So, yeah, Sif Bifrosts Mjolnir away and sends it to Jotunheim, apparently figuring no one there could lift it, but she would be wrong about that, because Loki picks it up before Thor recalls it to himself. The captions seem to imply the enchantment may have changed, but it can't have changed that much, if Bill could still lift it the previous issue. If all we had to go on was the hammer getting heavier for Thor, and Loki now being worthy, then the enchantment rules might have been flipped or something, though even if that was the case, not by Loki's doing, he doesn't seem to know what's going on here, either. But since Bill can still lift it, it shows the enchantment is still similar enough that past wielders who are not going around destroying planets are still considered worthy, that's probably part of the reason he was included in the story at all. A change in the rules may still be part of it, just saying I don't think they've changed all that much, if Bill can still lift it.
But I am a little surprised how undramatic it was. I mean no one was even there to see, even Sif's attention was likely focused on Thor right then. Only Loki knows he can lift it, probably, and maybe Sif if she was keeping an eye on the hammer at the same time. Which might pose some problems, if Loki wants to pursue this further.
I went on a ramble on my tumblr where I speculated that Thor may fall from grace after this. He will defeat the Black Winter, and feel vindicated by that, and maybe feel like he could use those 'do bad things for the greater good' tactics again with lower stakes, and kinda slide downward. Loki on the other hand has had those tactics bite him, and everyone else, in the ass during WotR and I think is trying to move away from that. I mean he did get SOME good results, he fixed magic, and he got the Avengers set up in a dead Celestial which proved to be an invaluable asset during WotR. But... he was trying to stop it entirely, and failed, and some other things he did in pursuit of that backfrired, like the Dark Bifrost, so... kind of a wash. But yeah, if Loki takes Mjolnir, which we now know he definitely can, Thor's response may be.... bad.
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