Thor: Love and Thunder is overly comedic, so much so that some Marvel fans do not like Taika Waititi’s latest adventure. However, the film addresses serious issues in a humorous way. We’re looking at love, cancer, and religion. This last element is very important and could prove to be controversial. But Marvel’s latest superhero movie highlights a big plot hole involving religion that some people say might ruin the MCU down the road when it comes to the afterlife.
Before we can tell you, you need to know this. Big spoilers are belowParticularly from Love and Thunder. You’d better see Thor 4Before continuing reading.
Marvel’s religion plot hole isn’t what you might think
Love and ThunderOne of the most brutal and unexpected openings in modern MCU history. We see Gorr (Christian Bale), the God Butcher, losing his daughter despite begs from his god. Gorr eventually meets the god and denounces his religion. He then proceeds to kill that god.
This idea might be considered dangerous by different religious groups and churches in our society. Shave a few hundred years from humanity’s history, and you might find churches ready to accuse one of heresy for denouncing God. But challenging real-life religion isn’t Marvel’s big MCU plot hole.
Gorr then went on a god-killing rampage that Marvel chose not to include in the film’s final cut. Many gods perished throughout the universe. Later we discover that all of the gods met at the Council of the GodheadsIn Omnipotence City with Zeus (Russell Crowe), as the head of the meeting. That’s where we see plenty of gods that people from Earth and other planets might have prayed to — or still serve.
This opens up the idea that there’s no right or wrong religion, and people are free to serve any god they might choose.
Marvel is only one step away from explaining how the one God and Jesus fit into this pantheon. Is Jesus also a superhero if Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and Hercules(Brett Goldstein), exist in the MCU? Believe it or not, this isn’t Marvel’s biggest MCU religion and afterlife plot hole either.
Love and Thunder exacerbates a problem that has something to do with the afterlife in Marvel’s MCU. There is also the possibility of resurrection.
There is no afterlife in the MCU.
Love and ThunderTwo different life-after death developments are offered. First, Gorr requests Eternity to resurrect Love, his daughter. We still don’t fully understand how this is possible. We still don’t know how large a problem this is. “god”It might be possible to attain eternality.
Second, Jane (Natalie Portman), who is dying, goes to Valhalla (IdrisElba), and meets Heimdall. Many souls have died in battle to create this life-after-death realm. It’s strange to see Jane get to Valhalla, as she’s not technically an Asgardian. It is possible that she believed in a different god prior to her death.
Moreover, the rules of getting into these ancestral places aren’t clear. Since Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) both died in battle, shouldn’t they have reached a Valhalla of sorts? Perhaps The Valhalla? Then there’s Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who died in battle during Infinity War. He should be there, too.
Just the existence of Valhalla suggests that some souls may be resurrected using rules Marvel has yet to explain. Love was indeed resurrected even after she died.
This is Marvel’s big religion plot hole for the MCU. Some are arguing that it could destroy the MCU. There’s simply no uniformity when it comes to the afterlife.
Valhalla is just one tip of the iceberg
We’ve been looking at the way Love and ThunderAsgardian religious beliefs view life after death. The MCU offered alternative afterlife scenarios, but they had the same problems that Valhalla.
Moon KnightAaru, or the Field of Reeds, was introduced. That’s a place where the soul goes after death. We saw on TV that the soul could be resurrected (at least a part) from Aaru. That life-after death dimension is dominated primarily by the gods from Ancient Egypt. Some of them may have been present at the Council of the Godheads.
The Ancestral Plane is next. Black Pantherand the Wakandan god Bast, who was also present in Omnipotence City in Love and Thunder. You must either die or eat a particular type of herb to reach the Ancestral Plane. This will allow you to talk to your forefathers.
Why religion is a big plot hole for Marvel’s MCU
It is important to note that every Marvel deity we meet in the MCU will have their own religion and an equivalent version of the afterlife. Each afterlife will have its own ascension rules. And different resurrection rules — if any. Again, Aaru and Love’s resurrection both prove that you can be resurrected from Marvel’s afterlife.
These afterlife universes are unique places where the soul is located. Similarly, Celestials own a considerable collection of Eternals’ souls that they can always use to reboot dead Eternals. However, those souls can be used to reboot dead Eternals. “souls”Instead of Valhalla, you can sit in your memory banks.
Whatever the reason, there should be a scientific explanation for the MCU and a set of rules that are somewhat consistent regarding religion, life after death, and everything else.
It might look like magic, but it should be advanced science that can explain how Jane’s body turned to golden particles in Love and ThunderAfter she was killed in battle. And how she got there.
By the way, why did Jane’s death resemble Odin’s in RagnarokOdin died in battle but it was still a good thing?
We also need to understand who decides where a superhero’s soul goes after death, so any resurrections using religion and the afterlife make sense. Are all heroes who have died eligible to go to the afterlife? And Wakanda ForeverWe will likely hear that even villains have the right to an afterlife experience.
For example, where would Tony Stark’s soul be? What would he do? Would he go to Valhalla (the Ancestral Plane), Aaru, or any other version of Heaven. What about Thanos? (Josh Brolin).
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