Time Variance Authority

Play too fast and loose with the Sacred Timeline in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—as Loki did in Disney+ series Loki—and chances are good you’ll run afoul of the Time Variance Authority. The TVA is equipped with foot soldiers (called “Minutemen”), its own array of judges, agents (like Owen Wilson’s Mobius M. Mobius)—and even a chipper cartoon mascot, Miss Minutes, who helpfully doles out exposition any time the plot inches toward becoming completely confusing.