LOKI: The Kang Dynasty's Secret Plan Finally Revealed | Deep Dive 

Kang's story is being told in reverse. First, is his death (He who remains), then his fall (Kang the Conqueror), the setting up of TVA (Loki season 2), the multiversal war (Kang Dynasty), his rise to power (Secret Wars) and his beginnings (Fantastic 4)

Marvel breakdown by Erik Voss is epic. His theories are way better than some marvel movie story lines.

I have such a deeper appreciation for these show writers/producers now. To envelop all of this stuff into a show where minute details kinda becomes blissful *white noise* as your watching it in real time is pure passion and artistry.

The 3 voice Majors uses as the time keepers are the exact voices he uses as the other Kangs’ in the post credit scene

I just gotta say all of these deep dives aren't just informational or interesting, they are engaging. Thumbs up for voss

Loki being the face of the multiverse saga make sense Loki induced us to the multiverse.

I’ve always loved Loki as a character. He is so flexible, you can use him in any story in any way. Tom Hiddleston is a genius. FYI, my puppy is named Loki, the Dog of Mischief. He’s the ultimate Loki variant, kills you with cuteness.

For those wondering what Kintsugi is: Japanese art form of repairing pottery with a glue type paint with gold flake for color. Meant to symbolize strength in healing, similar to how scar tissue is stronger than the surrounding original skin.

I was worried that starting with more superhero content on this channel was a bad idea, but holy carp was I wrong, that WandaVision video was AMAZING, thank you so much Erik!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the idea of Loki being the "Iron Man" start of the Multiverse Saga, I loved watching Loki and I CANNOT wait for season 2 this summer! (Also loving The Deep Dive channel Erik!)

Just when I thought Erik's breakdowns cannot get any more interesting, he dives deeper further faster .... Great initiative on the channel and great video Erik!!!!!

This has to be the best breakdown i’ve seen here on RU-vid, you truly never disappoint

2 reasons why this video is good: - Erik spent a long time to make this project a reality and it finally paid off. - It's about He Who Remains' master plan.

After 2 years, Loki Season 1 is STILL, in my personal opinion, the best MCU Disney Plus series with the second best Disney Plus Season Finale ever! To me, the end of the first season of Loki truly kickstarted the Multiverse Saga.

It’s amazing how you can metaphorically connect almost anything when try hard enough. These deep dives make the story writers seem more intelligent and thought-out than they are.

not gonna lie... this video is quite the beauty. makes you appreciate the show more than the show on its own could have.

Can’t wait honestly, the upcoming Kangs and Loki S2 will be so timeywimeywibblywobbly and I love it !

I really like this format of doing a deep dive after giving these shows/movies time to breathe and going back after seeing what has happened since then. Glad you guys decided to create this channel. Can't wait to see more!

This analysis was truly beautiful and has given me a whole new appreciation of both the Loki series and the character of He Who Remains. So excited now for Loki season 2 and wish the most success to you and the team on this new endeavor!❤

Awesome Video Erik!!! You did such a Good Job making This Video!!! I Love This Show SO Much and I'M SOOOOOO EXCITED FOR SEASON 2!!!!!!

Erik, this level of detail, effort and.... time invested is just incredible, I am in awe.

Majors performance in this is phenomenal. I was hesitant about phase 5 but he gives me hope. These aren't always going to be masterpieces but neither were the originals but we got masterful moments throughout and there's a reason endgame felt so huge and conclusive. Let's hope they can build off things like this and give us moments that are equal or greater to that, even if the path is a bit bumpy along the way. Great work NR!

The amount of quality content Erik pushes out, Im just hoping you’re getting rest. Don’t burn out for us my guy, hope you’re taking care.

This is why Loki is one of THE most important shows and my favorite Marvel disney plus show!!!! can't wait till season 2!!!!!!

These long format full length breakdown/deep dives are amazing and giving me life. Great work to Erik & the entire team!!!

I seriously picked the best day to be home sick. Won’t be able to see Quantumania until Sunday. But I’m totally here for the rest of the content. Long Live the King (Voss).

41.01 He showed the Loki's the script to come but there wasn't much left. When he says "we just crossed the threshold" I took this as him meaning it literally. The citadel transition from the void (At the end of time) to the timeline (The present). Kang tests reality by dropping something but he can't see what will happen to is. This is the first time he hasn't known what would happen and he seems to be relived yet concerned. It's no longer his burden to bare but it's likely to be his end. Just my take.

Congrats on a successful launch day, Erik!!! Long-form film analyses have always been my RU-vid go-to's, so I've been eagerly waiting for this to come out and I can't wait to see what else you'll be cooking up! You mentioned the Kintsugi motif in the citadel scenes and the huge crack is framed between Slyvie and Loki when HWR asks them to take over the TVA. This also happens again when Slyvie is holding her blade to Loki's throat. They cleverly blocked the two of them so that Loki looks like he is inching closer and closer past the crack, as if he's trying to break through what's dividing them. Now, this next part may just be pareidolia messing with my mind, but earlier on in the episode, before they "cross the threshold", there's a lot of shots of Loki and Slyvie where the Kintsugi lines almost look like strings that are pulling or puppeting them, as if directed by He Who Remains and the Sacred Timeline.

I love the calm pacing of this video erik, it's like investigating a past mystery.

You should make a video explaining the format of movies.

Something very interesting about every variant of Kang thus far is they 1. Warn about the other Kang variants. and 2. Say that killing them would unleash all the other Kangs. Makes you wonder who the most powerful Kang truly is, I think the true power comes from having so many powerful variants but it's been thought that Kang the Conqueror was the most powerful in battle.

Thank you for this new channel! As a MCU fan I am obsessed with these deep dives and exploration of missable details!

Love that Ms Minutes "Hello!" and the creapy happy face she has as she says it. So good to rewatch scenes from these shows again.

Man I’m glad to see this bc Loki was low key my favorite mini mcu

This is some of the finest content I've seen on RU-vid in some time. These absolute through provoking segments really cement just how intricate and interwoven the MCU's DNA is within itself. Keep up the great work Eric!

Voss...this channel is absolutely incredible. You're really in your element here and I love this for you and for all of us who get to experience it. Major props

What a glorious, meta exposition! This is the first of the Deep Dive videos I've watched, but if they're all this good... I can't wait!

Loki was such a great show

I think you have the Miss Minutes jumpscare wrong. I think its a tactic from the Art of War, its an initial light attack to ensure your opponent moves how you want them to. By doing this, then immediately offering a deal, psychologically they are whiplashed and more likely to be caught off guard and manipulated.

When we first REALLY see the quantum realm from Hank, Hope, and Janet they look out and it looked like one of the floating structures there was the same shape as the rock He Who Remains citadel.

It's safe to say that The Deep Dive has already dove into our hearts. Nice work Erik and the NR team.

Yay, even more content

Could the 4th broken statue represent Kang in Quantumania? There are 3 main Kangs, plus the banished conqueror, a symbol of a scuffle between them with one losing

This deep dive really bring the Loki series to life and expands the story. Well done Erik!

I had the same question! What was natural and what was planned? So excited for this video!

You’re still killing me with this linear thinking… the MCU didn’t “suddenly become” a multiverse. Kang was keeping the sacred timeline svelte, but once he wasn’t, it began to branch out at every possible moment of every point from start to finish. All of time, not just from 2023 (or whatever) onward. Thus from our perspective, it was ALWAYS a multiverse.

You still missed that He Who Remains places the time pad out on display, with Sylvie facing him. Setting up the final sequence in a way where Loki proper never sees it happening. He knew the sequence, and the joy with which he sets the pad down shows the climax of the plan he set forth

This story board was one of the best break downs I have seen. It is detailed and so creative. It will also help anyone, who for whatever reason, has not seen the Loki series, and thinks they can go to the next phases of this saga.

I know this video will be good and I haven’t even watched it

Johnathan Major's performance as He Who Remains is so much better after seeing him as The Conquerer. Great actor.

i would say that her sitting in front of kangs mouth in court is a good visualisation of her talking for the time gods/kang.

I think the canisters use to prune time lines is filled with the essence of Eliaith. If you look closely the colour is the same and has a swirling cloud like effect. Love the Deep Dive and look forward to the next one. Keep up the good work!

Just reached the ad, and I just want to say I’m loving this channel so far!! Can’t wait to see more Erik! Keep up the amazing work!

This is still my favorite. There’s so much I didn’t even realize I liked until this breakdown

Some more stuff: Ep 3: You mention the NKVD. You know who was a spy for them? Leon Theremin, the guy who invented Renslayer’s favorite instrument. That can't be a coincidence. Ep 5: That looks like Kamar-Taj at 30:01. Ep 5: When Kid Loki throws Alligator Loki, that’s for sure him doing Get Help.

That breakdown, the eastereggs, the theories etc is just so much attention to detail. Thank you. I usually don't watch longer yt videos but I'm hooked everytime you release a new Marvel theory video.

The deep dive gonna take over

CONGRATS ON THE NEW CHANNEL!!! ❤

Whether intentional or not, nearly every Marvel project centers around family. A lot of people joke, derisively or fondly, about “daddy issues” in the first couple of phases. But there are sibling rivalries and sibling love, mother-daughter conflict and support, extended family, community as family, examinations of blood family and found family…at the center is mostly one thing: love. Love fulfilled, love betrayed, the search for love, love found, a recognition that love was there even if we didn’t see it. If Kang’s weakness is love, then in a way the entire MCU has been building the perfect army to defeat him. It was Kevin Feige All Along. 😮

Did you notice on the Haven Hills billboard that all of the houses were on super tall stilts? It implies that Cat 8 Hurricanes (off the charts storms) are completely expected now, or at least they know intense coastal erosion requires tall stilts for better foundations. When the billboard is ripped away we see a lot of the houses still together on their stilts but the coastal soil has been ripped out underneath them causing the houses to tilt and fall - many still intact. Great job @DeepDiveNR !

Loving these Deep Dives, would love to see you guys do some videos on Ted Lasso!

"I’ve been where you are. I’ve felt what you feel. Don’t ask me how I know. All I know is I don’t wanna hurt you. I don’t want a throne. I just want you to be okay." -Loki

Nobody does it better or with more passion than Voss. Thank you for your service 😆💕

Loki is a very good show. I see many things in it in this bureaucratic nightmare that is the TVA and the opportunity given to Loki to evolve when he is removed from all he ever new, letting him the possibility to see things from another perspective and free himself from his mental automatisms. Now i see even more thanks to you and that impressive work. I’m not sure the authors will offer us so many great ideas but at least it’s makes my imagination work. I love your dancer explanation and what’s fun is that i saw that when Loki and Sylvie are together they seem to move like dancers, especially Loki. I thought it was only an elegant way to suggest the attraction between them but you see farther. Thank you and sorry for my poor english 😂😅

I didn’t thought I could love the MCU (as a whole) that much more but this, this! Thank you Eric! Thanks you New Rockstars channel. Thank you The Deep Dive channel. This is too awesome!

I love all of this so much. This really is a deep dive of things we love so much. I wish the EEAAO was out but I understand the issues.

This deep dive earned my subscription. Have not been a big MCU fan (with a few exceptions). This mini series was surprisingly compelling. Your explanation is so satisfying. Well done!

These deep dive videos have really made me appreciate these series so much more! Really loving the videos on this channel so far! Keep it up!

Loki 😍

I think you should do a deep dive on the theory that the timeline of the MCU exists as the movies themselves - like how the comics ARE the timeline. It's why the timeline exists on film in the current MCU and why it's framed from the same angles. Ultimately why YOU and I exist in the MCU in the same timeline that gwenpool comes from.

I can’t wait for more content!! This is nerding out to the 10000th degree, and I’m here for it. Thank you! This is a lot of work & we appreciate it.

Loving these deep dives, Loki is a great show and I think it will be seen how crucial it is by the end of the multiverse saga.

Exceptional! Excellent work on this channel!

Love the Deep Dives! Such an engaging and wonderful format… One idea that they gave me is that Marvel is ultimately all about the characters as the connective tissue between installments and these first two dives both gave really in depth looks at particular characters through Wanda and Loki just on the nature of these shows centering them… what I would love to see is a Deep Dive on an individual character rather than a movie/show since so many great characters often find themselves secondary in these projects, but exploring the pieces of their story collectively could be great! (My first vote is for one James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes!)

MAGNIFICENT! Your best one yet, maybe your best ever! I felt time and space flowing through me, like I took some kind of Time Drug. On point - when Loki asks Mobius whether he might get a meeting with the Time Keepers, the response "One step at a time" is followed by Mobius handing Loki the knife "Just in case". Meaning (drumroll.....) some part of Mobius was hoping Loki could fling that knife and knock of a certain robot head???? Hunter B-15 grabs the knife "Absolutely not!" meaning that, according to Kang's script, she was the one who must fling the knife to Sophie who fulfills the part of the aggressor in the script, with Loki playing the part of the confused hero undergoing Katabasis and Anabasis.

Something I never noticed before is that he who remains says exactly how Sylvie is going to kill him. “You can plunge your dagger 🗡️ into my chest.” So idk if he’s really dead.

This was damn good & very well orchestrated. Erik’s solo project is what I enjoy. More please!

That's a good idea, that pruned folks appear on the upcoming Battleworld. They aren't so much "mistakes" but really actually special strong folks who can change the world with their existence, so Kang needs these metaphorically important folks to fight another group of metaphorical Kangs.

This was amazing - makes me want to go back and watch Loki season 1 again! Well done Erik. Marvel shows and movies are so rich with info, your deep dives and breakdowns really help with fleshing things out and building excitement. Keep it up! 👏🏾😄

Supporting the Deep Dive! THANKS, Voss and folks!

Just me or do the three voices of the Time Keepers mirror the three voices of the top Kang variants we see in Quantumania? One robotic, one kind of muffled very serious monotone voice, and one raspy voice

Hope this channel does well!!

… Loki’s are the one being that always survives the chaos. Wow.

CONGRATULATIONS man so happy for you!

Thank you so much for the work you do! I would love to see some scary/thriller/horror breakdowns & deep dives. Like the Haunting of Hill House or something :)

My theory is that Miss Minutes is a recording. But since Kang already knows everything that's going to happen he can record Miss Minutes to seemingly react to what people do.

Congratulations on the new channel Erik! Enjoying this!!

this is so good 🦄 thanks for sharing your insights, and for highlighting the efforts of all the people making the art. thank you, 'professor voss', these first two videos are a treat!

I wonder if He Who Remains knows he may have built a Council of Loki? I know it's far fetched but the Void is full of Loki's that needs inspiration. These two )Loki and Sylvie) show them what they can accomplish if they work together. Loki also said they are stronger than they think.

This is an awesome video. The love part at the end is especially important. That’ll be the key to preventing Iron Lad from becoming Kang the Conqueror. Love for Cassie Lang. That’s also how they will tear down the Kang Dynasty in Secret Wars. The Heroes love each other, so they are are actually capable of fighting together. If we know anything about Kang Variants, it’s that they absolutely hate each other. And that is why they will lose. Could you do a video on how Secret Wars could get split into two movies? Cause here’s what I think it’s gonna be: Avengers Kang Dynasty, where the 616 heroes try and fail to protect their universe; Avengers Forever, where they gather heroes across the Multiverse to take on the Dynasty, but it just ends with the Multiverse’s destruction. How that will happen is that Wanda will come in to fight the Kang Variants herself (I’m picturing her intro to the battle will be a callback to Thor’s arrival in Wakanda, the theme music playing, and Stephen shouting “You are so screwed now!”). But that fight will cause incursions in every universe. And that’s how Wanda will fulfill her destiny. Avengers Secret Wars, where Doctor Doom creates Battleworld, Kang tries to conquer it, Mr. Fantastic will figure out how to restore the Multiverse (but it becomes the Eternalverse so there are no more incursions), the heroes have to find each other and unite to face Kang. You could also make a video on something I realized earlier today: Ant-Man now has the role that Tony Stark did in the Infinity Saga. He’s the guy that knows what’s coming, and will do everything he can to prepare. He’ll be more stable though. He will probably be the one to convince Sam to rebuild the Avengers in New World Order. Scott will likely be one of the casualties of Secret Wars.

Loki is a frost giant. He didn't need that blanket.

i think all of these videos are some of the best videos ive ever seen eric make, super excited for more

I think when Sylvie asks him “Aren’t you going to beg for your life?” He Who remains says “ I…could.. could “

Hi Erik, I think for the breakdown of Loki's song to Sylvie in the train you have the roles reversed. Loki is presenting Sylvie as the one who travels the glaciers and Loki is the maiden singing out and calling her home. At least that's how it seems to me

Loved this video!!! This is my favorite kind of Voss analysis, really excited about this channel!

One wonderfully unintended result of the MCU... Is videos like this. All the theories that get tossed around over all these films have been a lot of fun to explore as well. Nicely done

I am too early.

Gotta say you are killing it! Love the newer, deeper content!

I love this series. Can't wait for season 2!

Number one this is an amazing Channel love the breakdowns. One thing that caught my eye and I think it was because you mentioned it earlier in the video. And maybe you have mentioned in the past. I find it very interesting that when they get on the elevator to go to his office in the void he stands with both Loki's behind him. Whereas moebius would never let them behind him because he stabs them in the back, he who remains knows the future and does not fear them behind him. Great work keep it up!