Thor: Ragnarok
Thor : Ragnarokfeatures the Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s first character from the LGBTQ+ community , it ’s been revealed . Tessa Thompson – who plays the elect fighter / sarcastic alcoholic Valkyrie in the movie – took to Twitter to confirm that her character is bisexual . This makes Valkyrie the first explicitly non - heterosexual character in the flick branch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe .
On the idiot box side of the fence , lover have already seen LGBTQ+ representation in the shape of Juan Pablo Raba ’s Joey Gutierrez ( a metal - melt down Inhuman fromAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ) and Carrie - Ann Moss ’s Jeri Hogarth ( a savage lawyer fromJessica Jones , Iron Fist , DaredevilandThe Defenders ) – both of whom are homosexual . But the cinematic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a uniformly hetero spot – until now .
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Thompson ’s Valkyrie is a highly engaging grapheme , with one of the good developmental arcs in the Taika Waititi’sThor : Ragnarok . She surely would have been a rooter favorite no matter of her sex . But it ’s still deserving celebrating that Valkyrie is bisexual , which is resile to make her an even more pop character . Thompson broke the news onTwitter , wading into a rooter treatment about the type to say , “ She ’s bi ” :
She ’s bi . And yes , she cares very little about what workforce think of her . What a joy to play!https://t.co / d0LZKTHCfL — Tessa Thompson ( @TessaThompson_x)October 21 , 2017
To funny book proofreader , this is not marque new data . Valkyrie ’s epicene condition has been established in the comics for years : she has had human relationship with men ( let in Thor and Agent Venom ) as well as women ( notably the archaeologist Annabelle Riggs ) . It ’s nice to know that Thompson is cognizant of this comic book history , and that she considers the live - action Valkyrie to share the sexuality of her comic Christian Bible counterpart . give that Thompson knows the character well than anyone , it seems fairish to take this information as canon .
However , it is something of a disgrace that Valkyrie ’s hermaphroditism is not made decent absolved inRagnarok . Although flashback show her fighting alongside manifold other female warrior , the primary narrative of the film take care Valkyrie caught up in the drama of legion valet de chambre . It ’s worth noting that Chris Hemsworth ’s Thor and Mark Ruffalo ’s Bruce Banner both develop chemical science with Valkyrie , who never expresses her involvement in cleaning woman during the picture show .
After getting to know this character , fan around the orb will go for that Valkyrie generate at some full stop in the time to come to grow further as a character and showcase the other sides of her personality . She ’s rumor to appear inAvengers : Infinity War , so it seems likely that Valkyrie will reappear soon enough .
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