.

3rd (unlikely possibility) Is it possible that the TVA exists in a space outside of all universes, but they all connect to it with their own variants? Could there be multiple versions of the same people running around? (It wouldn't have been an issue with one time line, but would be an issue now). Reason it makes sense, our Mobius and B-15 were in a control room, but Loki found them in the Library. Reason it doesn't make sense, wouldn't the versions Loki met want to confirm he belonged to 'their' TVA?

Watching IW for the umpteenth time and I got curious and looked up the Sanctum Santorum on google maps. Based on that IW got the location correct since it's near an intersection and near Washington Park. Also, Google maps has Avengers Mansion and the Baxter Building. (The mansion is a reference library, and the Baxter Building is an intersection).

The moment where she got me was in the last episode when she said, "I looked happy". She usually sounds so..tough isn't the right word, but I can't think of another one. But she sounded so vulnerable in that moment. I don't know how many actors could have pulled it off. I have to admit that I'm worried about Loki and Sylvie. I don't think either will die, but they're both Loki's. What happens if one of them has to choose between what they want and being together?

One interesting thing about Kang is that in the comics he has a tendency to succeed....then get bored and starting over. (At least he succeeds when he's not facing the Avengers). So I think it would be kind of interesting if they get to the home of the big bad, and it's empty. Kang has moved on, and the TVA is continuing out of inertia. (This would fall in line with when Mobius asked Loki what he would do if he ever won. The victory might be fun, but governing would be boring).

I think Frigga was her mother, but she lost her at a young age and doesn't remember her well. Which might explain why she's so different from Loki and dislikes even the name Loki. She may have lost her family and home at an age before she became bitter and resentful about her treatment in comparison to Thor. If so, she probably hates any Loki variant she comes across that has caused so much damage to their version of a home she can't return to.

The comics had the same problem when the 'fixed' Superman's costume to get rid of the wrestling trunks. It quickly became apparent that they may look silly but they also broke up the blue in a way that a little belt doesn't. I think any change that simply gets rid of his trunks or her skirt needs to do more than that. Like the 90's Superboy costume that had a blue top and red pants. Or the one that had a vertical red stripe down the middle and blue down both sides.

You know, Miss Minute had a southern accent. Maybe Tennessee Valley Authority customers better be extra polite when talking to representatives of the the TVA.

Especially since there was a war with multiple timelines and now there is just one. All that talk of chaos could easily be the talk of the winning timeline in the war. I'm interested in the other Loki. Everyone is assuming that it's a variant from earlier in his life, but what if it's later in his life after he started his redemption arc. (As an example what if there was a Loki that managed to kill Thanos only for the TVA to show up and 'reset' the timeline).

I don't know if it was intentional, but Loki was a little off in The Avengers, especially when talking to The Other. I wouldn't be against the idea that there was some manipulation going on.

I took reset and prune to be euphemisms for killing. Remember the clerk was upset about almost being reset when the person attacking Loki disintegrated something next to him. It appears that they're erasing any potential timeline other than the 'sacred' timeline.

The TVA has been around since the 80's, but they haven't been used too much recently

I'm actually thinking that the Big Bad variant of Loki is the good guy in all of this. Regarding how powerful the TVA is, I'm thinking it's outside of time or something and stuff doesn't work there, so they're very powerful on their home turf but people can fight them in the regular universe. In other words, Loki might be able to cause some trouble if he takes some 'paperweights' into the regular universe.

I'm putting this speculation here as it's based on the comics. If I remember correctly, in the comics the Time Keepers were created at the end of a timeline and created the TVA to ensure that there creation occurred. Any change in history that affected their creation was dealt with. Based on that and the mention of a previous multiverse war I'm thinking that the Time Keepers were the winners of that war, and all of this is to ensure that they're never challenged again. There's nothing altruistic in it.

I'm actually glad that they remade the movie. But only because they released the original on Blu Ray to get people excited over the remake, the remake itself was hot garbage. (This is also why I liked the remake of Robocop despite never watching it). I grew up with Clash of the Titans and love the movie. CGI is better in most ways, but there's something about stop motion that I just love.

I think we would get an adult Tom Holland Spider-Man in the MUC; IF he wanted to remain in the role long enough and Marvel owned the rights to Spider-Man. However, I don't see the partnership with Sony lasting long enough for it to be a possibility.

They do realize that comic books were originally for kids don't they? Honestly, as a fan of the comics I've always felt that attempts to treat superheroes seriously often just shows how silly the concept is. Besides, what's wrong with having kid friendly movies. Finally, I remember the "mature" comics of the 90's. There were exceptions like Sandman, but most of them were just regular comic tropes with nudity, graphic violence, and cursing. I guess some things never change.

The best way I've heard to compare the two movies is that Guardians 1 is more of a Star Wars movie (based on the old serials and enough plot to get from one action scene to the next). Guardians 2 is more like an episode of Star Trek. (Crew goes to an alien alien world; everything seems great; learn a little more and realize something is odd; learn the full story and realize it's time for the climactic battle).

I'm another one that prefers volume 2. (They're both great, but I enjoyed the character interactions since we got the introductions out of the way in the first movie).

I get your point, but I still think it's a great idea that works. In part due to the fact that Moira needs to die to activate her power, so she's effectively human until that moment. That's why the retcon work for me, since it works with her prior history. And let's face facts you get Hickman, you're getting big ideas/powers.

To me the difference between a good and bad retcon is whether it feels like new information that changes the context of previous stories or like a writer is trying to change a character in a way that makes no sense based on their history. (IMO Bendis tends to do the later). To me the Moira retcon is one of the good ones in that it adds to her story. (Again IMO).

I just re-watched the scene with them talking on the phone and she was aware of his body count. I would assume that means she's aware of the whole story.

I'm seeing a lot of speculation that Val is a villain because she was Madame Hydra in her most recent appearance in the comics. However, she was a loyal agent of Shield for most of the characters existence. So it's just as possible that she's working for Fury and whatever organization he's built to replace Shield? After all Fury would definitely see the advantage to a super soldier that was willing to cross lines Steve Rogers wouldn't.

I've been thinking of the Sorkovia Accords and the fact that we never did see if Steve or Tony were right. (Civil War was more about whether they should sign before switching to saving Bucky). Now a 'hero' that is probably reporting to the people the Avengers would have reported to post accords killed a man that should have been arrested. Will Walker be penalized or will the powers that be try to spin the story to protect their guy?

It makes sense that different characters have different views on killing. Captain America is a soldier, Iron Man used to make weapons...Stephen Strange is a doctor that got extremely upset when forced to kill someone in his movie.