Hey y'all! I'm starting a series of video essays on the LOKI series, in which I try to have a more in-depth look at its main themes. I'm starting with this question: how far can it be said that variants of one character are "the same person"?
In this first part, I discuss mostly the TVA's attitude to variants, nature vs nurture, and how the TVA imposes an essentialist dogma upon variants... but is it really the message of the show?
Part 2 coming soon (as soon as my current Internet connection will allow...)


Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
01:30 How does someone become a variant?
06:22 The TVA's essentialist attitude to variants
12:52 The special case of Mobius


All music comes from the Youtube Audio Library:
- “Strange the Dreamer”, Original music by Savfk (   / savfkmusic  , www.facebook.com/savfkmusic)
- "Rainbows", by Kevin MacLeod - https://goo.gl/7lAqds- "Stronger Together", by myuu - http://goo.gl/fsnGiH



Video clips from:
Kate HERRON (Director), Loki, Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Studios.