User blog:Hugues de Payens/Heimdall Theory Debunked

The Heimdall theory has been around for a couple of years now. The theory is that Heimdall has the Soul Stone. I do not believe this theory, as there are a number of pieces of evidence from the MCU which indicate that he does not have it. This is meant to explain the evidence that disproves this theory.

The popular theory is that Heimdall’s gem on his armor from Thor: The Dark World is the Soul Stone.



One Stone
“The Tesseract is already on Asgard. It is not wise to keep two Infinity Stones so close together.”

-Volstagg, Thor: The Dark World

A lot of fans have taken this to mean the Space Stone is the only Infinity Stone on Asgard, and the Asgardians do not want to have more than one Infinity Stone on Asgard due to the danger it presents.

Therefore, the Asgardians would not want to have both the Soul and Space Stones together.

Size
The gem on Heimdall’s armor is too small to be the Soul Stone.













If you look at the gauntlet Thanos has, you can see that one of the spots for the Infinity Stones is larger than the other five, meaning one Stone will be larger than the others.



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<p class="MsoNormal">In a promotional video for Avengers: Infinity War, it is shown that the Soul Stone is the largest Stone of the six.

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Design
<p class="MsoNormal">In the Art of Thor: The Dark World book, the gem is described as an artistic representation of Heimdall’s watch.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The tree on his chest is meant to be Yggdrasil the World Tree that ties all the Nine Realms together. Since Heimdall is the watcher of these realms the amber jewel on his chest is the same color as his eyes. Heimdall sees all.”

<p class="MsoNormal">– Jackson Sze, Concept Artist for Thor: The Dark World

<p class="MsoNormal">So there it is established that Heimdall’s eyes are not orange because of the jewel, the jewel on his armor was put there because his eyes were the same color.