Hither and Thither with Friends: Loki - 2x5 Science/Fiction - Group Reaction 

So unironically, the real TVA is the friends we made along the way.

"Guys, Loki's coming to an understanding of who he is and you're arguing about the bourbon" 😄thank you Suraj, I was worried everyone was missing the moment, super emotional and I loved it.

Loki is leaving his title of God of Mischief, he is becoming the God of Stories. Yes this is comic canon. This is exactly what's happening here.

The pacing of season 2 is absolutely perfect. Most marvel seasons felt rushed but this feels perfectly built up.

Im glad suraj at least picked up you guys stomped all over the most emotional moment of the episode. good going guys.

Loki literally mastered timeslipping with the power of friendship. Phenomenal. XDDDDD

Glad we’re getting God of Stories Loki

If Mobius was from 2022, that means he wouldnt have snapped during the blip and his kids didnt either. It also explains how why he couldve been a single father as he mentioned. The mom was most likely dusted during the snap, explains why his kids were showing destructive behavior and seemed miserable. Haven't seen a happy kid during the blip yet.

Alternate title to this episode: Everything Is Possible Through The Power Of Friendship

Wasn't the explanation of why the "old" Loki (Richard Grant) was pruned by the TVA is because he "got lonely" and missed his brother? I don't know why, but that feels like what Loki is finally allowed to express this episode, and it allowed some potential to be unlocked in him.

This episode was like an acid trip

this has been, easily, the best season of an mcu show. if they nail the finale, and im sure they will, it will probably be my favourite solo mcu project...ever

"Loki is a villain." It is wild how y'all watched his entire story unfold across years and still reduce him to just that. Like...did you understand any of his narrative? Loki is a villain. And a hero. And an antihero. And noble. And flawed. That's been literally the entire point of his journey, him learning to understand and embrace all that he is just like anyone else. Loki also became the God of Stories in the comics, too. Not a villain.

Like, just the fact Loki can do this is crazy enough. He really does have damn near unlimited magical potential, he just needs to have a good enough idea of how to do what he wants and then he just needs enough of a drive to do it.

Lol they completely talked over the part where Mobius basically reveals his wife passed away. They also missed that he's miserable with his life so he rather be at work.

Honestly, I think Surj was cooking about the Who timelines. He's basically explaining that in a metatextual context, everybody is the hero of their own story.

Sylvi: " we're writing our own stories now, you should do the same." Loki: BECOMES GOD OF STORIES

Lol the frustration and anxiety when reaction channels talk over significant speeches😩

The two guys with Casey at Alcatraz are the two directors of the episode. The guy Casey is "Frank" is an actual person, as well as the two guys who the directors play. In 1962 John and Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris tried escaping from Alcatraz, no one knows to this day what happened to the three of them. A lot of stuff in Loki are references to random mysteries from real life. Such as the giant ship that landed in at the End of Time in season one was from the Philadelphia Experiment, the D.B. Cooper bit, the Mary Celeste ship, and the Polybius Arcade Cabinet.

FINALLY MOBIUS ON JET SKI!!

Also you have to remember that this is most likely all of He Who Remains plan and he wanted ALL of this to happen. He Who Remains wants Loki to run the TVA

Interesting food for thought, Mobius (Don) lived in 2022. In the continuity of marvel, that’s a year or so before Hulk snaps and brings everyone back. When Don (Mobius) says his wife is “long gone” he may be referencing the Blip, and she may have gotten dusted. Might also explain why Kevin is such a delinquent😂

Suraj: Guys, Loki is coming to an understanding about who he is and you're arguing about bourbon For real, one of the best scenes of the episode, sad it got overshadowed a bit by conversation

Fun fact: Ouroboros means "tail devourer derived from greek. it is Egyptian symbol that represent death,rebirth and eternity

THEY ARE NOT F**KING RANDOS SURAJ!!! The directors of the show, Benson and Moorehead made their cameo as the 2 prisoners escaping Alcatraz. 2 of the most underrated filmmakers in the business. They have not made a bad movie in a decade. Their movies meld heavy science fiction (mostly time travel) with so much heart and stunning visuals, often made on shoestring budgets. Proud of the 2 of them for how far they've come. They're going to be a big deal one day.

Loki is the living Time Stone now. I guess that's why his color is green ... like the Time Stone.

Loki is now The God of Stories which is a comic thing. Also Loki was ripped from time in episode 1, so he wouldnt be affected by the times noodz. He Who Remains did tell Loki he wanted him to rule the TVA when he was gone, so here he is, creating it with OB. Lol. Also is Mickey on strike cause of McDonalds? Lol

Anglin brothers & Frank Morris were three RL criminals who escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 & vanished after. This was a nod back to Loki as DB Cooper in S1E1. The doctor (B-15) was a character in the Loki comics named Verity Willis. She was a human with the ability to detect lies & was Loki’s best friend in the series.

That Variety article is not NEWS its old news presented like new shit but that stuff in there has been KNOWN for a long time. Also that Majors trail from what is in public is leaning toward his way.

The sculpture in the back Of OB’s room looks like a temporal loom

I think you guys are missing the part where YOU were also speculating why the branches seemed fine lol. Neither Loki nor Sylvie know the branches are dying till it starts to happen. For all they knew, it was only the TVA that got destroyed when the loom exploded and everything else was fine. As someone who never exactly got why Loki kept talking as if the end of TVA meant the end of the timelines (not in a Kang will screw everything up way, but in a direct way), let the TVA burn seemed like a reasonable choice till everything started to unravel. My reasoning was that multiverse must've existed before the loom and TVA, so it makes sense that it'd find a way to exist after. I must say, I still don't understand how it all works. (Why is the loom a thing? I guess it generates energy for TVA but it seems to have no real function for the timelines.) It's not that Sylvie doesn't care about anything until it happens to her, it's that the one thing she actually doesn't care about is the TVA. Which, incidentally, is tied to everything Loki does this season. TVA erased Sylvie's reality and hunted her down for hundreds of years. She has no love lost for it or the people there. But she does care about the timelines and branches. Not just hers. After they took care of Dox in s2 ep 2, she could've gone straight back to check on her timeline but she stopped by the TVA first despite never wanting to step a foot inside. It was because she wanted to see the damage with her own eyes.

It’s ok Suraj I started rewatching Lost a few days ago and everything makes so much sense (copium)

This was an excellent episode! In the opening scene, Loki time-slips through different timelines, creating a stunning visual effect. The scenario in which Loki meets his previous self is amusing and touching. It was fascinating to see how much Loki had developed and grown throughout the series. "Science/Fiction" was a terrific Loki episode, in my opinion. It was beautifully written, played, and visually gorgeous. I'm excited to see what happens next! The post-credit scene includes an audio-only stinger in which Zaniac says, "You died, insert a coin, LOSER!" The statement "You died, insert a coin, LOSER!" directly alludes to the Zaniac arcade game, in which the player must keep inserting coins to keep playing after their avatar dies. The arcade machine Loki and Sylvie saw in the episode is also seen in the post-credit scene. There's also a visual Easter egg for Tony Stark in the post-credits sequence. When Zaniac shouts, "You died, insert a coin, LOSER!" the camera zooms in on the arcade machine, exposing Tony Stark's visage reflected on the screen. The primary visual allusion to the TVA in the episode is A.D. Doug's timeline. A.D. Doug's workshop is almost identical to OBs in the TVA, complete with a Temporal Loom-style hanging structure. Whatever the cause, the fact that A.D. Doug's workshop is essentially similar to OBs in the TVA is an essential visual allusion that unites the MCU's various timelines and universes. It also implies that the TVA may have a more significant impact on the multiverse than previously anticipated. This episode's title card was a creative method to foretell the events of the attack. The title card depicts the letters of the word "Loki" disappearing and reappearing, representing Loki's timeline being fractured and unstable during the episode. Loki's Time-Slipping between Alcatraz, B-15's hospital, Ouroboros' lab, Mobius' jet ski shop, and McDonald's is an ingenious way to connect the show's various characters and plotlines. It also emphasizes the MCU's interconnectedness and that even seemingly insignificant events can have ripple effects on the multiverse. Loki's time-traveling ability is intriguing, and it can potentially change the course of history. Loki could use this new power to travel back in time to correct his mistakes or to the future to see what lies ahead. He could also use his time-traveling abilities to create alternate timelines, allowing him to explore different possibilities and outcomes. I'm curious to see how Loki uses his time-traveling abilities in the future. It has the potential to be one of his most powerful and versatile abilities. It will be fascinating to see how the MCU writers and directors use this new power to tell stories.

Chris had definitely already watched the show before bc ain't no way he's just making all the right predictions...

Those two prisoners with casey are loki s2 directors

I enjoyed the end discussion that you all had. It would be interesting to listen to you all theorize time on one of your podcasts or at the end of this series with medicinal enhancements.

The "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" music video they did was perfect. What a vibe.

Enter God of Stories Loki.

Suraj, you are the MVP! 22:06 Thank you for putting them in their place! It was a super deep moment and in Normies fashion, deflected a emotional spot with a douchey convo about bourbon SMH! We all love the Normies for being them but sacrificing a good reaction for an attempted funny banter in the middle of a deep moment can be highly irritating and it clearly got to Suraj.

Loki is officially become a anime character with the power of friendship

The Jet Ski showroom is in fact the famous Ace Cafe in London. Loki creates the TVA?

He's going to go back and prevent Hulk from taking the elevator. 🤣🤣🤣

Now if Loki wants he can go see his brother Thor in the sacred timeline

Loki is like Goku with his Teleportation now but more OP 😂 he has to search for an Aura from a person to pinpoint where he wants to travel like Goku searching for Ki presence from other ppl Could be wrong but thats what I got after OB's exploration with the pens 😅

GLORRRIIIOOOUUUS PURPOSE!!!!! This is the 'why' Loki wanted.

Casey became Frank of Escape from the Alcatraz

24:58 what did she think would happen? Probably not the spaghettification of all of existence? Why would she have expected that to happen?

Loki god of stories

The finale will be • Loki: Who remains • He's now 100x more powerful and able to combat Kang variant 1v1 • Meets a mature and a Dad Thor • Meet a new Character; an X-Men enters the MCU

We went from Loki time-traveling like Marty in Back to the Future, but ended up with Loki time-traveling like Desmond in “The Constant”!

Rana's face on the zoom/timing....lol well done editor, chef's kiss🤌✨

Thats me when I find out theres one more ep 28:41😂

I didn't consider that the loom was just a Gates of Hell sex toy writ large. Thanks for that.

What if Loki discovers he cannot fix things except by preventing He Who Remains' death? His journey at this moment is about finding people he cares about. Now to complete his journey, what if he has to become the tragic hero and kill Sylvie (like Hawkeye losing Black Widow to get the Soul Stone)? All human connection eventually results in the pain of loss which he must experience to come full circle.

I loved New Rockstar's explanation to what happened to the TVA crew at the beginning

loki the god of stories

That intro was wild😭

The doctor returns at the end of November on Disney Plus

The new born of "he who remains" and "the god of stories" Loki

Couldnt have imagined Season 2 coming out this well with the recent shit they have been putting out but man im loving it.

Regarding Suraj's concept, I recommend reading Andy Weir's short story "The Egg". It hits most of what you discussed and described, baby gods and all.

Loki will use his powers over and over again until the temporal fixed. Loki God of Stories, For All Time, Always

I was not ready for that damn opening 😭❤

speaking of drunk explanations, you should do Chris tries to explain primer, that would be hilarious

As soon as Suraj started talking about everyone being on their own timeline, I knew that was gonna break Pat's brain.

This episode was soooo good

Uh Oh, good thing Mickey wasn't here to talk about the McD's placement, he would've ranted for 15 minutes.

This episode felt like a fever dream sometimes idk why.

Speaking as a Clevelander, people take jetskis out on Lake Erie all the time in the summer

I Can Rewrite The Story - God Of Mischief 💚

I'm happy for/with what you give to us on RU-vid! Glad to see everybody is back!!! THANKS for this!!!! And yes, David Tennant *and* Matt Smith *share* No. 1 :)

I feel so bad for anyone watching this while eating a spaghetti dinner.

LOKI IS NOW THE GOD OF STORY ALL Y'ALL NORMIES

20:15 why does everybody blame Frank except me?

Watch Suraj's Uncut of 2x4 on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/suraj-solo-loki-92241110

Thank you Suraj

Theory: This is Loki’s soul going through the Asgaurd’s afterlife trials and lessons. Loki’s is dead also he never contacts Thor even at the end of time. And if he goes back and stops Thanos from snapping his neck would he then cease to exist because he never died?

Loki and Friends form the TVA and are the Time Keepers (that being their group name). Kang and Renslayer take over during the war, smashing the statues, wiping minds, and using what was built to continue the TVA knowing he needs it to get to Victor.

Hi guys great reaction to this episode of loki and Chris congratulations on guessing the word who🎉 We just got one episode to go hopefully Time goes fast !!

Loki’s gonna take Timely’s place because he won’t get spaghettified. Back when they were discussing the plan with the figures and Mobius said that “it’s Loki’s turn” and picked up the suit figure and said it looked like Loki. Foreshadowing for this moment.

If any of our Agents of SHIELD had Loki’s new power in the seventh and final season, would they have gotten an upper hand on Nathaniel Malick and the renegade Chronicoms? To a certain extent, this episode also reminded me of that one episode when Yo-Yo went to Afterlife with May in an effort to regain her powers halfway through the season.

Now he has plenty of time to go get the space stone and use it to fix the Loom.

The "two randos" were the directors lol.

I want some of whatever Suraj is smokin'! Dang homie, you fried!

I love how Pats first thought is to bring back the Mad Titan 😂😂😂

Best start to a video ever😂

The “This will all make sense” being a message to the audience would be such a good foreshadowing to him becoming Loki: God of Stories. Cause then it’s literally him telling the story, and even maybe braking the 4th wall. WHICH could also be how Deadpool comes into the MCU, he sensed another 4th wall breaker.

I’m almost proud of Suraj. Not only was he not the one talking so much that he/they missed important plot points, but he actually got them to stop yapping thru Loki’s self realization and understood what Loki needed to do. …and then he started talking jibberish at the end and lost me in his nonsensical bullshit.

All the talkers on the one reaction. How can any of you hear what is going on. 😂

This episode is the chicken and the egg.. Did OB create the tempad and then the book, or did he get the book and then created the tempad that made him make the book :o

Suraj he already knows what the TVA is because OB literally wrote a Sci-fi book on it

I don’t think that Loki travelled back in time with the variants of each character. He just needed them all in one room so that OB could travelled back to the exact time an place they all were in. If they all go back together now then there will be 2 of each of them in the Loom control room. Which doesn’t help anyone. So I think this whole discussion got a bit derailed from this one misunderstanding. I’m typing this a day after the newest episode came out though, so maybe I’m completely wrong and will have to come back to correct myself.

Technically Loki can time slip into the moment Sylvie kills He who remains and save his life.

God of Stories

Loki isn't the god of lies. He's the god of stories.

Thanks for the black coffee advice

Sylvie gaslit Loki into thinking that what he was doing was wrong just because his motivations weren't completely altruistic, as if him not wanting to be alone in any way diminished the seriousness of the multiverse cataclysm going on.

The show is fucking fire

In theory he could go all the way back to S1 finale and stop HWR from getting killed.

I have a feeling Loki is going to save He Who Remains