#mcu!balder

[lokiinmediasideblog]

How fid balder gp from thr favorite and beloved one in norse mythology. To being just that dude who keeps saying hes Thor's brother but thors like "no ur not" xD

It's so ironic indeed, because Balder is "beloved by all" and practically the Gary Stu of Norse Mythology (it's also why I don't care for his original mythological counterpart, sorry guys).

And it's so strange that technically, Loki got the short end of the stick from Marvel (being portrayed as a ghoulish villain that always fails for decades), but even that Marvelization and demonization gave Loki the most interesting dynamic with Thor, the Norse figure Marvel decided to make the protagonist (I personally consider Marvel's Thor to be a mix of myth!Balder and myth!Thor because in comics written prior to 2010, Thor's very Gary Stu-ish). Balder in the comics is a less hot-headed and weaker version of Thor with a yandere sorceress, Karnilla, obsessed with him.

I think Loki will always or usually end up being an interesting character due to their ambiguous nature in the myths and the large role they play in the mythology, no matter how much different he is in the depiction (Marvel's Loki, to me started out as a mix of myth!Loki, the Devil of Abrahamic religions, and myth!Odin because myth!Loki's magic was just shapeshifting themself and others).

It's a question of whether demonization is better than being overlooked and forgotten.

[lobeliamaximoff]

am I the only one who sees this?

[bilbotargaryen]

Do you remember the size chart of my gotg team I did a few weeks earlier?

I elaborated (minus the two OCs) and I am fucking screaming

Bucky is so fucking tiny xDDDD and Thor so fucking HUGE

I love them so much

[livingthewritelife-things]

Okay but if Balder's in the muc, where has he been for the past 10 years? He was never invited to a family function? He didn't want to help save Asgard? They didn't try and rescue him for Raganarok????

[squids-comics]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Asgardians have the comfiest looking pajamas.

From: The Mighty Thor #128

[p4nishers]

I think this is the first time Balder's ever been mentioned? But it was definitely also a Thing in the comics- he was one of Thor's closest allies and most beloved friends before Loki killed him, and often shows up alongside Sif and the Warriors Three. I imagine the movies didn't include Odin's children beyond Thor and Loki so as not to complicate things, but a retcon to them having a brother who Loki killed before the events of the first Thor movie might work.

yeah you're right that would make sense i would love it if they took it further tho bc that story is genuinely one of my favorite norse myths ever and i think it would add even more to loki's character to have them kill someone purely out of jealousy. i really would like a mention of him again i'm so fucking curious on where they would take his and loki's story bc in mythology loki is ODIN'S blood sibling (weird af, right?) so they're technically an uncle of some kind to balder, but in the mcu since loki is thor's (albeit adopted but all the same) sibling it would make them also siblings with balder and for loki to kill their brother is just like such an intriguing thing to think about and i want to know how they would incorporate balder's murder in loki's story SO BAD

[comicbookhyperfixationtime]

Balder has basically been all but forgotten by everyone but big ol’ nerds like me. He’s barely featured in anything since the new millennium began and none of his stories have ever really been adapted in any way.

Except one. Balder had a minor story arch in Walt Simonson’s run where after loosing the love of his life he got depressed and ate his feelings and eventually had to get off his sadsack and learn to want to live again.

So basically Balder the Brave is responsible for Fat Thor.

Lesser-Known Thor Characters #6: Balder Odinson

“I was…the one who loved you, and called you friend, and brother, and comrade-in-arms. For all of my life, I existed for one thing–to preserve Asgard against all enemies, to ensure her shining towers never fell to any power.” - Thor v3 #5

Balder the Brave is a close friend and half-brother of Thor. However, he did not know of his blood relation to Thor until very recently after Asgard was moved to Oklahoma. Most know him for his kind nature and skill with animals and music, but Balder in the Thor comics is more than just a beautiful, gentle, and well-liked god; he is also one of Asgard’s bravest and finest warriors.

[the-mjolnir-owner]

Oh so balder IS coming in. Very sad. Anyways. In the comics didn't thor prefer loki over balder

Anon, in the comics Thor prefers Loki over pretty much the whole casting. If they do bring Balder then he'd be a suprise! secret sibling number 2 exactly like Hela and... it doesn't sit well with me. Let's see how they'll explain it this time.

[giantmultifandommasterlist]

Giant Multi-Fandom Masterlist Guide (Alphabetized)

KEY:

✏️ = written blurb for each fic is given

✨= soulmate AU

(#/#) = number of chapters, completed

FANDOMS:

Anne with an E (Gilbert/Anne) ✏️

Arcane (Silco/Reader & Viktor/Reader) ✏️

Avatar: The Way of Water (Neteyam/Reade & Jake/Neytiri/Reader)

Balder's Gate 3 (Astarion/Reader) ✏️

Bridgerton (Anthony/Kate & Colin/Penelope)

Byler (Mike Wheeler/Will Byers)✏️

Criminal Minds (Spencer Reid/Reader)

Detroit: Become Human (Connor/Reader)

Dune (Paul Atreides/Reader) ✏️

Game of Thrones (Brienne/Jaime & Tyrion/OC) ✏️

Ghosts UK (Captain/Havers)

Grishaverse (Kaz/Darkling/Matthias/Nikolai/Reader, Darkling/Alina) ✏️

Harry Potter (/Reader)

Hunger Games (Finnick/Annie, Peeta/Katniss, & Snow/Reader)

Hunter x Hunter (Gon/Killua)

IT (Richie/Eddie)

Little Women (Laurie/Amy)✏️

Marvel (MCU)

Phase 1 /Reader (Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Loki)✏️

Phase 2-4/Reader (Bucky Barnes, Bob Reynolds, Moon Knight system, Matt Murdock, Billy Russo, Frank Castle, Peter Parker, TVA Loki) ✏️

Peter Parker Whump, Wanda Maximoff Whump, Frank/Karen ✏️

Peacemaker (DC) (Adrian Chase/Reader) ✏️

Star Wars (Cassian Andor, Din Djarin, Cal Kestis, Ezra Bridger, Boba and Jango Fett/Reader, Kylo/Rey)

Stranger Things (Steve Harrington/Reader, Nancy/Robin)

The Last of Us (Joel/Reader, Sarah lives)✏️

Umbrella Academy (Dolores/Five, Klaus/Reader)

Wicked (Elphaba/Fiyero)

Miscellaneous (LOTR, TWD, Vikings, Narnia, Star Trek)

[valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn]

Just heard that balder IS being introduced on thor 5...glad im not im marvel anymore. Must suck for u guys

There'll be a Thor 5? Please no more 🙈 I've seen Thor mistreated by the narrative, turned into a caricature of himself and hurt in more ways than one including giving him a fourth movie just so that he could see another loved one die (in his arms!)... because he hasn't seen enough already?

Tell you the truth, I'm completely out of the loop of whatever Marvel is doing these days and after The Marvels (that I only watched because I love and adore and worship Carol) I don't care about them at all anymore. I've reached my limit with these guys. Maybe that will change in time, dunno, but as of right now I'm not watching anything else the MCU does.

And to think I used to be one of those who would watch these movies several times in theatres... They have taken us for granted as if we were going to consume whatever they threw at us out of some nonsensical belief that there was some form of brand loyalty crap in here. I don't think so. Either make good content or get lost. I'm only sorry for Sam because he's a great Cap and my Stephen is still awesome thanks to Benedict but I can only see Waldron crap for so long (and he's writing two Avengers movies!!).

[my-marvel]

How I'd Make The MCU: 2009's Thor

1. Thor has become much more interested in Earth (which he calls Midgard) since all this superhero stuff has been starting. He observes humanity, helping where he can. He has taken particular interest in Jane Foster, an EMT, for she rushed into danger despite lacking armor or any durability. 

2. Thor’s time on Earth is interrupted by Balder the Brave, who tells him his father requests his presence back on Asgard. The Royal Palace is under attack.

3. Thor returns to Asgard, where Frost Giants had found a way into the royal palace. Thor defeats them, but that doesn’t save him from his father’s scorn. Odin calls out how Thor has been spending more and more of his time on Midgard, and thus neglecting his duties to his people. Thor tries to explain to his father that Midgard is growing restless and that it is in peril. However, Odin is unwilling to yield, commanding him to take his responsibilities to the Nine Realms seriously, starting with finding out how these Frost Giants managed to get into the palace. The passage is found and sealed.

4. After this menial task is completed, Thor goes to the Bifrost and requests Heimdall send him back to Midgard. Heimdall says he is under orders from Odin to not allow Thor to return to Midgard until Asgard is secured. Thor assures him it is, but Heimdall is insistent. Thor, annoyed, broods in the palace, until his brother Loki has an idea. There are other ways to travel between the realms, passages not easily accessed by usable nonetheless. Loki offers to show him a way to Midgard, Thor accepts. They travel away from the city and into the wilderness, where Loki shows Thor a rune circle, which he uses to send Thor to Midgard.

5. Thor continues stopping supervillains such as a gang trying to steal a shipment from STARK Industries. He also goes on a date with Jane Foster. 

6. Meanwhile, Loki finds a concealed space to meet with his partner in crime, Amora the Enchantress. Together, they scheme over how to seat him on the throne of Asgard. Loki’s plan is to whip up the Frost Giants into an army and storm Asgard to seize the throne. He sends Amora to Midgard to keep Thor occupied while he finished the last bits of preparation.

7. Amora sends Thor on wild goose chase after wild goose chase, finding him new problems/disastsrs to fix or crimes to prevent across the planet. Then he is eventually found by his father in the middle of another date with Jane. Odin is enraged, Asgard was infiltrated, and here his son is running off to play hero and romance a mortal woman. Thor tries to explain his action, but Odin has had enough. He decides if Thor loves Midgard so much, then he can stay there. Thor is forbidden from returning to Asgard until he has realized the error of his ways. 

8. With Thor now out of the picture. Loki goes to the Bifrost and requests Heimdall send him to Jotunheim. Heimdall says that when the Frost Giants infiltrated the palace, he turned his gaze to Loki but could not see nor hear him, as if he was doing something he did not want Heimdall to know of. Heimdall refuses to send Loki to Jotunheim, which Loki sidesteps as Amora casts a spell onto Heimdall which hypnotizes him.

9. Loki goes to Jotunheim, where he tells the Frost Giants and their king Laufey that Odin wishes to wipe them out, and that they must preemptively strike at Asgard and destroy them. The Frost Giants agree, and begin their way to Asgard.

10. Meanwhile, Thor is feeling bad about being exiled and is trying to find a way home. He knows that Earth needs him and that is where he wants to be, but he also knows that his duties to Asgard are just as important. So they find someone who may be smart enough to get Thor back to Asgard: Reed fucking Richards.

11. Meanwhile, the Frost Giants have reached Asgard and put it under siege, the whole of Asgard is fighting to hold back the Frost Giants. Even Odin himself gathers all the strength he may muster to defend Asgard. Odin finds and is able to break Heimdall’s hypnosis. The warriors of Asgard, mostly Sif, beg Odin to lift Thor’s exile and allow him to return to fight the Frost Giants. Odin is resistant, not sure if he can trust his son. 

12. Eventually, Reed figures out how to get Thor back to Asgard and he returns with a very dramatic entrance by flying through a Frost Giant and landing with a giant burst of lightning. Thor begins fighting the Frost Giants and he and the other warriors of Asgard eventually win. Thor then turns his attention to Loki, who he has been informed is behind all this. He and Loki fight, Odin intervenes, and Loki is defeated. 

13. Odin is furious with Loki, banishing him to the Isle of Silence, a pocket dimension of an island of vines and roots, all black and white, with no sound AT ALL.

14. Odin is proud that Thor returned despite exile, proving Thor truly has put his higher duties over those mortals. Thor rejects this, saying that he still wants to go to Earth to defend it. Thor says Loki is not wrong to question Odin, as Odin could have stopped Loki’s attack before it began but chose not to. Thor declares that he will always come to Asgard’s defense, but until then he chooses Earth.

15. In a post-credit scene, Amora visits Loki, saying the plan is working perfectly. Now that they believe Loki is dealt with, and she is not suspected of any treasonous acts, they will be even less prepared when they strike again, and Odin is unable to stop them.

Idea for the dialogue when Odin discovers Thor on a date with Jane: 

Odin: THOR!! 

Thor: Father! 

Odin: What are you doing here? How are you here?! I forbade Heimdall from granting you passage to Midgard! 

Thor: uh… 

Odin: No matter. 

Thor: Father, this is not what it looks like. 

Odin: Just because I have one eye does not mean my perception is dulled. You have been gallivanting on this world, playing hero while Asgard is vulnerable?! The Frost Giants, or another force, may be preparing to exploit the newly found holes in our defenses, Asgard needs you and yet you choose to ignore it and be here! 

Thor: That is not true, I will return to Asgard upon its assault, but I am needed here. 

Odin: And just how are you— Thor… 

Thor: Father… 

Odin: This mortal girl, you court her? YOU WOULD SPURN YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR A MORTAL WOMAN?! 

Thor: Father, you don’t understand! 

Odin: Oh I understand perfectly my child, you have forgotten your purpose. Of all things Thor—If I can’t trust you to be there for Asgard in a crisis such as this, what does that mean for you as its King? 

Thor: My vow was to protect the Nine Realms, not just Asgard. Midgard is one of those Nine Realms, and a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Look around you Father, look at this world and its people. It is a realm in crisis, undergoing a monumental transformation that could very well tear it apart. It needs us now more than ever. 

Odin:… I have heard enough. If you truly love Midgard so much THEN YOU CAN STAY HERE! 

Thor: FATHER NO! 

Odin: BY MY FATHER AND HIS FATHER AND HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM— 

Thor: FATHER! 

Odin: THOR ODINSON… thor… I CAST YOU OUT!! *leaves*

Some dialogue for when Thor and Jane go to Reed Richards for help to get back to Asgard for you: 

HERBIE: Mr. Richards, there's someone at the door. 

Reed: Who is it, Herbie? 

HERBIE: Uh, a nurse and a Renaissance actor. 

Reed: Renaissance actor? Is this another one of Johnny's pranks? 

HERBIE: No sir, this one's wearing pants. 

*Reed, visibly confused, stretches his neck down to meet Thor and Jane* Reed: Who are you? 

Thor: Hail Disembodied Head. I am Thor Odinson, Prince of Asgard and Protector of the Nine Realms. My flame recommends your services to assist me in returning home. 

Reed, still not fully convinced Johnny didn’t pay Thor to put on this act but willing to indulge: Alright, how much did Johnny pay you? 

Thor: I am not familiar with this Jonathan, or what payment you mean be referring to. 

Jane: I know you probably think this is crazy, but trust me he’s legit. His dad just rode in on a rainbow to kick him out an hour ago. 

Reed:… Ma’am I fought a cosmic being who eats planets regularly, crazy means nothing to me anymore. Come in

[lokiinmediasideblog]

Something i dont get.

Marvel making thor: we're not gonna have balder. That interferes with thor and loki dynamic

Marvel in loki season 2: SIKE we're adding balder and loki knows abt him 😁

It feels like a cheap telenovela twist at this point due to not even being mentioned, lol.

[lokiinmediasideblog]

@thot-son-of-odin MCU!Loki and MCU!Thor are easy to place in a Succession AU as Roman and Kendall, MCU!Hela has elements of both Connor and Shiv, in my humble opinion. Sometimes I like to think we can randomly add Balder from the comics as Connor and make him the oldest son just to fill up the 4th spot.

Not just kings. They're gods! Lol so the ego is even bigger

Especially with a trickster god like loki

Yeah yeah legit

[bilbotargaryen]

Some memes of all active (and former) members of my GotG line-up

(Pls ask I'd love to elaborate)

[galaxythreads]

Apparently balder is coming to the mcu in the next (last) thor film. Anyway back to video games

i should care but like i don't. i can't express how much i don't. they'll mess up balder too which will be honestly impressive to watch.

[therese-lokidottir]

Do you heard run or that baldur will make appear in thor 5?

And I heard that he will be thor other half sibling that he didn't know he existing at all. And look likely baldur will 'replace' Loki but O don't know what kind replace. Replace as in thor dynamics or replace as in be new punching bag

I find this funny and sad for a few reasons. First off, no cares about Balder. I can tell no one cares about Balder because he's never done anything. Like, Valkyrie has been on other superhero teams and she's been on covers. Sif has done stuff, she headed a book for a while. Balder, none of that he's been there since the sixties and he has never risen above supporting character.

Of all the other potential Thor characters that they could use, Beta Rey Bill or Eric Masterson, Balder truly seems like the least interesting choice they could make. It feels like everyone else is dead and gone so now they have to scrap the bottom for anyone for Thor to talk to.

I know I'm coming off mean here, Balder not a bad character. It just I feel like the chance to interduce him past. They already played the secret child card with Hela. It be a bad move to do the same plot twice. Also, what is so funny is the complete lack of interest in Sylvie. Like, no one's even bothered throwing that theory out.

Honestly, I don't care about much of anything from MCU right now.