Love and Thunder - Ch. 1 Preview
New chapters coming out! We're at Love and Thunder and it's shaping up to be something big. We start off fairly peacefully, though, with Thor returning home to see the changes that have happened in the time he's been gone. Sigyn shows him the new Great Hall, and Thor meets the new members of Sigyn's family.
All of them.
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Thor stepped out of the Bifrost and smiled as Sigyn stepped forward to greet him. They embraced, and Thor felt months of tension leave his body.
“Welcome home,” Sigyn said.
“It’s good to be home,” he said. “You look well, Sister.”
“I feel well,” Sigyn said. “I’ve been doing much better. As has Asgard.”
“So I’m told,” Thor said.
From the top of the bluff, Thor looked down at the booming town of New Asgard. The docks were now full piers, with cruise ships berthed alongside them. There was a clear town square in the center, with shops and an office building. The Great Hall was much larger than he remembered it being, with a golden thatched roof, gilded pillars, and an enormous pair of doors, each carved with the figure of a raven.
“I barely recognize the place,” he said.
“Well, we had a bit of an influx of cash,” Sigyn said. “Apparently, the laws of Vanaheim state that if you kill one of their dragons, you get their hoard.”
Sigyn started walking towards the Great Hall. Thor followed her.
“You killed a dragon without me?” Thor asked.
“You were busy,” Sigyn said. “And you helped, in a way. The dent in his scales you’d left in him 200 years ago was particularly useful to finally ending him.”
Thor paused. “Jörmungandr is dead by your hand?”
“His bonds broke when Loki died,” Sigyn said. “He disappeared with everyone else, and when he came back, he tried to take me again. He was unsuccessful.”
The two entered the Great Hall. The throne room still had thick wooden pillars holding up the vaulted ceiling, but it had gained a new stone tile floor, and painted and gilded inlay decorations in all the woodwork. A great hearth had been placed in the center of the room and burned bright. The tapestries of the royal family now hung behind the throne, still elevated at the end of the room. The dais was between two doors, one Thor knew led to Sigyn’s private office, the other he assumed led to new rooms he hadn’t seen yet. To one side of the hall. was a long table meant for meetings, things, and celebrations. To the other side was a series of cases displaying weapons, including Hofund and the reforged Gungnir. One of the cases was empty.
Thor paused by the empty case.
“What is this for?” Thor asked.
“About that—”
A young, Black Asgardian ran into the Great Hall, with Lady Rindr walking after him.
“Don’t run, Ástríðr!” Rindr chided.
“It’s Axl today, Auntie,” Axl said. “Your majesty, is Nari home?”
“He is,” Sigyn said. “You can go on in.”
Axl rushed through a door in the back of the room to the right of the throne, towards the new living quarters that had been added on.
“Your highness,” Rindr said, nodding in the direction of a bow.
“My lady,” Thor said, returning the gesture. “I didn’t realize you had a nephew.”
“My sister Jörð was his mother,” Rindr said. “By a common man she was deeply in love with and took as her husband. They passed during Ragnarök, and I took the boy in.”
Thor nodded. “My sympathies.”
“Thor, I do have three things that you need to be told,” Sigyn said. “And Lady Rindr is part of it, actually.”
Thor gave Sigyn a confused look. She took a deep breath.
“Lady Rindr is my mother,” Sigyn said.
Thor blinked, looking between the two of them.
“Oh!” Thor said. “Oh, that’s… Congratulations on finding each other!”
He grinned. Rindr squeezed Sigyn’s hand.
“I’ll make certain the boys don’t destroy your new home,” she said. “Let the two of you talk.”
“If you could send out…” Sigyn trailed off.
Rindr nodded, understanding. “I’ll let him know. Your highness.”
“My lady,” Thor replied.
Rindr headed back and Thor turned to Sigyn.
“You’re certain?” he asked.
“Amongst Jörmungandr’s possessions was a scrying crystal,” Sigyn said. “We’re certain.”
Thor nodded.
“And I suppose you know your father as well,” Thor said.
“Heimdall is my father, regardless of blood,” Sigyn said. “He raised me, he loved me, he made me heir to his power. I need no other.”
“I can respect that,” Thor said.
“But my sire is why Mother left,” Sigyn said. “You know him. Very well, in fact.”
“Who?” Thor asked.
Sigyn took a deep breath. “Odin, Thor. I am the bastard daughter of King Odin.”
Thor felt the wind leave him. Sigyn couldn’t meet his gaze, and he saw the tears and the guilt in her eyes.
“Sigyn…”
He put a hand on her shoulder, and she collapsed into an embrace. He held her tight.
“My sister,” Thor said quietly, “do not feel ashamed. You are loved, regardless. You are king, regardless. And Heimdall was so proud of you.”
She sniffed, nodding and stepping back.
“So what is the third thing?” Thor asked.
“This will actually be the second thing,” Sigyn said. “I got remarried.”
“What?!”
“I didn’t really have a choice in the matter,” Sigyn said. “Lord Freyr brought out our treaty with Vanaheim and was threatening war if I did not comply.”
Thor scoffed. “He wanted you to marry Theoric, didn’t he?”
“He did,” Sigyn said.
“Did you?” Thor asked.
“…Not exactly,” Sigyn said.
Thor paused. “Who did you marry?”
The door in the back of the room opened and Loki stepped out.
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love soon might end (be known in its aching)
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by thorbiased
five times valkyrie tells thor, "don't die" and the one time he doesn't listen
Words: 10901, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Categories: F/M, Gen, Multi
Characters: Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Rocket Raccoon, Peter Quill, Mantis (Marvel), Heimdall (Marvel), Axl Heimdallson, Loki (Marvel), Jane Foster, Gorr the God-Butcher
Relationships: Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Thor (Marvel), Thor (Marvel) & Heimdall (Marvel), Thor (Marvel) & Axl Heimdallson, Thor (Marvel) & Loki (Mentioned), Brunnhilde | Valkyrie & Thor (Marvel), Brunnhilde | Valkyrie & Jane Foster, Bruce Banner & Thor, Rocket Raccoon & Thor, Brunnhilde | Valkyrie & Bruce Banner, Thor & Peter Quill, Thor & Mantis, Brunnhilde | Valkyrie & Peter Quill, Thor (Marvel) & Jane Foster, Thor (Marvel)/Jane Foster (Previous)
Additional Tags: Five Plus One, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, canon adjacent, POV Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), Canon Typical Violence, Hurt Thor (Marvel), Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Major Character Injury, Major character death - Freeform, Canonical Character Death
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love soon might end (be known in its aching)
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/890VpRf
by thorbiased
five times valkyrie tells thor, "don't die" and the one time he doesn't listen
Words: 10901, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Categories: F/M, Gen, Multi
Characters: Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Rocket Raccoon, Peter Quill, Mantis (Marvel), Heimdall (Marvel), Axl Heimdallson, Loki (Marvel), Jane Foster, Gorr the God-Butcher
Relationships: Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Thor (Marvel), Thor (Marvel) & Heimdall (Marvel), Thor (Marvel) & Axl Heimdallson, Thor (Marvel) & Loki (Mentioned), Brunnhilde | Valkyrie & Thor (Marvel), Brunnhilde | Valkyrie & Jane Foster, Bruce Banner & Thor, Rocket Raccoon & Thor, Brunnhilde | Valkyrie & Bruce Banner, Thor & Peter Quill, Thor & Mantis, Brunnhilde | Valkyrie & Peter Quill, Thor (Marvel) & Jane Foster, Thor (Marvel)/Jane Foster (Previous)
Additional Tags: Five Plus One, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, canon adjacent, POV Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), Canon Typical Violence, Hurt Thor (Marvel), Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Major Character Injury, Major character death - Freeform, Canonical Character Death
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ok i have A LOT of mixed feelings about the mcu, like A LOT. but watching thor: love and thunder and seeing the movie, directed by taika waititi, a maori and jewish filmmaker, in which the central premise is that the children of a displaced people, who have lost large portions of their population already to war, are stolen in the middle of the night. not only that but a man who wishes to kill all others like them and has already begun a genocidal killing spree. the fact that taika heavily implies that new asgard’s entire economy centers on the commodification and selling of asgard’s culture. where, when thor pleads with zeus to help them save their children (not even themselves, THEIR KIDS) zeus says it is their problem and that the entire children of a people are not worth saving. even the exchange thor has with astrid/axl, who insists on changing his traditional name, to one of the new land that they are in. thor’s grief over all of that death. the role of (ORAL) storytelling as a means of lesson parting and also inspiring hope.
people call it a silly movie, which it is, but taika’s strengths have always been comedy. and again, mixed feelings about the mcu, but still: whether purposeful or not, the movie engaged with ongoing genocide in a way that,,, i did not expect and hit very hard.
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