D23 Hype Meets Loki Season Two Payoff

Send us an email Welcome to ***episode 115*** of Chummy Thumbs! Comic-accurate Wolverine at four feet tall? That dumb little question turns out to be a perfect way to talk about what we actually want from adaptations: exact details from the page, or the feeling a character gives you when they walk into a scene.  From there we jump into a packed D23 roundup, sorting real signal from pure hype across Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and Disney Animation, including what has us excited for what’s next on the release calendar. Then we slow down for something that actually matters: the Jim Cummings snub. We talk about why voice actors so often get ignored even when they’ve built the emotional backbone of Disney for decades, and why fans are right to call it out. If you grew up with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck, or a dozen other characters you didn’t even realize shared the same performer, this part hits home. Finally, we go deep on Loki Season 2, especially the second half and that finale that dares to make time travel feel like character work instead of a cheat code. We dig into the fear that time-slipping becomes a reset button, the paradox loops, the reveal that the Temporal Loom is a failsafe, and the moment Loki completes the biggest arc of his MCU life by becoming the guardian of infinite timelines. We also get into the Yggdrasil Tree of Life imagery, the ethics of pruning, and the uncomfortable question at the center of the multiverse saga: is one sacred timeline “safer,” or just control dressed up as order? If you’re into the MCU, Loki, the TVA, and where Avengers Doomsday could be heading, you’ll get a lot out of this one. Subscribe, share the episode with a friend, leave a review, and tell us your thumb score. Keep on Thumbin' \- Subscribe to Chummy Thumbs on your favourite podcast platform. \- Share this episode with friends who love travel and comedy. \- Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, X (Twitter) and BlueSky for more laughs and behind-the-scenes content. Contact Us: Email your questions/comments/suggestions to: chummythumbs@gmail.com Find Us on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/ChummyThumbs Support the show Support the show