Loki"s Biggest MCU Retcon Answers 3 Phase 1 Mysteries After 12 Years

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Loki season 2
Summary

• The MCU's portrayal of Yggdrasil is different from the one established in Phase 1, as it is now the collection of all Marvel timelines and not just a metaphysical connection between the Nine Realms.
• Loki's glorious purpose, which he sought for centuries, is now confirmed to be his ultimate sacrifice, giving up his freedom so that others can use their free will to forge their own path.
• Odin once told Thor and Loki that they were born to be kings. In the end, Thor became king of Asgard, and Loki earned a throne at the end of time, ruling over every timeline in the multiverse

Loki season 2 episode 6 ties into three major MCU lore elements Thor had established more than a decade ago. Loki started out as the traditional Norse god villain from Marvel Comics, jealous of his brother Thor and willing to wreak havoc anywhere in the universe in order to feel acknowledged. However, it took multiple tragedies, time travel, and his own death for Loki to become the hero he could have been centuries before he got pruned from his timeline. Now the most powerful being in the MCU, Loki may never return to the TVA or any timeline, but he may feel satisfied with the end of his journey.
Bonding with Mobius, Sylvie, and the rest of the TVA taught Loki the value of life, and having the fate of the multiverse in his hands motivated him to care about other people. With his newfound empathy, his clever mind, and his magical powers, Loki found a way to escape He Who Remains' twisted plans and bring order to the multiverse. Hence, during the Loki season 2 finale's ending, Loki sacrifices his freedom and transforms the Sacred Timeline into something he was familiar with from his time in Asgard — Yggdrasil, the Norse World Tree.
Loki's Yggdrasil Retcon Explained In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is a cosmic-scale tree at the center of the universe that holds all the Nine Realms on its branches, with Asgard at the top, Midgard at the bottom, and Hel underneath. According to the real-life myths, Yggdrasil is one of the sources of Odin's wisdom, and its shaking is one of the omens of Ragnarok. In the MCU, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger briefly featured illustrations of Yggdrasil, and Thor explained to Jane Foster that the World Tree connected all the Nine Realms with each other. Thor's end credits also showed Yggdrasil as a cosmic, intangible tree of universal proportions.


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