Love is the biological daughter of Gorr the God Butcher, whose death by starvation triggered her father's murderous crusade against all gods for forsaking them. She was ultimately resurrected by the cosmic entity Eternity in accordance with Gorr's wish, brought on by Thor's advice. She was left in the care of Thor by Gorr before he died, leading her to become Thor's ward and adoptive daughter. The pair began protecting alien species, becoming known to many as Love and Thunder.
Biography[]
Original Life[]
Death[]
Love becomes sick due to starvation
Love was the young daughter of a devout alien named Gorr, who cared deeply for his daughter, and lived on Rapu's Planet. Their planet was in a state of decay, with much being a barren inhospitable wasteland, bringing death and suffering to their people. Love was growing weak and dying from starvation, and unable to walk alone, so she was carried by her exhausted father as they roamed the barren void of the desert in search of life.
Love dies in her father's arms
However, Love soon succumbed and perished, which drove her father to sorrow, cradling her body in the desert before being forced to abandon it. In the aftermath of her demise, her father found their god, Rapu, but finding him loathsome and uncaring, Gorr killed him, becoming the God Butcher and embarking on a violent intergalactic crusade against all gods to avenge the death of Love.[1]
New Life[]
Resurrection[]
Love is restored to life in Eternity's Realm
In 2025, Gorr went to Eternity's Realm, a dimension at the center of the Multiverse, where he met Eternity, one of the Cosmic Entities, and planned to wish for the death of all gods to avenge Love. However, he was convinced by Thor to wish for Love's resurrection instead. As a result, Love was restored to life through the power of Eternity.
Love reunited with her father
She then embraced Gorr, who was dying due to the corruption caused by All-Black the Necrosword. Love bore witness to her father's death but not before Gorr left her in the care of Thor, who then took her to Earth where she met Korg.[1]
Living with Thor[]
Love living with Thor
Love then departed with Thor to space and went to a foreign planet, where she was trained in combat and entrusted the weapon Stormbreaker. She joined her adoptive father in battle many times, where they became known as Love and Thunder. She drew a smiley face on Thor's weapon Mjølnir, which Thor reluctantly agreed made the weapon look better. Thor tried to serve pancakes for breakfast, but she did not like them.
Love and Thor face the invaders
As they prepared for battle, they had an argument because she wanted to wear slippers while he wanted her to wear boots, and she tried to blast him with optic beams. He got his way, and she wore the boots. He reminded her that they had a responsibility to defend the weak, and they charged out to defend an alien race from an invading army.[1]
Personality[]
Love is a compassionate child possessing great strength and fortitude as well as a sense of humor. She is also shown to be very compassionate, comforting her father in his final moments and agreeing with Thor that nice individuals should always be protected. However, as she is still a child, she has also shown to be argumentative and stubborn and can possess a temper, as shown when she used her power on Thor in anger when he didn't allow her to wear her slippers.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Hybrid Physiology: After being resurrected by Eternity, Love developed an ability to manipulate cosmic energy, granting her a number of superhuman attributes.
- Superhuman Strength: Upon being revived from Eternity, Love has been bestowed with immense physical strength, as shown when she was able to effortlessly wield Stormbreaker, a weapon that can only be held by powerful beings such as Thor, Mighty Thor, Captain America, Thanos, and Gorr the God Butcher.
- Superhuman Durability: While completely unarmored, Love confidently entered battle with a horde of well-armed aliens, implying an unknown degree of superhuman durability.
- Cosmic Energy Manipulation: Due to being revived by Eternity, Love has been bestowed with the ability to manipulate cosmic energy.
- Optic Blasts: Love is able to project powerful magenta cosmic energy blasts from her eyes.
Abilities[]
- Combatant: Love is skilled enough in combat to fight several aliens along her adoptive father.
Equipment[]
Weapons[]
- Stormbreaker: Thor trained Love to use Stormbreaker as her weapon. She used the weapon to defend alien species along with her adoptive father.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Allies[]
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Trivia[]
- In the comics, Gorr had a son named Agar, who died of starvation and heat stroke. His death eventually drove Gorr on a vengeful quest to kill all gods. Gorr also had several unnamed daughters that perished before Agar.
- Across multiple comic continuities, Thor has had several daughters including Brigid Thorsdottir, Thena Thorsdóttir and Torunn Thorsdóttir, the latter recurring in many iterations. In Norse Mythology, Thor had a daughter named Thrud with Sif.
Behind the Scenes[]
- Love, being the adoptive daughter of Thor, is appropriately played by Chris Hemsworth's daughter, India Rose Hemsworth.
