Victor Timely has 2 choices: 1) Remain HWR or 2) die. Suppose he chose 1), the ending is trivial, and story ends.

Suppose he chooses 2). he assumes that his variants will cause a brutal inter timeline war and wipe out everything, and he's back at the throne, as if time has moved in a cyclical manner. For a moment, assume time moves cyclically in this manner 1) Victor Timely and his variants come in contact starting the war 2) One variant wins and becomes HWR. 3) Victor grows out of the role and leads someone (Loki) to take over 4) He's murdered. Then we start the cycle. HWR is reincarnated as another variant out an infinite variety with the knowledge of the previous variant as shown in the season.

Now if time did not move cyclically in this manner and this is HWR's first time through the steps, it still makes sense that the defined cycle would restart when he dies on the assumption that whoever murders him does not come up with his way of solving the issue like Loki in last ep of szn 2.

I strongly believe that HWR would not be so confident he would be reincarnated unless he has witnessed this happen to him an innumerable amount of times as he is a man of science. Consider that he may have chosen other people than a Loki to kill him previously but has come to reincarnate over and over again. Being a scientist, he records the details of who he chose prior, not a bizarre assumption to make considering he has an AI that has been there since the beginning of the first variant's rein.

He chooses a Loki variant this go around to break free from being God of Time. Loki is a loser. While this fact is repeated throughout the show, I do not think this is the most important part of Loki's character that HWR has DESIGNED Loki for. It's his unlimited power, grit and undying ability to pursue a desired outcome. HWR must also have a criteria for which variant to choose next in case his plan fails, like the AI has told Renslayer to do.

While this reincarnation situation might seem like it's favorable for HWR, since you believe he gets to be God of Time, it's not; he has to murder billions on a daily basis and is quite lonely, unable to live in the utopia he designed for the woman who doesn't love him. He is bored with the monotony of maintaining the sacred timeline for eternity. This leads one to believe he'll likely grow tired of the reincarnation process involved with it as well. Rather, he was seeking for a Loki variant to relieve him of his role, permanently. His reincarnations are just failed attempts of leaving the system.

In that way, it is Victor Timely who has won and Loki lost. Victory Timely has found 2 working solutions. He beats all of his variants by creating the TVA to specifically deal with all infinite variants of himself. The TVA was never about protecting time. Second, he created a god in Loki whose power is infinite to maintain all infinite branches, removing the need to prune. HWR is actually a merciful being. Loki is the God of Time, most powerful but nonetheless imprisoned with golden shackles. HWR is a genius. point blank. genius.

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