Rage.Of.Olympus
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Originally posted by Ize19
The problem with your interpretation lies within the complete context of what was said: Odin tells Thor to spin his hammer as swiftly as he can, Thor repeats this, saying "Attach and spin... as swiftly as I can..." with the elipses showing some doubt on his part. In response to this doubt, Odin states "Hast thou forgotten, my son? Thy HAMMER (emphasis mine) has the power to spin faster than light -- to enter the fourth dimension of -- time!"So to recap, Odin gives Thor an artifact, and tells him to swing Mjolnir as fast as he can. Thor does so, but expresses doubt at it working. Odin reassures him, as his hammer has the power to spin faster than light. Where in that is the faster than light power Thor's?
This is where interpretation causes problems. I didn't even think of it in that context until you mentioned it.
Thor's history and that very scene point to it being Thor's own physical capabilities. If you believe Mjolnir has it's own separate ability to spin at the speed of light, then it would have to be independent of Thor's own physical strength/speed which can match Mjolnir. It's simply overly complicating what I thought was a clear cut relationship which doesn't actually change anything in the end.
Again, it makes much more sense that the reference was just a correlation to time travel which requires Mjolnir to be spun at light speed.
Question: Aren't you one of the guys who argued the "listed abilities" stance?
Originally posted by Ize19
And sorry, but in almost all of those scans, the feats Thor produces are attributed to his hammer, and in most of the rest of those instances, he is using a power that has previously been attributed to it. Only one or two actually claim that it is Thor producing them, and those can easily be seen as simply giving Thor credit for what his weapon is doing.
So what? That doesn't affect my stance. Thor almost always attributes his feats to Mjolnir. It's the reason why beings have assumed his power lies in his hammer or his a weakling without it (It's happened like 4 times, and Thor set them straight each time). I'm pretty sure Thor once lifted something with Mjolnir under it and he attributed it to his hammer. Part of his character
Those scans have Thor directly spinning his arms or moving them which result in Mjolnir moving at incredible speeds.
http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af17/RageOfOlympus/Thor/TravelThroughTime1.jpg
^That's Thor creating a time traveling vortex by actively spinning his own attached arm. You would have to argue that Mjolnir directly amps Thor's speed to explain that. Which is an entirely different ball game. And a ridiculous one at that.
Otherwise, the scene you posted is something that has long been forgotten by writers (Assuming you are right). And by forgotten, I mean like before Journey Into the Mystery even ended. It went the way of Thor's telepathy. There's no other way I can explain your stance that I can think of.
