How Loki Season 2 May Have Set Up An Even Stronger MCU Villain Than Kang

As the Temporal Loom, the heart of the TVA, explodes into bits as it’s overloaded with expanding branches, Episode 5 sees Loki time-slipping through the timeline to meet the original variants of his allies: Mobius, Ouroboros, and Eugene Cordero.  For this episode, Redditor BigCheese57 pointed out an interesting theory.

According to the Redditor, Loki Season 2 may have subtly teased a powerful new villain to the MCU: The Beyonder. And the true identity of this being is none other than Ouroboros, the new sensation of the show. This theory is widely supported in the thread.

The Beyonder is widely considered one of the most powerful beings in Marvel Comics. In the original 1984 Secret Wars storyline by Jim Shooter, The Beyonder selects several iconic Marvel superheroes and villains, and puts them in Battleworld to fight each other.

In the 2015 Secret Wars storyline, the Beyonder is a cosmic entity who comes from a higher-dimensional race called Beyonders. This race’s power is later stolen by Doctor Doom, who uses it to create his own Battleworld tournament. The Beyonder possesses superior cosmic abilities and can even warp realities at his will, making him a much stronger adversary that even far surpasses Kang the Conqueror.

Making his MCU debut in Loki Season 2 Episode 1, Ouroboros, or OB, is vastly different from his fellow TVA workers. For example, his memories weren’t occasionally wiped by He Who Remains and stayed intact. He’s also revealed to have built most equipment in the TVA, and possesses incredible knowledge of the timeline and everything in the TVA.

In Episode 5, as Loki is time-slipping to the past, he discovers OB’s original variant, A. D. Doug, a sci-fi author and physicist. As soon as Doug meets Loki, he immediately realizes him as a character from one of his books.

He’s also capable of building a super complex TemPad in just 19 months, and deciphering science way after his time. Alongside his vast knowledge of the TVA, this variant proves that Ouroboros is a more incredible character than we all think.

Of course, these pieces of evidence above aren’t enough to prove OB to be the Beyonders, but there are very few characters who simply know everything about the TVA and its events like him. Besides, having Ke Huy Quan’s character as the Beyonder will set up perfectly the events of Avengers: Secret Wars, which is coming out around 2027.

Ke Huy Quan’s performance as OB is also very well-received by Marvel fans, so it would be a shame to see him appearing as a one-off character in Loki Season 2. Having won an Academy Award for his role as Waymond in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ke Huy Quan’s existence in the MCU is important to help propel the saga forward after a rather disappointing Phase 5.

Do you think Ouroboros is the real Beyonder, and how will Marvel introduce him to the events of Avengers: Secret Wars? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.