Aquaman isn't beating Thor. He's powerful and all of that but I'd rate him to be on or nearly around Sasquatch's level. Thor is on a completely different level... whether that be the female or male version.
Dcun aquaman has impressive strength and durability plus a unbreakable weapon. Yes male thor is far out of AM league well water hand AM probably could hold up ok but still lose. Jean has better feats then dcun AM
You mean Jane right? Anyway, a lot separates these two in terms of power. Even if you were to say that Arthur could mess with his or her mind, Thor or just being a Thor has the TP resistant perk going for them, being that they have a certain amount of magical protection against it. They aren't immune, but they have a decent amount of resistance to stave off an assault, wade in and put the kabosh on Arthur.
The strength gap is pretty large as well, not to mention durability. Jane just took a huge beating from the female version of Kurse and kept getting back up. Arthur simply isn't in that weight class. It was mentioned in reference to the Beyonder that the new female Kurse is likely as powerful as her male counterpart. This is something that shouldn't be challenged, as Jane has some pretty high end feats.
Jane just threw a freaking city out of space. She also ripped through adamantium combined with vibranium and magic. Stalemated Odin. Moved faster than a bullet. Nothing but high end showings. Aquaman gets his chest caved in, easily.
WTF? How does this make sense? The only reason Algrim was what he was is because Beyonder amped him to those levels (2x Thor at first then 4x Thor later).
Before the Beyonder amps he couldn't beat a Mjolnirless Thor! God damn you Marvel. Stupid mother ****ers.
To be honest, her origin didn't seem as forced as I would have imagined, though I honestly haven't read a lot of Thor bar JMS's excellent run and whatever he did in Avengers.
I think I understand Marvel's perspective. Few if any have ever heard of Kurse, save for reasonably devout Thor fans. I myself heard little outside of 2x stronger than Thor or 4x or whatever. Here, the power apparently comes from enchanted armor. That's in the popular current movies as a theme for similar Thor or Avenger characters. And the movies have a much bigger audience than the comic reading populace. The enchanted armor concept is no harder to wrap the head around than the Destroyer or Iron Man suits empowering someone, doubly so if we take how Extremis Iron Man was presented.
In-story, possible reasons for Malekith choosing Lady Waziria to be the new Kurse aren't unfathomable, either.
Recklessly arrogant character like that from Norse-style society?
Easy to see Malekith deciding Jane Thor being less of a threat than Odinson Thor. Or reasoning the armor enchantment makes New Kurse equal to the power of Old Kurse. Or that Lady Waziria, being a woman, should be less strong-willed and rebellious than the strongest Dark Elf male warrior.
No, I can certainly see why Marvel did as its done in this case.
Smart decision making involves a different checklist when you're a corporation concerned primarily with sales and marketability to the widest possible audience, as opposed to a fan of a given literary character itself.
I'm impressed Marvel's messed with the crucial elements of the story as LITTLE as they have, all things considered.