Thread:Elledy92/@comment-26838855-20190425183005/@comment-2112031-20190723164922

DaenerysTheMadKhal58 wrote: The Wikia Editor wrote: I might be misremembering, but I believe that it was explained that the quantum navigators within their suits allow them to navigate through the Quantum Realm's time vortices in order to arrive at their exact locations and times.

Presumably, following the same coordinates allowed Cap to return to those timelines in order to put the stones back, which also erased those timelines once he left. Then he'd appear at the exact same place and time that the others did previously? Which would be different than what happened, thus creating another branch timeline, unless he was always there hiding and no one saw him?

And if the timelines were erased, how is the Loki show going to be following up on the 2012 Loki scene? Well, he doesn't have to arrive at exactly the same time place, just in the same timeline. He could have shortly after the others had left and then returned the Time Stone to the Ancient One.

As for 2012 Loki, I've no idea. The series will at least partially take place in the 1970s and will also be set after Endgame. It's also been stated that "part of the mystery is where he's been and what he's been up to", which suggests that he might have been running around the main MCU for awhile.

If I have to speculate, then I guess it's possible that 2012 Loki's possession of the Space Stone at the time that his timeline got erased allowed him to somehow continue to exist within the main universe, which suggests that he might have been around and in hiding since 2012.