[i hope its okay i add to this, i have some stuff 2 say]
As someone who has devoted a fair portion of my life to Norse Mythology, Thor, and comics, the way Jason Aaron changed the mjolnir origin story kind of pissed me off. However, because of how many male comic readers are against Jane in general, it made sense that they would go out of their way to justify her becoming Thor. I understand and respect his decisions even if it retconned and actually wrecked a huge portion of male Thor’s history.
One of the worst things Marvel does regularly is use Mjolnir as a prop to lift up other characters, while also demeaning the value of the hammer itself. It is seen as a symbol of worthiness, and everyone in the world is so obsessed with having every character lift this legendary relic. Thor had to go through rigorous trials for thousands of years to be able to lift the hammer over his head. Every great act of honor he committed allowed him to lift Mjolnir higher and higher. [this has since been retconned by making the hammer sentient].
That being said, Because of what they changed in Mjolnir’s history, Steve Rogers should not be able to wield her.
Steve, as originally intended, has many of the same qualities as Thor. They are both strong, always defending the weak, and they are good at implementing direct action. Mjolnir, as written in both early comics and the myths, required someone to work for a long-ass time and that timeframe was generally longer than human lifespan. But since lifting Mjolnir has become like, a milestone for every character, they rewrote that dozens of times.
This last retcon is the most interesting because Odin was the one who cursed the hammer so no one would be able to wield her. The only being in existence that can overturn Odin’s curse is the storm goddess inside the hammer. She chose Jane because her heart was strong, and she chose Thor because he worked tirelessly for the good of the nine realms.
Steve, in this whole hydra bullshit, has Not been committing acts of honor for the greater good of the nine realms, but for an organization that seeks genocide and control. These are not honorable acts - the hammer is a real literal storm goddess who would not let Odin use her in his conquests. She could tell that his mind was being warped by power, and so she waited until someone [Thor] came along with the desire and strength to do good and not be swayed by the torrential and destructive power that resided inside the hammer.
Mjolnir, as written in the comics, would not allow Steve, who is being warped by an evil organization, to wield her. He would fall so hard to the power, and use her for terrible acts.
Comic history aside, there is another issue here that comes into play. The Nazis stole the swastika from Norse Myths - they actually stole a lot of stuff, but some of the earliest designs in history had the hammer with a swastika. One of Hitler’s main dudes wanted the nazis to be resemblant of Nordic knights, and they wore lightningbolt symbols inspired by Thor. Mjolnir has been used as a symbol for neo nazis for a long time.
Now Steve is becoming a poster-boy for neo nazis. By giving him the hammer, Steve has become the ultimate symbol of the nazi party, and the impact is so strong its gonna make hitler nut from beyond the grave. He’s a blond haired, blue eyed white boy using the hammer that has been stolen out of its original context and is instead being used as an element of genocide and destruction.
“Thor’s Hammer is currently used by Neo-Nazis, symbolically, so seeing a fascist Captain America literally raise Thor’s Hammer high won’t fall on deaf ears.” - Tim Midura from The Outhousers.com [the actual picture is posted here as well]
Everyone needs to be critical of this. This is more than just an edgy comic arc that will probably be retconned as soon as its over. This is very carefully and calculated - everyone in charge of this comic knows exactly what they are doing. The fact of the matter is, Marvel has actual neo-nazis running its comics, and they’re still trying to run under the whole ‘hydra is fictional and harmless to real life’ mantra.
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