{"id":11041,"date":"2023-11-14T00:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T05:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.businessupturn.com\/?p=11041"},"modified":"2023-11-14T00:40:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T05:40:02","slug":"lokis-unexpected-transformation-pre-mcu-lore-reveals-he-became-a-tree-long-before-his-on-screen-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/lokis-unexpected-transformation-pre-mcu-lore-reveals-he-became-a-tree-long-before-his-on-screen-change\/11041\/","title":{"rendered":"Loki\u2019s Unexpected Transformation: Pre-MCU Lore Reveals He Became a Tree Long Before His On-Screen Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The conclusion of <strong>Loki Season 2<\/strong> left many fans devastated, and for avid comic book readers, the fate of the God of Mischief holds even deeper tragedy. For those who haven\u2019t watched the Loki Season 2 finale yet, please note that spoilers lie ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In a desperate attempt to mend the Temporal Loom, Loki takes extreme measures to safeguard the Sacred Timeline. He symbolically upholds the Marvel Cinematic Universe by physically grasping the various \u2018branches,\u2019 which, in a surprising revelation, are linked to Yggdrasil\u2014the World Tree, central to both Norse mythology and the MCU\u2019s reality.<\/p>\n<p>By holding these branches together at the heart of Yggdrasil, the Marvel character assumes the mantle of the new God of Stories. However, this encounter with a tree isn\u2019t Loki\u2019s first in Marvel\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Loki\u2019s entanglement with trees dates back to 1962 when he made his debut in Journey Into Mystery #85. As is customary, Loki\u2019s predicament stemmed from Odin\u2019s actions, with the less-than-stellar \u201cFather of the Year\u201d choosing to trap his son inside a tree, aiming to prevent Loki from causing further chaos and facing Thor. Interestingly, in later comic arcs, Loki humorously mentions that being ensnared in a tree \u201chappens more often than you think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While this line was published years before the Disney Plus show, it\u2019s intriguing to see Loki\u2019s journey come full circle, starting and seemingly concluding with a tree-related event.<\/p>\n<p>The question now lingers: is this truly the end for Loki, or might his story continue in Thor 5? Could Thor embark on a mission to rescue him from the confines of the World Tree? Despite the seemingly bleak fate that looms for the God of Mischief, many speculate that this might not mark the end of Loki\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p>Fans are hopeful that there might be more in store for Loki, considering his resilience and ability to evade conclusive endings. Whether Thor 5 or another Marvel installment will shed light on Loki\u2019s ultimate fate remains an intriguing mystery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conclusion of Loki Season 2 left many fans devastated, and for avid comic book readers, the fate of the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":11042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[1205],"class_list":["post-11041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-loki"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}