(What happened to them? Are they okay? Did they die too? Did they make it off and are they now fatherless (orphaned?) space refugee babies? Is Thor gonna have little ducklings following him around as Uncle Thor is the most familiar adult to survive? Do they know what happened to their papa?)
Ok, my new headcanon is that Volstagg’s daughter Hilde not only survives, but decides Valkyrie is her new mom/sister/mentor/everything. To Valkyrie’s horror. She tries to argue that she isn’t a role model, hell, look at how much she drinks – and Hilde points out her pa used to be able to chug a whole cask of mead in one go, obliterating her arguments and persisting as only children can until Val finally gives up and FINE, OKAY, YOU KNOW HOW TO HOLD A SWORD, KID? NO? WELL YOU’RE GONNA LEARN! – And pretty soon she has this little shadow she’s training to be a wee adorable badass, to everyone’s mixture of delight and dismay.
Taika Waititi: Tom, can I talk to you for a second?
Tom Hiddleston: Of course, go for it.
Taika: Alright so I love the whole Shakespeare villain thing you’ve been doing for Loki, but I have an idea.
Tom: Right?
Taika: Hear me out, alright? Get this. So, we do the whole narcissist thing again, but this time he’s Jeff Goldblum’s bitch.
Tom: I’m listening.
Sometimes I’m just sitting at work, being an ordinary person in this world, and then I think about the fact that Thor let Loki start the apocalypse–like Thor specifically tasked Loki with this very important thing–like he trusted him to do the thing–knowing that the thing would be something Loki would relish, due to him being the God of Mischief and being so skilled at creating chaos–like Thor really honored Loki’s nature with this decision–like Thor just balls-out gave Loki permission to be himself and by successfully being himself the prophecy was fulfilled and the culture was saved–and Loki probably felt so fucking included and valued in this moment–and honestly even though I’m just a person, I swear I could power the entire planet for I dunno at least five minutes with the fucking light that courses through my entire being as I contemplate this moment in the film.
Loki is the Philosopher King 