Thor Odinson: God of Thunder Appreciation 2021

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I get this feeling that whenever Aaron or Cates is writing Thor or the Asgardians, a bad heavy metal guitar riff is going off in their heads. Frigga charging into battle on top of what I assume is a big cat wearing machine guns should be cool, but it isn't. Same with Aarons avengers run. Ghost rider takes control of a dead celestial, that should be really cool, but it's not. Describing it is more fun than actually reading it.

Quoted for truth.

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Cates Thor run has been a bore.

I don't really like the whole Odin and Thor and Frigga family drama. Worse still, it just constantly makes Odin look silly and Thor is really coming off as flat out incompentent. This isn't the first time he's been King of Asgard and I'm not sure why he's acting the way he's acting.

The whole thing with Mjolnir is a non-starter. Thor has the Odin force, if Mjolnir is such a problem for him than he should forge a new weapon. Period.

Thus far, I would say Aaron's run is a lot better than this. Aaron's run had it's issues but it was never boring nor dull.

[HaveAtThee]

Cates Thor run has been a bore.

I don't really like the whole Odin and Thor and Frigga family drama. Worse still, it just constantly makes Odin look silly and Thor is really coming off as flat out incompentent. This isn't the first time he's been King of Asgard and I'm not sure why he's acting the way he's acting.

The whole thing with Mjolnir is a non-starter. Thor has the Odin force, if Mjolnir is such a problem for him than he should forge a new weapon. Period.

Thus far, I would say Aaron's run is a lot better than this. Aaron's run had it's issues but it was never boring nor dull.

Modern comic scribes are pretty bad at character-driven stories. It's all about the plot for them, characters be damned.

[HaveAtThee]

So, did anyone read the latest issue? I don’t know what to think anymore. I was really enthusiastic about Cates on the book in the beginning but that enthusiasm has waned a lot in the last few months. We are told about all these revelations in solicits and shocking reveals, but nothing actually happens. I don’t even know what to think about the giant cat and the machine gun.

Just more "making Asgardians cool and relatable !" nonsense.

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Modern comic scribes are pretty bad at character-driven stories. It's all about the plot for them, characters be damned.

Exactly.

It's like decades of stories with these characters have been completely cast aside for something much less interesting. Odin for example has been a bit of an asshole (like most kings fictional or otherwise) but there was a lot of nuance with his stories back in the day (a classic example is how he handled Beta Ray Bill's/Thor's conflict when they first met).

Nuance is completely lost in modern day storytelling.

[HaveAtThee]

Exactly.

It's like decades of stories with these characters have been completely cast aside for something much less interesting. Odin for example has been a bit of an asshole (like most kings fictional or otherwise) but there was a lot of nuance with his stories back in the day (a classic example is how he handled Beta Ray Bill's/Thor's conflict when they first met).

Nuance is completely lost in modern day storytelling.

It's the over-humanization of superhero storytelling. Trying to make the stories and characters as "simple to follow" as possible. Nuance is a lost art in modern culture, let alone storytelling art.

[Frontier]

Cates Thor run has been a bore.

I don't really like the whole Odin and Thor and Frigga family drama. Worse still, it just constantly makes Odin look silly and Thor is really coming off as flat out incompentent. This isn't the first time he's been King of Asgard and I'm not sure why he's acting the way he's acting.

The whole thing with Mjolnir is a non-starter. Thor has the Odin force, if Mjolnir is such a problem for him than he should forge a new weapon. Period.

Thus far, I would say Aaron's run is a lot better than this. Aaron's run had it's issues but it was never boring nor dull.

To be honest that just sounds like more of the same with Aaron, it's just the wacky and pure comic book ideas and visuals aren't enough to make up for it this time around.

[juan678]

https://www.cbr.com/thor-phoenix-force-freyja-mother/

[Frontier]

https://www.cbr.com/thor-phoenix-force-freyja-mother/

So does Thor have, like, three moms now?

[The Cool Thatguy]

So does Thor have, like, three moms now?

Ideally, it'll go back to just Gaia went Aaron flames out. Which should be soon.

I dislike Freya alluding to Odin's infidelities like they're a common thing. Zeus, he ain't

[Frontier]

Ideally, it'll go back to just Gaia went Aaron flames out. Which should be soon.

I dislike Freya alluding to Odin's infidelities like they're a common thing. Zeus, he ain't

Reminds me of when Aaron just threw out there that Thor had cheated on Jane and, like, never bothered to explore or expand on it at all .

Odin fooling around has, like, never been a prominent character trait or established. I mean, Aaron made him horny for the Phoenix but it never sounded like he was cheating on Freyja on multiple occasions.

Are we to assume him fathering Balder and Tyr was "cheating?"

[GodThor]

So does Thor have, like, three moms now?

if this keeps up, he'll surpass Heimdall.

[Daedra]

So does Thor have, like, three moms now?

No freya just turned into a male, as per THOR latest issue she’s not a goddess anymore but a god (of the hunt), so now thor has 2 mothers and 2 fathers

[GodThor]

No freya just turned into a male, as per THOR latest issue she’s not a goddess anymore but a god (of the hunt), so now thor has 2 mothers and 2 fathers

geez

she called herself a Goddess in the past.

I guess this is equality lol.

[Daedra]

geez

she called herself a Goddess in the past.

I guess this is equality lol.

To a non english speaking reader like me this stuff sounds totally dumb