Loki Episode 4: Explaining the explosive post-credits scene, and the Time-Keepers reveal

The fourth episode of Loki, titled The Nexus Event, was probably the most eventful one but. This was a largely welcome change from the final episode Lamentis. which, whereas excessive on character work, was low on plot growth. The newest episode of Loki has given us loads to ponder about. Here are 5 takeaways from the episode:
Sylvie’s childhood at Asgard
Sylvie as a toddler in Asgard. (Photo: Marvel Studios)
We had been proven a glimpse of Asgard and the carefree childhood Sylvie spent there. While in Loki’s case, it was him escaping after stealing the Tesseract which was not alleged to occur as per TVA, in Sylvie’s case, her beginning itself was an aberration. As she was taking part in with toys like several younger woman, the TVA troopers, led by Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s character who was a Hunter again then, kidnapped her after which “reset” or destroyed her total timeline. Sylvie does have a particularly legitimate motive to hate the TVA. Though this was a quick scene, it has performed loads in demystifying Sylvie’s motivations for the followers.
Loki’s prank on Lady Sif
Jaimie Alexander as Lady Sif in Loki. (Photo: Marvel Studios)
Another scene set in Asgard from the fourth episode was in a courtyard. To punish Loki and hold him busy after capturing him and Sylvie, Mobius put the God of Mischief in a time loop which had Lady Sif confronting him a few merciless prank performed by him. Apparently Loki lower off half of her hair as soon as when on Asgard and Mobius used that reminiscence to power him to relive that reminiscence. Sif is seen accosting him, giving him a slap after which a kick to the groin time and again. This was a sensible technique to refamiliarise the audiences with Sif earlier than she seems within the fourth Thor film.
Jamie Alexander, who performs the position of Lady Sif, shared a set picture of herself on Instagram and captioned it, “Asgard is not a place. It’s a people…” and considered one of them is a huge A-hole #Loki ⚔️🛡.”

Time-Keepers
The Time-Keepers turned out to be androids in Loki. (Photo: Marvel Studios)
As many suspected, the Time-Keepers do not likely exist and are simply androids taking part in the half. Their CGI was so intentionally uneven that it was obvious. By who created the androids? Ravonna Renslayer? We don’t know if she is the mastermind or there may be someone above her as nicely. We assume it’s the latter. But the TVA stands uncovered. The organisation is made up of variants with their prior reminiscences erased and their goal is probably going not as noble as defending the Sacred Timeline.
The point out of Kree, Titans and vampires…
Lee Pace’s Ronan the Accuser was a Kree. (Photo: Marvel Studios)
Before Mahershala Ali debuts because the half-vampire and half-human superhero Blade, we have now proof that vampires are a actuality in MCU. Mobius mentions ‘Kree, Titans and vampires’ for instance that the TVA has not had as many issues with them because it has had with the 2 Lokis. We already noticed Kree, the shape-shifting extraterrestrials, in Captain Marvel. Titans are the inhabitants of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Thanos was a Titan, and he was answerable for erasing the complete residing beings of the planet in his Malthusian quest, virtually making him the one survivor.
The explosive post-credits scene
The Loki variants. (Photo: Marvel Studios)
Now, let’s discuss concerning the greatest and most complicated scene from the episode. When Loki was ‘pruned’ by Ravonna, it was revealed that he didn’t die however discovered himself on what seemed like a destroyed world with husks of buildings within the background. “Is this hell? Am I dead?” he wonders. An offscreen voice replies, “Not yet. But you will be if you don’t come with us.” And we’re handled to what are clearly 4 Loki variants. So TVA’s pruning simply sends the variants some other place, and doesn’t really kill them. (Does that imply Mobius can also be alive?)
Now, among the many 4 variants, one, performed by Richard E Grant, is sporting the traditional Loki costume from the Silver Age of Comics. He is dubbed appropriately sufficient the Classic Loki. Deobia Oparei is Boastful Loki who’s extra like Thor with a muscular physique and a hammer. Jack Veal is Kid Loki. And lastly there may be an alligator Loki sporting the Loki helmet — arguably one of the best Loki ever.
On the best of the variants is what appears to be like like Avengers Tower. Is this a model of the earth then? We will possible discover out within the final two episodes.
Loki streams on Disney+ Hotstar Premium.