"Thor… Odin Son…
My Firstborn. My Heir.
So long entrusted with the mighty hammer Mjolnir, forged in the heart of a dying star. It's a worthy companion for a king. It could be a weapon for mass destruction, or it could be a tool to create," said Odin while I was just observing the other not-so-significant characters, the details Marvel put into the construction of Asgard and its glory.
I have seen this so many times by now that I was no longer interested in the old man's dialogue. In fact, I had two thoughts about just skipping this section and directly jumping to where the action happened; however, no can do.
I promised to enjoy the old classics without my impatience ruining the fun. If I did it once, then surely I'd do it with other movies as well, which I didn't want.
I'm just a simple student who also happens to do part-time work on the side to keep living in this expensive city and make just enough money to survive outside of paying for my university. Sometimes, I wonder why I wasn't born into a wealthy family. That sure would be nice. However, which man doesn't? Outside of those who have a car and multiple chicks hovering around them, all due to their old money.
Sigh.
There I am again, thinking of things that do me no good. I bring nothing but depression my way, which will lead to me wasting my entire day again by listening to either sad songs or motivational videos.
I'm not having it. I decided to spend my off day decently this time around. So there were only two things I could do: hang out with friends or explore the endless amount of entertainment media out there.
The first one would have been my choice if not for all my friends being back in the town I came from. As for making new ones here in the city? I never tried, and I don't think my wallet can afford to hang out with them.
The latter was much more economical. However, the challenge was deciding what kind of entertainment I was looking for. I was already feeling empty, and if I jerked off any more, my dick would fall off. I was tired of those agenda-driven games and movies.
So I was surprised when I found an entire collection of "Things I Will Watch Someday…" on my computer in some hidden pathway on my drive. If I could, then I surely would like to ask my past self why he downloaded these movies and shows if he wasn't planning on watching them. And even if he did, why hide them so deep? It's not like there was any black material in here he was trying to conceal.
I'm afraid I don't know myself. And for my mental peace, I long ago stopped questioning why, even after having 4TB of storage, I usually only have 10GB free on the best of days.
So my decent fun day turned into a hunt for those hidden files my past self hid due to a lack of anything fun to do. That was last weekend. And now I plan to use all that hard work and watch all these old movies and shows.
Almost everything was available on OTT platforms, yes, but I just get confused over what to watch there. This was much easier to handle. Not to mention, these old movies and shows were miles better than the garbage they put out nowadays.
As expected, I started with Marvel. I used to be a big fan back then, but after She-Hulk, I lost all hope in humanity.
There were many movies and shows here that I had actually watched before, but I just felt like revisiting them. And today, I was going with Thor, one of my favorite childhood heroes besides Iron Man and Spider-Man.
Even after years, I could remember these movies almost perfectly. I used to watch almost all MCU movies like a man possessed when Marvel was dominating Hollywood. Arguably the best movie franchise outside of Harry Potter and Star Wars. Maybe Fast and Furious is up there somewhere.
As the movie continued, I saw Thor attacking the Frost Giants and then getting banished by Odin, becoming unworthy to lift Mjolnir.
"Ah, Mjolnir. If there was one thing I wanted besides a girlfriend—only to tease my other single friends back then—then it had to be this hammer… Sigh, good times."
Soon, Loki attacked Earth with the Destroyer armor. Thor almost died, but by plot armor, he became worthy again, and the hammer came flying to him like my recent tax files.
BOOM! The hero started kicking the villain's ass.
Good movie. Not the best in the lineup; I like Ragnarok way more than the other two, but this one also has its charm.
Just as it was about to end, I saw something I couldn't remember in the movie.
"Stop! What are you doing? Get up!" Loki shouted as he barely stopped Thor from falling off the Rainbow Bridge after Thor destroyed the section and caused a huge explosion.
"Wait a minute, isn't this the other way around?" I paused the movie and pondered whether I remembered it wrong.
But just as I was wondering, the video started once again.
"Huh?"
"Thor, come back up!" Odin appeared and tried to pull both Thor and Loki. Yes, I remember this happening, but Thor was holding Loki in the movie, not the other way around.
"Wait a minute, that doesn't matter… How come the video started again?" I pursed my lips and hit the space bar again to pause it, but no luck.
"Hanged?" A scowl appeared on my face. This old computer was another source of frustration in my life.
I tried to move the mouse or close the window, but nothing. I was able to open another file—not sure which one it was—expecting to close the current movie when another one started in the player, but to my utter irritation, it started in the background while the current movie was still playing.
"Great… What music… Wait, is that the Game of Thrones theme? I have that show in here?"
[Game of Thrones Theme]
So that's why I hid it?
"Brother, let go! Let go!" Thor said to Loki, who was barely holding him from falling into outer space. This was wrong. When did this happen? And if that wasn't enough, the GOT theme was making this unnecessarily epic.
I tried to stop the movie, but the computer was completely hanged. Frustrated, I turned to pull out the power. However, what I saw put me in a daze…
The switch is off?
Narrowing my eyes, I double-checked it, but the same result. This was one of those moments when people start questioning reality. I blinked and, just to make sure, pulled out the cable altogether. However, the music continued.
Now a chill ran down my back. Slowly turning to the monitor, I saw sparks thundering out of it and the PC.
Eyes wide, I just watched as fire caught my PC, and lightning dazzled around.
"NO… No… Thor!" Loki shouted as he saw Thor falling. I, on the other hand, was too stunned to even realize I was back to watching the damn movie when it should have been out of power. On top of that, it almost felt like the entire thing was about to blow up any second now.
"I assure you, brother… the sun will shine on us again…" Thor said, looking right into me from the screen.
And then, I heard a blast before everything went blank.