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The Time Variance Authority oversees time itself, making sure that the various realities in the multiverse are in line with the "sacred timeline." Supposedly created by the Time-Keepers, the TVA protects the proper flow of time by tracking down variants and deleting or resetting timelines deemed too dangerous to exist. A good way to think of the TVA is as both time police and a bureaucratic nightmare.

Their comic counterparts really play up the idea of a faceless bureaucracy, filled with employees who are born into their roles and who never leave. Like any of the organizations seen in the world of Marvel, including SHIELD and SWORD, certain members do play larger parts, like Owen Wilson's Mobius.