Didn't see it AT ALL. And I ship... everybody. lolThere was absolutely romantic chemistry between the two that we could see as early as Lamentis; I mentioned it early on in this thread, and even two weeks ago Twitter had been siding with Ravonna for pruning Loki before he said "I love you."
You’re not the only person I’ve seen express this sentiment. I’m curious what your expectations were?
From my point of view the main story of season 1 was getting to the bottom of who ran the TVA. Loki initially wanted to find out for self preservation, Sylvie wanted revenge for the life she was forced to live and stop it from continuing. The puppet master is now dead. The sacred timeline is no more. Both of our main characters were changed by the journey.
Did Civil War tell a complete story? Because at the end of it, the Avengers were fractured and there was unresolved fallout from that to resolve.
Oh definitely. Both the dramatic arcs of Black Panther refusing to avenge his father's death and Captain America chosing Bucky over Tony were resolved clearly and with adequate space to let the stories feel resolved.
I agree. When you compare it to WandaVision (which understandably keeps happening), WV closed out the story completely but also felt like it was missing something. Loki, on the other hand, went for a climactic cliffhanger over pure resolution but did tie up the season's central questions, while setting up some new ones.
In fairness this wasn't a movie. It was Season 1 of a TV show, not a series finale. It's common for TV shows to end with a cliffhanger. Just be thankful you weren't a LOST fan, that show would have driven you nuts. The quest of Season 1 was completed. Now the fallout of completing that quest will be an interesting Season 2.
You'll probably have to deal with the multiverse until they end it in a Secret Wars event film. The MCU doesn't do straight adaptations of the comics. Civil War, Infinity War, the upcoming Secret Invasion, etc. are all loose adaptations. They've teased a multiverse war in Loki and I'm guessing Kang is the new Thanos of Phase 4-5.
This Kang variant wasn't meant to be cool. He's not meant to be menacing or threatening. He's someone who was doing something morally bad because he felt the ends justified the means. He knew everything that was going to happen because he's been manipulating time. He kept everything on a defined path up until the meeting with Sylvie and Loki.
I don't think Marvel is expecting you to know comic stuff. I understand a lot of people are in the know of Kang, so it feels like comic fans have a leg up on the casual viewer. If you watched Loki that's enough to understand what's going on. For the casual viewer they probably won't need to understand that he's a big deal until Ant-Man 3. At the end of the day the show was about Loki and the decisions of Loki and Sylvie.
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