Thor Odinson: God of Thunder Appreciation 2021

[kilderkin]

It was excellent. Because that's how Loki is depicted as being in various mythologies. A snake dripping poison into his eyes. And he's supposed to stay there until Ragnarok begins. I loved this issue and the arc. Lol

That might make it authentic

But not necessarily good

As an ending

Of course as is seen by this thread, opinions vary

[kilderkin]

Synposis for the upcoming annual.

The basic quest premise gives me reason to avoid these annuals

A tired idea overused imo

[The Cool Thatguy]

It was excellent. Because that's how Loki is depicted as being in various mythologies. A snake dripping poison into his eyes. And he's supposed to stay there until Ragnarok begins. I loved this issue and the arc. Lol

Yeah, and if the story were about Loki, it'd work.

But this is a story about Blake, who frankly has a legit beef with Odin and Asgard. He taught Thor humility and for that, eternity of torture?

[HaveAtThee]

I didn’t like how Don Blake was handled. Thor took away Odins dealings with Odins creation, Don Blake, which I thought was Odins responsibility. To me, a more satisfying ending would be if Odin negotiated with Don Blake a fairer transference of location for Blake, to say, Asgard, if Blake is Thor’s brother.

But for Thor to obviously see Blake as the God of Lies and let Loki make him so, was not considering the mental harm done to Blake by leaving him in a dimension like a doll for so long and not looking into see if he’s alright. Thor should have known this was unjust. It’s like Rick Jones sending Captain Marvel to the Negative Zone for years, and then not expecting to see Rick Jones punished for it when Captain Marvel escapes.

I would have wanted Odin to face the choices he made as the All father. Was it wrong? Was it malignant? Was it what Odin expected to happen as a challenge for a future Thor All father? You never know with these sky gods. They are tricky at the best of times. But if that which was done to Don Blake was on purpose, then we have to wonder what was Odin intending from this situation? If it was not on purpose, and Don Blake going mental was unexpected, what does a sky god do with embarrassing failure like Blake?

Cause writers keep trying to screw up sky gods to be more like regular people. Probably because they have no imagination to conceive how a being who is thousands of years old would potentially perceive the things we view as "normal."

[Hypestyle]

... so has the latest subplot of Thor's unworthiness been resolved yet?

[Ichijinijisanji]

What the **** lmao
So thor just gives him up to loki, and he knows its gonna be some sick **** and just.... lets it happen?

Im out.

[Daedra]

SUMMARY OF THE LATEST ISSUE

I won’t have him killed, he is my brother, he deserves to live, I feel sympathy for him because he is a monster but a monster without choice, for this very reason I will not give him any choice and hand him to Loki for meaningless torture also I’m gonna make him god of lies forcing the role upon him just like it was done with Loki, ALL THIS FOR REASONS!
P.s. **** odin the all-loser

[Celgress]

Okay, well, this issue has me seriously questioning how much more of Aaron aaroning I can endure. Aaron might very well be headed for my Bendis Banned List; anything written by Bendis or Bendis adjacent (affected heavily by his changes) over at DC I've recently decided not to read for the good of my blood pressure & mental health.

[MindofShadow]

Okay, well, this issue has me seriously questioning how much more of Aaron aaroning I can endure. Aaron might very well be headed for my Bendis Banned List; anything written by Bendis or Bendis adjacent (affected heavily by his changes) over at DC I've recently decided not to read for the good of my blood pressure & mental health.

Cates is writing Thor....

[JackDaw]

Okay, well, this issue has me seriously questioning how much more of Aaron aaroning I can endure. Aaron might very well be headed for my Bendis Banned List; anything written by Bendis or Bendis adjacent (affected heavily by his changes) over at DC I've recently decided not to read for the good of my blood pressure & mental health.

I must admit I’ve got to point where the sun and stars have to be in perfect alignment before I open the pages of a mainstream super hero comic.

(In effect I read them years in arrears...if a favourite writer stays on a character I like for a dozen or more issues and feedback here is good..I often risk reading the run. But the dozen issues has to be in bank first, got fed up years ago of getting a comic because I liked a writer only to see writer moved on a few issues later.)

[Celgress]

Cates is writing Thor....

Ah, well, he's on my **** list now too. I honestly thought Aaron was writing both Avengers & Thor (still) for some reason lol.

[Immortal Hulk]

Ah, well, he's on my **** list now too. I honestly thought Aaron was writing both Avengers & Thor (still) for some reason lol.

They're kindred souls.

[Celgress]

They're kindred souls.

no doubt

If I'm being honest most months I pick up a hand full of Big Two American comic books (primarily of the Marvel variety). I often don't even notice who is writing them (or sometimes drawing them lol). I'm more of a Manga and Indie fan these days.

[Dreaded Porcupine]

They're kindred souls.

Hahahahahaha!

I lowered the bar. I figured anyone was better than Aaron. Cates just pissed everyone off with that ending. I hope he threw a curve and has better plans for Blake down the road.

[The Cool Thatguy]

They're kindred souls.

Not so much.

Cates respects Thor far more than Aaron ever did. His problem (Cates) is that he's great with setup, but he struggles with execution.