#A lot of criticism of ragnarok focuses on taika and not enough on the structural problems with marvel productions as a whole

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Ok, but, seriously, what kind of take is this? Waititi ruined the Thor franchise?

What because Kenneth Brannagh with his mood whiplash and desynced narrative was better? Was Alan Taylor, who had most recently (to my knowledge) worked on GoT where the show runners thought themes were for middle school essays, invested in the source material? (Fun fact, Patty Jenkins was going to direct Thor 2, but left because Marvel Studios would not let her tell the story she wanted to.)

Taika Waititi injected a lot of humor and pagan deity duality of moral character into the film. He touched on the imperialist motifs (that were already present in the first two films) more thoroughly than either of the other directors. And Valkyrie was a nuanced and interesting character with severe PTSD and characteristics I have never seen portrayed positively on a character of color ever.

Does Loki take the brunt of some jokes? Yeah, he does. So does everyone else. So does Loki in the original myths. And the comics. Is Ragnarok a perfect movie? Fuck, no. None of the Thor films have been and none of them ever will be.

I don't give a shit what this person ships. Reducing Valkyrie to a drunk sexy lamp is willfully ignorant and low key racist. Acting like Taika Waititi, who was made to feel like he was a diversity hire to cover up racist casting and commentary within Marvel Studios at large, should have cared more about a movie he didn't even have very much creative input on in the first place is fucking hypocritical and a dickish hill to die on.

we do not deserve this man tbh