Asgard is not a place, it’s a people. Oops now it’s just you Thor. And the random Asgardians that pop up on SHIELD maybe…? ��
Two-step Ragnarok: first the place gets destroyed, then the people get destroyed.
LOL, Asgard is now Thor, Brunnhilde (evidence suggests she’ll survive), maybe Loki (but not for long), and that one vaguely lecherous professor chillin’ in Seville.
And possibly also Sif. (Thanks for the reminder, @foundlingmother.)
The composition here is very interesting. To some extent it indicates which villains they take to be most important; note that secondary villains like Justin Hammer, Kurse, Ayesha, and Ulysses Klaue are placed farther back and smaller than primary villains. Not sure why Zemo is so far back and tiny, though, considering that he was the primary villain of Civil War… maybe because he’s an operate-from-the-shadows kind of villain? (Computer-Zola is also in the back, but that might be for purely visual considerations.) Also, they’ve got the Mandarin a.k.a. Trevor Slattery on there pretty prominently, but where’s Aldrich Killian? Is he the guy between Ego and Zemo who looks like he’s on fire? Because if not I can’t figure out who that is. Note also that Hela and Ayesha are the only women. C’mon, Marvel.
Most importantly, though: what does it mean that Loki is placed front and center, and relatively larger than his nearest neighbors, making it look like he’s farther forward? Is it just because he was the villain of the first ensemble Avengers movie? Does it recognize the connection between him and Thanos? Is it an acknowledgment of his popularity, and the fact that he consistently gets ranked as the best Marvel villain? Might it be a sign (please, please) that they’ll let him play a significant role in Infinity War? (Again, I know I’m grasping at straws…)
From Entertainment Weekly’s interview with Kevin Feige:
One criticism you’ve gotten is when somebody dies in a Marvel movie, they tend to come back in some way. If it happens, will it be for real this time? Yes. I mean, I could always list off the characters that we’ve killed in our movies that haven’t come back, but the big ones, which I know they’re looking at …? [Pause.] I would just say, yes. People need to be careful what they wish for.
Loki is so, so dead. I just hope he’ll have a chance to do some cool stuff before he dies. And that he’ll die doing something epic.
The version of Thor Ragnarok I really want is where Ragnarok happens and then Odin dies, so Hela comes out of her prison like “can’t wait to recharge my energy on Asgard where the fuck is asgard”, so instead of being the villain of the movie, she’s at best minor antagonist impotently trying to summon enough magic to do any cool shit while Thor forcibly tries sibling bonding because he’s not letting another sibling go down a dark path
“I already went down a dark path, you idiot, I was your father’s executioner, I killed millions”
“yeah but like a darker path. you know. like a recently dark path.”
“you know our new sibling’s mass murder does put my whole “““conquer earth”“““ thing in context don’t you think”
“shut up loki”
“yeah shut up loki you didn’t even succeed”
“hela you know that’s not why we’re mad about loki’s conquering scheme”
“weak lil mischief bro couldn’t even conquer midgard, a planet asgard like already conquered a billion years ago”
“don’t pick on our little brother”
“loki is a punk ass book jockey and I wish I was back in prison”
Oh no, @fuckyeahrichardiii… we’ve got the Guardians now, but still no Loki. Either he’s toast early on or his loyalties are obscure enough that they’re not associating him with either side. Right now I’m desperately hoping for the latter.
Loki is the Philosopher King 