Now we're pretending Aaron saved Thor comic books from being cancelled ? That's a big no, I mean, we just had two consecutive events based around Thor's world (Siege and Fear Itself) which shaped the entirety of the Marvel landscape at that time, we had JMS run which sold hilariously better than Aaron's, we had Gillen and then Fraction, both of whom had comparable sales to Aaron's books.

Aaron saved nothing, quite the contrary, he has alienated the Thor fanbase, at least when you have meh stories you still have your fans, but Aaron managed to push away a lot of fans (granted he brought in new ones, about the same as he pushed away), but in the end, Aaron saved absolutely nothing.

Talk about going out of your way to defend a writer.