A rolling stone gathers no moss. But a walking, talking pile of them? That’s another story.
Marvel fans noticed a slight change to Korg between his appearances in Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Endgame, which illustrates the extent to which he, Miek, and Thor let themselves go during Endgame’s five-year time jump.
When Bruce Banner and Rocket arrive in New Asgard to attempt to recruit the Thunder God for the Avengers’ time heist, Korg’s lovely blue hue is also marked by patches of green. Yes, the affable rock dude is suffering from a bit of a moss infestation.
If you pause the movie to examine him closely, which you can now that Avengers: Endgame is available digitally, you can see that he’s downright lousy with the stuff.
Astute Reddit user AmazingSpdrman1 was the first to point out the change, writing:
“In Endgame, you can see Korg has moss forming on his rocks that was not there in Ragnorok, showing how gross the lives of the ‘boys’ have become.”
Though some eagle-eyed viewers noticed during the movie’s theatrical run, it’s easy to miss this subtle visual signifier during the scene, considering it’s the introduction of the version of Thor the directors called “Bro Thor.” Thor’s extra pounds the result of five years of terrible eating habits, even worse drinking habits, and sitting around playing Fortnite have been the subject of all manner of commentary since Endgame’s release. While some fans lamented the fact that the Asgardian’s weight gain, fueled by depression over his failure to stop Thanos from decimating half of all life in the universe, was played for cheap jokes, others were positively moved by the filmmakers’ sensitive treatment of what seemed to be PTSD. Helped along by Chris Hemsworth’s performance, Endgame accomplished what no previous Marvel film had done: it brought the God of Thunder down to Earth, showing us mere mortals that not even he is immune from depression and its effects. Keep watching the video to see the curious change to Korg that almost no one noticed in Endgame!
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