Thor: Love And Thunder Ending And Post Credits Scenes Explained

gamespot.com:

Thor: Love and Thunder has arrived, making Thor the first (and only) of the original Avengers to break through the trilogy mark into a fourth solo installment--take that, Iron Man. That's right, the unlikely Norse god has somehow outlasted all his fellow Phase 1 superheroes and is still going strong--but the question is: What actually happens in Thor 4 and what does it mean for the Strongest Avenger?

We're going to break down the ending of Love and Thunder, including the post-credits stingers, here and now.This obviously means we're in for some major spoilers, so please proceed with caution and don't say we didn't warn you.

Gorr (Christian Bale), empowered by the god-killing Necrosword, made it his mission to cut a bloody swath across the universe, killing any and all gods indiscriminately. But methodic diety genocide wasn't his primary mission. Instead, he was attempting to find a way to Eternity, a hidden mystical place at the center of the universe where a person could go to be granted a wish. Presumably Gorr's wish would be to wipe out gods that way, kind of like his own personal Infinity Gauntlet snap. In fact, the MCU's take on Eternity not only sounds a lot like a much simpler (and less fetch quest oriented) version of the Infinity Gauntlet, it also sounds like the book of Vashanti from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Apparently the MCU is just loosey-goosey with all powerful MacGuffins these days. Who could have guessed?

To orchestrate this plan, Gorr kidnapped Asgardian children to lure Thor, who had Stormbreaker, into the shadow realm which would allow Stormbreaker to unlock the gate to Eternity and grant Gorr access. Most of these details are left unelaborated upon--like why the recently created