WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Loki Episode 1, "Glorious Purpose," streaming now on Disney+.

The whole system of power gets turned upside down in the latest Disney+ series as Loki throws its title character into the mind-bogglingly large world of time travel. The God of Mischief learns just how little that title means as he submits to the Time Variance Authority's imprisonment, and along the way briefly gains what may be the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most powerful weapon. The show played the implications of the Time Twister pretty low-key, but Loki could be just the figure to put its power on full display.

The title MCU villain is all braggadocio when the TVA first apprehends him, but at every insistence of his unstoppable power, he only proves frustratingly impotent. That comes in part because of the TVA's setting in a place where time moves differently, which robs Loki of his magic but also serves as an extension of just how powerful their technology is. Chief among that technology is the Time Twister, a remote control linked to Loki's collar that repeatedly grabs him from any present moment and jerks him back to where he was moments prior.

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The system allows for Agent Mobius to control the mischievous god through much of the episode, and he's so blasé about how he wields it that it's easy to overlook just how powerful the technology is. Far flashier are the batons that the TVA agents use to "prune" their targets, erasing people from existence as easily as mail carts. But true power does not just come in destructive force, but in versatility. And that's exactly where the Time Twister shines.

Loki being apprehended by the TVA

Between Loki and Thor, most fans might expect the latter's weapon, Mjolnir, to be the more formidable tool, but if Loki has proved anything in past, it's that the right tool, be it Gungnir or the Casket of Ancient Winters or the Tesseract, combined with his cleverness can be used to devastating effect. Indeed, he gets ahold of the Time Twister himself for a moment and uses it for repeated escapes from his captors. Releasing his collar and slapping it on Hunter B-15, he even traps her in an endless time loop, a fate potentially more horrifying than the blunt instrument that the batons could be.

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The Time Variance Authority may not fully realize how useful such a tool truly is, but Loki certainly does. The name even resonates with significance from the comics. The Time-Twisters were first introduced back in 1976 in Thor #243, and they are beings charged by the TVA to survive the heat death of the universe and improve the following cycle of time with their knowledge. Instead, the Time-Twisters prove rebellious, travelling backwards in time and leaving destruction in their wake. This could be the very antagonist that Loki sets up, and given that the premiere episode identified Loki himself as the villain Agent Mobius is chasing down, the horned antihero could very well become the MCU's own Time-Twister.

Loki's premiere upended the power system of the MCU, rendering inert the Infinity Stones so deeply coveted that they fueled the overarching plot to the mega-franchise for years before culminating in the destruction and rebirth of half of all life in the universe. Shoved away in a desk jockey's drawer gathering dust with countless other Infinity Stones, it's only natural that new weapons should come to the fore to assert themselves as the real objects of power in the MCU. The Time Twister could just be that very weapon, and Loki could be the only one who realizes it.

Loki stars Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Lexus Renslayer, Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15 and Sophia Di Martino, Richard E. Grant, Sasha Lane and Eugene Cordero in undisclosed roles. New episodes air Wednesdays on Disney+.

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