re: Loki Episode 6 Season Finale Thread

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I’m kind of confused as to what marvel sees the direction of Kang the Conqueror going in. He has already been announced as the villain of Ant-Man 3, and the Ant-Man movies are kind of the comic relief movies of the franchise. They kind of set him up to be menacing and ominous here. And then in Ant-Man he’s going to be trading barbs with Michael Peña and Paul Rudd. I know in the second one, they made Ghost kind of a no nonsense character, but ultimately they did play it silly in a scene or two.

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I definitely see what you are saying but Ant-Man is an incredibly important character and franchise in the MCU. The introduction of the Quantum Realm helped them defeat Thanos. Chronopolis is where Kang resides which is heavily hinted at being in the Quantum Realm as seen in Ant-Man 2.

Just because they introduce him as Kang in Quantumania doesn't mean that he won't be heavily featured in the films that follow. He is almost an impossible villain to kill or hold back.

Just speculating but with the Quantum Realm, he would have easy easy access to other universes that he has conquered which is why he probably sets up shop there. It would make sense for him to be in the Ant-Man series as they can easily travel to time and show him in Ancient Egypt as Ramatut, in the future as Immortus, and his other countless variants.

Definitely makes more sense than introducing him in something like Shang Chi or even Thor or Guardians IMO. Those characters aren't really associated with the Quantum Realm. I imagine Kang will have a goofy introduction with Scott running into him thinking he is a great guy before he realizes "holy shite, that motherfricker I met in 2000 BC is the same mofo that killed all those people in the 31st century."

No matter what happens, Feige is batting like .920 at this point so they'll get it right.