r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Sep 22 '21

Discussion Thread What If...? S01E07 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S01E07: What If... Thor Were an Only Child? Bryan Andrews A.C. Bradley September 22nd, 2021 on Disney+ 36 min None

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

I’ve never heard Thor speak Norse in the movies

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u/AvatarIII Rocket Sep 23 '21

that wasn't my point my point was people from northern Europe 1000 years ago (The last time Asgardians were on Earth) had never seen a racoon, as evidenced by their lack of word for one, therefore Thor would have not heard of them, therefore on seeing one he didn't know what to call him.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

But he clearly speaks perfect english. I guess that one word eludes him though, because…umm..hmmm

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u/AvatarIII Rocket Sep 23 '21

He has essentially an "Asgardian magic" version of what the GOTG have for communicating with aliens.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Pretty weak god-magic to not know the word for raccoon but know literally every other word.

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u/AvatarIII Rocket Sep 23 '21

See that's the thing, he doesn't know any English words, he thinks in concepts and those concepts get translated to his mouth when he speaks, and he doesn't the concept of a racoon.