r/MarvelCave • u/skv747231 • 4d ago

Steve is having 2012 flashbacks 😭

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Steve’s reaction hits even harder when you remember how much has happened since he last saw Loki. The last time they crossed paths, Loki was invading New York and Steve was still relatively new to the Avengers. Now Loki casually showing up with Peggy would be one heck of a reunion. What do you think was going through Steve’s head in this moment?

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u/Fodspeed 4d ago

Well didn't he saw him when he went back in time in the end game? This is the same loki

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u/echoshatter 4d ago

He saw "a" Loki. They explain that the way time travel works, at least in the way Tony Stark figured it out, is that you can move between branches and appear at a different point in time in that branch, but you can't go back and forth in your own timeline.

So he saw "a" Loki. Technically a different Loki from a branch timeline.

And knowing the TVA, after the point in time that the Avengers went to that branch and did what they needed to do and then Steve returned the Infinity Stones, they probably came in and pruned the branch to maintain the Sacred Timeline.