I'm as terrified as I'm thrilled for what might be coming for Loki in Avengers: Doomsday

There’s something deeply unsettling, and undeniably exciting, about the thought of Loki stepping back into the madness of Avengers: Doomsday. After everything he’s been through, from faking deaths to rewriting his destiny, Loki is no longer just the God of Mischief. He’s the protector of the multiverse now, a being stitched into the very fabric of time itself. But that role? It comes with a target on his back.

With the Russo brothers returning to direct and rumors swirling about Robert Downey Jr. appearing as Doctor Doom, the stakes aren’t just high, they’re apocalyptic. If Doom’s plan involves taking over the multiverse, Loki might be the last line of defense standing in his way.And let’s be real — that rarely ends well. Whether he rises as a hero or falls once more into tragedy, one thing’s for sure: his story is far from over. And that’s what’s got me trembling.

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What was Loki up to, the last time we saw him?

By the end of Loki season 2, the god of mischief had transformed into something far greater, the god of stories, silently holding together the entire multiverse from the edge of time.

Season 2 picks up right after Sylvie (played by Sophia Di Martino) kills He Who Remains, played by Jonathan Majors, shattering the sacred timeline. The TVA falls into chaos, and the temporal loom, a device meant to manage all realities, begins collapsing under the weight of infinite branches.

Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, now uncontrollably time-slipping, reunites with Mobius, played by Owen Wilson, TVA technician Ouroboros a.k.a. O.B. played by Ke Huy Quan, and eventually Victor Timely, a 19th-century variant of He Who Remains. Together, they try to fix the loop and preserve the multiverse, but every attempt fails.

As the crisis deepens, Loki changes. No longer chasing power or glory, he starts fighting for something bigger: freedom, friendship, and the survival of all timelines. He learns to control his time-slipping and spends centuries reliving moments, searching for the right solution.

Eventually, Loki discovers the truth, the Loom was never meant to handle infinite timelines. So, he chooses to destroy it. In a final act of sacrifice, he takes on the burden himself. Walking into the heart of destruction, Loki gathers the branching timelines and weaves them into a new form: a great cosmic tree resembling Yggdrasil from Norse mythology.

He sits alone at the center of time, not as a ruler, but as a guardian. He becomes the god of stories, holding the multiverse together through sheer will and sacrifice.

Meanwhile, Sylvie walks away, finally free. Mobius chooses to leave the TVA and explore the real world. Hunter B-15 (played by Wunmi Mosaku) and O.B. stay behind to rebuild the TVA with compassion. Ravonna Renslayer, played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw is left in the Void, her fate uncertain.

The last time we saw Loki, he wasn’t scheming or running, he was keeping every reality alive, quietly fulfilling the glorious purpose he was born for.

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What could Loki's role be in Avengers: Doomsday?

Cut to Avengers: Doomsday, the next big cosmic explosion in the MCU. The stakes? The multiverse itself, and guess who everyone’s looking for?

Yeah. Him.

According to early rumors and plot hints, Doomsday kicks off with a desperate hunt for Loki. Doctor Doom is after him, not for revenge, not for power in the usual sense, but because Loki is now the spine of the multiverse. Rip him out, and everything falls. Doom wants to control it. Bend the multiverse to his will. The Avengers? They want to save it, and him.

But here’s where it gets juicy. This isn’t the old Loki, the one who played both sides and grinned while doing it. This is the God of Stories. The man who watched all his friends, Sylvie, Mobius, Thor, walk into lives he could never join. He chose to stay behind, literally holding time together so the rest of us could live freely.

Then there’s Doctor Doom, a newer, more terrifying player on the scene. Unlike Thanos, Doom’s ambition is less about destruction and more about absolute control and order. He’s a ruler who wants to rewrite reality itself, and Loki, the God who now holds the multiverse together, represents both the greatest obstacle and the ultimate prize.

Imagine Doom seeing Loki not just as a foe but as a key. If he can capture or control Loki, he doesn’t just get a powerful ally; he holds the threads of every reality in his hands. The God of Stories becomes a literal linchpin to Doom’s plans to become a god of all realities.

But here’s the twist. Doom’s obsession might not just be about power. He might see something in Loki, a kindred spirit in chaos and sacrifice. Both are gods burdened by their ambition, by the weight of worlds on their shoulders. Maybe Doom’s plan isn’t to destroy Loki but to break him, to reshape him into a weapon or even a partner.

For Loki, this connection with Doom could be his greatest test. Will he fall back into the role of the pawn or will he rise fully into the God of Stories, wielding his power to save the multiverse, even if it means facing the very darkness he once sought to rule?

But the multiverse is cracking. Realities bleeding into each other. Timelines collapsing. And maybe the only way to fix it… is to let go. Maybe Doomsday becomes a test of whether Loki can relinquish the burden, or if he must fall with the world he’s been guarding.

One thing’s certain: Avengers: Doomsday won’t just be a team-up movie. It might be the most tragic, glorious return of one of Marvel’s most beloved characters. And no matter what happens, we’ll be watching, hoping that, this time, Loki gets the ending he deserves.