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So this thing that you admit you know nothing about is illogical? I'm not sure it's Aaron's logic that is at fault here.
Ok so let's put it this way for the nay-sayers that think Aaron is just playing at writing Thor. I think he is about to readdress the biggest most annoying change in the Thor cannon. That sore spot that surely all Thor fans of any standing would know needs sorting out. The Roy Thomas retcon. So if you want the old Thor back you may be getting your wish in a way that you may not have anticipated.
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
So, I've got some questions/comments;
1) Did i see Thor shoot some kind of energy from her hands? I thought S/he could only do that with the hammer!
2) It's looking more likely that Roz Solomon is Thor, so part of the enchantment is that Thor is always a blonde?
3)I thought Coulson was the only SHIELD agent to have a red flying car- unless Roz borrowed it.
4) I'm not sure how i feel about the New Thor being an environmental crusader.
5) Next issue looks like it will be good- am i seeing two valkyries? Could we do something with the extra one?
1) Yup. I took that to be Mjolnir bestowing powers on her from a distance, the same way she doesn't stop being Thor the second she throws the hammer. But definitely also got the impression that we would get more details about her powers at a later date. It's clear she's still working them out.
2) This has happened before with Thordis. And I think someone said Eric Masterson's hairstyle changed (though not the colour).
3) Roz has had one for some time. The implication is they have several (in the comics). Black Widow, Spider Woman and Hawkeye use one in Secret Avengers as well.
4) Why, I'm curious? They already did it with Ult Thor - not sure how well that version went down. Seems like an appropriate cause for someone who has taken over the role of Gaea's son.
5) The big one is Hildegarde I think.
I don't look at Don Blake and Thor as some symbolism. I see them riffing off each other. Thor is the brash arrogance of a God, and Don Blake is the humility of the humanity Thor should be if his mother is the Earth. Thor is right to keep Don Blake in front of him to remind Thor of responsibility, instead of go into a cave, get defeated by the God Killer, and go behind his fathers wiser counsel and set the world on a course to Destruction by angering the God killer. (I wonder what would have happened if Thor took his fathers advice and didn't get the magic axe, but just sat in Asgard? Would the God killer have come straight to Asgard and killed Odin and everyone else, instead of wait 1500 years to come after Asgard again. Maybe Odins conservatism was wrong?). Don Blake, to me, was the sobering side to a Thor who was too much of a teenager. Thor could have been a true Frankenstein's rage monster, but Thor embraced his human side and that made him a better person.
Jane Foster being a love interest may have been awkward, but like you I noticed the amalgam that was the early Marvel formula of Romance, Western and Scifi for super hero comics. I don't think Romance elements in super hero comics were "not part of super hero comics. Romance elements fit quite well. They may have ended up very grubby, as in the Spiderman/MJ example, but involving heroes in romantic situations put a very human element into the stories. Not all relationships end happily ever after. Look at Jessica Drews experiences, so I'm okay that Thor and Jane Foster ended up just friends. I think the whole point Odin wanted to demonstrate to Thor is, stop being an a**, learn with human feeling through Don Blakes infatuation with Jane, to relate to Asgardian court like a sane person.
Last edited by jackolover; 04-23-2015 at 05:29 AM.