Summary
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He who remains may be the anchor of Earth-616 based on his storyline in Loki.
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The Temporal Loom was a fail-safe created by He Who Remains, and is critical to ensuring the Sacred Timeline’s survival, suggesting that it may act as an anchor to stand-in after his death.
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Loki has potentially replaced He Who remains as the anchor after his rise to become the God of Stories, safeguarding Earth-616 and other timelines.
Deadpool & Wolverine introduced the concept of anchor beings to the MCU, and one theory states that Earth-616’s anchor being introduced two years ago in Loki Season 1. Loki was the first MCU production to explore the multiverse in earnest after depicting the titular antihero as a variant, with the show introducing the Time Variance Authority and its work to stop the Sacred Timeline and Earth-616. After these Loki At the end of season 2, Loki ensured the survival of the multiverse and Free Will along with it. Deadpool & Wolverine Revisited the TVA and introduced the concept of anchor beings.
The MCU’s anchor beings are described as figures so important to their timeline that their death causes the constant deterioration. The concept is a meta-commentary on how Fox’s X-Men universe began to decline in the wake of Logan’s death in LoganBut nevertheless raised the question of who could be the anchor of Earth-616. While the prevailing theory suggests that this is Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark, evidence suggests that a character introduced in Loki Is just as convincing.
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His remaining role in Loki season 1 makes him a perfect Earth-616 anchor being
What remains is central to the survival of Earth-616
He who remains is introduced in Loki As the Kang variant responsible for establishing the TVA – which introduced the idea of ​​anchor beings to the MCU – and maintaining the Sacred Timeline. His intimate knowledge of the multiverse and the dangers it brings in the form of its variants necessitates his awareness of anchor beings and their importance in keeping timelines. Since he is directly responsible for overseeing the survival and maintenance of the Sacred Timeline and Earth-616, this makes him a prime candidate for Earth-616’s Anchor Being, especially as his death resulted in his endangerment.
The mere awareness of anchor beings suggests that he would at least mention the importance of someone like Tony Stark in his conversation with Loki. Be oomulation of this information and The fact that he doesn’t think Earth-616’s anchor is safe with him in the Citadel at the end of time signifies that he is Earth-616’s anchor being. His self-isolation ensures that the MCU universe can continue while he stays out of harm’s way – with his resurrection by Loki also part of his plan in Loki Season 2.
He who remains an anchor being would explain more about Loki Season 2
The temporary way was a fail-safe
Loki Season 2 introduced the Temporal Lum, a device initially purported to refine raw time into a single timeline. It was later revealed that if branching timelines were not pruned with the TVA’s set charges, the loom would overload, wiping out all but the sacred timeline. The death of He Who Remains results in the expansion of the multiverse, which begins to overload the temporal loom, causing the destruction of the branching timelines and ensuring the survival of the Sacred Timeline.
If this theory is correct, this would effectively make the temporal loom a stand-in anchor being for He Who Remains. His function in ensuring the survival of Earth-616 alone and his failure to handle the presence of other universes making it of central importance to the survival of the MCU. That is, of course, until Loki destroys the loom and positions himself as the new most important figure in the MCU.
Loki may have taken over from what remains as the anchor of the main MCU timeline
Earth-616 survives with Loki’s new position
If he who remains has made himself the anchor being for Earth-616, his death at the hands of Sylvie should see it begin to decay. instead, The MCU continues alongside Infinite Others with Loki acting as a new, living time-web at their center. This suggests that Loki has now become the most important central figure of the universe, with his death now ensuring the death of not only Earth-616, but other infinite universes, such as Loki Established that a loom is required to ensure that raw time can be converted into timelines.
Nevertheless, Logan’s death showed that despite Loki’s efforts, universes can still decay with the death of their anchor beings. With Loki replacing both he who remains and time advances Loki In season 2, the importance of Earth-616 is compounded, as its prospective anchor now holds infinite other timelines together. This helps justify the fact that the multiverse saga is mostly told from the perspective of that specific universe, and suggests that it will remain central to the MCU in a post-Avengers: Secret Wars Landscape.