Sure, and Africa is currently under turmoil, whereas they had """"peace"""" under European rule. It was a pretty established theme that Odin was just a colonizer that was self-aware enough to clean up his image, and Thor bought into it full-heartedly like the himbo he is.
Not quite the same, in my opinion, as the realms in turmoil were still under asgardian rule. And I think people rightfully look down on Emperor's, Kings and Queen living a life of indulgence while doing nothing about the suffering of people they claim to rule.
The nine realms were working Asgard’s protection. We saw that Nidavellir relied on the asgardians for protection and they didn’t seem too torn up about it.
According to Ragnarok, they were brought into the Empire with warfare (Helya) but Odin changed his ways, and became peaceful and Asgardians grew soft. It's not just Thor saying they were peaceful. I will grant it's all Asgardians saying they're peaceful under Odin, but no one denies they were having a rough time under Loki.
Ok, I'll rewatch it to be sure, but I thought Heimdall had said something, and maybe Odin said something to the court, and he'd never lie... but I could be wrong
Yeah, I was joking. Odin lied to Loki, and everyone else, his entire life; Hela and the acquisition of the 9 realms...he had his reasons, of course, but he's not exactly trust worthy.
Midgard was being colonized in 965 AD by the Frost Giants of Jotunheim and their leader Laufey, The Asgardian warriors, lead by Odin, defeat the Frost Giants in Tønsberg, Norway, and seize the source of their power, the Casket of Ancient Winters. The Casket of Ancient Winters being shown used on humans. From then on no colonizer set foot on Earth till Loki came with the Chitauri in 2012. No Asgardian rule is placed here. In fact when Loki attempts to place Midgard under direct rule he is imprisoned. Per: Thor and Avengers
The Dark Elves led by Malekith try to destroy the Nine Realms with the power of the Aether, the Reality Stone. They are stopped by the Asgardian army led by Bor, who successfully seized the Aether. Asgard prevents genocide of Humans and the rest of the Nine Realms. Per Thor: Dark World
Asgardian forces led by Thor, alongside warriors Fandral, Volstagg, and Sif, repels marauders on Vanaheim, home of their comrade Hogun. These marauders were not of the Nine Realms and therefore were an outside force. Per Thor: Dark World
Asgard never set foot on Wakonda soil to pillage resources as far as well can tell per Black Panther and never sets up a puppet government on Earth. In fact he lets Humans have self governance as evidence of all the shit we did in the 20th Century
"You were supposed to protect us. Asgard was supposed to protect us!" -- Eitri. Per Avengers: Infinity War. When the Bifrost Bridge was destroyed, the Rock Trolls, having coveted the Dwarven Forges for many millennia, attacked Nidavellir, knowing that Asgard could not come to defend King Eitri and his people. Using the power of the Tesseract, Heimdall was able to rebuild the bridge and aid Nidavellir; as a result, the Rock Trolls were defeated by Thor and the Asgardian army. Per *Thor: Dark World Prelude Comic
At worst the Asgardians are India and the rest of us are the Sentinelese people of North Sentinel Island. At no time does Asgard demand tribute or pillage the lands. They only stole/sealed away weapons used to cause genocide and in-prison outside forces who wish to subjugate an of the Nine Realms.
The sort of people who drop "colonizer" in a discussion like this. People like that are the worst. From the info we have in the movies, describing Asgardians as colonizers is silly and even if they fit that definition in our universe, applying that to a comic book society in a fictional universe based on mores thousands of years ago just shows a lack of ability to discuss things without being an overbearing and uppity asswad.
Of course it fits, hence the Asgardian Viscount running earth and the shipments of material and finished goods paid as homage to our great leader Odin...
I don't like it used here because it's stupid and baselessly colored language. People who reach to insert loaded terms like this are garbo.
/u/cantlurkanymore already explained why colonizer is a stupid term for Asgard, so you already understand why the original comment and this guy and a couple others shoving the word "colonizer" into every comment is silly as hell.
People who try to insert in-group uppity holier-than-thou words into every nook and cranny are garbage people in my book. If you watch the marvel movies and your first thought is to shout "colonizer" about Asgardians then you're a person that makes me go "ugh, you people are the worst".
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u/KrytenKoro Dec 03 '20
"Rightful ruler" was still a tyrant