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  • - What formidable opponents will Loki face

  • for his Disney+ series?

  • Ever since Marvel's Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con,

  • we've been getting more and more snippets and details

  • about Marvel's upcoming slate of Disney+ shows,

  • and considering how vast the streaming offerings will be,

  • it seems that Kevin Feige and company

  • have burdened hungry fans with glorious purpose:

  • to sign up for Disney+.

  • Between "WandaVision", "Hawkeye", the Falcon and Bucky show,

  • Marvel's "What If...?", and "Loki",

  • Disney+ is positioning their catalog of shows

  • to be can't miss content,

  • and just last week, we learned some new info

  • about everyone's favorite slimy trickster god, Loki,

  • and his solo outing.

  • - Surprise.

  • - Since Loki's had a bit of a break from the MCU,

  • fans have been curious to hear more

  • about how his Disney+ show will play out.

  • Speaking with MTV News, Tom Hiddleston himself

  • spilled some details about Loki's spinoff.

  • So what exactly did we learn

  • about the staff-wielding prankster?

  • - Sir, please put down the spear.

  • - First of all, we learned that the "Loki" series

  • will have a six-episode run,

  • and we know from "Avengers: Endgame"

  • that the Loki we'll be seeing in "Loki"

  • is the Loki from The Battle of New York

  • who slipped away with the Tesseract.

  • That's right, the greasy bad boy

  • that you know and love will be back.

  • - Your savior is here.

  • - Get that silly redemption arc outta here.

  • However, the most interesting nugget we got from Hiddlestix

  • was in regards to who Loki might be

  • squaring off against in the show.

  • You have his specific gifts, his intelligence,

  • his treachery, his mischief, his magic,

  • and then seeing him come up

  • against more formidable opponents

  • the like of which he has never seen or known.

  • Formidable opponents, you say?

  • Do go on, Tom.

  • We have a few questions for you.

  • - Hey, hey, hey, hey, where are you going?

  • - So let's break down what exactly

  • formidable opponents might mean

  • and who they could be in the "Loki" series.

  • Now Marvel has a few different options

  • for Loki's formidable opponents,

  • and we know the show will need an antagonist of some kind,

  • and who better than some fellow Asgardians?

  • First up, Enchantress.

  • Enchantress is a magic-wielding Asgardian

  • who is often teaming up with the god of mischief

  • and Skurge The Executioner

  • but always has a bit of a crush on Thor.

  • Hey, we've all been there.

  • Enchantress's other powers include

  • manipulation and deception.

  • The other possible Asgardian we might see Loki face

  • is Angela, Asgard's assassin.

  • Angie is fairly new to the Marvel comics

  • but is already making waves

  • being a fierce warrior and daughter of Odin herself.

  • More sibling rivalry is always a good thing in the MCU.

  • Just look at how well-received

  • Cate Blanchett's Hela was in "Thor: Ragnarok".

  • Moving on to some other potential gods.

  • We could also see the inclusion of other Marvel mythologies

  • breaking into the "Loki" series.

  • Namely the Greek heroes Hercules or Ares.

  • Both of these gods are well-established in the comics

  • and have both been Avengers

  • at one point or another in the books,

  • and as you can imagine, Hercules is the more heroic god

  • and would likely seek to end Loki's fun,

  • but much like Loki himself, Ares likes to be

  • on both sides of the fight between good and evil.

  • So he could prove to be an ally or a foe of Loki's

  • depending on the scenario.

  • Another hero team-up Loki could wind up facing off against

  • is Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne,

  • a.k.a. the original Ant-Man and The Wasp.

  • We've heard previously that Loki

  • will do a bit of time traveling

  • thanks to the newly-retconned abilities of The Space Stone,

  • and we've seen from concept art

  • that Loki will be popping up in the 1970s at some point

  • which is right around when Hank and Janet

  • were at the peak of their micro-research.

  • Seeing Loki take on potentially de-aged versions

  • of Michael Douglas's Hank and Michelle Pfeiffer's Janet

  • is definitely a possibility

  • knowing how much Marvel likes to use that tech.

  • Plus, Loki, Hank Pym, and Janet van Dyne

  • have a bit of history in the comics.

  • In the first "Avengers" issue back in 1963,

  • Loki's evil scheming leads to the creation of The Avengers

  • and ends with Ant-Man trapping Loki in a lead-lined tank

  • which prompts The Wasp to suggest

  • the superhero team call themselves The Avengers.

  • So there is precedent for these characters

  • to interact from the comics.

  • - An ant has no quarrel with a boot.

  • - Last but not least, Loki could possibly

  • come to blows with The Wrecking Crew.

  • If you don't wanna pull out your long boxes,

  • The Wrecking Crew are a group of villains

  • who are a constant thorn

  • in both Thor and The Avengers' sides.

  • The roster of The Wrecking Crew consists of Bulldozer,

  • Piledriver, Thunderball, and the Wrecker.

  • Each member uses different abilities

  • granted from Asgardian magic to, well, wreck

  • anything and everything that gets into their way.

  • Seeing the crew in the "Loki" series

  • has additional potential because the Wrecker

  • wields an Asgardian crowbar which was gifted to him

  • because he was mistaken for Loki at one time.

  • Plus, the crew's costumes would definitely fit

  • into the previously-mentioned 1970s aesthetic.

  • Of course, this is all just speculation for now.

  • Marvel could even choose to create

  • some totally original opponents for Loki to fight.

  • - I'm listening.

  • - Whatever option they choose,

  • it is exciting that we'll get to see

  • more of Loki's misadventures very, very soon,

  • but what do you folks think?

  • What hero or villain would you like

  • to see Loki battle in the series?

  • Which Disney+ show are you most excited to see?

  • And do you prefer bad Loki or good Loki?

  • What are we talking about?

  • Every Loki is great Loki.

  • - This will be such fun.

  • - Let's discuss.

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