Video; thunderer [Thor 3 Spoilers]

[worldsaway]

[You can tell from the moment Thor's face appears on camera, he's been through hell and back. His hair is almost entirely buzzed down, save for the tufts on top, with markings shaved into the sides. His eye is covered by a black patch, indicating an injury that he isn't happy to talk about.]

I've made some changes. [Bluntly, as if he consented to any of this.]

What else.. Some things have happened at home that may be of interest to some of you. [He hums, considering.] Odin is dead. I have another sister? Her name is Hela. Mjolnir is destroyed. Banner is alive. [He feels a little guilty revealing that one, but he thinks someone deserves to know.] I fought the Hulk. I won. I met a real, live Valkyrie- And Asgard is.. [A people, not a place, but..] The realm has been destroyed. My people are seeking refuge, I suppose I understand now what displacement feels like.

I have the remains of Asgard in a ship, floating through space. If a portal could open for them, that would be extremely useful to me right now. I'm a king with no land or people, now. Very poetic. [Does he seem terse? He's kind of tense.


And then Loki comes barging in, looking very much the same and carrying a large parchment. He glances at the recording with a frown. He places the map of Earth on the wall, pinning it with a single dagger.]

Must you reveal everything? Put that away, I have work for you.

Comments

[worldsaway]

Or an eye. [Blandly.]

I'm surprised I made it out with my life, if I'm honest, but there's no telling how many Asgardians were lost in the fall out.

[ragnarsson]

Hey, I wasn't going to mention the goat in the room, though now you've made me curious as to the story behind losing it.

[Vikings did so love their stories, especially ones about their heroic gods.]

Nothing left to do but survive and rebuild. Can't just curl up and die after living through something like that.

[worldsaway]

Nothing special. Hela struck me in the face out of spite. Probably to make me look like Odin before she killed me. [Thor grunts.] She had issues.

Well, Odin gave his eye for wisdom. I gave my eye to save my people, and now I think I might be a genius, too.

[ragnarsson]

Clearly. Apparently, not getting along seems to be the custom among you all.

[Maybe this is where their mortal relatives got the trait from?]

A genius? Uh-huh.

[It's clear what skepticism Ivar thinks of that statement.]

[worldsaway]

Mm, what gave that away?

Your skepticism means nothing to me. I know my strengths.

[ragnarsson]

I'm sure you do, but genius seems like it might be pushing it.

[It's not that he thinks Thor is dumb. He's seen too much of the god firsthand to believe that. It's just that Ivar is one of those teenagers that believes he already knows everything.]

[worldsaway]

I don't think it is. Are you going to tell me what I am and what I'm not?

[ragnarsson]

Maybe I am. What are you going to do about it?

[Sorry, Thor. Your nephew is being ornery today, especially after talking with Loki.]

[worldsaway]

Hit you, most likely.

[ragnarsson]

You'd hit a cripple?

[Ivar puts on a wounded expression.]

Shameful. That's not very nice of you.

[worldsaway]

I'll hit a cripple if he deserves it. [Bluntly.]

[ragnarsson]

I don't think I deserve it. Not quite yet.

[He can do a whole lot worse than this and Thor knows it.]

[worldsaway]

That's for me to decide.

[ragnarsson]

And what have you decided, o strong, powerful, and wise one?

[His voice just drips with sarcasm.]

[worldsaway]

That you'll get it when you least expect it.

[ragnarsson]

We'll just see about that.

[He'll believe it when he actually sees it.]