jayembee
Senior HTF Member
It's complicated. In the comics, there was a character called Valkyrie who was, well, one of the Valkyrie. Her given name was Brunhilde, but in general, I don't remember her being referred to or addressed as anything other than "Valkyrie". Technically, I suppose you could say it's her "code name".3) Does Tessa Thompson's character have a name? Thor and Loki refer to her as "a Valkeryie" and say that the Valkeryies were an Asgardian group of warrior women. But they never actually call her anything else. It seems like she should have an individual name, unless the Valkeryies are just clones. Thor is "an Avenger," but he's still named Thor. So that seems unusual.
I suppose it becomes similar to the run of the comics where Jane Foster becomes "Thor". I know a lot of fans were put off, thinking that Thor Odinson was transformed into a woman. But the backstory was that Thor Odinson somehow (though it was eventually explained later) lost his worthiness to wield Mjolnir. Along comes a woman (later revealed to be Jane) who is able to pick up Mjolnir, and because of Odin's enchantment deciding she was worthy, gains the power of Thor (complete with slightly re-tailored costume). Everyone (including herself) calls her "Thor". And when Thor (original) eventually meets her (though he didn't at the time know she was Jane) and realizes she is worthy, he decides he's fine with her calling herself "Thor", while everyone now just called him Odinson. So (in essence) for Jane, "Thor" was a code name, not her actual name.
But yeah, it seems like the MCU should really give Valkyrie a real honest-to-Aesir name.
And apropos of not much, the thing that's been really missing from the Thor movies is his Best Bro. In the comics, his boon companion was the god Balder the Brave. I have no idea what the current status of the character is, but it seems strange that he's never appeared in the Thor films.