1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha, and I'm welcome to 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: Stephane Never told your production of I Heart Radio, and 3 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: welcome to another sub subsegment of fictional women around the world. 4 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: We're moving out of Star Wars territory today. Yeah, I know, 5 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: we'll be back soon enough, don't you worry. But we 6 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: are talking about one of my faves, Valkyrie, both for 7 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: Pride Month and also because I'm getting pretty excited about 8 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: the upcoming movie thor Love and Thunder. I'm sure we'll 9 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: revisit that after we've seen it um, and we're going 10 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: to be primarily focused on her incarnation in the Marvel 11 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: Cinematic Universe or the m c U, played by the 12 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: fantastic Tessa Thompson Um. And as always with these episodes, 13 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: that can get a bit messy trying to keep track 14 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: of and clearly explain everything when it's of this huge, 15 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: expansive and frequently rebooted universe. Now we've got multiverse upon multiverse, 16 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: so we're going to do our best. And one of 17 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: the reasons we're focusing on Valkyrie in the movies is 18 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: she's actually kind of more prominent in the movie then 19 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: she's in the comics. From what I understand and listeners 20 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: you can write in if I'm incorrect on that, but 21 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: it seems like she got a bigger role in the 22 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: movie than she does have in the comics. You can 23 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: see the movie crush I did on Thora Ragnarok, which 24 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: is the first movie she appeared in. She would like 25 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: to learn more about that, and just in case you're interested. 26 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: After the success of Thora Ragnarok, a character kind of 27 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: obviously based on Tessa Thompson was introduced in the comics. 28 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: So that's interesting because originally this character was typically typically 29 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: like blonde hair and blue eyed, uh'stereotypical Norwegian character. Tessa 30 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: Thompson's version was saved by a version that looks like this. 31 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about that. It is complicated, but yeah, 32 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: all right, okay, um, So Samantha is gonna go along 33 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: with this ride as for you please is nodding. She's 34 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: engaged everybody. Um, and if there are any questions, you know, 35 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: you can stop me. I don't know that I'll be 36 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: able to answer them, but I will draw on this. 37 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: Here we go, Okay, here we go. So Valkyrie whose 38 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: real name is bruin Hild in the comics, but has 39 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: yet to be revealed in the m c U was 40 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 1: once a valkyrie. Yeah, and that is the elite guard 41 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: sworn to protect the throne of Ascard. So when the Valkyrie, 42 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 1: and yes, I know this is confusing because there's the Valkyrie, 43 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: but she's also called Valkyrie. Okay, all right, So when 44 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: the Valkyrie went up against Odin's daughter, Lora's sister Hella, 45 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: the goddess of death, they were obliterated. Everyone died except Valkyrie. Yes, 46 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 1: that's the Thous's Valkyrie. Nicknaming hard this since she's the 47 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: last remaining. So it makes more sense, it does, it does. 48 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: It's just confusing when you're trying to Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, 49 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: so everyone died except yes, Valkyrie, including the Roman. Yeah. 50 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: It's quite sad, and actually I am not. I don't 51 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: know if you can actually watch it anywhere, but I 52 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: believe there is a deleted scene that has expanded, so 53 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: I'm sure it's even sadder. As part of that expanded 54 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: deleted scene, there's a woman who looks like the comic 55 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: version of Valkyrie, i e. The blonde, blue eyed woman 56 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: who saves Valkyrie, and it is implied that they were 57 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: in love with each other or that they had a 58 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: romantic relationship. So okay, Valkyrie escaped to the planet Scar, 59 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: where she operated as a very successful, albeit frequently drunk, 60 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: bounty hunter called Scrapper one for two um, and she's 61 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: basically living in exile and wait him to die. Tessa 62 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: Thompson has said that Valkyrie is bisexual. Um. And yeah, 63 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: there was this deleted scene another deleted scene from Thor 64 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: Ragnarok of her leaving the bedroom of another woman. Um. 65 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: And apparently they're going to explore it more in the 66 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: new movie, so we'll see. Uh. While fleeing from Hella, 67 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: Thor crash lands on Sakar and Valkyrie fights off some 68 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: bounty hunters trying to capture him, only to apprehend him 69 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: herself and turn him over to the Grand Master Um 70 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: played by Jeff Goldblum, who plans on pitting him against 71 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: his champion in a fight for the planet's entertainment. Uh. 72 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: Spoiler alert. The champion is the Hulk, who Valkyrie has 73 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: been training to improve his fighting skills. They have a 74 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: kind of cute, interesting relationship. When Thora realizes that Valkyrie 75 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: was a Valkyrie, she snaps at him, telling him about 76 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: what happened with Hella. How the throne is the lie. 77 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: Thor convinces her to join the Revenger as he's calling them, 78 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: and they escape the planet's a car. After Valkyrie kicks 79 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: some serious ass and kind of takes control situation, she 80 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: changes into her old Vacy uniform in order to fight 81 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: for Ascard. When it becomes clear that they can't defeat 82 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: Hella despite their best efforts, Thor kickstarts Ragnarok, which is 83 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: the prophesized end of their planet, instructing Valkyrie to get 84 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: the people on two ships to save them. So big 85 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: fight happens. All of that happens. They decide to head 86 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: to Earth, but are attacked by Thanos and his goons 87 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: on the way. Valkyrie manages to escape with some survivors, 88 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: and she did go on to survive the snap, basically 89 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: running new Ascard in Norway while Thor grapples with depression. 90 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: And you don't really see her survive so for the 91 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: first part, and no, I think that they just were like, 92 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: agency did she make it because she's not in Findy 93 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: War at all? And then she shows up in your 94 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: eye was very relieved when she showed up an end game, 95 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: Um okay. Valkyrie takes charge and leans as Guardians during 96 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: the Battle of Earth, which is the big final battle 97 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: they have with Sanos. At the end of Avengers Endgame, 98 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: Thora made Valkyrie the reigning sovereign of New Ascard. He 99 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: was like, I don't I'm not a good leader. I 100 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: don't like it. You're good at it. Go you have 101 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: my blessing, go forth. This makes her the first person 102 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: to rule as Guardians that isn't part of the royal 103 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: family um and you can see in the trailer it 104 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: seems like she's something missing in her heart, there's something 105 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: she wants. But I'm very excited. I'm very excited to 106 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: see what happens. There's also I appreciate the scene in 107 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: Thor Ragnarok four kind of gushes over her. He kind 108 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: of has a celebrity moment of like, oh, you're a Valkyrie. 109 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: I always wanted to be one, And he says like, oh, 110 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: but they're all women and so I couldn't be. But 111 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: that's a like I liked up that was in there. 112 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: She's definitely a very traumatized character. She's got the whole 113 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: drinking to forget thing. She's very at least at first 114 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: outwardly like I don't care about you or I don't 115 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: care about your problems. I don't care about ascar, like, 116 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: don't bother me with that. And I think like her 117 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: putting on the Valkyrie uniform at the end and facing 118 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: Hella and helping protect as cards and as guardians and 119 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: then eventually become the leaders sort of is her grappling 120 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: with that trauma, and you know, trauma never really like 121 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: goes away, but having that kind of at least effort 122 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: at healing. She's really good at what she does. She's 123 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: got superhuman strength, she's got superhuman durability, speeds, dammin and reflexes, 124 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: healing and longevity. I did find an interesting article about 125 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: King Valkyrie as she's called and gender on Ascard. So 126 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: here is a quote from Tessa Thompson from w nineteen 127 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: as new King. She needs to find her queen, so 128 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: that will be the first order of business. She has 129 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: some ideas. I'll keep you posted. So that's interesting. But 130 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: I mean, it was kind of the article I read about. 131 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: It was talking about how it seems in Ascard there 132 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: are some things that break our traditional stereotypes when it 133 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: comes to gender around women warriors. There's still also seems 134 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: to be this idea of women being the carreers and 135 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: sort of in this more traditional position and maybe Valkyrie 136 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: breaking out of that. I don't know, but it was interesting. 137 00:08:41,520 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: It was interesting, So we shall see what happens. I 138 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 1: think it's only like a week or two away. M 139 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: Have you already got your tickets? I don't. I think 140 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: I have some friends and I were talking about going 141 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: in a drive through, and I'm just worried I'll like 142 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: fried to a crisp the drive in drive in. I 143 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: always say drive through, like that was the question of 144 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: the whole thing was like any I'm not trying to 145 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: get a point, but I did have a moment of like, 146 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: I do that all the time. It's so frustrating, but 147 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: you and I should find a weird off time to go. Yes, yes, 148 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: I think a double feature of what are we gonna 149 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: do a double feature with? Though that's our tradition. I 150 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: have a couple of movies I want to see that 151 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: are coming out, if they'll they'll be out. A couple 152 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: of horror movies coming out that I want to see. Okay, 153 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: you have to have to vet these movies because the 154 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: last couple of one husband traumatizing, Like I love horror, 155 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: scary movies, the Slasher ones. I'm like, nah, nah, good 156 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 1: now now I think kind of the ones I'm talking 157 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: about her Slasher. But I will I will let you 158 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: know and you can have the final decision. Okay, what 159 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: if it? What a twist that would be if the 160 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: word took the horror movie? Like, what the hell? What 161 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: the hell? You and I still need to come back 162 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: and discuss dr strange multiverse. I'll have to wait. I'm 163 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: waiting for it. I'm so ready. Okay, all right, Well, 164 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: in the meantime, this brings us to the end of 165 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: this segment. Sub subsubsegment of fictional women around the world. 166 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: If you have a suggestion, we would love to hear it. 167 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 1: You can emails at Stuffie your Mom, stuff at I 168 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: hurt me dot com. You can find us on Twitter 169 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: at mom sub podcast our, Instagram and stuff I Never 170 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: Told You. Thanks. It's always to our super producer, Christina. 171 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: Thank you, Christina. This podcast is brought to you by 172 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. 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