Fraternal Love. Second act. Infinity war

The Second Act of Infinity War, the play, tests two conflicting relationships between siblings: Thor and Loki; Gamora and Nebula.

Both pairs of relationships are anything but functional. In fact, they are examples of dysfunctional, unusual families. Their fraternal ties are fragile. There is no blood link between the two. These are relationships that arise from the adoption of one of them.

They both have powerful parents. As both Odin and Thanos forged empires with blood and fire, they found a nuance of philanthropy to assimilate a bit of the heritage of the peoples they conquered, even adopting the orphans of the subjugated peoples and perhaps as a way to atone for their remorse, incorporate them into their royal lineage.

As heirs to a royal line, these two pairs always competed with each other, seeking to excel, trying to obtain their powerful parents'  favor. The desire to gain a prominent place on their own merits is what led each pair of siblings to play dirty with each other, reaching radical extremes that put each other's lives at risk. Even openly expressing their hatred.

It is difficult to know where the balance lies between those relationships. The arc they went through to reconcile was a hard one. They had to put aside their ego and vindicate their fraternal bond to recognize that there is more that unites them than separates them. That's the reason why they stood against the blackmailer who, in both cases, took their respective sibling as a hostage to torture them.

They may destroy each other, but they can't bear to see someone else hurt them.

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