Avengers Endgame Why Fat Thor Really Believed He Wasnt Worthy

Avengers Endgame: Why Fat Thor Really Believed He Wasn’t Worthy

In Avengers: Endgame, Fat Thor proved that he believed he was unworthy when he returned to Asgard. Here’s why he really believed it thanks to Thanos.

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Avengers Endgame Why Fat Thor Really Believed He Wasnt Worthy

In Avengers: Endgame, when Thor goes back in time and meets his mother, Frigga, in Asgard, the God of Thunder believes himself to be unworthy. That leaves a significant question, given that Thor: Ragnarok confirms once more that Thor remains the God Of Thunder even after the destruction of Mjolnir and it’s not enough to suggest that it’s only down to his failure to kill Thanos first time. It’s more complex than that.

Thor’s belief in his loss of worthiness is confirmed in the Asgard sequence of Endgame. At the end of his revelatory meeting with Frigga, in which Thor is reminded of who he truly is, Thor summons Mjolnir and the legendary hammer flies to his waiting hand. Thor laughs in relief, proclaiming “I’m still worthy!” The way the line is delivered, it is played as a shock to Thor, confirming that he fully believed himself to have been compromised despite his mother’s belief in him.

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It’s clearly spelled out why Thor believed that he was a failure because he couldn’t stop Thanos from snapping his fingers. He made a mistake and blamed himself for that. But there’s nothing in Thor’s MCU appearances that suggests his failure would have doomed him to be unworthy. In Thor, Odin banishes his son for “betray[ing] the express command of your king” and endangering his people and the balance of peace within the Nine Realms. Mistakes are not an issue, and Thor himself says so Ragnarok to Surtur, he makes “grave mistakes all the time. Everything seems to work out…” At no other point is his worthiness compromised, but there is a hint in the new Marvel book The Wakanda Files that explains the psychic/mental link between wielder and Mjolnir and the strength required, which would be very key to Thor’s mentality.

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“There is a psychic or telekinetic connection through these weapons that magnify [Thor’s] abilities. This might be why Thor has said on more than one occasion that if one of us were to wield Mjolnir, there is a chance that even holding the weapon would crumble our minds into madness. The psychical effects of the weapon on a mere mortal could be catastrophic.”

Just as Thor is stopped from using the second gauntlet to reverse the snap because he is in no fit state – referring to his mental state rather than his physique – but Thor’s belief in his unworthiness is absolutely linked to how he looks. Fundamentally, Thor’s transformation in the first half of Avengers: Endgame is a reaction to his failure to defeat Thanos and the cost of that. He is suffering from PTSD triggered by that moment, which is hinted at when Thanos’ name is mentioned, he flinches and his demeanor shifts darkly. His reaction is comfort, excessively eating and drinking and punishing himself in a way directly linked to his personal psychology throughout the MCU up to that point.

From almost the moment Thor meets the rest of the Avengers – but particularly in Thor: Ragnarok and Infinity War when he clashes with Star-Lord – his arrogance and his self-belief is tied very much to his status as a hero. The idea of any of the other Avengers picking up Mjolnir is a barely concealed fear and when Scarlet Witch manipulates his mind, Thor attempts to laugh it off by proclaiming himself too “mighty” to be affected. Thor’s self-image is very much linked to his feats and his unique powers, which is precisely why the huge threat to that status involved in his failure to defeat Thanos results in a destabilization of his body. He effectively sabotages himself to reflect that failure, accepting the failure in a tangible way that further reminds him of it. It is, tragically, a vicious cycle that parallels real life mental health problems.

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When Thor reaches his lowest point and also his most physically different and he is effectively rebranded “Fat Thor”, Thor’s mentality shifts too. He believes himself no longer a hero, no longer capable of the same feats (and his fellow Avengers seem to believe the same), and crucially, because of how he has reacted – which Thor knows is down to Thanos, no matter the outward rejection of the accusation (which is why he’s triggered by his name) – no longer mentally strong enough to be worthy. In his own perception of self, the mental fragility that led to his transformation also suggests to him that he shouldn’t be able to wield Mjolnir. And once you understand that, it becomes far more simple to understand why Thor accepts being told he cannot use the gauntlet prior to Avengers: Endgame’s finale.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/avengers-endgame-fat-thor-unworthy-belief-why/

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