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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.
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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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(#3) Loki Looks Like Hela Because Of Odin
From Redditor u/JessiLeighArt:
TL;DR: Loki looks like Hela because when Odin changed Loki's Jotun form to an Aesir form as an infant Odin was thinking of his imprisoned eldest child, Hela.
I'll start off by saying, if you've watched even the first Thor movie, you know Loki is adopted, which explains why Loki and Thor don't quite look alike.However, when watching Thor: Ragnarok you more than likely noticed that when Hela appears and we first see all the siblings together, Loki and Hela look like they could actually be siblings and Thor looks like the adopted one.
This is a little odd, isn't it? Well maybe not.
We find out in Ragnarok that Odin had imprisoned his eldest child Hela, when he became fearful of her ambition and willingness to kill in order to control more realms. He felt this act was necessary, but was still saddened by the fact that he had to lock away and basically erase the existence of his beloved eldest child.
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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.
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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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(#6) Odin Meant For Hela And The Loss Of Mjolnir To Be Thor's Final Trials
From Redditor u/TheMediocreCritic:
TLDR: Odin designed his enchantments over Mjolnir and Hela to become void after his death. Hela and the loss of the hammer are the last trials that prepare Thor to be King and save his people.
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(#7) Hela Didn't Go After The Infinity Stones Because She Was Already Powerful Without Them
From a Redditor :
Why didn't Hela go after all 6 infinity stones? In the MCU, she's obviously equal to or more powerful than Thanos. She doesn't even have to be in Asgard to he powerful. Also, being a goddess herself, she could probably wield all 6 stones with ease. I also have a theory Odin is the one who hid all 6 stones from Hela hundreds of years before Ragnarok. Wouldn't the task of collecting all 6 stones be easier for Hela with her undead Asgardian army and giant dog?
From Redditor u/Anlashok2016:
Her and Odin managed to conquer the Nine Realms without any Infinity Stones so the thought of using them probably never crossed her mind. Also, she probably would have viewed just snapping your enemies away to be the act of a weakling.
From Redditor u/billbapapa:
I also get the impression she takes pleasure in the killing/fighting - a snap would be boring and anti-climatic for her. Also as you say she didn't need them - I believe at the time of Thor 3 they still have an infinity stone on Asgard - she obviously knows about them and doesn't bother with them so I think that helps back up theory that collecting them doesn't even register with her as anything but a waste of time.
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(#8) Hela Is Half-Celestial
From Redditor u/Hurrin:
Okay, so I'm going to describe a character, and you will try to guess who it is: Derives powers from planet As long, as that planet exists, is basically immortal. Can manifest structures out of their body. That's right, I'm talking about the legendary outlaw himself - Star-Lord!
What? You thought it was going to be someone else? Hela perhaps? According to this theory, Hela is half-Celestial as well. Beside the already mentioned similarities, in Infinity War, Thor says that Hela is his half-sister. Since they both are children of Odin, the Asgardian, I think that Hela's mother is Celestial, and is literally Asgard. Two out of three known Celestials in MCU are planets, or at least parts of them are (Ego, and Knowhere, with Eson the Searcher being the exception).
So, who do I think that Hela's mother is? I've seen a few theories suggesting that it's Lady Death herself, but if the previous part of this theory is correct, I think there is one more fitting character. Jord, from Norse mythology, the mother of Thor, goddess and personification of Earth. In MCU, Thor's mother is Frigga, so it would fit half-sister line. It would also give new meaning to Odin's line "Asgard is not a place, it's a people."
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(#9) Hela Isn't Dead
From Redditor u/sjholm
Alright. So maybe I'm splitting hairs here, but Hela gets her strength from Asgard. Odin clearly says, "Asgard isn't a place. Never was." So does she get her power from the place, or from "Asgard" as an abstract concept? (the people of Asgard?) I theorize that she's alive, in a weakened state.
There aren't many Asgardians left. Many died during Hela's short rule, and the remainder was halved by Thanos. However, there are still some. If nothing else, Thor is alive. If Asgard is not a place, then in a sense, Thor IS Asgard to a degree. Or at least a piece of it. I'm not saying I think she's going to show up, but I find it highly unlikely that she's dead. We didn't even see her supposed "death" on screen. That's usually a huge indicator in movies that someone's death is a misdirection - that they're alive.
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(#10) Hela Was Able To Crush Mjolnir Because Odin Was Dead
From Redditor u/TheOrdinaryCritic:
TL;DR Odin’s enchantments are what makes Mjolnir nearly unbreakable. When Odin dies his enchantments are lifted, allowing Hela to easily crush the hammer.
Mjolnir is often portrayed as a perfect, indestructible weapon with no equals, so it was a huge surprise to me when Hela crushed it in Thor: Ragnarok with little effort. How was she able to do this? Here’s my theory on how it happened. First we need to review why Mjolnir is so strong in the first place. The Hammer was forged in the heart of a dying star by the dwarves in Nidavellir. This alone makes the hammer incredibly powerful, but wait, there’s more! Mjolnir also benefited from a host of enchantments from the All-Father himself. The hammer had an enchantment of controllable infinite density, and a clause that only those deemed worthy could wield the weapon.
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(#11) Odin Was An Abusive Father And Hela Got The Worst Of It
From Redditor u/EmperorJoker:
So this is covers pretty much the whole franchise but I will be focusing solely on Ragnarok. Odin is without question an abusive father. He does terrible things to his children when they get out of line. Three best examples are him sending Thor to Earth just because they had an argument. The second is when he told Loki straight up "Your birth right is to die." he literally showed no compassion to Loki in the second movie where as in the first he was very apologetic (just when he happened to get found out of all things) that's not even counting how he pretty much told Loki he'd never see his mother again and this is just in the first two movies though.
I think his treatment of Hela was even worse he couldn't just seal her away (which in of itself may have been a tad excessive why not just banish her like he did Thor?) he locked her up and erased her very memory in his kingdom at the least he could have told his sons about her as a cautionary tale of what happens if you get drunk with with power just because she wanted to keep expanding their kingdom.
Yes she was violent but in many ways she's no different from her brothers in fact I think Hela was more angry about him erasing her memory than anything else. My point is Odin doesn't just do these things because he has no choice he did all these things because he wanted to flex his king "muscles" and punish those who crossed him even if they were his family. I mean the fact that Loki is so jacked up is proof of Odin's poor parenting. It can even be argued that Thor was well on his way to being like Hela in the first movie prior to being sent to Earth.
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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.
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(#13) Hela Didn't Destroy Mjolnir
From Redditor u/TheMediocreCritic:
And here we go again.
With Thor: Love and Thunder well on its way, We have a bit of a problem to address. If Natalie Portman is going to get the power of Thor as in the comics, then we need Thor’s mighty hammer, Mjolnir, back. As it stands, Cap returned Mjolnir to the original timeline, Hela shattered it again, leading to Thor getting Stormbreaker again. Everything is back to where it is supposed to be. The hammer has to follow the same path to keep the events leading to Ragnarok. Both cap and thor know that the hammer has to be returned or there is no stormbreaker, no Wakanda rescue. The hammer must go back.
But then how can Jane Foster get her hands on that hammer? A hammer that is integral to the story moving forward if they use the cancer storyline from the comics. Well, I think the answer is simple.
Captain America switched the hammer out with a fake.
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(#14) The Soul Stone Is The Eternal Flame We See Hela Use
From Redditor u/derpderpastan:
I just read the description of the Soul Stone: "Allows the user to steal, control, manipulate, and alter living and dead souls. The Soul Gem is also the gateway to an idyllic pocket universe."
Point 1.) In Thor 3, Hela uses the Eternal Flame to resurrect the dead. This fits into the description of the Soul Stone's powers. She also controls and manipulates them.
Point 2.) The Soul Stone burns like fire, just like our souls are sometimes said to "burn" inside of us. Also, it's yellow-ish orange, just like the Soul Stone.
Point 3.) Odin banished Hela to what might have been some kind of "pocket universe" in order to contain or distract her enough to keep a safe distance between her and humanity. I presume Odin was in possession of the Eternal Flame at the time since it is in his possession when we first met him.
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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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