Loki Season 2 Secretly Made 1 MCU Trend Even More Extreme

Summary

• Loki season 1 establishes death as inconsequential, with infinite universes where people can live, while season 2 highlights the terrifying fate of dying in the multiverse collapse.
• The MCU shows have a trend of introducing disturbing ways of dying, but Loki season 2 takes it to a new existential level with imprisoned characters shrinking to death and reality collapsing.
• The nightmarish deaths in the MCU reflect the nature of the superhero genre in Marvel Comics, where superpowers allow for horrifying and creative killing methods, evoking terror and showcasing the consequences of living in a superpowered world.

Loki plays around with the concept of death often, as its titular character is a variant of someone who canonically died in the MCU. Relying heavily on time travel and the multiverse, Loki can often make death seem inconsequential, as it's established that if someone dies in one universe, there are infinitely more universes where that person lives. In Loki season 1, He Who Remains famously says "See you soon" right before he dies, demonstrating that he does not take time or death seriously and is confident he will return.
While season 1 trivializes death, season 2 drives home that death is a uniquely terrifying fate in Loki. The season features some of the worst death in the MCU. MCU shows have a weird trend of introducing uniquely disturbing ways of dying, and Loki season 2 is no exception. Season 2 demonstrates that variants of dead people can only exist in the multiverse if the multiverse itself exists and explores what would happen if the multiverse were to collapse. The results are grim and horrifying, establishing that Loki not only continues this weird trend but elevates it to a new, existential level.