“But is Loki missing from Thor’s side because he’s dead? Or is he a prisoner of Thanos? Or has he joined Thanos? Or is he somewhere else?
Loki’s been noticeably absent from any other promotional scene shown save the Tesseract/everything’s-on-fire event, but that doesn’t have to mean that he’s space dust thereafter. Marvel has been mysterious enough about the role that Loki plays in Infinity War, and has gone out of its way to suggest that it doesn’t end well for him. But I’m starting to be hopeful that Loki is more important in the wider arc of the movie than we’ve been lead to believe and that’s being intentionally hidden from the audience.We’ve seen big story beats like a huge attack on New York and the last-stand battle for Wakanda, but a lot is going to happen in the in-between. Loki is an intriguing, multi-faceted character with a passionate fanbase and an ongoing presence in the comics as well, and it would be a big waste for him to kick the bucket five minutes in.
Speaking of Hawkeye, this is another character we haven’t seen in promotions (like, at all). Does that mean he’s dead quickly in the movie, or does he have a part that’s being purposefully concealed? How much of what we think we know about Infinity War is actually purposeful obfuscation of what really goes down?
I’d like to imagine that when we walk into Infinity War, everything we think we know still won’t have prepared us for the realities in store for our favorite characters. In terms of one of my favorites, Loki, I’m crossing fingers that he’ll be given an interesting tale to tell. Either way, I keep telling myself, Loki has come back before. Death doesn’t have to be the end, especially when there’s an Infinity Gauntlet in play.”
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