It took a long time, longer than I’d have guessed, for time travel to make its method into the marvel Cinematic Universe. Naturally, Avengers: Endgame hinged on the concept of time manipulation, however the idea was introduced earlier as well as in the exact same film as the now-iconic marvel Studios fanfare: physician Strange. The climax of that film sees Benedict Cumberbatch’s Stephen strange discover all about “time magic” utilizing the Eye of Agamatto, in which rests the time gem. However, earlier in the film, strange is admonished by his quasi-mentor Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Mordo as well as now-sidekick Wong, played by Benedict Wong, for even messing with it at all. Well one fan published a theory on Reddit that shows exactly how marvel Studios might retcon the TVA into the MCU of the past.
Essentially, the theory (posted by a person going by the name Jacob Wallace) suggests that the reason sorcerers aren’t supposed to mess with time is since of the mysterious time-cop organization. Mordo explains that time manipulation can cause a “branch” to the timeline, a idea further explained by Tilda Swinton’s ancient One in Endgame. In physician Strange, this serves to set-up both the risk as well as possibility of Strange’s negotiations with Dormammu. Yet, it might be more than that.
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Here’s what Mordo says:
“Temporal manipulations can produce branches in time. unsteady dimensional openings. Spatial paradoxes! Time loops! You wanna get stuck reliving the exact same moment over as well as over forever? Or never having existed at all?”
The film clearly establishes that the ancient One is not precisely forthright with their students. So, perhaps their fear of risk is well founded, however they genuine threat is unmentioned. Never having existed at all? sure seems like pruning to me. Stuck reliving the exact same moment over as well as over forever? sure seems like the prison Loki discovered himself in during the episode The Nexus Event. In fact, Nexus events themselves are, extremely clearly, branches into one more dimension producing a variant timeline. I’m not sure what unsteady dimensional openings or spatial paradoxes are, however there’s still two episodes of Loki delegated air that can explain them.
In the replies to this physician strange satisfies the TVA theory, one more fan who goes by Joe Aloisus Miller added that this might explain why there was only a single timeline out of 14 million where they win is since that is the one “meant to be” on the sacred timeline. perhaps they beat Thanos in other versions, however the TVA showed as much as prune them. If there is only a single timeline, it makes even more sense why there was only one situation in which the Avengers might win as well as have it stick.
What the physician strange as well as TVA fan theory might mean for the Future
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So, if you’ve listened to our many Loki podcasts, you understand that we’ve long suspected that the TVA isn’t rather what they insurance claim to be. who the genuine power behind is behind that organization stays to be seen. Yet, we can presume that the Sorcerers ultimate both understood about them and, at least, tolerated their existence. The ancient One understood sufficient not to mess with time in order to stay off their radar. having messed with time, it’s extremely simple to retcon a conversation strange had with a TVA member. In Endgame it seems remove that strange is somebody who has comply with “the rules” in spite of his much better desires. His whole “if it comes down to the time stone or saving you speech” was, again, foreshadowing however likewise indicative of the truth that strange would want to save someone’s life rather than not. In fact, strange may agree with the ultimate goal of the TVA which is to keep multiversal roguishness to a minimum.
Either way, this leads us all extremely well into physician strange in the Multiverse of Madness, where the Sorcerer ultimate will have to kind out the mess. We originally believed that was the mess left in the wake of WandaVision, since of Elizabeth Olsen’s existence in the sequel film. Yet, it may be the actions of Loki that truly kickstart the problems. Or perhaps not. They may do something totally different as well as surprising. In fact, marvel Studios has lately been subverting expectations right as well as left, so who knows?
Either way, this is a remarkable bit of in-universe continuity that is either cautious partnership or a lucky break. It’s rather possible that Michael Waldron took this scene from physician strange as well as crafted the TVA rules to in shape it. If he didn’t, the parallel believing in the approach to time-travel rules in this as well as Loki seem blessed by the gods (be they Asgardians or robotic area lizards).
Loki willdebut two more episodes on Disney+ this year, as well as physician strange in the Multiverse of Madness hits theaters on March 25, 2022.
What do you believe of this fan theory linking Loki’s TVA to the original physician Strange? Share your thoughts, theories, as well as head-canon in the comments below.
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