Thor will now be female in the comics

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/thor-woman-comics-marvel-announces-article-1.1867428

Thoughts??

My first repsone was "Go adhead, Thor was not really that great of a hero anyway, maybe switching the gender will actually make me interested in reading those comics."

No word on what Marvel or Disney is going to do in the movies. I believe it will stay the same actor in the movies for now since I remember photos of them already filming in South Africa, unless they have changed the actor to an actresses without telling public( doubt it though).

How fans will react:

Ummm a Female Thor was done back in the late 90's so this is no surprise. It's not like Thor 3 movie is not going to make a difference anyway.

Sounds interesting, I approve. Hope they actually write her with a decent personality instead of just adding boobs to the old Thor.

Yawn.

Loki is already a chick, unless He's turned back. Who can keep up?

@korvus: boobs + less armor = instant seller

It's odd how comic fans get more offended to changes of fictional characters than pagans do about the fictional characters being based on their gods.

Imagine how Christians would react if there was a superhero comic about Jesus.

Sadly yes. That's probably all there is to it...

@toast_burner: Most pagans I know are pretty abstract on the view of their gods. One god, many gods, they don't really mind. They're a good bunch =D

I'm usually not a proponent of changing a character so drastically after they've been around for awhile. In this instance I don't really care because Thor has never been a character I really enjoyed.

Wish it was iron man

Shut up, you.

It would be a more interesting time for all

Blasphemy.

Don't read comics so I do not really care. She looks pretty badass though.

I dont think there are too many people around that still practice norse paganism. Myself, excluded.

Ironwoman? that sounds too bland. Hmmm. How about "Iron ho". That sounds kinda catchy.

Fair enough. I don't see why they didn't just create a new female hero, instead of changing one, especially one who's recently had a huge boost to his popularity because of the Avengers movie, but I'm not disappointed. I do wonder how they'll explain the change, and if it'll affect later Avengers movies.

This is intriguing because she is the main Thor of the 616 continuity. I guess that means Donald Blake is no more. That is a very prominent position as well. Much is expected of being princess of Asgard, arguably the most powerful superhero in the Marvel universe, and one of the three original members of the Avengers.

I used to own the Picture Bible. That was laid out in comic format. Good stuff.

Just to be clear I wasn't saying that Pagans should be mad. Mu point was that comic book nerds shouldn't be mad.

@toast_burner: I understood, just saying I can understand why pagans don't get mad about it; they're a very relaxed bunch that don't get easily offended through religion =)

That'll happen eventually. About the same time we're naming planets after characters like Yahweh, Jesus, Satan, and etc.

Why would the movies star a female Thor suddenly? OP seems to be missing the fact that 1) the movies are separate from the comics, and 2) the comics take place much later, so you get all this stuff happening (such as female Thor) that the movies didn't reach yet.

This is something that virgins care about.

@themajormayor:

Which is why you responded to it, eh?

Bad move, Thor is male, plain and simple.

If they want to include Sif instead thats another story.

Does it really matter? I can't think of any character I'd like more or less if they had their gender swapped (except on movies/shows where I actually really like the actor/actress playing the character, but in comics it makes no difference)

Can't seem to find the name of the series but there's one where Jesus takes on Zeus.

@turtlethetaffer said:

Can't seem to find the name of the series but there's one where Jesus takes on Zeus.

Glory/Avengelyne II: The Godyssey #1?

@korvus said:

@turtlethetaffer said:

Can't seem to find the name of the series but there's one where Jesus takes on Zeus.

Glory/Avengelyne II: The Godyssey #1?

Honestly that seems like it could be the one. I only know about this thing because of a cracked article :p

@turtlethetaffer: Yeah, I had never heard about it either. I just Googled "Jesus fights Zeus" and that title was the first result.

@korvus: Off topic, your username isn't a reference to dragon Quest IX is it?

@turtlethetaffer: Nah, just random. And apparently it's also the name of an X-Men. Oops? =P

Will be interesting to see what they do with this. The art at least looks pretty badass.

@korvus: Haha I was just wondering.

Rather than just sticking boobs on an existing character, why not create a NEW super hero? I also ask, why of ALL their existing characters they chose to gender swap the one that was based on existing and very interesting mythology...

Not angry or anything, but I do find this move a bit silly.

@LostProphetFLCL: But but...coming up with an entirely new character, making it interesting and then gather a whole new fanbase takes work =(

I lol'd.

Don't drastic changes to anything usually make those passionate about it mad?

They should make Thor transgender...appeal to everyone.

Let's be progressive...m'kay?

Rehashing old ideas again, its was done in the Earth X limited series by Jim Krueger in 1999

Thor isn't exactly the kind of character that would make for an interesting female character. But whatever, I don't read much Marvel anyways.

Thor isn't exactly the kind of character that would make for an interesting female character. But whatever, I don't read much Marvel anyways.

You can say that again.

Don't see the problem. Wouldn't be the first time that a male hero passes the mantel to a female and sometimes it works out better like Carol Danvers becoming Captain Marvel.

i grew up with the mythology, and it's fucking stupid... But Marvel only does this shit because of the money. They clearly have no respect for the mythology