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Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« on: August 27, 2014, 04:09:42 pm »
So my roomie just told me that after Stan Lee sold the company to Disney, Thor will now be a woman in the comic books. I know that deities can be any gender/sex/whatever and sometimes change it at will, but isn't Thor supposed* to be male?

*and by "supposed to be" I mean "most commonly depicted as."

I'm just curious what your opinions on this are, and correct me if I'm wrong about this whole thing.

But Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Tom Hiddleston as Loki? Mm-hmm, I'd go heathen. :p (This was a joke.)
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Re: Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2014, 04:25:05 pm »
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So my roomie just told me that after Stan Lee sold the company to Disney, Thor will now be a woman in the comic books.


Oh, please. Monty Oum beat them to it.

His team of superpowered teenagers are basically genderswaps of mythic and legendary crossdressers:

Pyrrha Nikos (Achilles...that's a new one to me, actually!)
Jaune Arc (Joan of Arc)
Lie Ren (Mulan)
aaand...Nora Valkyrie (Thor)
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Re: Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2014, 04:33:24 pm »
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So my roomie just told me that after Stan Lee sold the company to Disney, Thor will now be a woman in the comic books. I know that deities can be any gender/sex/whatever and sometimes change it at will, but isn't Thor supposed* to be male?

*and by "supposed to be" I mean "most commonly depicted as."

I'm just curious what your opinions on this are, and correct me if I'm wrong about this whole thing.

But Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Tom Hiddleston as Loki? Mm-hmm, I'd go heathen. :p (This was a joke.)

 
I think there's already been a thread in this.
Done a search, here it is: http://ecauldron.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10176

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Re: Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2014, 04:35:50 pm »
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I think there's already been a thread in this.
Done a search, here it is: http://ecauldron.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10176

 
Oh hey, look. I couldn't find anything when I searched.
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Re: Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2014, 05:04:46 pm »
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So my roomie just told me that after Stan Lee sold the company to Disney, Thor will now be a woman in the comic books. I know that deities can be any gender/sex/whatever and sometimes change it at will, but isn't Thor supposed* to be male?

 
A few notes:

1. This is Marvel Thor, not Heathen Lore Thor. Loki's his brother and he's an alien from another planet and he's currently dating an astrophysicist in the movies. Marvel Thor has already deviated plenty from his inspiration from Norse mythology that I'm a little confused why "woman Thor" is catching so many people off guard. (Actually, I'm not confused at all, just disappointed and irritated.)

2. Thor (the character) is going off for plot-related reasons and leaving his post, so the character who will be the "new" Thor is inheriting his title/role. There's still Thor-Thor out there doing Thor stuff. It's like how there are like five Robins running around Gotham City depending on which timeline you're reading. They're all Robin, they're just, y'know, also Dick Grayson and Jason Todd and what's-his-face.
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Re: Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2014, 06:52:46 pm »
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after Stan Lee sold the company to Disney

 
There's so much wrong in this sentence that I don't even know where to start.

1. Stan Lee doesn't own Marvel
2. Stan Lee is an employee of Marvel, and practically a mascot at this point
3. Marvel's been owned by larger corporations since the 80s
4. Disney bought them back in 2009 so you can't really say that sale caused Thor to be a woman
5. Wolverine is still the best Disney princess

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Re: Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2014, 07:17:15 pm »
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5. Wolverine is still the best Disney princess


 
I just started snorting with laughter at that and terrified the fuck out of my dog who was peacefully snoring her head off. And by terrified I mean she bolted out of her bed towards the door, knocking my broomstick over which also scared her.
I've managed to coax her back into her bed but she's just lying there staring at the broomstick like it's going to kill her. I think broomstick is going to have to go in the bathroom for tonight.

So yeah, thanks Jack for some midnight madness. Rule number 2 is now don't read TC if my dog is asleep near me.

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Re: Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2014, 07:29:24 pm »
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I just started snorting with laughter at that and terrified the fuck out of my dog who was peacefully snoring her head off. And by terrified I mean she bolted out of her bed towards the door, knocking my broomstick over which also scared her.
I've managed to coax her back into her bed but she's just lying there staring at the broomstick like it's going to kill her. I think broomstick is going to have to go in the bathroom for tonight.

So yeah, thanks Jack for some midnight madness. Rule number 2 is now don't read TC if my dog is asleep near me.

 
Disney Princess Wolverine was actually a very popular meme when the company was first bought, you can find lots of pics if you look around.
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Re: Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2014, 07:31:13 pm »
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Disney Princess Wolverine was actually a very popular meme when the company was first bought, you can find lots of pics if you look around.

 
I find myself curious as to what Disney Princess Hulk would look like.  I'm imagining it wouldn't be as pretty as the Wolverine pic.


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Re: Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2014, 07:36:48 pm »
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I find myself curious as to what Disney Princess Hulk would look like.  I'm imagining it wouldn't be as pretty as the Wolverine pic.

 
I know that people love to joke about Disney Princess Loki (also show-downs between him and Kusco). So why not Thor too?

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« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2014, 08:33:21 pm »
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I know that people love to joke about Disney Princess Loki (also show-downs between him and Kusco). So why not Thor too?

 
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« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2014, 09:08:22 pm »
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A few notes:

1. This is Marvel Thor, not Heathen Lore Thor. Loki's his brother and he's an alien from another planet and he's currently dating an astrophysicist in the movies. Marvel Thor has already deviated plenty from his inspiration from Norse mythology that I'm a little confused why "woman Thor" is catching so many people off guard. (Actually, I'm not confused at all, just disappointed and irritated.)

2. Thor (the character) is going off for plot-related reasons and leaving his post, so the character who will be the "new" Thor is inheriting his title/role. There's still Thor-Thor out there doing Thor stuff. It's like how there are like five Robins running around Gotham City depending on which timeline you're reading. They're all Robin, they're just, y'know, also Dick Grayson and Jason Todd and what's-his-face.


In the Marvel Thor movie Odin says "Whoever holds this hammer and is worthy shall have the power of Thor."  That means anyone can be Thor.
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Re: Marvel Thor a woman? O.o
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2014, 09:09:45 pm »
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This is Marvel Thor, not Heathen Lore Thor.

 
And this being the case, I'm moving the thread to the 'Books and Websites' forum in the social forums.

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« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2014, 10:37:45 pm »
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In the Marvel Thor movie Odin says "Whoever holds this hammer and is worthy shall have the power of Thor."  That means anyone can be Thor.

 
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« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2014, 11:01:45 pm »
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That's how Beta Ray Bill happened, yes.

 
I remember a Tumblr post going around last year after Thor 2 that had a screenshot of the coat rack Thor used to hang up Mjollnir with the caption "the coat rack is worthy!"

I'd like to think that Steve Rogers is worthy. Failing that, Groot.
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