Will Asgard be destroyed?

Ragnarok is, basically, the end of the world – in this case, it is the destruction of the Gods and their home city. But will this happen in the MCU as well? Will the audiences finally witness a Marvel flick in which the stakes are so high that not even the Gods can prevent the destruction brought by a Mad Titan?

Given what director Taika Waititi has said, we have no idea – he only said that a different kind of humor will be brought to the franchise. And this isn’t too reassuring. Can there be anything comic in the disappearance of an entire race? We guess not…

But Marvel can still surprise us and do the unthinkable – destroy the city that stood guard over the nine realms. And kill most of the gods along with it. One of the most recent rumors (which, for one reason or another, didn’t fly with the fans) says that Thor will fail in his quest and that, by the end of Thor: Ragnarok, he will find himself imprisoned somewhere in the Universe. If Marvel will take on this path, then it will prove that nobody is safe in the MCU any longer. And it is about time they did that.

The destruction of Asgard could play an important role, and not just in the MCU. Some of the remaining gods (and warriors, for that matter) might take refuge on Earth, thus spicing things up for the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (and, maybe, the other series as well, either existing or planned).

At the same time, Asgard can survive – the studio certainly sees the potential for quite a few additional stories to be told. And this wouldn’t be the first time the studio sacrificed a movie for the sake of others to come. Of course, they can continue even if the city is destroyed, since Ragnarok is cyclical and the gods always rebirth (though we wouldn’t want that, since we are tired of deaths which aren’t what they should be).

Speaking of which…