WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Loki Episode 2, streaming now on Disney+.

The second episode of Loki, appropriately titled "The Variant," shows the Time Variance Authority actively searching for the variant of Marvel's God of Mischief that has been killing its agents. Joining them in the field, the Loki from 2012 proves to be a hindrance at first, botching the mission to capture the variant at a Renaissance fair in 1985 Oshkosh, Wisconsin. However, Agent Mobius still believes Loki is the key to catching the variant and, together, they comb through TVA files in an attempt to find anything that might help them do so.

It seems like an impossible task, but Loki figures it out: The variant is hiding in apocalypses in order to cover their tracks. Cross-referencing apocalyptic events with the Kablooie Gum from Episode 1 leads them to variant Loki’s hideout, in a sprawling Walmart-like Roxxoncart in 2050 Haven Hills, Alabama. Once again, the variant gets the better of the TVA, using an enchantment trick to remain hidden from everyone. Loki confronts the variant alone, and she reveals herself to be Lady Loki, played by Sophia Di Martino. Opening a doorway into another time, she escapes, and Loki follows.

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In Marvel's 2008 Thor series, by J. Michael Straczynski, Marko Djurdjevic and Olivier Coipel, Loki died during the events of Ragnarok and was reincarnated as a woman, taking over the body originally meant for Lady Sif. Since Lady Loki and Loki are the same person, that means she possesses the exact same powers, including shapeshifting, illusion projecting, mind control and sorcery, among others. He eventually returned to his male form, keeping the Lady Loki persona as a trick to get what he wanted out of unsuspecting foes such as Doom.

Sophia Di Martino as Lady Loki

After the events of Siege, where Loki died again, Kid Loki emerged and grew up embracing the gender fluidity of their character. That aspect of Loki has been around for many years in the comics, and now, thanks to the official TVA file, the Asgardian is officially gender-fluid in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, it seems clear that Lady Loki and Loki are separate variants and not one person.

So what is she up to? The more recent comic, Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #3, ends with Lady Loki showing off the magical sphere that allows her to travel between dimensions, similar to how MCU Loki uses the Tesseract. In Episode 2, Lady Loki clearly is in possession of a device that the TVA uses to open doors, and while it isn't a magical sphere the intent seems to still be the same: to cause mischief. After all, before she disappeared through the door, she sent all the stolen time reset charges to various points throughout time, bombing the timeline.

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Lady Loki

Although that certainly paints her in a bad light, it is important to remember that just like Loki, Lady Loki is neither villain nor hero. She forges her own path and shifts loyalties depending on circumstances. With other Lokis rumored to be running rampant through the unstable timeline, these two may have to team up to defeat them. Alternatively, they could work together to take over the TVA and seize the ultimate power in the universe for themselves. That is, before they inevitably double-cross each other because they are mischievous scamps. Only time will tell.

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. The series premieres June 9 on Disney+.

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