Since his debut in Thor (2011), Tom Hiddleston’s Loki has inspired a ton of fanfic, art, and cosplay exploring the character’s gender identity, drawing both from Norse mythology and from Loki’s portrayal in Marvel canon: a sneakily playful foil for macho heroes like Thor. He’s already portrayed this way in Marvel comics, and at this point, Disney is basically playing catch-up.
How will this actually pan out on-screen? Episode 2 gives us one possible answer, but regardless, many fans already agree that Loki’s gender is neither static nor binary.
A few days before Loki premiered on Disney+, Marvel dropped its first hint that Loki is genderfluid in the MCU.
