Originally posted by Newjak
Once again I took it as Thor having to be willing to sacrifice more than Odin was willing to do. Like giving up two eyes to see more than he ever did before. Willing to destroy all of what he loved so it could free. That is what I took from Thor having to surpass Odin with the tests.And knowledge is power but let me put it this way.
Give someone the Odinpower with no knowledge on how to use it, then put them up against Odin. Odin will win every time. They are operating on the same amount of juice but one is obviously stronger than the other because one has more knowledge.
Also when the Odin Powered returned to him wasn't that when he started doing all of his crazy stuff 😛
He couldn't become Odin by repeating the eye thing. And he needed to basically kill himself to become more than Odin.
A n00b with Odin's power wouldn't even know what he's doing... I don't get the comparison.
However, Odin's power isn't like conventional magic. It's more like power cosmic.
The Runes are magic. The more knowledge you gain in them, the more powerful you're going to become.
His power returned to him as soon as he came back from Hel (he remarked about it being there after he came back from the big Bosses). He started doing crazy shit as soon as he opened his eyes, and they glowed with the glow of Runes.
Plus, everything Thor did, Loki made a remark that it was through the Runes basically.
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Also, King Thor doesn't = Rune King Thor...
If that is what the conversation is about.