Love & Thunder Completely Ignored Part Of Thor's Infinity War Story

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Warning: Contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder.

Thor: Love and Thunder tells the next step in Thor’s journey, and while it addressed some big parts of his character, it neglected a major part of his earlier story. As a member of the original Avengers lineup and having debuted in only the fourth MCU movie, Thor has a long complex timeline. While his story is internally consistent, Thor: Love and Thunder appears to have forgotten a significant part of his narrative.

Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has struggled with feeling worthy, both in himself and in the eyes of his Odin’s spell on Mjolnir, since the original Thor. Many of his previous stories have revolved around the idea of him feeling like he has failed in some way and working to regain his faith in himself as he learns to be a better hero. In Thor: Ragnarok he believes he has failed Asgard, but comes to lead them. Then in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame Thor believes he has failed by not stopping Thanos, but he comes to realize he needs to explore who he is more and define himself, passing leadership to Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) while he travels with the Guardians of the Galaxy.

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Storytelling in the MCU often uses symbolism to represent past traumas and struggles, such as the scars that are sometimes visible on the hands of Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch). For Thor in Thor: Ragnarok, an important part of this symbolism is the loss of his eye to Hela, which sees him wearing an eyepatch for the rest of the movie and into Avengers: Infinity War. When he is traveling with Rocket and Groot, Rocket gives Thor a cybernetic eye that he stole. The eye is a different color to Thor’s original