Rick and Morty Season 6 did what Marvel’s Loki could never do

Rick and Morty It was one of the pioneering series that introduced the concept of the multiverse into mainstream pop culture – but now everyone is doing it. In fact, after the huge success of Avengers: Endgame Marvel has chosen “The Multiverse Saga” as the new big multi-year story for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel wasted no time getting into multiverse weirdness with the Loki Disney+ series – but Rick and Morty took that embarrassment to a whole other level!

Marvel’s Loki series has left fans as uneasy as it has been intrigued, thanks to the series’ main romantic arc, between Loki Laufeyson (Tom Hiddleston) and his female character, Sylvie Laufeydottir (Sophia Di Martino). Loki and Sylvie had undeniable chemistry (and massive charisma, respectively) – but fans couldn’t stop feeling weird because Loki might end up basically connecting with himself.

Thankfully, Loki Season 1 has allowed us to somehow get rid of that romantic tension. However, Rick and Morty weren’t about to let anyone off the hook who – which easy!

Warning: Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 3 Spoilers Follow!

In “Bethic Twinstinct,” Beth Smith (Sarah Chalke) takes a page from Loki, falling in love with her (potential) clone, “Space Beth,” who chooses a life of galactic adventure rather than staying around and living a domesticated existence as a mother and wife. Unlike Loki and Sylvie, the makers of Rick and Morty definitely go for it there, in which Beth and Space Beth appear intimately candid throughout the episode. Although no graphic is shown, the sight of the two making the Beths movie and the scenes of them making love off screen is disturbing enough. Even if the audience is in it, the show contains scenes from Summer (Spencer Grammer) and Morty (Justin Roiland) who were clearly shocked by seeing their mother deal with herself.

The Marvel MCU franchise is often criticized for being so asexual. While early MCU films always came with a love interest formula for the hero, these romances were either unreciprocated (Captain America: The First Avenger, The Incredible Hulk, Thor) or underestimated the actual intimacy between the characters (Iron Man). While the franchise has gotten bolder in its stylistic choices, Marvel wasn’t really all about stirring the heat — even in a movie like Eternals, which had a real sex scene.

So while Marvel might be able to dip its toe into the twisted questions of our alternate selves, only Rick and Morty will really get in the way with the answers.

Watch: Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 4 Trailer

Rick and Morty Season 6 airs new episodes on Adult Swim Sundays.

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