Goddesses of Thunder to the Rescue in King Thor #3
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Goddesses of Thunder to the Rescue in King Thor #3
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King Thor 4 preview
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I think an easy way to look at Thanos stories is that anything written by Jim Starlin, Ron Marz and Keith Giffen is the real Thanos while anything written by other authors should be dismissed as a Thanosi clone.
I don't think it was particularly embarrassing for Thanos to be tested in a fight by Thor. The characterization aspect I sort of understand because Marvel did away with continuity quite some time ago. Look at Aaron's farewell letter about Thor. Replete with how he wants his god of thunder to question his worthiness everyday and accept that he's majorly flawed. So, in essence, Thor always has to prove he's worthy of Mjolnir? It's not just Thor either. Every character literally goes through the same personal journey and arc over and over. It's why I more or less gave up on the superhero genre and simply read my own back issues.
I think an easy way to look at Thanos stories is that anything written by Jim Starlin, Ron Marz and Keith Giffen is the real Thanos while anything written by other authors should be dismissed as a Thanosi clone.
Certainly I've found marvel writers far too reliant on the deconstruction of the hero and far too much of the questioning themselves as hero's in recent years and to me it's felt like too many characters have been depowered to prove them worthy of their power and mantle
It's nice then and now but for me its felt too commonplace
Or too many of their characters have felt as though I'm reading a different character entirely to fit with the theme the writer wants to shoe horn them into
Even if I'm technically wrong there, it's still how it's felt to me
For better or worse I think this message from Aaron pretty well encapsulates how he viewed Thor as a character and why he made the characterization choices with him that he did.
I disagree with some of it, and some of it ended up making him feel more like Hercules, but that's just me.
I think an easy way to look at Thanos stories is that anything written by Jim Starlin, Ron Marz and Keith Giffen is the real Thanos while anything written by other authors should be dismissed as a Thanosi clone.
My feelings toward this run are complicated. I liked Jane as Thor, but I feel like she didn't do anything OG Thor wouldn't. I also had a problem with the way Thor and Odin were depicted, someone on here called them a couple of rednecks, which is a very apt description. Just a couple of good ol' gods, drinking, partying, and messing around with women. Same stuff that Hercules did before he quit drinking.
Reading the excerpt from Aaron's letter makes it seem like his Thor was a bit too human, in the worst way. A guy who overindulges but still tries despite doubting himself. Why is it, that in order to make a character more relatable, their negative traits have to be over emphasized? Spider-Man has guilt and under Slott, immaturity, Hulk has anger, and now Thor has this crippling insecurity, that he never worked through or got over. He didn't feel like himself again until he got the hammer back and declared himself the "God of the Unworthy" If Aaron was trying to tell a story about Toxic Masculinity through Thor, he blew it.
This run is almost over, Cates will come along, and everything will be fine... till Love and Thunder comes out, then the debates will start again.
Last edited by Overhazard; 11-18-2019 at 08:47 AM.
I think an easy way to look at Thanos stories is that anything written by Jim Starlin, Ron Marz and Keith Giffen is the real Thanos while anything written by other authors should be dismissed as a Thanosi clone.