Never said he did, I'm going off of everything that is shown within the pages.
Thor calling the Mother of Storms for help, Odin trapping it in Mjolnir, it whispering to Thor as a child.
Further, Aaron contradicts himself from his earlier time with Thor, so the only thing a reader can go off of is from his latest stuff and his latest stuff points to Thor not having the power to wield lightning.
It has been shown throughout the run that Thor without Mjolnir is extremely depowered, to the point of getting his arm lopped off by Malakith.
So one can surmise this is the logical conclusion of Aaron's point, it's not the powers nor the magical weapons that makes a god worthy.
Again take it or leave it.
You have no argument if you base your interpretation on what Aaron literally writes or doesn't write. Aaron's portrayal of Thor is inconsistent and regularly disregards his own precedents and his own backstory. To think just because Aaron never wrote it means something is truly ludicrous.
In his writing Thor goes from incredibly underpowered to so powerful that even without the mjolner he can swim through the sun (as he did in War of Realms). Yet despite being able to literally swim through the sun (or fly if you like) he then fears the dark elf and has to call of his past and future versions + Jane Foster to defeat him.
Aaron's portrayal of Thor's power are idiotic really. Even in the realm of comics any character that can swim through the sun is usually considered vastly powerful. So powerful that the hammer he lost would be inferior.
Fans could be forgiven for assuming Thor got his power from the the "mother storm". After all, when Jane Foster picked up Mjolner imbued her with all the storm-god powers of Thor. One thing is clear Aaron's Thor cannot fly without mjolner. Yet Storm from the X-men using the same ability is able to control the winds and fly. Why is that? Aaron never literally wrote that Thor needs the hammer to fly, but it's clear in several stories that is the case. Control of the wind has always been portrayed as a key element of any character's ability to control the storm.
During her time as "Thor" his own use of his powers as the God of Thunder and Storm was rare, spotty. He was often no more than a Hulk with the mind of Thor he depended on beating opponents physically, though there are two notable uses.
Once against the God butcher he seemed to summon Thunder, and against the Phoenix Force he combined his powers with Jane Foster to blast it. Those two instances raise far more questions than answers. If he has those powers why didn't he use them elsewhere.
While Aaron may have never literally written where Thor got his power, it's clear that in many stories NOT having those powers is the only way for them to make any sense, maintain any internal logic. Otherwise having those powers should have ensured far different outcomes like when he got his arm chopped off.
Bottom line is what powers Thor has or doesn't have depends on the moment in the story in all of Aaron's writing. To think his writing somehow supports you is really funny. It supports no side on any issue. With him things can change with each issue and change in a dramatic contradictory way that shreds all previous stories.
This might be so, though I can't recall it being on panel
But it's certainly only true at present for Aaron's run
It is certainly not the canon for the vast history of the character, and I would question how long it will be remembered for post him
For all of the appreciation of his work, it's gonnao e on
Give it a few writers down the line and I dought it will be mentioned often
But I still find the logic strange in your exposition
If the god storm allows it, including duplication of the storm powers, why vwould that be, it was trapped and bested by Odin, soundly imprisoned
Yet the suggestion is that even as a prisoner it allows odins enchantment to pass it's power onto others
Just not internally logical really, as with so much of Aaron's work on the mythos when i break it down the changes he's tried to bring in really fall apart
Last edited by kilderkin; 08-17-2019 at 05:52 AM.
I agree, the first Thor film, I believe, it was directly influenced by JMS's run where Thor was supremely godly.
Unfortunately, the MCU learned a bit too late what to do with Thor; they realized they couldn't keep him OP because it would negate the rest of the heroes similarly to the comics.
In Thor's solo series he is usually depicted as very capable, but in team books he tends to be portrayed underpowered or the rest of the heroes are portrayed as more powerful then usual (which of course leads to the same conclusion).
I really wish JMS's run went on a bit longer and wasn't cut short by editorial mandate, I would have loved to see the godly version of Thor interact more with the rest of the Marvel Universe.
Thor basically has the same problem as Superman, their power fluctuates depending on the situation.
Similarly to what JohnnyMorales stated above, it can happen with the same writer, you have Thor swimming through the sun at one moment and in another moment he is being held down by frost giants and he gets his arm chopped off.
We just saw the Punisher kill a number of frost giants, a human man killing frost giants.
*PS: I wonder why didn't Unworthy Thor call down lighting to save him*
Last edited by charliehustle415; 08-17-2019 at 07:34 AM.
most of Thor fights under Aaron are a PIS.
it has nothing to do with plot.
it's only to humiliate him.
Now I'm even more ready for them to retcon out the Mother Storm .
That is a tendency (film and tv influencing original creations) that I understand, but sometimes narks me.
The one that really does my nut is Bernard Cornwall’s series of Sharpe historical fiction novels where Sharrpe in early books is a dark haired Londoner...but who in later books is described much more like Sean Bean, who plays him in TV series.
Nothing wrong with Sean’s performance...it was excellent as always...but absolutely no reason (in my view) to alter way Sharpe is described in the books.