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[bjornwilde]

 I've thinking about the intel from one of the Russo bros. that Valkyrie (still wish she'd get an actual name) is still alive as are some of the Asgardians, and my brain keeps imaging what dialog had to have happened for her to leave Thor behind and run for the lifeboats with the civilians and my emotions...

I see people grumping at Peter Quill and Thor failing to stop Thanos. Quill I get, he's an emotional person, so as foolish as it was for him to taunt Thanos, it was in character. Thor thinking he had the killing axe and could afford a heart strike instead of a head...ok. I can see that. But how about instead of aiming for the heart, he cuts off Thanos' arm? That'd be the fastest way to remove the gauntlet and would be very emotionally satisfying I would think.

And while I am at it, I am not happy that Sam didn't get any final words. Not happy at all. I am heart broken that he died on the ground, his flight stolen from him again and failing Cap.

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[aberration]

My problem isn't that Quill failed to stop Thanos, but that he actively sabotaged the efforts of others to do so, and that it was another outgrowth of the incredibly blatant fridging of Gamora :\

[bjornwilde]

That is a very good point and I do blame Quill and Thor for bad emotional decisions.

I am bad and hadn’t thought of the fridging aspect beyond the initial bit with Thanos. Poor girl did double duty on the man pain and I need to remember to question how the story has served the women within more and often.

[camwyn]

A friend of mine pointed out that Thor went for a heart strike instead of a decapitation or a Star Wars move because Heimdall was stabbed through the chest and it was a move-for-move vengeance. For whatever that's worth.

[bjornwilde]

That is a very good point and very within character for Thor then.

I still think the women should've been the ones making the plans and acting on them. Obviously the men were too emotional.