Random Fan Theories About Hela That Actually Make A Lot Of Sense (15 items)

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  (#5) Hela's Mother Is Death

  From Redditor u/PeePap

  Is it possible that Hela's mother is actually the entity Death? I saw a post on r/MovieDetails that when Starlord enters that ancient temple at the beginning of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 there are carvings of the entities that created the Infinity stones. People on here debate quite often whether Hela will be Thanos's love interest as the embodiment of death. I think something similar to this is possible. Remember Hela seem to be around for a LOT longer than Thor and Loki so its likely she has a different mother altogether. She is also leagues stronger than Thor. A possible theory is that Odin hooked up with Death and she gave birth to Hela.
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  (#4) Odin Doesn't Have The Infinity Gauntlet Because He Couldn't Sacrifice Hela For The Soul Stone

  From Redditor u/lyndonguitar:

  TLDR: Yggdrasil is one big cosmic infinity gauntlet, and Odin originally sought the stones and planned to make the Infinity Gauntlet, but backed out because he couldn't sacrifice Hela for the Soul Stone.

  Basically, Yggdrasil is one big cosmic infinity gauntlet, made by a powerful precursor race to harness the power of infinity stones. for some reason they all died and Asgard was populated by what we now know as Asgardians and the nine realms populated with different beings.

  Asgard was the battery core of that 'cosmic gauntlet' and harnesses the energy of the stones. That's why you see natural portals all over the place, That's why you get Asgardians that can naturally do magic, it actually channels energy from the stones, Loki alters Reality with illusions and reads Minds. Thor, Odin has Power stone like properties, Bifrost is Space stone like powers, and Hela has Power stone and a bit of Reality and Soul stone. Heimdall also has a Soul stone like ability. Hela gets most his powers through Asgard. Thats why bifrost is rainbow color, because it is the color of the infinity stones.

  [Read the full theory here]
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  (#15) Loki Is Hela's Son

  From Redditor u/ThaliusThalius:

  Loki is Hela's son. In Thor: Ragnarok the stylistic similarities between Loki and Hela are very obvious. In the Nordic myths Hel is a daughter of Loki. (p.s. Hel is not only the model for Hela, who was inspired by her ruled and named after her underworld Christian hell.) Loki in the Marvel universe is the son of the king of ice giants, while his mother is unknown. I think the authors of Ragnarok just wanted to lay a little Easter egg to Nordic mythology with the similarity, but imagine what if my theory were true.

  Loki would be Odin's grandson. Everything would be different if this relationship were known! Also for the background for Hela, if she had had an affair with the ice giant, we would have heard. But what if she had been attacked by him? That would explain her irrepressible anger. And as a proud warrior it would not be unlikely that she would feel shame and therefore say nothing. Odin is not necessarily the most sensitive, and his exile only makes her anger more explainable.
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  (#2) Hela Is Not Frigga's Daughter

  From Redditor u/HighTreazon:

  My personal theory is that Hela isn't actually Frigga's daughter, but rather the child of a different woman sired by Odin. Not only does Hela have a complete lack of semblance to Frigga, but she was born during Odin's darker and more bloodthirsty days of conquest. I like to think that Odin went away on a campaign and returned with Hela, who grew up somewhat resented by Frigga, and became a literal reminder of Odin's past sins. Odin was never perfect, and I think that this reading adds a nice nuance to Hela's story.

  In fact, for a long time (before IW or Endgame) I fancied that Hela's mother was the ACTUAL Lady Death, hence her morbid godhood and evil whims. In a way it makes Odin's story a sort of Faustian one.... where Death gives him a child with which he can conquer the 9 realms, but the child will of course be Asgard's undoing.
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  (#1) Hela Knew The Gauntlet Was Fake Because She Was Helping Odin Track Down The Infinity Stones

  From Redditor u/bubonis:

  Years and years ago, Odin learned about the Infinity Stones through his father, Bor, who was responsible for taking the Reality Stone from the Dark Elves. After his death and Odin's subsequent rise to power, he (with Hela at his side) began conquering all the realms in order to locate and claim the Stones. Odin found the Space Stone first and this allowed Odin and his armies to travel between realms and conquer them very quickly. the Bifrost is essentially an Asgardian reproduction of the power of the Space Stone (EDIT: Never mind that bit.) During this he commissioned Nidavellir to create a device which would allow him to control all the Stones at will: the Infinity Gauntlet. They created the mould for it and made one casting as a test fit for Odin, complete with fake Stones to give Odin an idea of the grandeur of the finished Gauntlet.

  However, at about this time he discovered the whereabouts of the Soul Stone and what was required of him to get it: He'd have to sacrifice that which he loved the most, which was Hela. He found he couldn't do it and in that moment Odin stopped being a conquerer and started being a king. Hela didn't understand this change of heart; she knew what the Infinity Stones were because Odin specifically told her that's why they were conquering all the realms, and Hela believed in that power more than anything else. So she and Odin fought; Odin won and that's when he imprisoned her in Hell. Odin put the fake Gauntlet in his treasure room as a reminder of both what he'd done and what he'd lost, and swore that he would protect all that he had conquered.

  [Read the full theory here]
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  (#12) Hela Is Mistress Death

  From Redditor u/Obversa:

  tl;dnr: Hela in the MCU, or Thor: Ragnarok, is an incarnation of, and personification of, "Mistress Death." She originally worked with Odin in an attempt to conquer the universe as his 'daughter,' and played a key role in initiating, and carrying out, Ragnarok. Now, with the appearance of Thanos, Hela could very well make a reappearance in the MCU films.

  It's been speculated before that Hela is Odin's daughter with Death, given that, in Thor: Ragnarok, her mother is never shown, nor mentioned. (I also do not think Hela's mother is Frigga, and Thor calls Hela his 'half-sister' in Ragnarok.) Odin also kept Hela a closely-guarded secret, even from his own, later children / sons, Thor and Loki. However, there is another character, besides Hela, who is depicted in a mural in similar, 'cosmic entity' fashion... and that's Death in Guardians of the Galaxy.

  [Read the full theory here]

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