History TearJerker / ThorLoveAndThunder

** Gorr's daughter dying in his arms. They are in a desert far from any water, his daughter is suffering from dehydration and she tells him in a ragged voice that it's hot. In the next shot, we see Gorr lying on the ground, sobbing next to her grave.

** This becomes even sadder when it is revealed that Jane's mother died of cancer when Jane was little. One of the last things her mother told her is to never stop fighting.

*** Even before this, Thor tells her that there's still a chance the two of them can be together, yet picking up Mjolnir again would end that chance. Jane's sad reaction is even she didn't pick it up again, all she has to look forward to is her continued weakening, and the difficulty/pain of dealing with this cancer before the inevitable.

* Star-Lord's comforting words to Thor about love and loss. He tells him that feeling shitty because you loved someone and lost them is better than feeling empty inside because you have never loved anyone, and says that this is how he feels about losing Gamora.

* Imagine being Gorr, a devoutly religious parent who loses everyone he knew to a drought and then wanders into the presence of his god--only for the god to mock him for thinking that his suffering mattered or that there was anything after death to look forward to. Gorr killing said God with the Necrosword afterwards is nothing short of cathartic and deserved.
** Gorr's daughter dying in his arms. They are in a desert far from any water; his daughter is dreary of dehydration and tells him that it is hot. In the next shot we see Gorr lying sobbing next to her grave.

* This is the first Thor film to not feature neither Loki, since his Sacred Timeline counterpart [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar died at the hands of Thanos]], Odin or the Warriors Three, who all died in the previous [[Film/ThorRagnarok movie]]. Though Loki's name is mentioned during the film, the fact that Thor doesn't bring him up implies that he still hasn't gotten over his death. This also indicated by one of the tattoos on his back: on the scroll with the names of those Thor has lost, Loki's name has a question mark next to it. Given how his brother has faked his death before, Thor must be holding out hope that this is the case again but if this is the Sacred Timeline, unfortunately it's permanent this time.

* While taunting the captive children, Gorr notices a little girl who reminds him of his own daughter, and takes a moment to tearfully describe her to the kids. Suddenly, he stops being a creepy villain and starts acting like his true self: a broken father who lost his child along with his faith.

** Any cancer survivors or loved ones of cancer patients are bound to be emotionally gut punched every time the subject comes up, as the situation is not given any levity.

* Gorr reunites with his daughter before he succumbs to the loss of the Necrosword, breaking down emotionally as he hugs her one last time.

* This is the first Thor film to not feature neither Loki, since his Sacred Timeline counterpart [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar died at the hands of Thanos]], Odin or the Warriors Three, who all died in the previous [[Film/ThorRagnarok movie]]. Though Loki's name is mentioned during the film, the fact that Thor doesn't bring him up implies that he still hasn't gotten over his death.

* This is the first Thor film to not feature neither Loki, since his Sacred Timeline counterpart [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar died at the hands of Thanos]], Odin or the Warriors Three, whom all died in the previous [[Film/ThorRagnarok movie]]. Though Loki's name is mentioned during the film, the fact that Thor doesn't bring him up implies that he still hasn't gotten over his death.

* We're also shown a glimpse of how Thor reacts, or rather he's unable to react to any loss in his life: becoming everyone else SadClown. Thor wasn't an arrogant god having to be punished, but a sad kid constantly living in fear of losing everything that mattered to him who, at some point, decided to keep everyone at a distance and start acting boisterous and loud to have nothing and no one to care about and suffer about.

* This is the first movie with the Guardians to not feature Gamora. The 2014 variant may still be wandering around somewhere, but her absence is a sobering reminder that the Sacred Timeline version of her is gone.
** Furthermore, this is also the first Thor film to not feature neither Loki, since his Sacred Timeline counterpart [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar died at the hands of Thanos]], Odin or the Warrior Three, whom all died in the previous [[Film/ThorRagnarok movie]]. Though Loki's name is mentioned during the film, the fact that Thor doesn't bring him up implies that he still hasn't gotten over his death.