So, i’m Wondering what this is going to mean for ‘asgardians of the galaxy’?
So, i’m Wondering what this is going to mean for ‘asgardians of the galaxy’?
I think thy are done, even without losing Brunnhilde. Heimdall confiscated the bifrost shard that powered their ship last issue, so....
While I did assume initially that this would be where Thor became worthy again, looks like that isn't going to happen, Thor is going to be an advisor of sorts too, to Loki, who is the one who ends up with Mjolnir. I suspect Mjolnir just figures he needs it more, since he's in a rather dire situation, and presumably comes to an epiphany that makes him worthy enough if you squint. But presumably Loki's going by his own name, and Thor's just lacking the hammer, and finally getting it pounded into his skull that he can be the god of thunder without Mjolnir, that he doesn't need it to be a really great god/hero. I mean, i guess he might become worthy again during the event.... but doesn't keep the hammer if he does. (though i think he will get it back before too long)
I think it looks nice. hints of her time as Thor, but color scheme of the valkyries. It always amuses me how Asgardian magic disguises usually come with insane amounts of hair coming out form a funny hat though, since no way is she going from very short hair to THAT without the aid of magic. They do love their silly hats.Honestly it doesn't feel as striking or as powerful as her Thor design, but I guess it would be hard to top it.
Dautermann's depiction looked really good though.
I mean, it wasn't an arc, but they kinda did that today.... though Brunnhilde gets one last hurrah in Asgardians of the Galaxy based on solicits, presumably set before this issue, and it may separate out Annabelle in the process.
Last edited by Raye; 04-17-2019 at 06:56 PM.
I didn't think the cover for the Loki book was that literal (I hope it isn't).
I guess the base design matches her Thor look but it's only really noticeable if you really try and look for it.I think it looks nice. hints of her time as Thor, but color scheme of the valkyries. It always amuses me how Asgardian magic disguises usually come with insane amounts of hair coming out form a funny hat though, since no way is she going from very short hair to THAT without the aid of magic. They do love their silly hats.
Poor Thor still hasn't gotten his hair back .
I dunno, the engraving on her helmet is very distinctive, as are the wings. i mean a lot of Asgardians use a wing motif on their helmet, sure, but it is most strongly associated with Thor, and those are the same shape she had on her Thor helmet. The butt-cape is also a callback to her Thor costume, as well as the armor on her arm.
It's not just based on the solicit and cover, there's also some tweets from the series writer. and Thor 12 made a pretty good case as well, today, it would be a fitting culmination to the face turn he's been doing for the past several years (even if he did play the part of villain to try and accomplish some things, so it sometimes didn't look like he was doing a face turn, and made some questionable choices) to decide not to give up fighting his fate, sometime very soon presumably, and in the process become worthy. And with Thor's development in the same time, where he has to learn he doesn't need the hammer to be a good hero, that he's got too much invested in what a hammer thinks of his worthiness, that no one will doubt his inherent goodness if he doesn't have the hammer, because he proves that every day with his actions, whereas Loki actually kinda needs that right now due to his past and reputation for deception. I' think I'm right about this. I know some people will hate it. don't care, it will be fun.
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The thing with Valkyries is that they are a group. So Brunhilde can come back and they can regrow the Valkyries without Jane having to give up the mantle.
It puts her in a better position than when she was Thor because unlike with Odinson, if/when the original comes back she can still be a Valkyrie.
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It's just a shame that Brunhilde had to die for this to happen. She could have easily survived and Jane still be a Valkyrie
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It just doesn't feel as noticeable to me as it is with her Thor look.
I dunno. Looking at Thor now he acts like someone who is in desperate need of a stupid hammer with arbitrary pre-requisites for Worthiness.It's not just based on the solicit and cover, there's also some tweets from the series writer. and Thor 12 made a pretty good case as well, today, it would be a fitting culmination to the face turn he's been doing for the past several years (even if he did play the part of villain to try and accomplish some things, so it sometimes didn't look like he was doing a face turn, and made some questionable choices) to decide not to give up fighting his fate, sometime very soon presumably, and in the process become worthy. And with Thor's development in the same time, where he has to learn he doesn't need the hammer to be a good hero, that he's got too much invested in what a hammer thinks of his worthiness, that no one will doubt his inherent goodness if he doesn't have the hammer, because he proves that every day with his actions, whereas Loki actually kinda needs that right now due to his past and reputation for deception. I' think I'm right about this. I know some people will hate it. don't care, it will be fun.
Having Loki be able to wield it would probably just make him feel worse about himself then he already does. I'm not even sure if Thor, as Aaron is writing him, really can be all that effective without the hammer.
It's not Jane Foster if she's not the be all, end all, of whatever identity she is in .
I am sorry Brunhilde has to die, but I am glad that Jane Foster is back. I really enjoyed her Thor run and I have high hopes that her becoming a Valkyrie will be pretty interesting.
This is kind of a shock. I knew Jane was gonna come back as a hero at some point. Her final issue very blatantly foreshadowed that. But Valkyrie is a swerve I was not expecting. I thought they were just gonna make her the new Thunderstrike or something.
I think Jane should have become one of the Valkyrie from very the beginning rather than a Thor stand-in, so she could find her own heroic voice without the burden of being "Thor". This is a course correction I can get behind.
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