LOKI Season 2's Time Travel Rules Explained By The Show's Head Writer Eric Martin

Loki season 2 perhaps did not have the same auspicious launch as season 1 in terms of ratings, but the show went on to find its stride, and from a critic standpoint, it's one of the best MCU television offerings to date.

With the second and perhaps final season of the show wrapped, we're hopeful that head writer Eric Martin is given his preference for what future Marvel project he wants to tackle next.

However, before we put Loki season 2 to pasture, we'll look at a new excerpt from Martin's interview with script magazine where he explained how he approached the show and its complicated time-travel/time-slipping mechanics.

"You must track the emotional story first. This can all sprawl out in crazy directions. You’re going to have to tamp that down. But I think audiences will forgive you if they lose a little bit of the time travel logic there as long as they understand the emotional logic. I don't want to ever lose the emotional logic of the characters. Right? The human story is the important thing and don't want to lose focus with that. I wanted to use the time travel as a dramatic device, but I didn't want it to just overwhelm the story. So how can we keep this as simple and intuitive as possible?

 I look at the time travel stuff as like, this is a toolbox that we can go into, and when we have a story thing where our characters can use it. In episode one, the way we used time in that in an interesting way, I think, is that conversation with Loki happening in two different moments of time. Between Mobius and Loki. That was something that just popped up as an idea and it's like, 'Oh, wait, no, I can understand how that would work…'

It's a slightly complicated idea, but in execution, it's very simple. I think everybody can understand that. I'm not trying to shove time travel stuff in. This is part of the canvas for our storytelling. I'm going to pull parts of it in as needed, but I'm never trying to write time travel. I'm never trying to force it. It is just part of the toolbox."

Currently, Marvel veteran Tom Hiddleston is playing games with fans, giving separate interviews recently where he implied that his time as Loki was over while in another interview, stating that he'll eventually return and even reunite with Chris Hemsworth's Thor.

Do you want to see more of God Loki/God of Stories Loki in future Marvel projects? Or do you think the season 2 finale was the perfect sendoff for the character and neatly wrapped up an Avengers: Endgame loose end? Let us know in the comment section below.

Loki Season 2 Official Synopsis: Loki Season 2 picks up in the aftermath of the shocking season finale when Loki finds himself in a battle for the soul of the Time Variance Authority. Along with Mobius, Hunter B-15 and a team of new and returning characters, Loki navigates an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous multiverse in search of Sylvie, Judge Renslayer, Miss Minutes and the truth of what it means to possess free will and glorious purpose.