“…our alleged antagonist finds himself in the midst of the Gobi Desert, and before he can dust himself off and do his regular thing of subjecting the locals, he’s quickly accosted by armored, club-wielding time cops who have absolutely zero chill and even less time for his antics. Stripped of his magic, raiment, and dignity, Loki’s incarcerated in a neo-futuristic hellscape of bureaucratic impediment where the so-called Time Variance Authority has determined that he’s a variant from a deviant timeline - and must be purged from existence.”