It might have been discussed, but what do you guys think Loki will do with the tesseract?
He obviously has it. Does he form a pact with Thanos? Does he try to trick Thanos?
i think Loki tries to hide it when Thanos boards the ship and it ends up getting half the people killed. he "does the right thing" and hands it over, but Thanos still kills him. He and Thor have a little moment before Loki is killed. maybe he gives Thor and the characters we like enough time to "get away" but they somehow get tossed into space. That's the last we hear of the Ragnarok crew but we assume they live on. Thor then runs into the guardians.
bc really, do they have a plan for Korg, Heimdell, Valkyrie, Meek, etc in this movie? they can't just off them like that obviously. Heimdell might die though. i can see him sacrificing himself to save the rest
i just think Loki dying for real is the big opening scene. that's an impactful death while also not really being an impactful death b.c he's a "villain." not only that. it's symbolic that Thanos kills the first Avengers antagonist like he's a gnat.
btw, i based that simply on the shot of Loki in the trailer and theories i have but haven't given a ton of thought to.