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Loki‘s second season has begun with Sylvie’s new appearance. The first season borrowed elements from Thor and Loki solo comics but crafted a new story from their ideas. After Sylvie killed He Who Remains, the TVA has been in shambles, and Loki has been slipping through time. The God of Mischief and his pal Mobius spend the episode working through the issue. Sylvie appears in the final moments to explore an obscure Marvel location that might be important.
Loki Season 2 Finds Sylvie In a McDonald’s
Sylvie winds up in Broxton, Oklahoma, in Loki season 2. The year is 1982, and she lands in a featureless field near the small town. Broxton is a real place. It’s an unincorporated community located in Caddo County. Its presence in reality is less important here than its presence in Loki comics. Broxton first appeared in Marvel Comics in the first issue of Thor‘s third volume. The story follows Thor after a stint in the void. Donald Blake, the human doctor who once served as Thor’s avatar on Earth, encourages him to return to Midgard. Thor agrees and fights his way back, landing him in Don’s body in Broxton. Like Sylvie, Don winds up in Broxton by chance, but it becomes a place of great importance.
Remember New Asgard from Avengers: Endgame? Surtur destroyed the original Asgard in Thor: Ragnarok, and then Thanos attacked the nomadic ship that held its people, leaving them in search of a new home. They settled in Tønsberg, a municipality in Norway where early worshippers of Thor and Odin were prevalent. That concept exists in the comics, too. Thor relocates Asgard to Broxton, Oklahoma. Asgardians resided a few miles outside of Broxton for many years. Thor would later buy the land with a treasure chest and float it a few feet above the surrounding area. Loki season 2 puts Sylvie in the town without much of that history.
Loki Isn’t Likely To Use Much Of Broxton
I’ll be honest. The shots of Broxton so far don’t seem at all related to the Thor storyline. It’s almost certainly just a reference to an obscure comic book detail. This wouldn’t even be the first time the Marvel Cinematic Universe has used the location. Broxton pops up in Agent Carter as the birthplace of Whitney Frost. No one mentions Asgard in that series. If it is brought up in Loki season 2, it’ll likely be a strange nod. The series is probably looking for a way to bring Thor in for a cameo. This could be great for a coincidental connection between alternate-universe brothers. Beyond that, it’s not guaranteed we’ll see Broxton beyond its local McDonald’s. Though it is almost certainly Loki making a comic book reference, it could have a symbolic meaning.
Broxton benefits from Asgard’s presence at first. The town becomes the scene of a battle between Asgard and Galactus over a powerful MacGuffin. A local pastor reluctantly becomes a Herald of Galactus to settle the dispute. The Asgardians leave, but Thor leaves Mjolnir behind as a worthiness test. Mjolnir grows angry with Thor and starts lashing out like an omnipotent rebellious teen. It starts calling itself the God of Hammers. It levels Broxton and kills its inhabitants. That’s the last we see of Broxton. There’s no rebuilding or resurrection. No one avenges them. I see Broxton, Oklahoma, as a monument to Marvel’s gods starting trouble and leaving their flock to die. They bring their personal squabbles to unsuspecting mortals’ doors and do nothing when it gets thousands killed. Sylvie’s war against the TVA and He Who Remains have a similar theme.
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Loki season 2 pulls from the comics with a fascinating reference that could mean many things. We’ll have to wait and see whether dropping the obscure town’s name is an intentional nod to things to come. Thor could wander into Sylvie’s McDonald’s at any moment. I’d say there’s something ingenious in the idea of Thor’s negligence as the primary antagonist of a season of Loki. It’s unlikely, but there’s a chance Broxton, Oklahoma, could be a clever nod to a hidden element of the story.
