Hela quotes from What If...?

Hela

[to Wenwu] If I only had my crown, it would be you who would kneel before me.

Hela

Color's not bad. At least your blood won't stain it when I slit your throat.

Hela

Forgive me, it's just rich, is all -- you, wanting me to give up the fight when that's all you ever raised me to do? You see, father, without a fight, I'm no one.

Odin

Oh, my child. No god should have dominion over death, who has so little appreciation for life!

The Ten Rings were a gift bestowed upon me. A gift I give back to the world in return.

Hela

By taking command of its people?

By protecting them.

I see in you a fighter, just like me.

Hela

My father once saw the same -- that fight. He nurtured it, exploited it, and then -- as soon as my ambition outgrew his own -- he called me a monster. And in time, you will as well.

No. Because I am not your father.

Hela

Hm.

Jiayi

Why do you seek to master our practice?

Hela

I told you -- to overthrow Wenwu!

Jiayi

For what?

Hela

So I can take his Ten Rings for myself and use them to seek vengeance on my father!

Jiayi

For what?

Hela

This is--! So I can assume the throne of Asgard and continue my conquest of the universe!

Jiayi

And when all the realms across the cosmos have finally been conquered?

Jiayi

What is it you hope to find at the end of your next great conquest?

Hela

...Freedom. Freedom from control. The freedom to choose my own path.

Jiayi

Now you're ready to begin.

Jiayi

The Ta Lo are guardians, not fighters.

Hela

I guess that's the difference between you and me. Without a fight, I'm no one.

Jiayi

If you choose this path, you will walk it alone.

Hela

No, my father chose a path for me, long ago. And if I ever wish to be free to choose my own, then I must face him. With or without you.

Odin

I sent you here to learn, to grow. And in the end, you eclipsed even my wildest expectations. You eclipsed me. The throne is yours, if that is indeed what you seek. You have earned it.

Hela

Only from there can I unmake your empire. It will take time, eons even. But when I'm finished, the Nine Realms will know freedom, and the cosmos soon thereafter.

Odin

Whatever has happened to you, my child? My once great executioner...

Hela

I gave peace a chance.

Kahhori

The last woman to demand that of me regretted it.

Hela

Oh, darling, I'm no ordinary woman. I'm the Goddess of Death.