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archedsoul posted...

You're confusing the plan with what the show says. Which is that once a timeline is fixed or reset, you're outside of time and have no timeline to go to. Gamora is that by their very definition. It otherwise creates a paradox if it's to be reconciled with a single timeline. A variant aided in completing the plan.

Everything Loki is about to do for Mobius is according to their plan, but it doesn't negate his status as a variant.

Yes because Loki escaping wasnt a part of their plan. Once youre a variant, youre always one. Since 2nd Gamora IS a part of their plan she isnt a variant. A variant is just someone who varies from their place in the sacred timeline. If someone is planned for, they are NOT a variant. Easy enough. Now, if 2nd Gamora did something that wasnt planned for, she would then become a variant and the branching timeline would be nuked. The variant Loki is outside of the sacred timeline right now. The REAL Loki still went to Asgard and is imprisoned on the sacred timeline. Once he made the choice to escape, the timeline he was on became a variant and was destroyed. Was literally shown being destroyed.

Think of it like the movies. What we have SEEN is the sacred timeline. Everything is supposed to happen prior to Loki escaping. The writers CHOSE what they all did without any room for movement. Now, instead of Thor defeating the dark elves he goes on a drinking binge on set. Thats variant behavior as its not what was written by the writers. Thing is, once you make a choice thats where the timeline diverges. They just have to nuke the new aberrant timeline. The sacred timeline endures with the correct choice taken regardless.