Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20171206004220/@comment-1895174-20180517212300

KalKent wrote: LoveWaffle wrote: So she's the Yajirobe of the MCU.

GREAT. I don't get the reference, and I don't get how it would affect her character progression in a negative way, since the only thing I got from that movie ('Thor: Ragnarok') in terms of her progression was her re-embracing her role as Valkyrie to protect Asgard, which it seems like she's still doing to an extent. And if that was what her cut scene was about, then I see why it was cut to begin with (since these movies get enough unjust criticism of having "pointless cameos" in them). Yajirobe is a character from the Dragon Ball franchise whose main characteristic is his cowardice even though he's a fairly powerful fighter (although he falls far behind everyone else's power level as he continues to stay out of action). Every time the heroes expect him to help them fight a villain, Yajirobe runs away, only occasionally intervening in a pinch before running away again just as quickly as he got there.

That's why I say Valkyrie is the Yajirobe of the MCU if she bailed when Thanos and his minions arrived. Her character arc in Ragnarok is about accepting her role as a Valkyrie and to stop hiding from the tragedies in her past. It runs counter to her development in that movie if she doesn't say and fight Thanos. If Thor entrusted anyone with protecting the surviving Asgardians, it would make the most sense if it was Heimdall, wouldn't it?

But I don't think that scene happened anyway. If it did, that means they shot Thanos and the Black Order attacking the ship. That's a very expensive scene to shoot only for it to wind up on the cutting room floor. What probably happened is they shot a death for her along with Loki's and Heimdall's, but then cut it for any number of reasons. Maybe it didn't have the gravity to it that her death should have (like what people say about the deaths of the Warriors Three in Ragnarok).

Anyway I found fan art of the Black Order posing as the Ginyu Force so I'm happy.