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Thor: Love and Thunder was directed by Taika Waititi, whose queer, pirate HBO Max show, Our Flag Means Death, certainly crosses the threshold of “so gay.” Bisexual actor Tessa Thompson went on. There is no same-sex kiss in Thor: Love and Thunder, but the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film directed by Taika Waititi does several moments for its LGBTQ characters to express themselves.

Love and Thunder is gay as in “let’s get married,” not queer as in “fuck you.” But though we’re more than ready for better, textual, unignorable LGBTQ+ stories in our popular culture, conservatives see even incremental acceptance as, well, unacceptable. Tessa Thompson has opened up about Valkyire’s status as an LGBTQ+ character heading into Thor: Love and Thunder.

Taika Waititi’s Korg, a lovable rock alien, was revealed to be gay in Thor: Ragnarok.

His sexuality was barely addressed at first, but Thor: Love and Thunder introduced his husband. Our product picks are editor-tested, expert-approved. We may earn a commission through links on our site. Why Trust Us? Thor: Love and Thunder stars Tessa Thompson and Natalie Portman , along with creator Taika Waititi, surprised moviegoers at a London preview screening, showing up to champion the film and answer questions from the audience.

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Someone asked, "How gay is the movie? You probably won't be surprised to learn that Thor: Love and Thunder was not so gay. It was moderately, sort of gay, and probably more gay than other Marvel vehicles, but certainly not the kind of "gay" that seemed to be intimated by Portman's answer. Despite their continued claims towards inclusivity, the moments of on-screen representation have been fleeting and, most notably, handily unimportant to the overall plot; perfect to edit out when a film is distributed in a foreign market unfriendly towards queer characters.

But Thor: Love and Thunde r felt like it could be different. After all, it features Zeus, a notoriously pansexual god, Korg, a canonically gay rock man, Valkyrie, long confirmed by Thompson herself to be bisexual, and Waititi at the helm—a director who doesn't shy away from more complicated character arcs whether you agree with his artistic decisions or not. For Thompson, who has portrayed Valkyrie since , Thor: Love and Thunder was a chance to truly explore her character from a multidimensional perspective.

As Thompson has said before, Valkyrie could have had that story: "There was a version of Valkyrie's arc in this [movie] that was going to just do that squarely, and not give much room actually for anything else that might be happening with her. Thompson's view of her character is far less myopic than most—understandably, given how long she's played her. Valkyrie is a warrior whose entire sisterhood was slaughtered; she was left alone and listless and found camaraderie with Thor , and now, in the fourth film, with Jane Foster.

Indeed, as Korg and Valkyrie discuss their love lives and traumas, Korg aptly analyses Valkyrie's dalliances and attitude as a way of shielding her heart and preventing herself from having to suffer through the loss of love again— platonic love , romantic love, and familial love all falling under that umbrella. For Thompson, this kind of exploration of her character is more "normalizing" of "the stories of folks that have been on the margins of narratives for too long.

So I'm happy to see a projection of that on screen, and especially in a film like this. We certainly agree and in the vacuum of one movie-going experience, the casualness in the way Valkyrie's sexuality is discussed is surprisingly refreshing. It's also probably as good as we'll get representation-wise in the MCU for the time being. However, we can also hope for a future where movies with the cultural ubiquity of Marvel can unabashedly center queer characters in a way that is not only natural and organic, but so integral to the story that there is no way to white-wash the queerness out.

Thor: Love and Thunder is out in theaters now. Gabriella Geisinger is a freelance journalist and film critic, and was previously Deputy Movies Editor at Digital Spy. She loves Star Wars , coming-of-age stories, thrillers , and true crime. A born and raised New Yorker, she also loves coffee and the colour black, obviously. Marvel Studios. From: Digital Spy.

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