Thor: Love & Thunder - 25 WTF Moments

14. Heimdall Has A Son, Axl

Thor Love and Thunder
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Heimdall was of course killed off in Avengers: Infinity War, but his soul lives on in Asgard, and one of Love and Thunder's more surprising reveals is that prior to his death he fathered a son.

Though Heimdall gave his boy the name Astrid, he announces that he's changing his name to Axl, in honour of the frontman of a certain rock band he's obsessed with - Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose, clearly.

Thor's pretty resistant to the name change at first, wanting to honour his dead friend's wishes, yet is ultimately convinced to respect Axl's decision by Korg.

Hilariously, though, Korg gets Axl's name wrong himself and refers to him as "a**hole."

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