While Quantumania is not reliant on Loki, the film teases Loki Season 2. In turn, it appears Kang and his variants' biggest enemy will not be Ant-Man. It will likely be Loki.
Summary. The Council of Kangs, introduced in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, is likely connected to Loki season 2 and will play a key role in upcoming crossover events. The death of He Who Remains in Loki season 1 triggered chaos in the multiverse, leading to the creation of the Council of Kangs.
Therefore, Loki season 2 also takes place after the events of that movie too (which spans the period 2018-2023 in the MCU) in a way. In terms of events, Loki also references the post-credits scene of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which introduced Kang variant Victor Timely.
Jonathan Majors' Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as He Who Remains in Loki Season 1 is so good, that it actually works to the detriment of his second and more essential character, Kang the Conqueror.
Loki season 1 introduced Kang as “He Who Remains,” the invisible hand guiding the Sacred Timeline — and the guy that Sylvie, the multiverse's most put-upon Loki variant, wanted to murder.
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How does quantumania tie into Loki?
"Quantumania" Kang is the one who started the Multiverse War. When Tom Hiddleston's God of Mischief meets He Who Remains in "Loki," the man behind the TVA explains the secret history of the multiverse, revealing that thousands of Kang variants all discovered the existence of alternate realities at the same time.
Prior to his appearance in Quantumania, though, Majors made his MCU debut in the Season 1 finale of Loki, playing one (of many) variants of his villain Kang the Conqueror named He Who Remains.
Loki and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania are more connected than you might think. When it comes to He Who Remains and Kang the Conqueror – besides both parts being played by Jonathan Majors – the two characters share an important link that could be crucial to the future of the MCU, specifically Loki season 2.
He said he took control of Alioth, the beast that consumes everything that was pruned from branch timelines and used it to win the war. The once and future Victor Timely said he created the TVA to maintain the Sacred Timeline and prevent other Kang variants from arising.
While the end credits tease Loki Season 2 and promise more Majors in the Disney+ series, Loki is not required viewing. With the MCU getting bigger and more interconnected, it is nice to have a new title that doesn't require much homework.
The actor returned in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (in theaters now) not as his Loki character, He Who Remains, but finally as the villainous Kang the Conqueror... only for Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) to seemingly kill him off by the end of the movie.
The Council of Kangs, having deemed Kang too dangerous, chose to banish him into the Quantum Realm in an attempt to prevent a new war, since Kang was still seeking to conquer the Multiverse.
So, Loki is right to be afraid of him because this variant is clearly trying to hide in plain sight. Whatever the Council of Kangs is planning could be coming through him as he could be the new leader of the TVA. Following his trail, Loki must have reached the city of Timely, Wisconsin.
Summary. He Who Remains and Kang the Conqueror are different variants of the same person, and Loki Season 2 revealed how they were connected. Victor Timely was another Kang variant, but fans speculated they all may be the same people at different points in their individual timelines.
Although alone, Loki appears content with his choice. Having put an end to Kang's plan, Loki has protected the timelines from He Who Remains and prevented a multiversal war within the MCU.
Do I need to watch Ant-Man: Quantumania before Loki season 2?
February's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was meant to be a pivotal setup for the Multiverse Saga, including Loki's second season and the first leg of its culminating two-part big-screen event, 2026's Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
Loki is married to Sigyn and they have two sons, Narfi or Nari and Váli. By the jötunn Angrboða, Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr.
Chronomonitor #616 is a variation of Kang the Conqueror who works for the Time Variance Authority (TVA), inducted into the organization on his first attempt to travel back in time.
This storyline saw Kang try and rewrite time in his own image but was tempted into battle with his old enemy Khonshu. It's left up to Moon Knight, Khonshu's avatar, to fix time and defeat Kang the Conqueror, which he does very effectively.
On the one hand, Thanos is clearly the superior foe when it comes to sheer physical power. He was strong enough to easily best both Thor and the Hulk without even using the Infinity Stones, while Kang was soundly defeated by Ant-Man and the Wasp.
The Time-Eater ranks atop the most powerful Kang variants thanks to his assuming Galactus' power. This variant killed Galactus and absorbed the Power Cosmic. He then went on to kill all other Galactus variants he could find, destroying their universes and unraveling the multiverse.
Loki's sweet declaration led to a long-awaited kiss between the two variants; however, they didn't live happily ever after because Sylvie was committed to her mission. After the kiss, Sylvie opened a time portal and pushed Loki through it so she could kill He Who Remains.
Yes. Loki goes back to the loom, transforming into the god we all know and (sometimes) love, and destroys it as his friends look on, telling them he knows what type of god he needs to be. He finds himself entangled among the branches, physically gathering them and pulling them with him as he becomes the god of time.
Kang claims that he found and weaponized the giant cloud monster Alioth and ended the Multiversal War between Kang variants. He then offered the two Lokis to either replace him and run the TVA or kill him and unleash all of his variant selves upon the multiverse, causing another Multiversal War.
