"...Man, they really made Cap handsome in these." Peter commented as Captain America appeared in his full costume, confronting Loki for the first time in the first Avengers movie.

Izuku blushed in embarassment. "W-Well, a lot of people did say that Chris Evans was perfect for the role."

"Don't get me wrong, he's not ugly in real life... but man, I can see why even Diamondback would switch sides to be with him in these movies."

Izuku had decided to show Peter all the movies that Marvel had made about their characters in his universe, starting with the Sam Raimi and Marc Webb films before moving onto the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. Peter was actually pretty curious about the films, specifically how the director of the Evil Dead trilogy and the director of 500 Days of Summer handled his character.

The reactions were... interesting.

"Dunno how they did it, but they managed to make Norman creepier."

"Would it kill Maguire to sound a bit more enthusiastic?"

"MJ would've done something other than scream by now."

"...Why am I dancing like a tool? Pretty sure the Symbiote would've left me early just for that."

"...Okay, Gwen was many things but a science whiz she was not."

"Why... how is he being bullied!? His look is not screaming 'nerd' or anything! Hell, Flash probably would've brought me into his social circle if I acted like that!"

"I'm pretty sure Max hated dubstep."

"...Oh yeah, I remember Toomes bullshitting about how all my villains were part of some big conspiracy. It was stupid then and it's stupid here. Hell, he even admitted in jail that he was just talking out of his ass to try and distract me."

It was like a really bizarre episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, just nonestop jokes and commentary on movies that were considered classics to Izuku... though admittedly they were pretty corny and melodramatic at points, but tons of old movies were.

He did get quiet when the people he knew died on screen. He didn't say a word when Harry Osborn, Norman Osborn, Dr. Octopus, Eddie Brock, George Stacy, and Gwen Stacy died. Izuku wanted to ask if he was okay, but before he could Peter just muttered "It's fine. I've moved on."

It was obviously a lie, but Izuku knew better than to press on about it.

It just wasn't something he could force Peter to tell him.

He liked the Marvel movies a bit better though. For one thing, in the movies Tony Stark 'acted less like a jackass' and thought that it was eerie how similar Robert Downey Jr and Chris Hemsworth looked to their characters' real life counterparts. Though so far, he liked The Avengers the best out of all the Phase 1 movies with his second favorite being Captain America: The First Avenger.

"And of course, Tony's gotta try and out-hero Cap." Peter groaned as Iron Man came onto the scene with his music blaring out of the suit's speakers.

"Did they do that often in your universe too?"

"Yup. Even before the whole SHRA thing." Peter waved his hand. "I mean, it wasn't as bad as when Clint joined, but I heard from Janet that it did get pretty annoying at times."

"Actually, I've been meaning to ask you about that." Izuku bit his lip. "S-So you're part of the Avengers... what's it like?"

He'd been meaning to ask Peter but there never seemed to be the time. Here and now though? Izuku was going to go for it.

Peter hummed. "Well... it's kinda like a family. I mean, we bicker and complain a lot but at the end of the day? We've got each other's backs." Peter smiled as he continued. "And no matter what we're up against, be it natural disasters, the latest killer AI with beef against humanity, or the month's scheduled alien invasion, we're going to make damn well sure that we win for everyone's sake."

Izuku smiled at that. That was how he imagined the Avengers ever since he read the comics and watched the movies. A dysfunctional family that nonetheless loved each other and fought the battles no one else could.

"Though, it's kinda awkward nowadays. A lot more kids are joining up and now me, Cap, and Tony are practically the only 'old guard' in the New York branch left. Thor's out in space and while Torunn's a nice girl she..."

Izuku blinked. "Torunn? As in, Thor's daughter?" The one from the animated Next Avengers movie actually existed in Peter's world?

"Yeah., that's right. Anyways, she's nice but she tries way too hard to act like her dad and kinda tries to tag along with us when we go out for a meal because that's what her dad did. At least Nadia and Henry Jr. are around to drag her off so she can hang out with Skaar and Robbie. Not that I'm complaining about them being around or anything, but it's eerie how so many teenagers are signing up to the Avengers rather than going with the Champions. I guess it's about brand recognition or something."

Peter shrugged. "Ah hell, I guess it's for the best. Lord knows that I would prefer they take a crack at Godzilla the next time he..."

"GODZILLA EXISTS!? AND HE'S IN YOUR UNIVERSE!?"

"Oh yeah. Jolly J yelled at him when he stomped into New York. Tony fought with the overgrown iguana in a giant robot. Fun times."

Izuku felt his jaw drop and his eye twitch from amazement.

He really needed to get all the details about Peter's home sooner rather than later.

XxxXXxxX

"Wait... so why is Thor in space while Torunn is on Earth?" Izuku asked Peter as the two watched Next Avengers. Peter said he could see where the story was going a mile away and he found it weird that Captain America and Black Widow had a kid in one universe, but it was a fun little adventure. "I mean, they don't explain it here but I'm pretty sure you guys would've talked to Thor if he left his daughter on Earth while he stayed in Asgard."

"Yeah, we would've." Peter's face grew somber as he continued. "But... he died a bit after he left Torunn."

Izuku blinked. "He... died?" But that didn't make sense! Peter had talked about Thor a bit ago and acted like he was still alive.

"Yeah." Peter shifted uncomfortably as he continued. "The Asgardians... had this whole prophecy thing called Ragnarok, where the gods fought in this huge final battle and all died. Thor explained it to us once, that the cycle happened over and over again and there wasn't much that could be done about it. If the Asgardians didn't fight and die then the entire universe would be destroyed. We tried to go and help, but he already left and closed off all pathways to Asgard." Peter looked down. "But... he had a kid with Sif, his wife. Something that apparently didn't happen in previous cycles. So he left her with Jane Foster, his old girlfriend. By the time we found a way to get to Asgard... it was all in pieces. Dr. Strange said Thor did something to break the cycle, but Thor was still dead and..."

Peter didn't continue, and Izuku had to hold back tears.

He had read about Ragnarok after seeing it mentioned in the old Larry Liebert and Jack Kirby comics, and he found that while the Norse gods in mythology were radically different from the comics, the idea of Ragnarok was the same. The end of times, that the gods will fight in a battle at the end of the world, and that the gods were all going to die. Odin to Fenrir, Thor to Jormungandr, Heimdall to Loki... they all knew it was coming and fought anyways.

He couldn't even begin to imagine what it was like, knowing that your death was inevitable but marching to it anyways because the Universe would die if you didn't, and the cycle would continue over and over again...

"And Thor broke the cycle so his daughter could live..."

"Then..." Izuku steadied himself as he asked. "How did Thor come back to life?"

"That's actually a funny story..."

XxxXXxxX

"Mjölnir is in New Mexico."

"Shut the front door." Peter felt stupid saying that, he was never one to curse like Clint.

"You kiss your mother with that mouth?" Clint Barton asked with a bemused grin as he reclined in his chair. Alex Power, Zero-G, rolled his eyes but rubbed his chin as he looked at the screen.

"Why would it appear now?" Steve Rogers asked Tony Stark, who simply shrugged.

"How should I know? I'm no expert with Asgardian tech." He zoomed in on video of some local trying to lift the hammer to no avail. "There's no radiation or anything coming off of it."

"So, what?" Luke Cage glowered at Tony. "You tellin' us it just appeared out of thin air?"

"NASA has not reported the hammer entering from the atmosphere from space." Carol Danvers reported with her arms crossed. "Satellites don't have any pictures of it flying around the vacuum either. No signs of the Bifrost opening or anything."

"Kinda hard to do with the bridge being wrecked and all." Alex then looked to Tony. "Is it possible this is another man-made Mjölnir?"

Tony bristled at that but Steve stepped in. "Tony's tests confirmed that this is the real deal. There's no question about that. The real question is..." Steve sat and steepled his fingers. "What is the Avengers' next step regarding this?"

Peter looked around and saw the exhausted faces of the current lineup of Avengers. "We're all starting to get too old for this." Some o these guys had been in the game since the seventies, and even the youngest of the bunch, Alex, looked like he would prefer to be doing anything other than thinking about how to deal with a dead comrade and friend's property or the ramifications if one of the many, many villains with a grudge against society got their hands on it before they acted.

Peter couldn't blame any of them for getting tired. He was no spring chicken either. "But still, we have to do something."

He wouldn't sleep soundly at night if he just left Thor's hammer become a roadside attraction.

Suddenly, a 'call incoming' message in red appeared on the screen and Tony tapped it. A woman with long brown hair and bags under her eyes appeared on screen. "Jane?" Tony and Steve's faces were now concerned as Tony asked, "What happened?"

Jane Foster said only two words.

"Torunn's gone!"

XxxXXxxX

Torunn Thorsdóttir-Foster flew to the ground at the edge of the crowd.

She knew that she likely made Jane worried and scared, but this was important. She sense her father's hammer returning to Earth ("Midgard" she reminded herself. "A true Asgardian calls the realms by the names granted to them at the beginning of time") before it even landed.

She donned the armor she had custom made by Victor Mancha, made to look like her father's. Silver in color with three lights going down her midsection lit with the lightning that coursed through her veins. Her mother's sword was gripped in her sweaty right palm, but pointed down so she wouldn't freighter the Midgardians.

"This is it." Torunn sucked in a breath and began walking forward. "The last true remnant of Father."

Torunn walked forward, the civilians that gathered around Mjölnir parting away as she went past them. She heard their whispers.

"Who's that?"

"I think it's Thor's daughter! I saw her on the news!"

"What's a big city superhero doin' here? Shouldn't she be with her Avenger pals?"

"I think she's part of the Young Avengers."

"Same thing!"

Torunn ignored them as she slid down the crater and stopped as she looked at the hammer, who's inscription glowed in blue light.

"Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor."

Torunn had to hold back tears and the lump caught in her throat.

She was young when she was dropped off with Jane Forster, no older than six when her father and mother said goodbye and flew away forever. Flew off to fight, and die, in the fated battle of Ragnarok.

Jane Foster raised her like Torunn was her own daughter, but Torunn was always reminded that she was the mighty Thor's daughter, both by the public and by her own memories. That she was the daughter of a god, that this world was not her home.

That her father was gone and would never come back.

Now was the time for her to take up her father's legacy. She had joined the Young Avengers as the Asgardian, trying her damndest to fill the shoes of her father. But she always failed. Torunn failed to speak like a true Asgardian misplacing her 'thy', 'thou', and 'verily's when they were appropriate, failing in combat, having difficulty using her godly powers.

Each moment on the team just reminded Torunn that she would never be like her father.

But now was her chance! She would take up his hammer and show to both herself and the world that she was worthy of the legacy of Thor!

"I'm worthy, father." Torunn walked to the hammer, placing her sword on her back. She grabbed the handle and took in a deep breath. "I know I am."

But when she pulled, the hammer would not budge."No." She grabbed the handle with both her hands and tried to lift it with all her might. "Nonono..." She grunted as her arms and legs ached. She could feel her teeth strain from her bite and her head throb from the strain. Tears began to stream down her cheeks. "Please, no."

But it was no use.

She could not lift Mjölnir.

Torunn let go of the hammer and fell to her knees. There, in the ground, she let out an anguished cry and sobbed into her hands.

"Father... I don't understand. Why would you bring this reminder of you here and I can't even lift it?!" Torunn cried and as if the sky decided to add to her misery it began to rain. "Please let me understand..."

She knew what her father was like from old news articles and videos, but it wasn't the same. She could not remember his or her mother's warmth and touch. Her memory of his smile, his true smile, was vague. The memory of Asgard's gleaming towers, the beautiful Baldr, the stern Heimdall, the mischievous traitor Loki, and the rambunctious Warriors Three were fading, and she could do nothing about it.

All the truly had now was her father's hammer, and she couldn't even lift that.

She felt a hand touch her left shoulder. "Come on kid, don't cry."

She turned around ready to snap at whoever was saying such careless words but stopped as she looked at a short blond-haired and blue-eyed man, clean-shaven and wearing a blue jacket and white shirt. He wore jeans and shoes that looked worn, and a cane was held in his left hand.

He looked familiar...

"It's hard, having your loved ones gone. I don't think anyone can get over that." The man sighed as he looked at the hammer. "It was hard for him to, but he thought he was leaving you to a better world."

'I miss him." Torunn sniffled, looking at this man who looked so familiar to her. "He's gone, and my father and mother deserve to rest, but... but why did they have to leave me alone? I'm... I'm all alone..."

"That's not true, and you know it." The man gave her a small smile. "You have friends and family. You built up so much while he was gone..."

"How do you know such things?" Torunn breathed out. "I... I never met you. Yet you seem..."

"I'm an old family friend." The man began to limp to the hammer. "Dr. Donald Blake. I'm sure Jane told you stories about me."

Torunn's eyes widened in shock. The man who's life her father shared when he was banished to Midgard. But... but he had disappeared! "H-How...?"

"It's a long and complicated story." Donald set aside his cane and gripped the hammer with both hands. "You were never alone Torunn. Just remember that. Your father will say the same thing as soon as I convince the idiot he's still got work to do."

He lifted the hammer from the ground as if it were a paperweight.

Thunder roared in the clouds above before lighting rained down on the hammer and man, engulfing them. Thunder was deafening and Torunn had to cover he ears and turn her head to shield her eyes. A few seconds seemed to stretch into minutes before the assault on her senses finally stopped.

Slowly, Torunn turned to see...

"F-Father?"

Thor smiled at his daughter, Mjölnir raised over his head.

"It is good to see you again, my daughter."

XxxXXxxX

Note: Hi everyone, this is just another treat from me to you.

This story/snippet collection focuses on stuff concerning Peter's universe that is canon but has no real place in the main story (As in, stuff that isn't important to the story either immediately or in the long run).

I made these after watching Avengers: Endgame and holy shit the movie is amazing and worth all of your monies. I won't spoil anything, but let me just say it's a beautiful film that pays off your love for these characters and their stories. Go see it twice or more if you've got the opportunity.

Watching the movie also inspired me to reread one of my favorite Thor arcs by J. Michael Straczynski ,which helped to humanize the God of Thunder for modern audiences and who's plot is the basis for both the first Thor movie and certain other parts of his story. And while Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow isn't anything special, Torunn is a character I liked due to aspects of her character and I decided to adapt her into a part of Peter's universe.

And yes, Godzilla exists in Peter's universe. Back when Marvel had his license and made his comics, Godzilla was a part of the Marvel Universe and his appearances are still considered canon even if the company cannot directly mention him.

Be sure to tell me what you think in a review, check out the main story, and check out the Amazing Fantasy TV Tropes page.