Thread:Marvelus/@comment-27496405-20190519011243/@comment-28529249-20190729235336

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. Well, that's just how the writers wrote the movie, they're not in charge of what happens afterwards in the MCU.

And going by their explanation, no matter how much Steve tried to change things in the future, the outcome would still be ultimately the same. In fact, his interference in the past is what might have caused things to go down specifically like this. Here's a quote from Futurepedia that I think explains it well:

"A time traveler attempting to alter the course of history in this model would only be playing their part in shaping history as we already know it, rather than changing any aspects of the past. This is regardless of the time traveler's intentions or efforts to preserve their personal experience, or knowledge, of events."