Avengers: Infinity War Theory - Has This Character Faked His Own Death?
No resurrections this time? Yeah right...
Even though there were countless deaths by the end of Infinity War, the character’s demise which set off the domino effect - and which rightly immediately established Thanos as a genuine threat - was Loki’s.
Finally redeeming himself in Thor Ragnarok, the character initially appeared to bargain for his life when the Asgardian ship was decimated at the start of Infinity War, only to pull a knife on Thanos and be killed in the process.
It was a shocking scene for sure, capped off with the now-iconic line of “no resurrections this time”, implying that, although the trickster had faked his death multiple times before, this time there’d be no going back.
However, a popular new fan theory suggests this might not be the case after all. Coming courtesy of Reddit user redkarth, the idea is that one detail might reveal that Thanos simply killed yet another of Loki’s illusions. And weirdly enough, it all comes down to the hand he was wielding the would-be assassination weapon in.
I’m not sure if anyone else has posted this already, but this is one of the most convincing theories I’ve found surrounding Loki’s “death”.
AdvertisementLoki is right handed. If you look, in movies since the Thor 1 to Avengers 1 to Ragnarok, he wields with his right hand. He holds weapons with his right and the sceptor in Avengers with his right.
There are two occasions he uses his left hand (that I’ve found). One, when he fakes his own death in Dark World. You can find him holding the dagger with his left hand during the entire scene. Two, when he stabs Thanos.
AdvertisementSo, Loki’s illusion uses his left hand because he’s a mirrored version? The Loki that was killed in the beginning of IW was an illusion and he’s still out there, maybe disguised or just in hiding
Even though the popular theory at the moment is that everyone who died prior to Thanos’ world-changing snap is dead for good and the rest would come back, it’s undeniable that Loki’s death was immediate, and a shocking way to kill off such a long-serving, and beloved, MCU character.