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https://movies.yahoo.com/news/marvels-thor-now-woman-comics-studio-announces-152500532.html

One of Marvel Comics’ most iconic heroes is in for a major change.

The studio announced on “The View” on Tuesday that Thor, the hammer-wielding Norse God of Thunder, would now be a woman.

“It's a huge day in the Marvel Universe,” the show's moderator, Whoopi Goldberg, said. “Thor, the God of Thunder, he messed up, and he's no longer worthy to hold that damn hammer of his. For the first time in history, that hammer is being held by a woman. That's right. Thor is a woman!”

Few details are available at the moment, but Goldberg said that the new, female Thor modeled herself after the original one, as he saved her life. Now, she's the one holding Mjolnir, which makes her the legendary hero.

The post Marvel's Thor is Now a Woman, Comics Studio Announces appeared first on TheWrap.

No, just no.

Heresy!! BLAM!


Yeah its not to bad just kinda funny.

Now we need female Space Marines and female Presidents.

Then the circle would be complete.

Although relatively faithful to the sagas- after all Loki gave birth to several children, at least one of which was a horse, the results are not pretty.

WHY?!

I'm all for more equality in comics that do have a rather larger male cast, but why not make new characters instead of relying on the big names of old ones? This strikes me as nothing more than a token gesture.

Thor is a character based on a centuries-old myth that has, since its inception, been male. Of all the characters they cold have chosen, surely Thor is one of the silliest.

Meh, it's a hoax.

Not even Marvel would be that slowed.

This is seriously fethed....

I first saw this on Facebook, and many of the comments echo what will inevitably be shared here:

There are far too many outstanding, strong female characters out there being under written, or under-represented to effectively "kill" another character simply because he's male. There really isn't much reason other than PC to turn Thor from male to female.


Plus, given the artwork shown thus far of this female Thor, I honestly think she would be a better Valkyrie type character, which could be a NEW female character that doesn't completely feth with a long-standing very popular character "just because"



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 Sigvatr wrote:
Meh, it's a hoax.

Not even Marvel would be that slowed.

According to what I saw on my FB feed, the announcement was made on The View, which is a show for middle-aged, menopausal women with nothing better to do but watch middle-aged menopausal women complain about inane crap.

Another thought. What happens when a kid sees Thor 3 in a few years time, goes to buy the comics, and sees Mrs Thoretta? Much confusion will arise, I imagine.

So a human girl now possesses the power of Thor, because he is no longer worthy. He hasn't had a sex change, he just screwed up (again), lost his power (again), and it was granted to a new person who IS worthy, and also happens to be a woman. Shock!! Horror!! Somebody think of the comic book code! Seriously, who cares? He'll be working to prove himself again and he'll get his powers back soon, and she'll be granted her own, new, personal weapon. Big deal.

 Paradigm wrote:
Another thought. What happens when a kid sees Thor 3 in a few years time, goes to buy the comics, and sees Mrs Thoretta? Much confusion will arise, I imagine.

I suppose he could do what most do in times of confusion--fire up the ol' internet box and do a "whatsit-pee-dia" search for an answer. It is not like convoluted story lines, recastings, retcons, and other shenanigans are unknown in the comics realm.


In the comics Thor's position and power are granted by the hammer and Odin, right? So isn't this kind of recasting plausible in the Marvel universe? I never read Thor or Avengers, so I am out of my comfort zone here.

just pop it into a parallel universe as soon as the storyline ends. It sounds cool to me. Why could Thor not be female?

Sounds legit.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
Another thought. What happens when a kid sees Thor 3 in a few years time, goes to buy the comics, and sees Mrs Thoretta? Much confusion will arise, I imagine.

I suppose he could do what most do in times of confusion--fire up the ol' internet box and do a "whatsit-pee-dia" search for an answer. It is not like convoluted story lines, recastings, retcons, and other shenanigans are unknown in the comics realm.

True, but this is a little more radical than most changes.

In the comics Thor's position and power are granted by the hammer and Odin, right? So isn't this kind of recasting is plausible in the Marvel universe? I never read Thor or Avengers, so I am out of my comfort zone here.

It's plausible, the question is why they felt the need to recast Thor rather than create a new character (answer: the name/character is very popular, so there's less risk).

Hell, they could give Lady Sif her own comic, or Valkyrie, if they really wanted a strong female Asgardian lead. Not to mention that the plot is recycled as well (Eric Masterson/Thunderstrike got his powers in almost exactly the same way, by the sound of it). It just strikes me as a token gesture and lazy writing as much as anything else.

Huh. That's breathtakingly stupid.

Well, Thor beat Dr. Who to the punch?

The design looks OK I guess.

If this news is stressing you out, maybe this game will help you relax.

 Paradigm wrote:
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Thor is a character based on a centuries-old myth that has, since its inception, been male.

And this matters for comics how ..?







Nowhere near the first time


For the record he's also been/is a frog

http://www.comicvine.com/throg/4005-30596/

an alien



http://marvel.com/universe/Beta_Ray_Bill

He's also not been quite himself at other times over the years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstrike_(Eric_Masterson)


and the hammer has been wielded by a few people over the years





Give you evens this "event" is over just prior to the next Avengers film ......

 reds8n wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
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Thor is a character based on a centuries-old myth that has, since its inception, been male.

And this matters for comics how ..?







Nowhere near the first time

For the record he's also been/is a frog

http://www.comicvine.com/throg/4005-30596/

an alien


http://marvel.com/universe/Beta_Ray_Bill

He's also not been quite himself at other times over the years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstrike_(Eric_Masterson)


and the hammer has been wielded by a few people over the years





Give you evens this "event" is over just prior to the next Avengers film ......

I appreciate there's a precedent, but I just don't see why (other than the fact the name is already popular) they didn't go for a new character. Why massively change one of your most major characters (Who was only killed off and redone a few years back if I recall) when you can keep that going and set up a new character?

If it is true, I forsee it flopping horribly.

Thor is a male character, full stop. No amount of gender equality PC nonsense can change that.

There are plenty of great female characters from Norse mythology and comic book canon to pull from. No need to pollute existing icons.


Even if there has been a female Thor in the comics, the idea was stupid from the start.

 Paradigm wrote:
I just don't see why (other than the fact the name is already popular) they didn't go for a new character.

Read it again, they did. If you don't think the original Thor won't be back again sometime soon then you also must think death is permanent in comics as well.

It's for one big rippedoff storylin err forthcoming event that will be really important and not at all forgotten 3 months after that

see : http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/07/01/time-runs-out/





Frankly I think Falcon replacing Rogers as Cap. America is a bigger deal

 Grey Templar wrote:
Thor is a male character, full stop. No amount of gender equality PC nonsense can change that.

I'm really not sure how to break this to you, but "Marvel's Thor" is exactly who the Thor writers say Thor is. You don't get input, you don't get to disagree, it's not a matter of opinion. You can like, claim to disagree but all that does is make you wrong.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
I just don't see why (other than the fact the name is already popular) they didn't go for a new character.

Read it again, they did. If you don't think the original Thor won't be back again sometime soon then you also must think death is permanent in comics as well.

I also says she 'models herself on her predecessor'. Why not have a separate new character that isn't derivative of something else?

As for the real Thor returning, of course he will, but then we're left with yet another almost-Thor running around to go with Beta-ray Bill, the 2 iterations of Thunderstrike, Thor Girl and now the new one.

thor i s popular ?

I rank him only barely above aqua man....


now super man with thors hammer and Cap's sheild looks like a good story... like DC comics lost it and started killing marvel heroes for the lootz

I don't think I understand this...
Comics are silly

 Chongara wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
Thor is a male character, full stop. No amount of gender equality PC nonsense can change that.

I'm really not sure how to break this to you, but "Marvel's Thor" is exactly who the Thor writers say Thor is. You don't get input, you don't get to disagree, it's not a matter of opinion. You can like, claim to disagree but all that does is make you wrong.

\He does actually. As a consumer he is more powerful than all the Justice League combined. HE CAN GET THEM ALL FIRED.

 Paradigm wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
I just don't see why (other than the fact the name is already popular) they didn't go for a new character.

Read it again, they did. If you don't think the original Thor won't be back again sometime soon then you also must think death is permanent in comics as well.

I also says she 'models herself on her predecessor'. Why not have a separate new character that isn't derivative of something else?

Because then it would be a different comic and not a new way to look at older concerns/characters within the context of that comic. This won't just be about her, but most likely also about Thor redeeming himself. In five years time it will most likely just be another story arc most people don't know anything about other than people throwing fits for a bit, which will seem odd in retrospect.

What is actually more amazing is the number of times 'mainstream' media falls for this crap and gives the comics companies free advertising.

 Frazzled wrote:

 Chongara wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
Thor is a male character, full stop. No amount of gender equality PC nonsense can change that.

I'm really not sure how to break this to you, but "Marvel's Thor" is exactly who the Thor writers say Thor is. You don't get input, you don't get to disagree, it's not a matter of opinion. You can like, claim to disagree but all that does is make you wrong.

\He does actually. As a consumer he is more powerful than all the Justice League combined. HE CAN GET THEM ALL FIRED.

Indeed.

We the consumers may not get to say what they make Thor to be, but we sure as Hell get to make them to change it back and apologize.

Marvel Comics sucks.

The movies are good, though.