Thor is now a women!

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Marvel is excited to announce an all-new era for the God of Thunder in brand new series, THOR, written by Jason Aaron (Thor: God of Thunder, Original Sin) complimented with art from Russell Dauterman (Cyclops).

This October, Marvel Comics evolves once again in one of the most shocking and exciting changes ever to shake one of Marvel’s "big three" – Captain American, Iron Man and Thor – Marvel Comics will be introducing an all-new THOR, GOD OF THUNDER. No longer is the classic male hero able to hold the mighty hammer, Mjölnir, a brand new female hero will emerge will who will be worthy of the name THOR. Who is she? Where did she come from and what is her connection to Asgard and the Marvel Universe?

"The inscription on Thor’s hammer reads ‘Whosoever holds this hammer, if HE be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.’ Well it’s time to update that inscription," says Marvel editor Wil Moss. "The new Thor continues Marvel’s proud tradition of strong female characters like Captain Marvel, Storm, Black Widow and more. And this new Thor isn’t a temporary female substitute – she’s now the one and only Thor, and she is worthy!"

Series writer Jason Aaron emphasizes, "This is not She-Thor. This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is THOR. This is the THOR of the Marvel Universe. But it’s unlike any Thor we’ve ever seen before."

THOR is the latest in the ever-growing and long list of female-centric titles that continues to invite new readers into the Marvel Universe. This female THOR is the 8th title to feature a lead female protagonist and aims to speak directly to an audience that long was not the target for Super Hero comic books in America: women and girls.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/15/59...is-now-a-woman

This is extremely interesting to me, as i love the marvel universe and i feel that this can inject an even more female orientated interest in it; That said, a LOT of people are already replying, some in anger and others in admiration.

As like it or not, comic books are traditionally seen as a male centered audience; But chief amongst the complaints that stuck is "Thor has always been a man" and "It doesn't fit into norse mythology".

What are your opinions on this?

[Jinali]

Why would they change him to a woman?

[Reeve]

I think it's a solid move that they didn't do this as an additional girly Thor in addition to the "real" Thor.

[The One Percent]

Why would they change him to a woman?

diversity and edginess in the hopes of selling more comics

[Deleted]

Why would they change him to a woman?

Simply?

Who knows!

It could be to incite female attention to the marvel universe, it could be an intended character development, it could be an attempt to see how this pans out or it could be pandering to demands for an established and popular female character.

[Rixis]

Why would they change him to a woman?

Probably to do with all the PC shit about representing sexes and whatnot.

[Ryuji]

Feels weird. Thor's been around for a long time. This sudden change to a female is a bit jarring for long-time fans. Chances are most will disregard it and stick to the male Thor that's been around forever.

[Jinali]

Probably to do with all the PC shit about representing sexes and whatnot.

I feel like I live in another world now, what pc shit about representing sexes?

[Deleted]

Made me think of this.

[Alvito]

That will make the scenes with Portman much more interesting.

[IIamaKing]

Well this seems completely pointless. Gotta pander to the PC crowd I guess.

[Voolawl]

Probably to do with all the PC shit about representing sexes and whatnot.

This was my first thought and probably the most true.

I actually hope this tanks so we can turn to the PC crowd and go "look, we told you so."

[Deleted]

I feel like I live in another world now, what pc shit about representing sexes?

You're not really aware of this sphere of feminism are you?

Google simple terms of "Girls and comic books" or some variation thereof, it's been a thorn in many a feminist about the lack of female representation to the degree that men are in comics.

There's countless YT videos and blogs and articles about it additionally.

[Aspect of Death]

1: It doesn't fit into norse mythology at all, meeeh. but whatever a lot of it already doesn't.
2: Chris Hemsworth?

FU Marvel. I guess a Thorita with fake boobs and tights get more numbers.

[Mirishka]

I'm a woman and I think this is dumb. Its right up there with killing off Archie (which they are doing btw).

Keep him as he is and give Lady Sif more of a presence. Voila, Marvel, you have your new badass female superhero and Thor stays the same.

[Stormspellz]

Why would they change him to a woman?

didn't "change" him, the asgardian thor no longer worthy of the hammer (again) and a human women picks up the hammer as she is worthy of it, its actually a reused plot device in the comics as the mantle of thor has changed more then a few times.

[Deleted]

1: It doesn't fit into norse mythology at all, meeeh. but whatever a lot of it already doesn't.

Please don't insult Norse mythology like that by implying there's a possiblity of comparing it to Marvel's shitty-ass Thor.

[Asmekiel]

2: Chris Hemsworth?

I really hope they stick to him in the movies.

If they want to introduce a female Thor like person, create a new goddess instead of giving an established character a sexchange.

-edit- Although.. I don't read the comics. So as long as the movies stick with Chris, I'm fine.

[Jingoism]

Marvel is trash. This is simply another confirmation of this truth.



on the bright side:
Trans*thor, the brand new hero rehash from Marvel™.

[Pull My Finger]

Why not. Marvel does need to shake things up every once in a while. They've been doing all those series for decades now, and there's only so much you can do before it becomes really stale and potentially ridiculous. It's not the first time they completely put stuff upside down, heavily retconned a character and whatnot. Keeps things fresh and they tend to go back to the "original" state at some point anyway. Just look how often they retconned, killed off and resurrected Peter Parker, and brought him back to normal subsequently.

Making Thor a woman is a neat idea. He's one of the characters that are perhaps really a bit too much on the epitomic testosterone side. The cheesy portayal in the movies - which is where most people nowadays know the character from - didn't exacty help that either. That whole character seems to have only been tailored to the function of massively campy man crush material. Embarassing.