Is thor love and thunder gay

Here's how the film delivers on that promise. Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture. He's still mad about 'Firefly' getting canceled. Warning: This article contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder.

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When Thor: Ragnarok hit theaters inWaititi and star Tessa Thompson made clear that her character Valkyrie is bisexualbut that characteristic wasn't super prevalent in the text of that film. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige said in that "the answer is yes" when asked if there would be an LGBTQ storyline in Thor: Love and Thunderand the new film does make explicit that when all the other valkyries were killed by Hela, the Thompson character's girlfriend was among them.

This helps explain why she was so disillusioned and alcoholic throughout Ragnarokbut Thor Chris Hemsworth naming her King of Asgard at the end of Avengers: Endgame has clearly given Valkyrie a renewed sense of purpose. She is flirty and thriving throughout Thor: Love and Thunder.

Valkyrie is clearly interested in the new Jane Foster incarnation of Thor Natalie Portmaneven telling Thor Odinson at one point that "we're both on the same team: Team Jane! Valkyrie kissing the hand of one of these godly attendants on her way out the door of Omnipotence City is definitely the closest Thor: Love and Thunder comes to a same-sex kiss.

Toward the end of Thor: Love and ThunderWaititi's own character, Korg, reveals that on his home planet of rock people, rock babies are born when two rock men hold hands is thor love and thunder gay molten lava, each giving part of their own substance to create new life.

Believe it or not, this concept is actually drawn from Marvel comics — specifically the issue World War Hulk: Warbound 4 by writer Greg Pak and artist Leonard Kirk. Waititi is just coming off the first season of HBO Max's pirate series Our Flag Means Deathin which his character Blackbeard goes through a very heartwarming and heartbreaking romance with Rhys Darby's gentleman pirate, so he clearly had no issues incorporating this element of Korg into his performance.

In both the comic and the film, the rock people are technically described as genderless but are clearly coded as male. Comics Korg reveals this information as a confession of love towards his male comrade Hiroim, while Waititi's Korg ends up performing the mating ritual with a stone man named Dwayne get it?

Hopefully they live happily ever after with their new rock baby. Want more movie news? Sign up for Entertainment Weekly 's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more. Related content:. Top Stories. By Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture.

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