tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post6506473430668652332..comments2023-12-31T02:40:43.545-06:00Comments on The Norse Mythology Blog | norsemyth.org: Thor is DeadDr. Karl E. H. Seigfriedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175244816952769358noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-2882617071509304552014-09-04T12:14:20.975-05:002014-09-04T12:14:20.975-05:00From what my dad read, this is technically NOT Tho...From what my dad read, this is technically NOT Thor. Thor becomes unworthy of Mjolnir and it passes to a woman who is worthy. Therefore she is NOT Thor himself (or herself). I am highly annoyed with the way Marvel is portraying things and so far have only been interested in the Loki: Agent of Asgard series.Saira Mokhtarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708536292488986197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-70372857239882545222014-08-21T15:11:51.559-05:002014-08-21T15:11:51.559-05:00While I do think that this is a ploy on Marvel'...While I do think that this is a ploy on Marvel's part that falls on a similar level to their plan for Wolverine's imminent death this September (oh, wow. Wolverine, gone forever. They won't bring him back in six months or anything. They'd never do that.), I do think that this new female Thor has the potential to have her own interesting, stand-alone arc. Though the whole thing may be mainly orchestrated for money, and the excuse to give Thor a cybernetic arm and watch him mope about and eat ice cream in the wake of Mjölnir's departure- listening to "All By Myself" on repeat- I find the idea of a woman joining the ranks of previous hammer-wielders like a frog and an alien horse guy to be totally acceptable. but then again, a frog had to come before a woman in the Thor roster. because, you know, frogs are much more easy to accept in positions of power than women are. That we now have to face who knows how many issues about Thor being all depressed over being "unworthy" for the millionth time is a drag, and that Marvel could not pick a suitable female hero in their roster to become the new Thor, and instead invented a new girl, is more than a little lamentable. I mean, I can think of someone who might've been a good fit, maybe... (STORM coughcough STORM coughcough OBVIOUSLY. Or Sif at least, I mean come on, Marvel, make an effort.). Nonetheless, I will read this new title, and I hope for the sake of feminism and Thor's continuing popularity that it doesn't tank. Please let it float for a good bit, let it have a nice solid run, and then give him his hammer back.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922397297860528919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-5479248086797254762014-07-31T12:41:50.441-05:002014-07-31T12:41:50.441-05:00the problem will female characters in the genre is...the problem will female characters in the genre is that Marvel has males writing the stories. The guys don't know how to write stories that men and women would enjoy. The attempt to make their female characters too weak and need the powerful male gods to fight for them but really Sif should have had a better run then it did. I heard her solo comics was horrible and when she should be the pinnacle of female warriors in the genre. Marvel should hire female writer who enjoy mythical stories and make their own female characters better than turn Thor, because his popularity is growing, female. Once the sales drop suddenly Thor will be himself again.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582242756234197148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-56388913951791129952014-07-31T10:58:01.889-05:002014-07-31T10:58:01.889-05:00It seems to me that the failure of other female ch...It seems to me that the failure of other female characters in the genre has more to do with bad marketing and plots than with the characters. Maybe Freyja needs her own comic series. She's the fairest of them all and also…a chariot drawn by kittehs!lazycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08391072231837230851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-24640517276565475232014-07-27T06:14:18.592-05:002014-07-27T06:14:18.592-05:00I have an interest in Thor and Norse religious pra...I have an interest in Thor and Norse religious practices because my parents gave me an anglicised version of the Norse name Þórvaldr.<br /><br />I have to date not read one Thor comic, nor seen any of the films from the Marvel universe. I find them unworthy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16226423301520324957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-19761663893783380282014-07-21T02:10:25.538-05:002014-07-21T02:10:25.538-05:00I'm a female reader of American comics, but a ...I'm a female reader of American comics, but a rather recent one since I am French. When I was young, I couldn't stand American comics besides X-men because of the way girls and women were portrayed. Things are better now, and the female-centric titles of Marvel are mostly very good. But, as much as I love to read them now, I am not enthusiastic for the new direction of Thor. When reading the old Thor comics, I couldn't stand the ones where Thor, the "real" Thor, son of Odin... was replaced by another person who took his hammer and his power. I don't like the powers of a character, I like the character itself. I'm all for female-centric titles, but not like that, not when we all know that it is temporary AND that it is done at the expense of my favorite Marvel character. I WANT a female-centric Asgardian title, and the cancellation of JiM with Sif broke my heart and Fearless Defenders has been an awful title from beginning to the end. Marvel, just try again with Sif, giving her a title running from n°646 in the middle of a reboot of the numeration of all the other titles was a death sentence even before beginning. <br />And a new Tales of Asgard for us mythology lovers...Chewiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109179732348954593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-72290170494564814102014-07-16T19:43:55.640-05:002014-07-16T19:43:55.640-05:00Dollar to a stale doughnut that they will run with...Dollar to a stale doughnut that they will run with the female Thor for a while, then put Thor through some kind of "redemption" story arc. Or in other words ... same-old same-old from the Comics Industry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949532003004859637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-17129814669477023452014-07-16T19:27:51.595-05:002014-07-16T19:27:51.595-05:00I think Kevin is right. As a long-time comic fan, ...I think Kevin is right. As a long-time comic fan, costume designer and cosplayer (long before it was called such), I think the costume sucks, which is a big turnoff for me, as a reader. I don't like this plotline, and would have preferred to see this character as Thor's DAUGHTER, or such, rather than as actual THOR, if the writers must go there. I wish the new writers would leave the characters and teams as originally written, and come up with interesting STORIES, rather than try to change things around.Datastarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11347757689926479638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-11775462558717232002014-07-16T19:09:30.823-05:002014-07-16T19:09:30.823-05:00I've loved Thor for as long as I can remember....I've loved Thor for as long as I can remember. My father read the comics to me before I learned to speak (Walt Simonson era - classic), although I stopped in high school when Marvel got gritty-weird. <br /><br />I've tried to get back into it, but the overwhelming misogyny of comic books is now too obvious to me, and even my old favorites bore and upset me now. If this change is even the tiniest step forward, I embrace it. The people who run our pop culture are going to take a long time to figure this out, and they're going to need encouragement. The world does not become a better place overnight.<br /><br />I for one will be subscribing to Thor for the first time almost two decades.Tolinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752662059029430139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-51806408732261563382014-07-16T17:59:17.075-05:002014-07-16T17:59:17.075-05:00Well written article Doc.Well written article Doc.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11724744248205251552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841348142033509263.post-82672687831829467942014-07-16T13:49:39.739-05:002014-07-16T13:49:39.739-05:00I think that when the story arc in Thor the Unwort...I think that when the story arc in Thor the Unworthy ends and Thor is now worthy again he will become Thor again. I think that the reason more female readers are starting to read Thor is because they think he is hot, both the actor who plays him and the character. I think now that Marvel turned Thor into a woman it will lose the appeal. So within the year Thor will be male and this female version will be either killed out if the book sales drop or another heroine who will slowly disappear like Thorgirl did in the 2000's.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582242756234197148noreply@blogger.com