Okay, so last time we covered the adventures
of Team 2012 as they tried to gather the three Infinity Stones that were in New
York during the Battle of New York. Hulk got the Time Stone relatively easily. Captain
America had to wrestle with his past self, literally, to get the Mind Stone.
The hardest Stone to get was the Space Stone, as Loki just sort of wandered off
with the Tesseract while things were going nuts. Tony and Steve go back further
in time to the 70s to get another Tesseract and to get more Pym Particles. Tony
also gets to have a few minutes with his father while stealing the Tesseract.
Which is kind of cute. Next up, we have Thor and Rocket in Asgard.
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| Can we marvel for a second at how good the CGI is for Rocket? He almost looks halfway real. |
The two pop into Asgard while past-Thor
was taking his then-girlfriend Jane Foster home to meet his folks and to remove
the Aether (or Reality Stone) from her. The hiccup in the plan appears almost
immediately when Thor spots his mother. Keep in mind, this is the first time
Thor had seen him mom in over ten years and he knows she’ll die within that day.
Rocket tries to keep Thor on task, but Thor ultimately bails on the plan to talk
to his mom. Not going to lie, given the option between seeing my ex at a point
in our history where things were complicated but reasonably happy or seeing my deceased
mother whom I hadn’t seen in a decade, yeah, that’s no contests.
Rocket chooses to finish the
mission and then fine Thor before he gets into too much trouble. He is able to
hit her with a bit of knock out gas and then uses an extraction device to
remove the Reality Stone from Jane. He’s then spotted by the Asgard Guard, whom
instantly start chasing after that darn “Rabbit.” I really want to know why the
Aesir of Norse Myth seem to think a Raccoon is a Rabbit. There has to be a
story there.
While that is going on, Thor meets
with his mother. Queen Frigga instantly realizes that this isn’t Thor as she knows
him. Granted, his pronounced beer belly and extremely matted beard made this a pretty
easy puzzle to solve. Though her magic powers probably helped. They chat for a
few minutes, where I got the distinct implication that she knew exactly what
was going to happen, both in this new story and in Thor: Dark World. She basically gives him words of encouragement
and the advice that he should stop trying to be the man that Odin and her
wanted him to be, and instead be the man that he wants to be. Oh, and to start
eating salads again. I think Frigga would get along well with my mother.
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| Thor Odinson, God of Thunder, King of the Aesir and all of Asgard, and he's standing around in a schlubby bathrobe and being yelled at by a Trash Panda. That is all. |
Rocket runs in a moment later and
tells Thor they have to leave ASAP. Thor is incredibly reluctant to go, but his
mother urges him to finish the mission and gives him her love. Just before
going, Thor lifts his hand up. To his absolutely stunned amazement, Mjolnir
flies to his hand. He laugh’s almost hysterically at the realization that he’s “Still
Worthy.” They return to the future just before the guard charge in. I’d like to
think this timeline’s Thor is freaking out that Mjolnir has vanished. That’s
four stones down.
This is a short segment, as Thor
and Rocket’s mission is insanely easy. It’s pretty easy to nab an infective substance
from a sleeping woman. Just saying. It’s simple, but still important, as they
need that damn Red Rock to save the day. That being said, the part of this segment
worth talking about are those final moment’s with Thor’s mom. I feel like they
haven’t really known what to do with Thor after the end of his Trilogy. They don’t
seem to know if he should be a loan wolf fighter, king of Asgard, or something
in between. So, him getting some clarity from one of the wisest people he’d
ever known is probably an insanely good thing. Both in universe for Thor and
out universe for the writing staff. Thor has needed guidance for a while now,
and you don’t get a better guide then one’s mama. Especially when she’s a several
thousand-year-old God queen. Just saying.
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| On a scale of one to ten, how weird is seeing your clearly depressed and overweight son from the future? I'm guessing at least a 7. |
And there’s the most important
moment, Thor getting Mjolnir back. Let’s remember the enchantment that Odin put
on the Hammer at the start of Thor. “Whosoever
holds this hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.” What
has happened to Thor in the last five years? He lost his brother Loki, and his
lone surviving oldest friend, Heimdall, and the vast majority of the Asgard
Population. He pored his blood, sweat and tears into a new weapon to battle Thanos
only to miss the mark for saving 50% of all life by MILLIMETERS. And when he
was given a second chance to fix it, he arrived days too late to save the day. Since
then he’s spent the last five years in a drunken delirium, hating himself for
failing, and spending his time threatening Trolls for Korg. So, seeing Mjolnir
return to him, to come back to his hand just like it always did, I think shook
him to the core. In a good way. I didn’t realize this during the watch, but
more recent Reddit posts made me realize why it’s so important. It’s a simple,
clear message. Your depression doesn’t make you unworthy. Trying and failing
doesn’t make you unworthy. If you are worthy, you just have to keep trying. Or
maybe that’s just me reading too much into it. That coupled with the maternal
advice he received gives me hope that Thor will start bouncing back again. If
Chris Hemsworth’s Thor get’s more screen time, that is. Okay, so that is the Time, Space, Mind, and
Reality Stones down. Just two left. Go Team!
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