Thread:Marvelus/@comment-27496405-20190519011243/@comment-2094474-20190729234718

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: But if the branches only start when you remove the stones, and close up when you return the stones, how are we even getting a Loki series focusing on the Alternate 2012 Loki? Steve returned the Mind and Time Stones (presumably) seconds after the Avengers took them. Even if Loki ran off with the Space Stone, Cap returning the other two would reset time, which by the very fact that this Loki is getting his own show, has to be incorrect.

Also, having Steve sit idly by as Bucky is brainwashed, Howard is murdered and SHIELD is infiltrated by Zola and HYDRA is such a character assassination. The man we've followed for the past 8 years would never let any of this go, even if the time loop "prevented" him somehow. He'd also, using the knowledge that Peggy develops Alzheimer's, probably get her addicted to word searches and nuts as snacks. Keep her brain healthy.

We don’t know that Steve fixed the timeline before the plot of this Loki show. Maybe Steve shows up at the end to return the Tesseract. Maybe he forgot to deal with Loki and only returned the Space Stone to Howard and Zola’s lab. In the latter case, he would have resolved that timeline split but not the one with Loki.

It’s not character assassination. It’s him knowing it’s going to work out because another him has already resolved those issues. I don’t think that Steve is the sort of guy who would change the past if he could. To be able to be selfish for once is his arc. He’s lived for everyone else until now. Its time for him to live for himself.