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In the explanation, when He Who Remains talk about Alioth, he talk about "that first variant" (22:33 in the episode), materializing him with a figure, and just after that he talks about himself using the same figure. He doesn't make a change in the narrative to explain that, the "first variant" and he, are different persons. I don't speak English but it's a way that people use to narrate things, for example when Winter Soldier tells the truth to Yori (with the difference that he says that 'that person' was him). But more important than this, Kate Herron talked about He Who Remains in a recent interview:

"He’s so different in everything he does, and that’s exciting, obviously, when you’re asking an actor to play a character who’s going to have a lot of different versions of himself. So for us, that was a thrill. And when I knew we had Jonathan, he and I were solely focused on He Who Remains and this version of the character, this variant." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/loki-episode-6-ending-kate-herron-alternate-scenes-1234984129/

If you read the context of the question and the whole interview she's not clear enough when referring to He Who Remains, but I think this could confirm the above, that he was actually that 'first variant'. However, all this raises questions about the term "variant", since before the Multiversal War there were many parallel universes, where no one in theory would be the original for there to be variants, therefore the application of the variant term used by He Who Remains might not be clear or so literal, I mean anyone could call their other selves "variants" if they are all the "originals" in relation to their universes. I know that in the second season things will be explained better but I think it's important to analyze what Kate Herron said. -Steve Fuenzalida (talk) 22:42, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Update: Kate Herron confirmed in a recent interview that He Who Remains is a variant: "I would say for me, we were just focused on He Who Remains, because he's the Variant I was dealing with." -https://www.etonline.com/loki-director-kate-herron-answers-our-burning-questions-about-the-season-1-finale-exclusive-168999 Although it's not a confirmation of everything I said above, it does make sense and confirm at least part of what I said. -Steve Fuenzalida (talk) 21:09, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
All it does it clarify he's a Variant. It doesn't mean he's the Variant who discovered Alioth, because then he would just say he discovered him , instead of saying that "that first Variant". MJLogan95 (talk) 22:14, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
That was the whole point, you thought that he was the original one. "Although it's not a confirmation of everything I said above, it does make sense and confirm at least part of what I said." I already explained why I think he's the one who discovered Alioth, because is makes sense in the explanation. -Steve Fuenzalida (talk) 22:23, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
To all of them, each other are Variants of themselves. All I'm saying is, if he discovered Alioth, it would've said so. As it stands now, it's stated that another Variant discovered Alioth. Anything else is interpretation, really. MJLogan95 (talk) 22:28, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
In my opinion, that he was the one who discovered Alioth is a valid interpretation considering that he used the exact same figure for "that first variant" and him during the story, but this part depends on the admins I guess. -Steve Fuenzalida (talk) 23:04, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
Update 2: According to Tom Hiddleston Kang is a variant of He Who Remains: "The Variant of He Who Remains, the one he's been talking about, the one he's so afraid of, is Kang." https://thedirect.com/article/tom-hiddleston-kang-mcu-future-movies Of course Tom is not over Kate, the showrunner, but this shows that it's still not very clear for all the invloved in the show. In my opinion still can be justified in that anyone could call their other selves "variants", so Tom could be spoke in that way, because He Who Remains is the person that was shown in the series, and the one that people know. -Steve Fuenzalida (talk) 05:30, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

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