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In 2021, the first season ofLokion Disney+ introduced Marvel Cinematic Universe audiences to the Time Variance Authority. The TVA is an administrative organization that exists outside of time and space. Its purpose is to act as a temporal law enforcement agency, safeguarding the MCU’s “Sacred Timeline” and preventing anything from happening that isn’t fated to happen.
They captured Tom Hiddleston’s Loki after the events of 2019’sAvengers: Endgamewhen the Avengers traveled back to 2012 New York to collect three Infinity Stones. The 2012 version of Loki, who was previously captured and returned to Asgard after attempting to conquer Earth inThe Avengers, inadvertently obtained the Tesseract and used it to escape, attracting the TVA’s attention because that wasn’t supposed to happen in the Sacred Timeline.
Audiences were told He Who Remains – the Kang variant introduced inLoki– created the TVA, buta new theorysuggests he might have overthrown a previous incarnation of the organization. It’s pretty convincing, too.
What Triggered This TVA Theory?
Inseason 2’ssixth episode,“Glorious Purpose,”when Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s formerTVAjudge Ravonna Renslayer is at the Void – a dark, mysterious place at the end of time where the TVA sends (or “prunes”) unwanted variants of characters – a large metal disc is seen on the floor that creates questions.
The disc has the TVA logo and the organization’s slogan, “For All Time. Always,” on it – the same logo that can be seen on parts of the flooring in the TVA headquarters so often depicted on screen.
For anything to be in the Void, it had to have been sent there (or “pruned”). At no point in theLokiseries was any flooring in the TVA pruned. So how did it get there?
So, What Is This Intriguing New Theory About The TVA?
The new theory suggests He Who Remains overthrew the original incarnation of the TVA and pruned it into the Void.
Whether or not the previous incarnation of the organization was led by an alternate version of Kang or a “good” group of individuals is entirely open to debate. Still, the theory insinuatessomeonewas overthrown by the character played by Jonathan Majors inLoki.
It’s likely the reason all TVA workers forget their previous lives. He Who Remains didn’t want them to remember they were initially working for someone else and are now working for a more nefarious individual.
The theory is backed up by a previous quote by He Who Remains suggesting he could rebuild the TVA “again,” which undoubtedly insinuates that he did it once before rather than creating it himself from scratch.
If this theory turns out to be accurate, it would be interesting to learn who or what created the original incarnation of the TVA in theMarvel Cinematic Universe. The organization will appear in upcoming projects, includingthe hotly anticipatedDeadpool 3, in which the TVA will become involved with Ryan Reynolds’ eponymous character and Hugh Jackman’s iconic Wolverine, so it’s somethingMCUfans may discover in the coming months.
One thing’s for sure: the TVA will play a massive part in the MCU in the future, regardless of who’s at the organization’s helm.
The second season ofLokiis streaming on Disney+.
Kevin Stewart
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Kevin Stewart is a full-time professional freelance writer and editor with 10 years of experience in the industry. He’s produced more than 2000 pieces of published work on sports and entertainment topics - work that includes listicles, news articles, feature articles, voice-over scripts, quizzes, opinion pieces, and more. He’s worked for the likes of NBC SYFY, Paste Magazine, FourFourTwo, Screen Rant, Digital Spy, CBR, WhatCulture, College Humor, The Richest, SportsKeeda, The Sportsman, and SugarScape. As an editor, he’s managed the work of teams of up to 45 writers. He’s a former business owner who’s educated to degree level and has a BA Hons in Business Management. He loves movies (especially horror, 80s films, and superhero flicks), football (Tottenham Hotspur fan), keeping fit, and travelling the world.
