Thor: Ragnarok Takes on Masculine Stereotypes and Shows Us a Better Way

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Over at Tor, there's an interesting think piece called "Thor: Ragnarok Takes on Masculine Stereotypes and Shows Us a Better Way".

"But perhaps Quill might have taken Drax’s jab [in Avengers: Infinity War] better—and saved trillions of lives—had he known that Thor’s own journey from “dude” to “man” was pretty recent, having happened in the Marvel movie that sets up this one: Thor: Ragnarok. At heart, Ragnarok is about Thor’s arc from cocky hero to self-sacrificing leader, and his journey from trying to prevent Ragnarok to instigating it. Along the way, he comes into conflict and enters into alliances with a whole bunch of characters who have their own way of being “a man,” and none of them have anything to do with being male."

I was never that interested in Thor as a character until Thor: Ragnarok. I only watched the movie because I knew it featured the Hulk. However, I ended up really enjoying it in part because of the ways in which Thor and other characters grow.

Anyway, it's an interesting article and I thought folks here might want to check it out.

Comments

[kore]

I liked that a lot! I did agree with the people in the comments who objected to how he characterized Hela and Valkyrie as more 'masculine,' though. I really liked that one person's idea of Hela as scourge.

I do not have a bad girl thing

[used_songs]

It seemed like he was making some ... leaps? in order to fit his thesis.

Bad girls ftw!