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As with other MCU spinoffs,
Loki draws extensively from Marvel Comics canon. Episode 1 introduces the Time Variance Authority (TVA), an organization that will clearly have a central role in the the story. But what is the TVA, and how does
Loki‘s version relate to the TVA of the comics? (This post includes some minor spoilers for
Loki episode 1.)
The TVA is a kind of quasi-governmental agency that exists outside of space and time, policing dangerous “varients” in the multiverse’s timelines. In turn, they’re governed by three mysterious and powerful beings known as the Time-Keepers. It’s a kind of meta-commentary on Marvel comics continuity, which is famously elaborate and difficult to untangle. The comics involve a sprawling multiverse of rebooted and overlapping universes, whereas until recently, the MCU had a straightforward single-strand timeline. So there was simply no reason for the TVA to show up in the MCU before now.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is an experiment that’s played out in public and in real time. It wasn’t obvious before
Iron Man hit theaters in 2008 that moviegoers would turn out for a hero who didn’t have the name recognition of Spider-Man. Nor was it a sure thing that audiences would put in the homework of watching films starring individual Avengers before the release of a movie that brought them together. Establishing the MCU as we now know it took a lot of risk-taking. But in some respects, Marvel also hedged its bets in the early days with largely earthbound stories and relatively simple concepts. Until
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For all the various reasons to be excited for one of the most highly anticipated Marvel TV shows on Disney+, fans are especially jazzed for Owen Wilsonâs
Loki character - but more for the actor himself joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe than the induction of the man he is playing. A more recent trailer for the upcoming Marvel movies spin-off series, led by Tom Hiddleston as the God of Mischief, revealed just a bit more about how his role as Mobius M. Mobius will fit in with the still somewhat mysterious plot - something that an avid, expert reader of Marvel Comics would likely have been able to pick up on already with ease.
Explaining the Time Variance Authority in the LOKI Trailer
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Disney treated us to a look at their next big Marvel series. The new trailer for
Loki is filled with fun tidbits. But there’s one question many fans have begun asking: What’s the Time Variance Authority? The surreal Owen Wilson-led organization seems to play a big part in the new series, and has an interesting comic book history. Plus, they’re closely tied to characters key to the MCU’s past and future. So we’re here to answer all your big TVA questions and theorize on their impact going forward!