Warning: This post contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder’s Stormbreaker changes create a big plot hole. Stormbreaker has been with Thor since Avengers: Infinity War, becoming his beloved weapon after his sister Hela destroyed Mjolnir, shattering it into pieces in Thor: Ragnarok. Stormbreaker was forged on Nidavellir ahead of the battle with Thanos and it’s been by Thor’s side ever since.

Thor: Love and Thunder puts Thor’s dynamic with his weapons in an interesting predicament. Having made his peace with the fact that Mjolnir was gone (seemingly for good), the God of Thunder was surprised to find that his old hammer resurrected itself and transformed ex-girlfriend Jane Foster into Mighty Thor. However, Thor continues to use Stormbreaker, which has the ability to summon the Bifrost to travel to any of the Nine Realms. Unfortunately for the God of Thunder, the villain Gorr the God Butcher steals Stormbreaker in a bid to open the portal to Eternity in the hopes that he could kill all of the galaxy’s gods with one wish.

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The changes made to Stormbreaker in Thor: Love and Thunder create a plot hole precisely because Gorr the God Butcher is able to use the axe to open the Bifrost portal to begin with. Stormbreaker, however, seemingly has a mind of its own (at least to some extent). Thor’s axe is shown to be a bit jealous of Mjolnir, to which the God of Thunder assures Stormbreaker that his former weapon isn’t going to replace his new one at all. What’s more, Stormbreaker doesn’t always follow Thor’s orders, and it’s a sore spot between them on occasion. Considering that Stormbreaker has been revealed to be sentient, the idea that Thor’s axe would acquiesce to Gorr the God Butcher and grant him access to Eternity is rather strange and makes it seem like more of a plot convenience than anything.

Stormbreaker's Love & Thunder Story Makes No Sense

Chris Hemsworth as Thor

To that end, Stormbreaker’s Thor: Love and Thunder story doesn’t make any sense. If it’s capable of understanding and even feeling, then why would Stormbreaker agree to open the Bifrost for Gorr the God Butcher? Stormbreaker understood that the film’s villain was up to no good, so there’s no reason to think Thor’s axe would grant Gorr his greatest desire, especially if that very act would adversely affect Thor or put him in physical danger (which it did). Just like Mjolnir was tasked with protecting Jane Foster at any cost, Stormbreaker was meant to do the same for Thor, which is the opposite of what happens when the god’s weapon helps Gorr enter Eternity.

If Stormbreaker was a regular old weapon, this wouldn’t be much of an issue. Gorr would have simply taken the axe and opened the Bifrost portal without any thought as to whether Stormbreaker would have allowed it or not. However, because Thor’s weapon is sentient, the least Thor: Love and Thunder could have done was show Stormbreaker’s resistance to Gorr the God Butcher's demands. Otherwise, it remains a plot hole, a contrivance created for Gorr to get to Eternity. Perhaps if Thor: Love and Thunder had avoided the scenes of Stormbreaker and Thor interacting, the story’s oversight in its final act wouldn’t have been as noticeable.

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