And by Odin, is he This theme powers Thor through the events of last year’s According to Joe and Anthony Russo, the brothers who directed Instead, it becomes the comic relief of the movie. For characters like Schmidt in Which leaves fat people sitting in the audience – people like me, and no doubt countless others, including little kids – feeling pretty worthless too.Looks like your browser doesn't support JavaScript. He's also gained a noticeable amount of weight, gaining the nickname "Fat Thor" from fans who've seen the movie.From here, the Asgardian God of Thunder is initially hesitant to rejoin the Avengers as they travel through time to steal back all six Infinity Stones. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least 13 years of age, and have read and agree to the Comicbook.com One-third of the MCU's trinity, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) was set to play a major role in At the very beginning of the movie, a few of the Avengers manage to locate Thanos (Josh Brolin) on his retirement planet. My love for the character only grew over the years, reaching new heights with Hemsworth, under Waititi’s direction, plays Thor as a three-dimensional hero who can deliver one-liners but also, crucially, show emotional vulnerability. The laughter was never with Thor, but always at his expense.
In all of the examples I’ve listed above, comedy is derived from the sloppy, foolish husband being nagged by his thin, uptight wife. Spoilers ahead for Avengers: Endgame.. One of the many secrets Marvel did a great job of hiding in the leadup to Avengers: Endgame is that Thor (Chris Hemsworth) gets fat.Unable to … When I do turn on media with a fat character, I hope for the best but Sometimes, though, I don’t get the chance to prepare myself. Lately, there’s been, if not a proliferation, then a few baby steps toward more widespread and positive fat representation onscreen. Like when one of my favorite celebrities dons a dehumanizing fat suit, turning one of my favorite characters into a walking, talking fat joke.There was something about seeing Chris Hemsworth playing a literal god, stomping around spouting vaguely Shakespearean lines and being mildly and affectionately objectified that really sucked me in. Fat jokes can come from the most unexpected places at the most unexpected times. Before long, however, he agrees to rejoin the team and is assigned to travel back to the events of After Rocket is able to get the Aether from Natalie Portman's Jane Foster, the two head back into the current timeline and help the Avengers assemble their version of the Infinity Gauntlet, eventually bringing back all the characters that were dusted away in Once the dust settles and the group mourns a loss of their own, Thor hands over the keys to the kingdom of New Asgard to Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) before he heads off to space with the Guardians of the Galaxy, presumably in search of the time-displaced Gamora (Zoe Saldana). Conversely, in Avengers: Endgame, Thor has left the better, stronger version of himself behind. One-third of the MCU's trinity, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) was set to play a major role in Avengers: Endgame. As a fat woman yearning to see myself reflected onscreen, until now I have largely embraced this fact. Again, … I’ve reasoned that fat men have long been more visible in pop culture — and even portrayed as desirable. His trauma is never treated with sincerity or respect. While other characters are given space to grieve and make inspirational speeches and try to move on with their lives, Thor wallows. Now, chubby and self-conscious Thor is in Avengers: Endgame — and will likely appear in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. The camera lingers on his bloated torso, in a cruel subversion of the loving gaze normally aimed at a shirtless and ripped Thor. Most of the time, fatness in male characters is associated with laziness and buffoonery. In a fit of rage, Thor swings Stormbreaker with all his might, decapitating the villain, beginning the character's downward spiral.Shortly after Thanos is killed, the movie moves forward in time by five years and the next time we see Thor, he's turned into a video game-playing, beer-drinking slob. When he tries to wear the new Infinity Gauntlet and reverse the damage done by Thanos’s snap, the other characters panic and push him away, as if his mere proximity could do damage. Check it out by Through movies like There have even been fat superheroes, thanks to the Netflix reboot of the ’80s cartoon What’s significant about all these positive representations is that every single one of them focuses on fat (and predominantly white) women. If I know there’s going to be a fat character, I have to consider whether it’s worth watching a show or movie where I might find bodies like mine being mocked or shamed.
Other characters mock his appearance, comparing him to “melted ice cream” and suggesting Cheez Whiz flows through his veins.Even one of the few sincere moments Thor gets in the movie — when he encounters his dead mother and gets to have a conversation with her about who he is and who he wants to be — is undercut when she nastily tells him to “eat a salad.”Meanwhile, the rest of the characters don’t really challenge the idea that Thor is less worthy because he is fat.
Fat Thor shocked me and absolutely broke my heart. Whatever the intention, though, the effect was this: I sat in a theater and felt my excitement turn to heartache as Thor swung his fat-suited body clumsily across the screen, and everyone around me laughed. Most of the time, fatness in male characters is associated with laziness and buffoonery. It’s not out of the ordinary to hear them in the mouths of otherwise kind characters, within shows and movies that are lauded as progressive and inclusive (I’m looking at you, It’s why, as a fat person, I carefully monitor the media I consume.