Loki's Avengers: Doomsday death could be his glorious purpose

Avengers: Doomsday could be giving us a new version of Loki on the big screen. Avengers Endgame: Encore sets up the former God of Mischief's role in Doomsday right in the last scene as he interrupts Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter dancing to "It's Been a Long, Long Time." But Hiddleston's days in the MCU could be numbered; Doomsday could be his final Marvel project.

As the upcoming Avengers movie is just a month away from its December release date, the internet is filled with countless leaks and speculations about Avengers: Doomsday. This new speculation offers a unique perspective on Loki's role in the movie and the overall Multiverse Saga.

Loki's death in Avengers: Doomsday might be the God of Stories' plan all along

According to this theory, Loki has the same foresight that He Who Remains possessed in Loki Seasons 1 and 2. The Disney+ MCU series headlined by Tom Hiddleston ended with Loki taking up the responsibility to nurture all the branched timelines, like He Who Remains intended. Thus, Loki knows about Doom and other threats to the multiverse, just as He Who Remains did.

Loki is the God of Stories by the time Avengers: Doomsday rolls around. The re-released version of Avengers: Endgame ends with the changed Loki meeting up with Steve and Peggy as they dance in the past. Many Doomsday leaks have suggested that Loki relocates the couple to Earth-828, the retro-futuristic Earth from The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Some leaks even suggest that the Rogers family spends a decade on that Earth and even witnesses the events of First Steps, but Steve doesn't intervene because Loki tells him to keep a low profile. But Steve decides to step in during an accident at a baseball game, which triggers an incursion.

It should be noted that the latest Avengers: Doomsday preview featured Mister Fantastic, the Human Torch, and The Thing in a baseball game, which is interrupted by something off-screen. Whatever the catastrophic event could be, Steve Rogers might finally intervene, triggering an incursion that supposedly kills Doom's family.

Thus, Loki and Steve Rogers could be responsible for creating Victor von Doom in the first place. Leaks have hinted that Doom presents himself as an ally while intending to attack the TVA. Thus, by the time Doom attacks the TVA and kills Loki, he might have turned the tables on all the heroes. However, this is where this new theory has a unique spin on this shocking moment.

This theory suggests that Loki knows the threat of Doom and allows him to take away his body. But there is one thing that Doom can't destroy: Loki's soul. While Doom killing Loki would grant him the power to win Avengers: Doomsday, the God of Stories could be powering the entire Marvel multiverse. There is precedent for this in the What If...? Season 3 finale.

Uatu and his allies transport three other Watchers — Executioner, Incarnate, and Eminence — to Supreme Strange's Universe, which was restored in the season 2 finale. This specific universe is powered by Strange's sentient consciousness, and it negates the powers of Incarnate, Executioner, and Eminence. We can see something similar happen with Loki as well.

Having a body would limit Loki, but getting rid of the body would mean that Loki gets to be the sentient consciousness of an entire universe, much like Supreme Strange, fulfilling his glorious purpose.

Tom Hiddleston had described Doomsday as a new starting point

Tom Hiddleston was interviewed by Nerd Reactor, and in that interview he addressed his role in Doomsday. In that interview, the actor described Loki's character arc from 2011's Thor through the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. The highlight of this interview was when Hiddleston described the God of Mischief's character arc in Loki Season 2:

"At the end of 'Loki' Season 2, he realizes that the kind of god... He can use his power as a demigod for a greater purpose that the whole journey of Loki has been an exploration of purpose and meaning. The beginning of 'Avengers,' he says 'I am Loki of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose.'

The actor added:

"And his purpose is... exist for others and that he is going to use that purpose that it will be more burden than glory so that I arrived in 'Doomsday' with all of that experience, with that story having been told and it now creates a new starting point."

If the fan theory is true, we could expect Loki to be even more powerful if Doom were to "kill" him. It could be similar to how Darth Vader "killed" Obi-Wan in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.