Why Gorr Really Wants To Kill The Gods In Thor: Love & Thunder
Gorr the God Butcher’s hatred for the gods is displayed in the second Thor: Love and Thunder trailer. Played by Christian Bale, Gorr is poised to be one of the greatest threats Thor and his allies have ever encountered in the MCU. Armed with All-Black the Necrosword, Gorr is set to embark on a cosmic killing spree that puts the gods of every pantheon at risk.
After avoiding him entirely in the first trailer, Marvel has finally unveiled Thor 4’s villain. In addition to revealing his MCU design, the footage in the trailer teased his role in the story. As expected, it’s Gorr’s beef with the gods that will drive Thor: Love and Thunder’s story. In Marvel Comics, Gorr despised the gods and wished them all dead. To that end, he hunted them down and massacred an untold number of gods across various corners of the Marvel Universe. It appears that in the MCU’s interpretation of these events, it’ll be up to Thor, Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster, Valkyrie, and Korg to stop him from achieving his goals. How far he’ll get before they find a way to beat him remains to be seen.
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As for why Gorr is so interested in killing the gods, Marvel touched on his reasons in the new Thor: Love and Thunder trailer. In the footage, Gorr said that “the only ones who gods care about is themselves”. This is at the crux of his animosity toward the gods in the comics, but this remark only scratches the surface. In the comic books, Gorr was brought up in a miserable environment. Due to his planet being plagued by starvation, Gorr and his people felt that they had to trust in the gods to solve their problems. However, the deities they worshipped failed to answer their prayers. After losing
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