I would have confidence in that if only I believed that was how Aaron still visualized Thor as a character, and I honestly don't at this point.
Other then when it's Jane I don't think that's how he sees Thor anymore.
I think it's more often the case that the legacy hero has to struggle to fulfill the mantle and obligations of the previous person to use that identity, but still overcoming it in their own way.
Jane just comes in and excels at handling things the way Thor used to.
Wasn't it more about how well you can swing a hammer
?
I mean, then what's there for me to care about if Thor isn't going to really be Thor again and actually act like it? Just hope I can get along with Aaron's characterization and depiction of him?
If Aaron wants me to think the hammer is not what makes Thor Thor then I don't think he should put so much bloody emphasis on how much Thor obsesses over hammers or how integral it is.
I think ostensibly it just gives you control of Mjolnir and some of Thor's power, as in the inscrption, it wasn't until Jane that there seemed to be the personality revamp and combat skills that come associated with Thor.
I mean, getting to the Blake thing, I think Jane's Thor persona was to some degree a distant personality that took over her, even if it still had her thoughts and memories. I just read in the
Damnation event where the two were split up but acted like individuals, which I don't think would have happened if they were the exact same.
Considering all the threats on Midgard that can give trouble to an Asgardian, I don't think it's contradictory.
I think the exact focus and obsession with lifting it is new, at least to the extent portrayed by Aaron.