Loki Episode 3: 10 Biggest Questions

10. They're All Variants?!

In episode one of Loki, the MCU was introduced to a whole new entity in the Time Variance Authority. The titular character, and fans alike, had their hands held by the organisation's cute little mascot, Miss Minutes, as she walked them through the background and purpose of the TVA.

Not only was the entire organisation built by the Time Keepers in order to help maintain the Sacred Timeline, every single employee was created with the purpose of working for them. This is what Loki was told, and is apparently what the workers themselves have been told, however this would now appear to be a lie.

According to Sylvie, after wandering around the minds of several TVA Minute Men, the workers actually had previous lives. Instead of being created by the Time Keepers, they are all apparently Variants themselves, which raises so many more questions.

At what point were they recruited and brainwashed by the TVA instead of being pruned? Would Loki have eventually been turned into a mindless TVA agent as well? And is every single one of the TVA's staff a Variant, or are there some who know what is really going on?