The trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder trailer reveals a few key things about the MCU sequel, including the angle that the franchise will be taking in order to continue Thor's story after the events of Avengers: Endgame. One of the biggest reveals was a first look at Natalie Portman's Mighty Thor, with the character wielding a reforged Mjolnir in battle. However, there was also an intriguing ambiguity around the relationship between Thor himself and Star-Lord.
The Thor: Love and Thunder trailer reveals relatively little about the specifics of the film, although much can be postulated from the details it offers. Brief glimpses offer insight into the design of the MCU's Greek gods, including a figure who appears to be Zeus. Though the trailer's main focus remains squarely on Chis Hemsworth's Thor, it does also make his place with the Guardians of the Galaxy very clear, even going as far as to hint that there may be something more than friendship between Thor and Star-Lord.
The Thor: Love and Thunder trailer shows Chris Pratt's Star-Lord telling Thor: "just look into the eyes of the people that you love" as he gazes at Thor: Love and Thunder's Guardians, and Thor responds by staring intently into Star-Lord's eyes. The moment is seemingly played for laughs within the trailer, as Star-Lord awkwardly acknowledges its implications. However, it drops a major hint of the possibility of deeper feelings between the two - particularly on Thor's part - making it seem as though Thor's sexuality in the MCU will be explored in Love and Thunder.
The moment shared between Thor and Star-Lord in the Thor: Love and Thunder trailer is seemingly innocent, but the implications of it are impossible to miss. The term "love" is used ambiguously by Star-Lord, and though it could be referring to platonic love, the intensity of Hemsworth's gaze indicates otherwise. The vague discomfort and awkwardness of both characters appears to further indicate the possibility of romantic tension between the two heroes, with Thor shrugging off the moment as him "just listening". As Love and Thunder's Thor is set to embark on a deeply personal post-Endgame journey, the idea that he could further explore his sexuality would certainly fit with his story.
Of course, it's entirely possible that the moment is intended as little more than another way of deconstructing the toxic masculinity that once embodied action heroes. This is something that Thor and Star-Lord's dynamic has already touched upon, and the trailer's indication that the two will address their love for one another in Thor: Love and Thunder serves as a potential continuation of that. Thor's love for Star-Lord may not be romantic, although the trailer certainly implies that it is.
As Thor: Love and Thunder's Valkyrie is queer, the film is already set to continue the MCU's recent trend of better representation. Though the moment between Star-Lord and Thor is small, it hints at a much larger shift towards the characters better exploring themselves on a personal level. The prospect of a potential romance between Thor and Star-Lord is certainly very much a possibility, and would be one possible way of explaining the pre-existing tension between the two. Though the Thor: Love and Thunder trailer doesn't offer specific details on the nature of the pair's relationship in the film, the implication of the awkward shared moment is that there may be a romantic future for Thor and Star-Lord.
