Doomsday (However It’s going to Come At A Price)

I had hoped that Avengers: Doomsday would reunite Thor and Loki, and now I am satisfied Marvel will make it occur, however at nice price. The Asgardian brothers have not interacted since Avengers: Infinity Battle, the place Loki was lastly killed off after trying to trick and kill Thanos after the Black Order’s assault on Asgard. In his heartbreaking remaining moments, Loki guarantees Thor that “The solar will shine on [them] once more.” Quickly after, Thanos kills Loki by crushing his windpipe, with this loss of life being the one one which wasn’t a fake-out.

Nonetheless, Loki would return three years later in Loki season 1. After getting his palms on the House Stone in the course of the Avengers’ Time Heist, Loki turns into a variant that units him on a path to changing into a dwelling Temporal Loom accountable for reviving and holding all of the timelines of the multiverse. With Loki’s earlier promise to Thor nonetheless ringing in my ears, I am satisfied that this godlike Loki variant would be the one to reunite along with his brother in Avengers: Doomsday.

Chris Hemsworth And Tom Hiddleston Are Each Confirmed To Be In Avengers: Doomsday

Their Names Had been Revealed Alongside 25 Others

Marvel Studios introduced the beginning of manufacturing for Avengers: Doomsday in March, with a reside stream that moreover revealed the primary wave of confirmed forged members for Avengers: Doomsday. Some names had been much less stunning than others, with the looks of Anthony Mackie and Robert Downey Jr. being solely anticipated stars. Chris Hemsworth, in the meantime, was the primary identify to look, whereas Tom Hiddleston’s seems later down the road of forged chairs. Neither identify is stunning to see, however they do carry some vital implications.

Chris Hemsworth was final seen in Thor: Love and Thunder, which was launched on July 7, 2022. Over one yr later, Tom Hiddleston reprised his position as Loki within the second season of his self-titled sequence in October 2023. This was the place Loki’s MCU arc culminated in him adopting his new, godlike position because the caretaker of the multiverse. Suffice it to say, it might be a giant missed alternative if Avengers: Doomsday would not capitalize on each characters starring in the identical MCU installment as soon as once more, and Marvel could have simply hinted that it will happen.

Marvel Simply Launched A Video Celebrating Thor And Loki’s Brotherly Moments

It Suggests A Reunion Is En Route

As if to stoke expectations, Marvel Studios not too long ago posted a “brotherly moments” compilation to its YouTube channel. The video cycles by means of a few of Thor and Loki’s most iconic, funniest, and touching moments collectively within the MCU, spanning the myriad MCU motion pictures wherein they each seem. Accompanying the video is an outline that features Loki’s touching remaining phrases to his brother, “I guarantee you, brother, the solar will shine on us once more.”

It’s inconceivable to disregard the implications of this video and quote so quickly after Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston had been confirmed to be starring in Avengers: Doomsday. I am satisfied that this heralds a reunion, although it might be an attention-grabbing one provided that the Loki variant holding timelines by no means skilled a relationship with Thor past their fraught interactions in The Avengers​​​​​​. Both means, whereas I’ve little doubt this reunion can be touching, I do not count on it is going to be a completely jovial matter.

I am Satisfied Thor And Loki Will Reunite In Avengers: Doomsday – And One Will Die

It Appears Inevitable That One Or Each Characters Will Die

Marvel’s YouTube video comes at an attention-grabbing time, as Chris Hemsworth additionally shared a video of his personal paying homage to his time as Thor within the MCU. With this video, Chris Hemsworth shared a heartfelt message reflecting fondly on his tenure. This has led many to imagine that Thor won’t survive the occasions of Avengers: Doomsday, with Hemsworth’s message being broadly interpreted as a farewell message to franchise followers. Whereas I am not solely satisfied that Thor’s MCU profession is over, it might make sense for the character to comply with Iron Man and make the final word sacrifice.

Then once more, the identical may very well be stated for Loki. Avengers: Doomsday will presumably culminate in Physician Doom buying godlike powers forward of Avengers: Secret Wars, and one idea means that it will put him at odds with Loki. It might be a considerably tragic return to kind for the fan-favorite character who is especially vulnerable to dying, in any case.

Maybe the worst-case state of affairs is that each die and are reunited in Valhalla. The Asgardian afterlife definitely seemed fairly sunny when Jane Foster entered it on the finish of Thor: Love and Thunder, lending credence to Loki’s assurances to Thor. Regardless of the case, I believe Marvel is setting Avengers: Doomsday as much as be a tearjerker and threatening to kill off two of the MCU’s most beloved characters.

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