I know, I know, late reaction, whatever. The thing is, I actually wrote this as a comment on ComicVine back when this WAS fresh, but now I'm like "I have a blog, dude," so I decided to fix it up a little andpost it here as an article (is that what these are called? Or do I have to call them posts?).
Anyway, you guys know about this, right?
"Hey, Thor, what...uh...happened to your "chest" there, buddy?"
Let me get this clear, I'm not a Thor fan. In fact, I'm anit-Thor, the dude's lame. I know a handful o' Thor facts and stuff, though, but I just aint into him. Not enough to care about this; we've seen it before. They just want everyone to go "WHAAAAAAT" and then work from there. According to what they're saying over at Marvel, this is "Thor" now. Not Thoretta, not She-Thor, Not Ms./Mrs. Thor, and not Thorkeisha. This is THOR now. My thing here, though, isn't entirely about that, but more about Mjolnir, the hammer itself. Heads-up: this is more of an "I don't get it" thing than an explanation. I don't CARE. I just also don't get it. I care more about getting it than it, you get it?
Okay, "blahblahblah worthy shall wield the power of Thor". Hmm. That's cool. I mean, I guess. But what is the power of Thor, exactly? To control lightning and thunder and fly? Okay, so you get Thor's powers? Cool. As long as you're worthy, weather you're a frog or an alien-horse guy, you'll get the power of Thor.
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Yes, they exist. I'm not that creative.
Now, the question, and I might not be phrasing this right, but bear with me. Who is Thor? I mean, he's Odin's son, right? Odin had a son, named him Thor, and I guess granted him a specific power that he can wield through his hammer. I don't know the hammer's origins, so there might be some complex backstory that i'm not aware of, but as far as I, and anyone on the street who knows who Thor is, understand is that lightning and thunder are Thor's powers. You wield the hammer, you get the power of Thor.
Now here, this says Thor is no longer worthy...huh? THOR is no longer worthy to wield the power of...THOR? Like, it would be WAY different if it was "wield the power of lightning and thunder" or simply "wield the power of Mjolnir". That way it would be more like a Lantern Corps thing, you know, the worthy get the power and all that. But it says "the power of Thor". It's the dude's name on the hammer. It's HIS power. How are you not worthy of being yourself? Is "Thor" a concept all of a sudden, like the Avatar or something? You know, Aang was a male Avatar, now Korra's a female one? Do you become a "Thor"? Apparently, you become "Thor" if Odin's son Thor is no longer worthy to wield Thor's/his own specified power. I mean, how does that work?
You HAD the touch! You HAD the powaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Before, if you were worthy, you got a hammer and his powers. Thor was still worthy, though. But now, since Thor himself isn't worthy, who or what decides on a new..."Thor"? Is Thor no longer Thor? Marvel's saying this chick is Thor. Are there two Thors? And even if that's how it goes (am I thinking too deeply about this?) why would this random chick become THE Thor? Why not someone who's, I dunno, ALREADY WORTHY? Beta Ray Bill, Thunderstrike (is he still alive and/or current?), they just became "hand-me-down Thors". Why is she THOR Thor? She might not be a RANDOM woman, granted, but even if she is someone known, she wasn't worthy to wield Thor's POWER until now. Why is she all of a sudden worthy to BE Thor?
How many FREAKIN' times did I write Thor?
Also, he has an axe now. Meet Jarnbjorn, guys!
I can still...call myself Thor, right?
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