Tag: thor: ragnarok

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

elizabethan-ho:

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kawaiite-mage:

spikedbat:

joss whedon: loki tortures and murders people for fun, and, despite being the god of CHAOS, is a fascist who says things like “it’s the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation” 

taika waititi: loki is an annoying little shit who day-drinks, puts on theater about himself, and fucks his way to the top

joss whedon: loki and thor are gods, so they always talk proper and posh and in cryptic riddles so for no reason. it makes them seem more powerful and mystical.

taiki waititi: one time when they were kids loki turned into a snake because he knows thor loves snakes and then thor went to pick up the snake and then loki turned back into himself and screamed “yueagh, it’s me!” and then he stabbed thor

Taika Waititi has a deeper understanding of Norse mythological accuracy than Joss lol

It’s because Joss Whedon looks at all mythology and religion through a Christian-atheist lens. You can see it in Buffy and even a little in Firefly too. Even when he writes about other religions and their deities and practices, it still comes back to Christianity.

He wrote Thor and Loki as modern Western Christianity would portray Jesus and the Devil as opposed to how they actually are in mythology or the comics

That…is a really good addition as to why Whedon gets Thor and Loki
wrong and why Taika did a far better job with their
characters/personalities in Ragnarok

Taika also comes from a cultural background that includes trickster gods in its oral tradition.

medusabraids:

sexiest moments in marvel movies

1. the bit where thor unlocks his powers near the end of thor ragnarok and the immigrant song starts playing in the background

2. the bit in winter soldier where bucky moves out of the way of that car

3. ‘would you kill me my love?’ ‘for wakanda? without question’

take-my-life-not-my-heart:

velvet-chinchilla:

prewars:

mcavoys:

THOR: RAGNAROK
dir. Taika Waititi, 2017

#why do i get the feeling that taika is living life the way it is meant to be lived

He basically brought his own fanfic to life

this is literally why i love taika so much he probably went “hey wouldn’t it be cool is we hired Matt Damon to be on screen to play loki in a play” and two second later he probably went “ok yep that’s what we’re doing” and he’s gigGLING while watching it happen taika is living life at its Peak and I’m so here for it

Valkyrie and the Line of Odin

grand-duc:

grand-duc:

So in Thor: Ragnarok, on Sakaar. Thor says he and Loki are brothers and Loki replies “Adopted”.

Let’s assume that got back to Valkyrie, so she knows they’re brother but that they are not blood related. And that is all she knows.

Now let’s further assume that Hela’s “You don’t look like him” had some truth to it and that Thor physically takes after Frigga. Meanwhile, Loki and Hela have the same coloring and general build, And Loki has Odin’s fast-talking. 

So what if, not knowing the particular of how Loki and Thor happened to become brothers, she’s assumes Thor is adopted one?

What if she doesn’t learn otherwise until some time into the trek to Earth?

Because  I can’t sleep anyway:

Valkyrie for what is probably the fifth time in as many days: “But are you sure he’s not the one who’s adopted?”

Thor getting seriously exasperated: “I solemnly swear on the roots of Yggdrasil that I am, to the best of my knowledge, The blood son of Odin and Frigga of Asgard.”

*a beat*

Thor: “… Of course 8 years ago I would have sworn the same thing about Loki.”

*Another beat*

Thor: “… And I would have called myself their firstborn. So I will grant that “to the best of my knowledge” may not be particularly reliable, but I’m not the one who turns blue.”

Loki, from the sideline: “That can be arranged.” *makes ominous gesture*

captainlordauditor:

fantastic-nonsense:

fantastic-nonsense:

okay but the screenwriter for Thor: Ragnarok is obviously intimately aware of what it’s like to have siblings because like…the snake scene? Bickering at every opportunity? Throwing things at each other for no real reason? “You know this guy?” “I have no idea who this person is”? Smirking when your sibling does something cool because ‘nothing but respect for MY sibling’ and then turning around and punching each other in the face right afterward? Stabbing each other for fun and then going ‘oh come on you big baby, that didn’t even hurt’? The fucking ‘Get Help’ scene? Like bruh…that is some Truth in Hollywood right there

In honor of this post reaching 10K notes, I have more examples of Siblinghood Done Right in Ragnarok:

  • *parent leaves the area* “THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!”
  • “You’re just…the worst.”
  • *internally* bitch I am the only one that gets to kill my sibling back off!
  • That little conciliatory pat on the back Loki gives to Thor after Thor says “Jane and I dumped each other”
  • “I swear I left it right here”
  • *casually talking to each other about something mundane with the underlying threat of violence everpresent in both of your voices*
  • casual jibes and banter about the way each other dresses (“Why would I do that? I’m not a witch.” “Then why do you dress like one?”)
  • “YES! THAT’S WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE!”
    • but also the concealed worry about your sibling getting actually hurt, even though you know they’ll probably be fine
  • Loki’s extremely obvious eyerolling when those girls approach Thor in public and ask for a selfie
  • *sibling walks in while you’re trying to cause trouble and enjoy yourself* “oh shit”

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