That finale was so emotional. Hearing him say he’s afraid of ending up alone, and then sacrificing himself, ending up alone, to save his friends

1:02:28 The line where he says "I know what kind of god I want to be, for you, for all of us." That "for you, for all of us" line is from Thor 1, when Loki's hanging from odins staff. Fun fact: The directors asked Tom to choose what he was going to say for that scene (like 30 minutes before shooting) and he remembered that and thought it would be perfect.

Loki became the God of Stories, of everyone's story. Loki spent centuries learning all the science of time travel, physics, quantum mechanics, engineering, etc and probably centuries more just running the same scenarios of trying to stop the Loom from overloading and trying to stop Sylvie from killing He Who Remains. Odin's magic made Loki Asgardian and Asgardians become more powerful as they age. He learned and grew into the power he needed to save the Multiverse. But at the cost of living his greatest fear - being alone, possibly forever.

Loki is everything Marvel needs right now. Compelling story with fan favorite characters with a well rounded narrative. Genuinely shot Loki right up into first place as my favorite character in the MCU

Tom Hiddleston over-delivered. He ( and the phenomenonal script / directing and more ) turned Loki from a liked of mine character into my favorite one. So much character development. Superb acting. And so much love and understanding for the character. He turned from a villian into the most sacrificial hero in the mcu.

Fun fact: Lokis last words to Mobius and Sylvie being ,,for you... for all of us" is line made by Tom and calls back to first Thor ending. Writers and directory asked if he has any idea how to end this right. He went running around, was listening to score from first Thor and thought of the line. Tom did absolutelly magnificent job as Loki all the time. I dont believe theres anybody that cannot like/love him. At to be honest, every time I watch that ending... Im always tearing up for how good it is. Loki sacrificing himself, sitting on throne he never wanted.

The whole season in one video is exactly what we needed!! (Thank you Alex!)

The tree is yaggrisil probably spelled it wrong. In Norse mythology it’s the tree of life. That’s why the loom being a tree is so cool. Loki’s arc goes from Loki being a god over people to him learning that it’s being a god for the people.

Fun fact: on the floor in front of the “X-Men door” there’s a warning about the temporal energy and the risk of, and I quote, “spaghettification.” It’s easy to miss but huge props to the set department for adding that funny little detail Something to remember about Sylvie is that she spent her whole life (since childhood) running and hiding from the TVA and living in apocalypses. While for us her dedication to McDonald’s seems dumb, for her that mundane, fairly uneventful day to day existence is new for her and probably the first time she’s ever felt peaceful Alex you seemed to have missed the joke about O.B and Victor’s interaction. Yes it’s a chicken and the egg scenario but it’s also as O.B says “like the snake eating its own tail.” In, I believe, Norse mythology the snake eating its own tail is named Ouroboros. So Ouroboros (O.B) is stuck in an Ouroboros type scenario Loki pruned his past self because he needed to get pruned to pull him from the time stream and stop his time slipping in episode 1. Sylvie did that possession thing she did in season 1 to control Brad and prune Renslayer Interesting note: the first episode of season 1 and the last episode of season 2 are both titled “Glorious Purpose.” But that glorious purpose has a different meaning at both sides of his arc. The most beautiful, fantastically executed “bookend” of all time (always) Fun fact about Loki’s outfit: the horns are black with gold “veins.” The exact same material that He Who Remains’ citadel was made of. Also the way Loki’s timelines are oriented they look like a tree. In Norse mythology Yggdrasil (yee-dra-sill) is The Tree of Life. Lastly, Loki spent his whole life seeking “the throne” and burdened with GLORIOUS PURPOSE, but now he has his throne and is BURDENED with glorious purpose. What a beautiful ending (or hopefully inflection point) to his arc 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Oh also Loki has now transformed from the God of Mischief into the God of Stories

I absolutely love the detail that this finale actually links back to the Infinity Saga, seeing as the color of the Time Stone has always been Loki's shade of green energy/magic, and after all this time we finally see exactly why that is

Loki finally got the throne he always wanted... at the moment when it's the last thing he wants. And it came with a terrible burden, the burden of keeping the multiverse thriving alone... but it's the burden he chose. Like past Mobius told him. Through learning to control his time-slipping, he grew into the power he needed to become this new kind of god. The God of Stories, watching over all the stories of the multiverse as they play out, though he can't be part of them. It's... so well done and the perfect end for Loki.

Loki season 2 is by far the best season in any marvel series. It's at the top of foodchain, Loki is now god of the whole mcu. 🤯🤯

He’s burdened with glorious purpose. He gets a throne, at the cost of watching over all timelines. That’s what those vines are, they’re all different realities. And because the loom would never be able to keep it stable, he took it into his own hands :) great video by the way!

1:03:26 When he least needed the throne, he got one of the best throne in all of MCU. When Loki touches the branches, you can hear the people talking laughing crying etc, means with his touch they are thriving.. the loom that He who Remains made pales in comparison to Loki's magical loom, that can grow and support infinite amounts of branches..

Loki is the best thing to happen to Marvel since End Game and NWH. You can't change my mind. 💜

I love this series. This season in particular. Thor told him that he could be so much more than the god of mischief, and that has defined his arc ever since. Even though this Loki wasn't the one that Thor told that to, he still heard it through the TVA's recordings. The whole series has really been getting him to see how much more he could be, and it has been beautiful. I love that, of the six episodes of this season, four of them have season finale energy, big time. The first one and the last three. 2 and 3 aren't bad, they just aren't at the same level as all of the others put together. I saw an interview with Tom Hiddleston about how Loki's last line came about - talking about how he'd gone on a jog around the back lot before filming that scene, and while he did, it hit him. He told the director about it, and they all agreed that it was perfect for him to call back to the finale of the first Thor movie with that line... and I agree. Look, Cap may be my favorite hero, followed pretty closely by Scott Lang, but this series has solidified Loki as my favorite character in the MCU period. I love that he is now, officially, Loki, God of Stories. It is a perfect role for him. And he will hold that special place in my heart for all time. Always.

Key Huy Quan is a gem, I'm glad he started acting again.

I've been looking forward to this! 😊 As much as I love the first season of Loki, season 2 was phenomenal!! Fantastic performances by Tom Hiddleston all throughout the season. His on-screen chemistry with Owen Wilson is still there. And the addition of Academy Award Winner Ke Huy Quan as Ouroboros/O.B was fantastic! And Loki, who was once the God of Mischief is now the God of Stories. 💚

Impactful, poignant, beautifully crafted. If Marvel continue like this (and allow villains to grow in presence by not killing them in their first film/series) we should be in for a brilliant renaissance.

What I think is funny is how few people bring up the leaks that occurred back in season 1, where everyone thought the big bad/manipulator was just going to be another 'ultimate' Loki that would be He Who Remains, because the leaked scenes showed Loki on a throne. Little did people realize it was because they had *already* shot this ending before even closing season one, so clearly the overarching story had already been decided a long time ago. (I'm sure various details to get there were changed and tweaked of course during production of season 2, but still pretty interesting).

Loki is one of the best (if not the very best) things marvel has ever put out and I will die on this hill. I'm obsessed 😭😭

Loki season 2 is marvel’s best season ever so far and it is exactly what marvel needs right now and Alex’s reactions are just so good and always make me laugh,

i love how alex mentions the year he was born with ouroborus and then completly forgets what year it is, this man is timeless

I've been wracking my brain over the last few weeks and I simply can't think of another character arc that was written as well as Loki's. Not anywhere in literature or cinema have I seen an arc like that.

Funniest reactor on KZfaq , Alex just radiates weird humour and I’m all for it.

The whole season at once? Yes, please! Thank you for that and throwing some time slipping editing in it while you were at it. Nicely done. Loved how you hated Miss Minutes, she's not to be trusted at all. Now I wonder if Loki will ever show up again in some other project. I'd be happy if he did but also I'd be fine with this being the end of his ark in the MCU. He had a hell of a ride!

"for you, for all of us" is what he said to Odin in the first Thor movie, and i loved that. cried my eyes out

End of episode 4 was like 😲😲😲. I spent the entire episode waiting for Victor to double cross them or turn evil or for something to happen and i was so busy waiting for something particular to happen when the spaghetti twist came i was NOT ready 🤣

That finale got me crying and I still don't know why I cried as much as I did😭

Alex you would absolutely love Peacemaker ! John Cena kills it in that Series and it's one of the best things the DCEU has done so far.

When he pruned himself, it was because he had less than 30s for that version of him to be pruned and it needed to be done on time. So, when he saw himself there looking at himself while holding the pruning stick, he went for it. Oh and in the first episode when they mentioned the spaghetti effect inside of a black hole, then said best you don't know too much about that, well he found out.

Loki became Ygdrassil. The tree of life that makes up the cosmos that Thor explains to Jane about in the first Thor :)

Loki has said from the beginning “I am Loki, and I am burdened with glorious purpose” and he was right. His purpose was being destined to fail at being villain and becoming a selfless hero who would take on the burden of holding all of time together.

Basically to sum up the confusion, Loki became the God of Stories like in the comics. The ending is him becoming the beginning of time where Kang the Conqueror (He Who Remains) is the end of time. As Mobius told him, its all about choosing the burden you want to live with (or something like that) so Loki chose to remain at the beginning of time and control the timelines and keep them alive for all eternity. Loki, the trickster god himself who only cared about himself, sacrificed himself for the everyone else. Also, fun fact, the image the new timelines made when Loki sat down resembles Yggdrasil, the Norse tree of life.

26:00 You missed that this scene was in the post credits of Ant-man and The Wasp: Quantumania

I like how they included the Bootstrap Paradox into the story (when OB and Victor tell each other that they got their designs from each other), because I think it is a really interesting concept to use in a story. Btw if you want an explanation of the Bootstrap Paradox, it will be in the replies to this comment.

OB is the kid from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. If you have seen that one. He also won an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All At Once, another I recommend.

Alex is reacting to the MCU, and you know what that means. Yup, more of his signature laugh. Ke Huy Quan started out as a child actor. He’s best known for being one of The Goonies as well as co-starting with Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He was also a stunt coordinator for the first X-Men movie. Around that time, he left the acting industry. However, following the success of Crazy Rich Asians he reached out to a talent agent and auditioned for Everything Everywhere All At Once. His Goonies co-star and longtime friend Jeff Cohen who’s now an entertainment lawyer helped negotiate his contract to star in the film. Then after seeing his role as Waymond Wang, Kevin Feige reached out to him with the role of O.B. He’s also had a supporting role in the Netflix movie Finding ‘Ohana, and he got to work with some of his Everything Everywhere All At Once co-stars again in the Disney Plus series American Born Chinese. On another note, remember Maya Lopez from Hawkeye? Her solo series Echo is finally premiering on Wednesday January 10. All episodes will drop that day, but I must warn you: it’s gonna be TV-MA like the Marvel Netflix shows that most of us are familiar with. And of course this Friday is the premiere of What If season 2. This time, we’re getting a new episode every day instead of every week.

I am a Norse Pagan and follow the "real" Norse Gods, and it's amazing the way they incorporated Yggdrasil the world tree as the new origin of all the timelines as this does fit at the most basic level the idea of cycles within the Norse religion. Also I love that they took the mythological Loki as the god of Stories, and made this low-key basically the god of Stories has he personally weaves and nourishes every timeline. Very well done

THe full circle is more than that. Loki has become the god of stories - everything that can happen will happen - he's sitting on a throne in the center of Yggsdrasil - the world tree which is in Asgard and connects all the realms (9 in Norse mythology). When he first appeared in Journey into Mystery - three (or four - I'm not looking it up again) issues after the first appearance of Thor - he's imprisoned inside a tree in Asgard for his misdeeds (or mischief) and is waiting for a passerby to shed a tear which will release him from his prison.

Loki had a great ending. Finally a marvel movie/show where I left filling fulfilled. Petition to watch daredevil or punisher. My favorite marvel shows.

I have to say I like this longer format of a full season in one go than breaking it up into multiple episodes much better. Also in the end Loki became the loom.

If you didn't understand why Loki didn't spaghettify : Thr radiation from temporal loom is time itself. It ages you very fast resulting in spaghettification. But Asgardians has a much much longer lifespan than humans and they get more powerful as they age. So temporal radiation made loki age also giving him a massive power boost, enough to give lofe to the multiverse and essentially setting it free. (Creating the multiverse)

"But without them, where do I belong?" That line just broke my heart 💔💔

22:47 In the case of Brad and Mobius, they couldn't slap down on a McFlurry because they were in 1988, McFlurries did not exist at that point in time. 😅 McDonald's buildings definitely used to look better back then, now most of them are just postmodern buildings that are pretty boring to be honest, like many fast food chains. 😮‍💨 1:09:28 Loki is now the God of Stories. He literally rewrote the ending. 👌

Thank you so much for this Alex!!! Loki is an amazing series and season two is great!!! I love watching your videos because they make my day for a while better!

Awesome Video Alex!!! This Season was Absolutely Perfect and That Finale was A Masterpiece! THIS IS WHAT MARVEL NEEDED RIGHT NOW!!!!!!

Loki is absolutely one of the most tragic MCU stories. The journey and development he had throughout the movies... the journey and development he made in the first season alone... while also making a familiar character feel... new... sort of Loki has ascended from God of Mischief, to now the God of Stories. (literally his name now)

Marvel's greatest show ever still for me is Agents of SHIELD. Especially it's later seasons are just out of this world. Everyone should watch that show.

Lets hear it for the Loki season 1 and 2 script writers *applause*

It never ceases to amaze me the level of foreshadowing this series has. To give some examples: When in the finale Loki goes to Mobius back to their very first interaction he jumps into the moment when past-Mobius asks him what is he going to do and past-Loki answers "claim my throne." And then when he finally realises what he has to do and jumps to the moment before the loom explodes the TVA system says "welcome, he who remains." It's just gorgeous.

"i might just stay here for a little while, let time pass" absolute saddest quote and i cry every time

1 whole hour?! Amazing stuff! I am hoping you at some point will cover the show "Dark" if you haven't already experienced it. Its completely unrelated to the MCU, however it is, IMO, the best show of all time

Loki pruned himself because in the first episode he was TRYING to prune himself to stop the time slipping but couldn't find a prune.

From all the reactions I have seen it, this the best one and also very creative. It’s like a one shot but with reactions. Good video my dude.

38:50 Loki is talking about the first Thor movie when Thor was banished by Odin and came back having learned to be selfless. He's not talking about fat Thor in endgame. Loki and Odin were both already dead by then and Asgard had already been destroyed.

In the first season Sylvie was one of my favs then season two came out and I watched it, now I HATE her 😅 she was complaining the whole time giving everyone shit then didn’t give af Loki sacrificed himself. LOKI AND MOBIUS DESERVE THAT JETSKI RIDE TOGETHER 😭

Well, it's one thing for Loki Season 2 to put out a product that singlehandedly is carrying the weight of the failing MCU on its shoulders... It's another thing for how epic and complex and fulfilling it was.... It's an entirely different thing for Alex to put out probably his best reaction video that matches and does justice to the grandeur that Loki Season 2 displayed. Kudos.

Loving the longer videos!

you did really good compacting this reaction for youtube, I feel like I'm getting every moment of each episode without sitting through a movie for each one

Fun fact, Jonathan Majors was just fired from MCU due to him being found guilty of a count of reckless assault and a non-criminal charge of harassment just as you released this reaction.. Which I think is a shame because his character actually worked so well in this series. Fortunately in this age of multiverses, it's probably the easiest recasting case since Rhodey from Iron Man 1

That comment about Kang crumbling to pieces takes a whole new meaning since Majors was found guilty today.

I feel like Loki seasons 1, and 2 is the series of marvel that you need to watch a explanation video or to find eastereggs because there is still so much to find that goes back to even Thor 1 and Norse mythology

I was just rewatching s1!! This was such an amazing show, if not marvels best show and I'm so happy you reacted to it! Also love the long reaction!

It’s weird watching this knowing it’s the LAST time we’ll see Johnathan Majors as Kang and his variants. As of a couple hours ago, Majors was officially fired from Marvel after being convicted of assault (among other things).

I worked at McDonalds a couple years ago, and our McFlurry machine was broken maybe once, and while we would get it fixed, the manager would insist we tell customers it's broken so nobody would get ice cream. The reason behind this -- nobody wanted to clean that shit. It's a nightmare.

In the end, Loki used the timelines to create the Yggdrasil, the tree that, in mythology, connected the 9 realms. At one point, he was locked up at the base of the tree as punishment for one of his crimes, and I like how the show kind of retools that idea while reflecting the source.

Did you guys realize when he time slips back to the TVA to claim the throne, the machine says “Welcome he who remains”

Loki began as the God of Mischief. Loki ended as the God of Stories. Such a great arc like, he believed he deserved the throne, but it was the LAST thing he wanted in the end. So now he replaces the Loom in order to let everyone live, to allow the various timelines to exist. To stop Kang.

Thanks for this, just what I needed in this Christmas stress. :D

Now that is a Christmas 🎄🎁. Thank you so much Alex🙏. Oh, and I am here for it 3:30 I love it everytime 😅

really loving the format in this video.

If you go back and watch the movies with loki in it you'll notice so much that ties into the loki series

The mcflurry machine is never broken, it just takes ages to clean and they just say it's broke so they don't have to restart cleaning it

I had the same issue remembering that woman, yes it was game of thrones for me too that I recognized her from

One of the things that make te loki series seem so much more than other shows is the fact that they built all the set and shot in locations instead of having actors fake run infront a green screen or sit on two chairs in front a green screen and pretend to be eating pies. It gives the entire show a way better feel

wait no way?? Loki's my favorite character and I finally binged the show last weekend after putting it off for so long, and now you uploaded this haha

The fact that I just watched this for the first time yesterday. Right on time, Alex!! 💯

I love that in episode 1 you literally are seeing part of the finale

This is the first show in a while I was anticipating every week and watched as soon as it was uploaded. After it ended i immediately wanted to see your reaction 😁

Danke! This is what I needed today ❤

3:16 in Season 1 Mobius, had a soft spot for Jetskis.He had a model on his desk and found himself musing about what it would be like to ride one out on the open water.

watching loki with alex is soo fun

Love the new format man! You should have had Aaron edit you timeslipping at the end though ;)

Your reactions are awesome honestly. Loki season 2 is literally peak fiction, the CGI, the acting, the soundtrack, and every part of this show is genuinely great. Few days and all I've been watching are your videos LMAO and I'm still waiting for Fantastic Beasts, it's awesome!! You're right, Loki's character development was INSANE

There is SOO much that is hinted at about Lokis lore in Norse mythology in this show. Loki had always been my favorite character and god to study irl. But the tree of Yygdrasil blew me away, as i knew a fair amount of people wouldnt realize the meaning. Im glad you enjoyed it. Because personally, they finally did him some lore accurate justice. 😊

24:55 in the 1980s anyway, my dad said that he didn’t really get paid. He got paid nickels and such, but it wasn’t mandatory to pay him. It was a tip. He basically got paid out of pity. (also, a lot of kids got kidnapped when they were out delivering their papers.)

Another one that was knocked out of the park and the ranking was a great addition. Have a great end of the year and can’t wait for the next one

I know you’re busy but I’ve been craving more of your reactions to the boys. Keep up the good work as always!

Love this style of video Alex. The one hour flew by. What an amazing journey Loki Season 2 was. Top tier Marvel

There's the Crispin Glover laugh! LOL Great video, thank you.

love the binge template... all at once is fun sometimes

Also here in New Zealand, they had a McDonald's promotion with Loki. They had a sauce for the Nugs. It sold out quick. I think it was Glorious Purpose flavoured.

Man I love ur reactions! Straight up cracked me up and entertained us with ur carisma and personality. Love u bro🤣🫶🏻

1:05 This gives me an idea that you should do an MCU Tier List where u could rank all the McU movies/series as you like, that would be a really cool video something different as well.

Loki has now became a God of Stories, that was his glorious purpose💚

Btw the tree that loki makes in ep6 is a reference to Yggdrasil the world tree from norse mythology

10:03 lol everyone said that exact same thing when the episode dropped. Eric Martin, you have all my respect. Every episode has that energy and it's epic. I'm jealous of you that you saw it all in one go and I waited a week for each episode, and with them being this epic, it was painful to say the least. Painful but in the best way possible

a friend and i watched the new loki season and after the last episode we watched the first avengers movie again and the difference between loki then and now is crazy he'll forever be on eof my favorite characters of the mcu and in general

42:15 oh poor Alex. 😂 reminds me of his reaction to the end of Avengers Infinity War. Wondering what was happening when everyone was turning into dust and had to come back later after talking about it with his friends and do a closing edit saying he just now realized that it was Thanos plan coming to fruition. In Alex’s defense, Loki is a lot more complicated than the Avengers movies. He’s so entertaining though. That’s why we love him! Thank God he got this channel back!