8 Ways That Thor: Ragnarok Sets Up Future MCU Movies

The End Of Hela?

After nearly ten years, the MCU finally gave us its first female villain in Thor: Ragnarok with Cate Blanchett’s Hela – and, while we could have done with many more supervillanesses in this time, she was certainly worth the wait. Not only was she a force to be reckoned with, as Thor’s evil older sister, but she was also played with scenery-chewing evil. Fingers crossed, then, that we haven’t seen the last of her.

At the end of Ragnarok, Thor elects to unleash Surtur on Asgard, thereby bringing about the titular apocalypse and destroying his homeworld – and, he hopes, Hela with it. But did it work as he planned? Being the Goddess of Death must make you pretty indestructible, even if you’re trapped on a planet that’s totally destroyed. As such, we have a sneaky suspicion she made it out.

After all, a common fan theory states that Hela will have a major role in Avengers: Infinity War and its sequel. You see, in the comics, Thanos’ motivation in taking over the universe is that he’s trying to impress Lady Death, who he’s besotted with. As introducing a personification of death might be a bit out-there even for the MCU, fans think that Thanos might fall for the Goddess of Death instead. It seems plausible to us, and Hela’s open-ended fate definitely leaves room for her to return.