Originally posted by keiththegreat
its not in his hammer i thought. but it was used to repair it. im sure odin has replenished his own OF
The way I understand the Odin Force is that, in the event of the original vessel's death, it is transferred to another vessel -- usually a blood relative. When Vili and Ve were killed, their combined energies were transferred to Odin; that's when the Odin power was born. So, when Odin died, Thor inherited the OF, right? This we know for sure. Now, I distinctly recall Straczynski stating that the OF was transferred to Mjolnir when Strange repaired it; in the process, Thor's lifeforce was somehow bonded to the hammer. That said, Odin doesn't "replenish" the OF. It either came back to him somehow (meaning that it no longer resides within Mjolnir) or it didn't come back to him. Now, personally, I also think it was transferred back to Odin (from the hammer), but that's only speculation. On these boards, we generally rely on what is shown/revealed on-panel. So, again, until it's been disclosed (and maybe it already has -- I don't read Fraction's work), we have no proof that the Odin Force no longer resides within Thor's hammer. If it DOES still reside in the hammer, then Odin is obviously less powerful than he once was.