Tales of Midgard or the Warriors Three take a bite out of the Big Apple

[proteus_lives]

Greetings True Believers!

Walter Simonson's run of The Mighty Thor is just perfect. The Warriors Three are a big part of that perfection.

The Asgardians have just defeated Surtur and saved the Nine Realms. Time to head home? Odin's Stones, no! Volstagg, Hogun and Fandral hit the streets for some errands and Midgard fun!



They, in the words of Carl from ATHF, "Don't need instructions to know how to rock!"

Plus a scene from the cute flirtation that Beta Ray Bill and Sif had around that time.



Dr. Blake's staff have seen him in months and they get a visitor.





Later, the W3 take in the NY sights.





Their crawl continues and they run into a certain pack....







Oh, guys. Never stop being you.

Now a scene from Bill and Sif's wanderings. I know Thor and Sif have the whole immortal love thing going for them but Seta is almost too cute.






Plus I'm tracking down an old issue of Power Pack written by Louise Simonson that features the PP/W3 on an adventure! I will be posting that.

Comments

[janegray]

As far as I know (and you do know more about Thor canon than I do, so correct me if I'm wrong), Loki's punishments are generally less "exile" and more "torture." Being made to live among mortals may teach humility, but being chained to a rock while acid drips over your face is much more likely to make you even more hateful. Also, I can't remember a single instance where Loki was de-powered.

Furthermore, considering that one popular interpretation of Loki's character is that he became a bastard because Odin treated him like crap (for example, the issue where Loki sees a crying Balder and feels regretful and considers a Heel Face Turn, but then Odin goes all "Thor, my only son!" and Loki gets pissed and keeps plotting), I'd say that Odin mind-fucking Thor wasn't just evil, but downright dangerous, as it could have easily pissed off Thor enough to make him pull a Face Heel Turn (especially because at the time Thor wasn't nearly as nice and forgiving as he is now).

If Raistlin Majere has taught me anything, it's that treating promising youths like crap to shape them into "the heroes that the world needs" has got pretty even chances of backfiring horribly.

[starwolf_oakley]

Odin and other Asgardians can be dicks, but they understand that the Earth has to be protected. Which is why their behavior in FEAR ITSELF is a bit confusing so far.

To what degree Don Blake is "his own man," is based on Kevin Kincaide (the template Odin used, a doctor that Jane Foster eventually married), or just Thor with a better grasp of Modern English varies from age to age. Supposedly in CIVIL WAR, Clone!Thor was going to be the actual Thor with Don Blake's mind. Don!Thor would be Pro-Reg, as doctors need licenses to practice medicine.

Still, a flashback story could reveal that Odin *did* take a huge risk in brainwashing his son, but took "precautions" so Thor wouldn't go all Warrior's Madness once he found out the truth.

[proteus_lives]

I think Odin is cocerned only with defeating the Serpent in order to defend the Nine Worlds. Odin is too distant from Earth to think of them in same way Thor does.

"Supposedly in CIVIL WAR, Clone!Thor was going to be the actual Thor with Don Blake's mind. Don!Thor would be Pro-Reg, as doctors need licenses to practice medicine."

That would have been way more interesting.

[proteus_lives]

I have a hard time blaming the Asgardians for torturing Loki. He's been bound "depowered", exiled and killed.

And Loki assured that he would always be hateful toward Odin and the Asgardians with his time travel schemes. Loki's great tragedy is that he does it to himself. Odin has his share of the responsibility but Loki burned his own bridges.

Thor and Odin have a complex relationship. The deep love and loyalty is there but there is also a sense of competition and power. Thor didn't desire power and authority like Loki did but merely expected it because of his power and position. He wasn't evil but he was spoiled and unsure of his path. In way Odin headed off a face heel turn with his actions.

Odin mated with Gaea so Thor would be of Midgard and Asgard. This was destiny but it's also caused it's share of problems and solutions. The good side is that Thor didn't rage against Odin for his exile because he came to realize that Earth and it's people were his home too. The downside is that while Odin cares about Midgard and the humans in a distant, abstract way, Thor loves them as he does Asgard. This will always be a source of conflict between father and son. It's part of Fear Itself today.

"it's that treating promising youths like crap to shape them into "the heroes that the world needs" has got pretty even chances of backfiring horribly"

Very true but sometimes it's what is needed. I think Thor was one of those cases.