Avengers: Doomsday is already proving itself to be the proper course correction for Thor’s post-Endgame MCU arc. Following a extra divisive portrayal in 2022’s Thor: Love & Thunder, it seems just like the Russo Brothers intend to get the God of Thunder again on monitor.
Within the newly launched Avengers: Doomsday teaser starring Thor, we see that the occasions of Love & Thunder should not precisely being retconned (fairly the other). Nevertheless, the transient footage confirms that two of my greatest complaints in regards to the fourth Thor film will certainly be fastened in 2026’s Avengers: Doomsday.
Thor Wielding Stormbreaker In Avengers: Doomsday Makes WAY Extra Sense
Again in 2022, I discovered the ending of Thor: Love and Thunder considerably odd, as Stormbreaker was handed to Thor’s newly adopted daughter Love, whereas Thor himself selected to wield Mjolnir once more. The choice very a lot leaned into humor, as Love had simply adorned the hammer with markers, giving the mighty weapon a face, ribbons, and extra.
Whereas humorous within the second, that call barely undermined the evolution we might seen from Thor throughout the MCU and was pretty regressive for the character, particularly with Stormbreaker having been personally solid by Thor in Avengers: Infinity Warfare.
Now, this new Doomsday teaser has put Stormbreaker again in Thor’s arms (and it feels so a lot better). In spite of everything, the weapon very a lot displays Thor’s ongoing development within the MCU.
Whereas the God of Thunder did wield each weapons in Avengers: Endgame, it might make sense if Thor finally ends up leaving Mjolnir with Like to maintain her protected, as this new teaser very a lot means that Thor must depart her behind to face the upcoming risks forward.
Thor’s New Avengers Look Additionally Makes Up For Love & Thunder’s Controversial Costume
Likewise, Thor’s redesigned look within the new Avengers: Doomsday teaser is simply as significant. The return to shorter hair and an easier, sleeveless costume, as we noticed in Thor: Ragnarok and Infinity Warfare was a method that many MCU followers had come to like, in contrast to Love and Thunder’s extra divisive blue-and-gold armor (a traditional instance of the MCU over-designing new costumes).
With Infinity Warfare & Endgame, the Russo Brothers nailed Thor’s steadiness of mythic energy and vulnerability, and this new Doomsday look is clearly meant to evoke that peak MCU period. The Doomsday teaser presents a Thor who seems to be extra battle-worn and weary of battle, whereas nonetheless keen to select up his weapon one final time to maintain these he loves protected.
Doomsday is under no circumstances erasing the occasions of Love & Thunder (he clearly nonetheless has his daughter). That mentioned, it is good to see Thor receiving a type of visible retcon again to a extra beloved MCU interval that wasn’t almost so divisive for the Son of Odin.
Avengers: Doomsday is about to launch in theaters on December 18th, 2026 from Marvel Studios.
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