Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
The stupid feminism forced push aside, the Odin/Thor fight was a lot better than I thought it would be.I don't actually mind it on paper, Thor was fighting Gorr in the last volume who's also Skyfather + in power from my estimation but the problem with this particular fight is that Odin/Thor have an extensive dynamic of Thor being a complete gnat to him.
Odin has literally snapped his fingers and owned Thor. Heimdall with a portion of the Odin Power was no selling hammer shots and so on. If this was Zeus, or Mephisto or whatever, it'd be perfectly fine. A high end showing I can get a boner from that will piss of Abhil but Odin is regarded as highly as he is for a reason.
The fight aside, perhaps the worst part about this whole run is the characterization of Odin. Tbh, I'd rather have Odin lose to Jane Thor if it meant he'd be written as wise and sane instead of some screaming sexist idiot. Odin has left Sif in charge of Asgard, he's had an elite force of warrior women since the dawn of time, he's many things but sexist is not one of them. This all feels so forced.
There could be so much more that could be done with this story. For example, Jane blames Odin for not letting her be with the love of her life (Thor) but this view is warped from her own perspective. Odin granted her the powers of an Asgardian God and gave her a trial and it was simply way too much for her mortal mind to handle and she failed the test. It was Odin being stern but protecting his son from loving a mortal woman who's short life span and inability to deal with certain events psychologically (At the time) would eventually cause him heartbreak. Dealing with that type of dynamic and opposing view points would be so much more interesting instead of broadly painting Odin as the villain.
This whole thing has honestly just been lazy, I don't understand why people enjoy it so much when you reflect on Odin and his history (Yes there are conflicting accounts on his stands here and there but for the most part he's not nearly as extreme as Aaron is writing him out to be).
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He literally sacrificed an eye for wisdom; idiocy and raging screaming is not him.
Since everybody's determined to discuss Thor here, and not in the dedicated and much neglected Thor thread in the comics section...
I'm sure some writers have differing opinions on the power gap between what we call skyfathers and heralds, however, Odin's characterization since Fraction has been absolutely dreadful.
The borderline retarded ******* act has now been Odin's mainstay for almost 10 years now. He's no longer a character, he's the foil to Q99's feminist webcomics.
Originally posted by Estacado
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