Lightknight said:
Imp Emissary said:
D Though I do understand what you meant. :/ Poor Aquaman. First you're made the joke of superheroes, then they break up your marriage. ;p
They've managed to make him seem a bit cooler lately. But it's hard to do with mister orange and green himself. Alex Ross had some great versions of him as a bearded king that I liked. I guess he just didn't age well as a comic.
As for the functional difference, the first Thor is still alive and doing stuff. As I said, we have two Thors now.
As for the hammer thing, yeah they other got to use the Hammer, but I assume they didn't "keep" it. Thor is his name, but it was also his job ("Thor: God of Thunder!" and what not). It's a bit odd, but so are a lot of Asgard things. Like a weapon that can pick who gets to use it. ;p
By them saying she is now "Thor", I think what they mean is she's now the new God of Thunder.
If she just has his powers but isn't called Thor, then who cares? It's just a new person giving his powers? But from what they're saying this is Thor now. That's different.
But I disagree. Thor in this universe is a person. With or without his powers he is Thor. Thor isn't a job title. It's his first name.
As for Sif, fair enough. I can see an argument for having her take up the role. Though, doesn't she already have one?
If she's Thor, who will be Sif? And who will be whoever replaces Sif?
xD Maybe Mjolnir chose someone else to avoid causing a fuss of secession?
Make Sif into Thor? No way in heck. I mean to have Sif largely replace Thor's role (a member of the Avengers and the Asgardian protector of Earth). Not to become Thor. I mean that they didn't have to make a female Thor as a PR stunt. They should have just elevated existing female characters or created new ones instead of bastardizing existing characters. The thing about female Thor is that she's always going to be in male Thor's shadow. She will never be her own character. It's like making a Thorina in everything but name. Sif is her own badass self with similar powers of any Asgardian. She could not just fill Thor's boots but own the role all by herself. Shame on them for believing the only way a female character can be popular is by giving them a male character's power and identity.
I kind of like the character of Aquaman that was in Batman: Brave and the Bold. Boastful, likes to tell stories, and has a great time being a hero. Combine him with the powers he had in the Young Justice show, and you'd have a fun superhero.
As for Thor being replaced, I think it could be very interesting. Because it could changes things for the prophecy of Ragnarok. Thor's not just there to be a hero, but to also eventually die with the other Asgardians in the war against the agents of chaos. That is what it is to BE Thor.
For Thor to lose that honor and it to be given to someone else changes what the Asgardians have been believing for a long time. It is his name, yes, but it is also his role.
For it to be passed on to someone else could bring up a lot of questions about the how Ragnarok could go down.
Was this female Thor the "True" Thor all along, just waiting to be given what is hers by destiny, or has fate been changed?
If the prophecy has been changed in this way, could it be altered in other ways too? Or is this still how it's "suppose to be"?
Weather or not the comics are of worth and if this was just done as a stunt or is what they really want to do will show in their work.
That said, I do see the appeal of your idea. It also goes along with changing Ragnarok. If Thor isn't there, who will do what he was meant to? Perhaps Sif?
That said, I wonder what Sif will think of the new Thor. :/
Also, again, they aren't "bastardizing existing characters". They're making a new one, and giving her the role of an old one.
