Thor Odinson/Relationships

The relationships of Thor Odinson from Marvel Cinematic Universe.
==Family==
===Loki Laufeyson===
Loki is Thor's adopted brother and the Asgardian god of mischief. In his younger years, he and Loki were very close and good friends, even if occasionally irritated by Loki's mischief. However, it is later revealed that Loki was often jealous of Thor even back then, and resented being left in his "shadow". Because of this, along with learning of his true origins, Loki became spiteful and angry, and turned against his father Odin, although it was long until Thor knew, because of his banishment to Midgard, as well as Loki's deliberate lying to him.
Thor and Loki's relationship later becomes complicated, marked by anger and confusion. Thor loves Loki and wished for him to return home so they could be a family again. However, he has become increasingly agitated with Loki, losing hope that he could be redeemed after he continues to try and subjugate innocent people. He still demonstrates at times that he does care for him, deep down, as he mourned him when he seemingly died at Kurse's hands.
On Sakaar, Thor decided that because of their differences and distinct objectives in life, the best would be if they parted ways with each other. This hurts Loki who, despite everything, also deeply loves his brother. Thor and Loki would eventually fully reconcile after the destruction of Asgard, but they are found by Thanos right after.
Thanos had Thor at his mercy and tortured him to convince the god of mischief to hand the Tesseract, Loki is unable to watch his brother suffering and is brought close to tears. Loki prepares to relinquish the Tesseract to Thanos to stop his brother's torture, and a disappointed Thor calls him "the worst brother" for stealing and hiding the stone. Despite this, Loki assures Thor that everything will eventually end well for them, stating that one day the sun will shine upon them again. In a final effort to protect his brother from Thanos, Loki still attempts to attack the Mad Titan right after finally recognizing himself as a son of Odin just like Thor. To Thor's horror, the attempt only results in Loki being killed before his eyes. Having lost the only family he had left, Thor is devastated, clinging to Loki's lifeless body and crying. Once rescued by the Guardians of the Galaxy, this grief would fuel Thor's rage against Thanos, whom he vowed to kill for taking Loki's life. 
Several years after his brother's death, Thor had several tattoos devoted to Loki (along with other friends and family he lost), one of which implying his uncertainty of whether or not Loki had truly died given that he had survived or faked his death previous times. Thor would honor Loki when raising Love, striving to be a better father figure to her than the flawed one that Odin was to Loki.
===Odin Borson===
Odin is Thor's father and king of Asgard. He is a loving man to his sons, although firm. A wise leader, Odin is the reason why Mjolnir cannot be lifted by strength, and only worthiness. He felt guilty banishing Thor to Midgard, but felt the need to do so because his arrogance was unacceptable of a future king. His relationship with his son remained bitter until Loki's failed attempt to conquer the Nine Realms. After that, their relationship was restored. Thor holds his father in high regard, believing that there is no wiser king or better father.
Thor was very sadden by his father's death, angrily blaming Loki for stripping Odin of his powers and banishing him on Earth. When he learns of his father's dark past as a warmonger (which is what built Asgard's rule of the Nine Realms), Thor's admiration for his father is shaken. Even so, his love and respect is not lost.
===Frigga===
Frigga is Thor's mother and queen of Asgard. Like his father, Thor holds his mother in very high regard, and loves her very much. He was very heartbroken by her death, but trusted Loki for their late mother's sake.
In 2023, when Thor traveled back in time to Asgard to retrieve the Reality Stone, Thor saw his mother alive and well again. This made him realize that he traveled to the moment before his mother is killed, causing him to cry. When Thor met with his mother who was well-aware that he was from the future, Thor broke down and embraced his mother. Thor was then comforted by his mother over his trauma and the failures he endured which lifted his spirits and relieved him of his guilt. Thor accepted his mother's fate and shared one last goodbye with her before returning to his timeline with the Reality Stone.
=== Hela ===
Hela is Thor's older half-sister, who would be a brief, but significant figure in his life. Thor was shocked that Hela was actually Odin's firstborn and original heir. When he met her, he tried to be amicable while still opposing her, treating her like any other foe he had faced. However, this only resulted in the destruction of Mjolnir, his beloved weapon, and getting stranded on Sakaar. Returning to face her on Asgard, Thor would learn Hela and Odin built Asgard's rule over the Nine Realms through warfare, which contradicted all that his father taught him. Hela's revelation would leave his admiration for Odin shaken but not lost. Thor, having too been exiled by Odin, saw their late father had reason for casting the bloodthirsty Hela out due to her inability to adjust to peace while, at the same time, agreeing he had a penchant for withholding the truth. Thor also acknowledged Hela as firstborn with legitimate claim to the throne, though at the same time said she was the worst choice to succeed Odin. Thor would eventually be forced to destroy Asgard in order to defeat Hela once and for all and save the Asgardians from extinction. 
Hela represented everything Thor used to be before his banishment and would have been on a darker scale if it hadn't happened. Even though Hela costed him Mjolnir, most of his friends, his eye, and home, Thor, after Loki was killed by Thanos before his very eyes, mourned losing her along with the rest of his family.
===Love===
Love is Thor's adopted daughter. She is Gorr the God Butcher's daughter, who he brought back by wishing on Eternity. Being brought back through that way gave her magical abilities and extreme strength, so she is as strong as Thor and now wields Storm Breaker.
==Romance==
===Jane Foster===
Jane is Thor's love interest. She is an astrophysicist. Jane appeared in most Thor micro-episodes and in the films. In the films, she, along with Erik Selvig and her assistant Darcy, takes Thor to a hospital after he first lands in New Mexico after his banishment. They discovered Thor after finding him lying unconscience by hitting him with their car on accident. Uncertain as to whether he truly is an extraterrestrial or just a homeless man, they take him in and feed him until he decides to go find Mjolnir, with him returning after the attempt fails. He and Jane become close while he tells her stories of the Nine Realms and promises to help her retrieve her work from SHIELD. Before returning to Asgard, they share a kiss and he promises to return to her, although he is not able to do so for two years.
After seeing him on television during the events of The Avengers in New York, she is momentarily upset with him for not coming to visit her, although he is quickly forgiven, and they rekindle their relationship. He even takes her to Asgard after Jane absorbed the Aether. As of Thor: Ragnarok, Jane and Thor had broken up. According to Thor, he told Loki that it was a "mutual dumping."
Thor later reunites with Jane 8 years after their split, in Thor: Love and Thunder. He learns she has claimed his hammer after she found it started to cure her cancer and she becomes Mighty Thor. Thor and Jane work together with Valkyrie to defeat Gorr the God Butcher, and they get back together after Thor learns Jane has cancer. However, their relationship is short lived as Jane's cancer gets worse and she crumbles to her illness after facing Gorr the God Butcher in battle. Thor and Jane confess their love for one another as she dies, leaving Thor heartbroken. 
===Sif===
Sif is one of Thor's closest friends and she had a romantic interest on him. She was protective of him and even willing to aid him if it meant treason. Thor even supported her when she became one of the best warriors of Asgard, despite being a woman.
==Friends and Allies==
===Avengers===
The Avengers are Thor's allies and friends from Midgard. They had issues with each other's at first, especially over who gained custody of the renegade Loki and the Tesseract, but eventually band together to defeat him, and Thor now considers them friends. Thor sometimes underestimates their abilities and strength, possibly because they are all mortals. However, he respects their tenacity and bravery in combat despite their mortal lives and personalities. 
He has notable interactions with Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Vision. Tony's narcissism and ego often rubs Thor the wrong way, most especially when the former went behind the team's back and used Loki's scepter to create Ultron, a peacekeeping program that immediately went rogue, even hoisting him by the neck. With Steve, Thor is deferential to him as field leader, has some combo moves using Thor's hammer and Steve's shield, and trusts his decisions. Thor was stunned that Steve may have been able to lift Mjolnir, later proud to finally see him lifting it years later to fight Thanos. Thor had dynamic interactions with Hulk and Bruce Banner when stranded together on Sakaar. Thor eventually understands Hulk's difficulties in finding acceptance and agrees they are well alike, boisterous individuals who enjoy battle, while developing a comradery with Bruce, accepting his refusal to turn into Hulk. Thor had a vision about the Infinity Stones and the way to defeat Ultron. He then helped Tony and Bruce finish creating Vision, eventually trusting the android as an ally and to keep the Mind Stone when he was able to lift Mjolnir (which only the worthy could lift). Though he has little interaction with Black Widow, Thor recognizes Natasha's skills as an asset, using her interrogation technique (pretending to be hostage) to get information out of Surtur and trying to use her lullaby to soothe Hulk and Bruce.
===Darcy Lewis===
Thor got off to a bad start with Darcy Lewis, after she tasered him. However, they eventually got over it after Darcy realized she found him to be incredibly attractive and he didn't really care anymore. As two people who had a close relationship with Jane Foster, Darcy had respect for Thor's tendency not to exactly stay out of life-threatening trouble. She was usually happy to help him out. He acts friendly toward her, and she gives him the same respect, but the two had little contact.
===Erik Selvig===
Thor met Erik Selvig when he was banished to Earth as punishment by his father for starting a war with the Frost Giants. Because of Thor's speech and claims to be the Norse God of Thunder, Selvig initially found Thor to be delusional.
===Heimdall===
Thor considers Heimdall as his best friend. When the Frost Giants snuck into Asgard, Heimdall trusted Thor to interrogate the Frost Giants on how they snuck into Asgard. Shortly after Thor's banishment and Loki's usurpation of the throne, Heimdall trusted Sif and the Warriors Three to find Thor and bring him home so he can stop Loki. Thor included Heimdall in his plan to stop Malekith while also ensuring Heimdall's loyalty to the throne, which meant the gatekeeper would alert Odin of his plan. After the destruction of Asgard and Thor's ascension as king, Heimdall, along with Loki and Valkyrie, became one of his advisors. Thor was devastated when his loyal friend was killed by Thanos after he sent Hulk to safety, which, along with Loki's following death, spurred his hatred and desire for revenge against the Titan.
===Valkyrie===
Valkyrie is one of Thor's closest friends whom he met in Thor: Ragnarok. She helped him take down the Grandmaster with his friend Bruce Banner/Hulk. After Thanos' snap, they seemed to stay in touch as they both lived in New Asgard. After the snap, Thor decided to leave Earth and made Valkyrie the new king of Asgard. A deleted scene from Avengers: Endgame shows Thor trying to kiss Valkyrie before leaving and she stops him, hinting that he might have had a crush on her.
They reunite in Thor: Love and Thunder, where Thor is happy that Asgard was left in Valkyrie's hands. She joins him and Jane Foster in defeating Gorr the God Butcher.
==Enemies==
===Thanos===
Thor was at first unaware that Thanos was the one behind his brother's attack on Earth, despite suspecting Loki had a benefactor in his invasion, and never even suspected it until he saw a vision on the Infinity Stones and realized that someone has been manipulating the events and using the Avengers as pawns but remained unaware of Thanos's existence.
They finally met in Infinity War, in which Thanos slaughtered half of the Asgardian refugees, among them Heimdall and Loki. Thor developed a great hatred for Thanos for killing the few people he had left, vowing to kill him even while incapacitated. However, Thor's hatred towards Thanos, while giving him the drive to forge Stormbreaker, proved to be extreme enough to cloud his judgement and underestimate the Mad Titan's resilience. Thor purposefully landed a blow to the chest so he could mock Thanos in his face, but it was not enough to severely wound him. Thor could only be shocked as Thanos mocked him for his folly of not instead beheading him. Thanos wiping out half of the universal populace caused Thor's hatred towards him to become more focused after this failure. Taking the Mad Titan's words to heart, Thor cut the gauntlet hand off before finally his head in their final confrontation. However, as Thanos had already destroyed the Infinity Stones, leaving no means to undo his action, Thor's revenge was completely hollow and caused him to go into a five year depression. When facing an alternate version of Thanos from the past, Thor, learning from his mistake, aimed to kill him properly and quickly end the threat.
===Gorr the God Butcher===
Thor learns of Gorr the God Butcher in Love and Thunder, when a beaten Sif informs the God of Thunder that Gorr has wielded a deadly weapon to exsiccate all God's. Thor, Jane Foster and Valkyrie travel to Olympus to inform the other gods of Gorr's plans. Eventually admitting defeat, Thor manages to convince Gorr that all he wanted from Eternity was not to destroy the gods but to get his daughter Love back. Gorr asks Thor to take care of his daughter Love, who has been resurrected by Eternity, and Thor accepts, taking Love under his wing as his new adopted daughter. 
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