This article appears in the new issue ofDEN OF GEEKmagazine.
Loki has been on a journey.
But there is always a challenge when a character shifts from villain to antihero to straight-up hero.
Part of Lokis appeal has always been that he is a loveable bastard.
So now that Loki has gone full hero, where is there for him to go next?
Kevin Wright describes himself as the longest-tenured person working onLoki.
Tom [Hiddleston] and I have been show-running this thing for five years.
Weve been very hands-on from the kernel of an idea to preproduction and through to delivery, Wright says.
We have to put together the team and get everyone on the same page, Wright says.
You are a kind of living document.
Would Thor even believe this new virtuous path that Lokis been on?
Everyone would be skeptical of it.
If this Loki drops down and tellsthe Avengersthat war is coming, are they going to trust him?
What happens if the TVA is saying We need you to be a little mischievous.
We need you to lean into that stuff.
Will he lean into that, or will he start to backslide?
How can we challenge Lokis redemption and see if it will stick?
Season one set up a bunch of rules for our world ofLoki.
This maybe sounds false to say now, but I promise you this is true, Wright says.
When we developedLoki, we were trying to be as insular as possible.
If it was cool and exciting, we figured the rest of the MCU would come to us.
He smiles as he admits, It did!
There were discussions about whether to do a time jump.
Development on season two started early, with conversations taking place during the filming on the Lamentis sets.
As you might imagine,Lokiseason two looked radically different.
Eventually, Wright settled on staying in that unnerving moment that marksseason ones cliffhanger ending.
That moment where we see B-15 and Mobius, Wright says.
They just made a huge decision, so whats happening at the TVA now?
Is everyone in the TVA on board?
Probably not for something as radical as this.
What happens when the TVA starts finding out they are variants?
If Loki can find Mobius, what is he going to tell him?
The idea of Loki as He Who Remains was consideredbriefly.
So, it was always going to be He Who Remains, always a version of Kang.
Has that affected the story?
Not in a big way, Wright says.
There is a lot of communication.
Just yesterday, I was talking to theWhat If?team who are preparing their next plans.
A very lovely gentleman, Drew Greenberg, tasked with keeping track of all this stuff.
Its fluid, but there is constant communication, so people arent stepping on each others toes.
As forLokis future, Wright says there is still room for more.
I think there are a lot more stories to be told about Loki, Sylvie, and the TVA.
Were dreaming stuff up.
Lokiseason 2 begins streaming on Disney+ on Oct. 5 at 6 pm PT/9 pm ET/2 am BST.
