Endgame: How Frigga Knew Fat Thor Was From The Future

Here’s how Frigga immediately knew that Thor was from the future in Avengers: Endgame. The idea for time travel first came about through Ant-Man after he was trapped in the Quantum Realm following Thanos’ snap in Avengers: Infinity War. Thanks to Tony Stark’s supplemental findings, the remaining heroes were able to go back to certain points in MCU’s history to acquire the Infinity Stones before the Mad Titan got his hands on them. Aside from the mission, however, it also allowed some of the characters to reconcile with their past and reunite with some of the most important people in their lives as the God of Thunder did.

After his catastrophic failure to stop Thanos from executing random genocide all over the universe, he took their loss in Infinity War personally. The realization that there’s no way to reverse the snap further broke his spirit. By the time Endgame picked up five years later, Thor was in poor physical and mental shape that he was just going through the motions as his fellow heroes refine their plan for the time heist. In the end, he was partnered up with Rocket Raccoon, and together, they were tasked with returning to the events of Thor: The Dark World to retrieve the Reality Stone.

Thor was already an emotional wreck throughout the whole time heist mission, but it got considerably worse when he spotted his mother, who was hours away from her death at that point. The goal was to quickly and quietly snatch the Reality Stone, but due to the God of Thunder’s unstable condition, Frigga caught him sneaking around. Thor tried to conceal the fact that he was from a different timeline, but Frigga knew right away that he was lying and called his bluff, leaving him no choice but to admit that he was from the future. Granted that Thor looked physically different in Endgame, but there’s actually another reason why the then-Queen of Asgard knew the truth and it has something to do with Frigga being raised by witches.

As revealed in Doctor Strange, sorcerers are able to look into the future as the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) did. This is the reason why she knew that Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is destined to be the best Sorcerer Supreme as early as 2012, years before the neurosurgeon’s accident. This ability was in full display in Infinity War when Doctor Strange looked into what lies ahead with their impending fight against Thanos. Since Frigga was raised by witches as she told Thor, chances are that she knew that they have this specific ability, leading to the belief that that time traveling is also entirely possible. In addition, this could explain why Loki (Tom Hiddleston) was also aware of this as he mentioned in Thor: Ragnarok; he always had a closer relationship with his adoptive mother and it’s possible that he learned about the idea from Frigga.

The ability to meddle with time in any capacity is a tricky thing to tackle. The specifics of time travel is already murky in the MCU, and if they continue to make it a central idea in the franchise, it’s only going to be more complicated to the point that it could ruin its established continuity. While it was needed to make Avengers: Endgame’s narrative work, it would be best if Marvel Studios veer away from the concept in the near future.