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I'd also add a bit of my own: There's a rather mysterious line (which doesn't seem to serve much purpose given its prominence in the film) in Thor 1 that goes: ''"[Loki]: You have great power, Heimdall. Did Odin ever fear you? [Heimdall]: No. [Loki]: And why is that? [Heimdall]: Because he is my King. And I'm sworn to obey him." ''This suggests that Heimdall's power rivals even Odin's, and that the only reason Odin doesn't consider Heimdall a threat to his dominion is that Heimdall is not interested in such. It might just be the gratuitous setting-up of Heimdall as badass (although he does precious little with it in the first film, and not much more in the second), but it might've also been a set-up of an eventual revelation that Heimdall has an Infinity Gem.