Originally Posted by
Raye
yeah, Thor should have a big part to play in the resolution, but I don't necessarily think Thor's usual tactics (overpowering his opponent) have to be what ends up working. I think what makes most sense to me, is that he makes an attempt in his usual way, in the Destroyer armor, and it fails, and then either Loki steps in and solves it with his tactics, using the cane, or Thor and Loki work together using tactics that outwit him. But Loki is almost certainly going to be involved, because of the cane.
I know Thor doesn't ALWAYS use force to solve his problems, and even with the Destroyer, there is some cleverness involved there... though it is still geared towards getting him to a position where he can engage with Blake in a straight up fight. But it has definitely been a trend in Cates run to have Thor tending to deal with things with violence, or threats of violence. Very first scene, smashes a monster's head in, while simultaneously sending implicit threats across the 9 realms to stay in line. Then when Loki talked to him, the second he decided he didn't like how the conversation was going, threw Mjolnir at his face. Yeah he stopped it at the last second, but it was still a threat that involved violence and asserting his power. Then the whole deal with Galactus. First of all, his first move was to power up Galactus so they could overpower the Black Winter, and that meant the destruction of several planets. They were able to evacuate all but one of them, but they still lost their homes, because it was decided that the solution to the problem was overpowering it. When Bill and Sif tried to stop him, he responds with violence, beating one of his closest allies close to death and destroying Stormbreaker, and was about to do the same with Sif, until she used clever tactics against him to disarm him, and talked him down. And then it ended up the Black Winter wasn't even there to destroy anything, it was just there to collect Galactus, so all of that destruction and death was for NOTHING. Then Thor killed Galactus, putting his head at the gates of Asgard as some kind of grotesque trophy, which again serves as an implicit threat. 'I killed Galactus, don't mess with me, I'm the biggest badass in the galaxy' kinda thing. And I know there are plenty of readers who LOVE this, love seeing him being strong and dominant, and think it's a good thing. But I think all these types of tactics are gonna backfire on him. Maybe not in big ways, and maybe not right away, but I think him choosing to deal with things in that manner as his first choice is going to have consequences. They already have, Asgard is full of millions if not billions of refugees, and he has badly damaged relationships with friends and family because of all this. I'm not saying he's a bad person, I know he has a genuine desire to help people and is usually a pretty good guy. I just think his tactics are outdated. And I think this thing with Blake may be the turning point where he actually realizes that.