History YMMV / Thor2014

* DontShootTheMessage: A number of feminist readers have expressed this view concerning the new Thor. Female superheroes ''do'' need more prominence and respect given how disproportionate the gender balance is and female readers need more characters to identify with. However, some aspects of the story have legitimate problems, and Thor being one of Marvel's biggest heroes, how well this is handled may carry over to future diversification attempts.

* DontShootTheMessage: A number of feminist readers have expressed this view concerning the new Thor. Female superheroes ''do'' need more prominence and respect given how disproportionate the gender balance is and female readers need more characters to identify with. However, some aspects of the story have legitimate problems, and being one of Marvel's biggest heroes, how well this is handled may carry over to future diversification attempts.

* DontShootTheMessage: A number of feminist readers have expressed this view concerning the new Thor. Female superheroes allegedly ''do'' need more prominence and respect given how disproportionate the gender balance is and female readers allegedly need more characters to identify with. However, some aspects of the story have legitimate problems, and being one of Marvel's biggest heroes, how well this is handled may carry over to future diversification attempts.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: It needs to be said that a lot of detractors don't hate the ''concept'' of Thor having a DistaffCounterpart. The problem is that the female Thor is a LegacyCharacter, rather than a heroine in her own right. Instead of just picking any unused goddess from the Norse Mythology, they effectively tried to replace an iconic character with someone who practically stole Thor's name. Especially after it's revealed that the new Thor is [[spoiler:Jane Foster]], the parallels to [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen a character]] who used to be [[spoiler: just a SatelliteLoveInterest]] are very visible, but they worked in that case since it fleshed the character out without ultimately changing anything about the mythology.

* DontShootTheMessage: A number of feminist readers have expressed this view concerning the new Thor. Female superheroes ''do'' need more prominence and respect given how disproportionate the gender balance is and female readers need more characters to identify with. However, some aspects of the story have legitimate problems, and being one of Marvel's biggest heroes, how well this is handled may carry over to future diversification attempts.

* JumpingTheShark: Vol. 4, issue 3, which includes meta-subtext in a fight between Absorbing Man and female Thor, Titania's refusing to fight Thor because "girls need to stick together", and she and Thor designating Odin as an {{expy}} of "[[TheMan The Patriarchy]]". It's not hard to find people saying they stopped reading current Thor comics after this issue.

** Vol. 4, issue 3, which includes meta-subtext in a fight between Absorbing Man and female Thor, Titania's refusing to fight Thor because "girls need to stick together", and she and Thor designating Odin as an {{expy}} of "[[TheMan The Patriarchy]]". It's not hard to find people saying they stopped reading current Thor comics after this issue.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: In Issue #5, the Absorbing Man spouts a bunch of sexist drivel when he first meets Lady Thor, but includes a rather valid point about how -- if Lady Thor wants to be a female superhero, that's fine -- but its totally wrong for her to ''literally steal a person's identity out from under them'', which is what she was doing since "Thor" wasn't just a name that the male character called himself when he fought bad guys, it ''was his actual name'' -- as in the name his parents gave him when he was born. And while the manner in which he made this point was horribly misogynistic, the point itself was right on the mark.

* CriticalDissonance: Professional critics seem to love the new Female Thor. Fan response, however, has been much more divisive. [[spoiler:To the point that there was a widespread outpouring of ''joy'' amongst the fans in response to the series' end, as Female Thor's detractors celebrated her death.]]

** And as things go on, the fact that Dario Agger's scheme looks nowhere near completion more than two years of publishing time after his introduction, and that he is still yet to get his smug grin knocked off his face by a big damn hammer is also getting wearing.

** The introduction of "War Thor" has the line "meet the War Thor, and prepared to bleed".].

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** Thor vs. Silver Samurai:
--->'''Silver Samurai''': Tell whoever you're talking to that it's the Silver Samurai who's kicking your ass.\\
'''Thor''': My ass. . . doth ''disagree''.\\
'''Silver Samurai''': Not for long, Sailor Moon.
** Roz seems a bit intimidated by Angela's [[{{Stripperiffic}} usual state of dress]]:
--->'''Roz''': Though at least she's a little less naked than she used to be.\\
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'''Angela''': Did we by chance have a secondary plan, in case everything else went completely south? If so, we should probably do that now.\\
'''Roz''': Angela, you're as good at following orders as you are at wearing pants!

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Thor vs. Silver Samurai:
-->'''Silver Samurai''': Tell whoever you're talking to that it's the Silver Samurai who's kicking your ass.\\

** Jonathan Hickman did one in his ''[[JonathanHickmansAvengers Avengers]]'' run. The original Thor was unworthy during the "Time Runs Out" arc, and instead used the hammer of Thorr, which can only be lifted by the ''unworthy''. At the end of the arc, Thor is unable to lift it.

** The introduction of "War Thor" has the line "meet the War Thor, and prepared to bleed".
* NeverLiveItDown: The infamous scene with Absorbing Man and Titania, with its rather blatant TakeThat to many of Female Thor's critics, is often brought up by many to encapsulate everything wrong with the character regardless of [[GrowingTheBeard how much her run had improved]].

* InternetBackdraft: As expected, Female Thor has started a number of heated arguments both in favor and against. And under Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment this should be enough about it.

* CreatorsPet: The main reason why Female Thor has been divisive among readers is the favouritism that Jason Aaron seems to be giving her. She's loved and accepted by the heroes almost instantly despite them knowing next to nothing about her, while those who mistrust her such as Odin and Cul are treated as {{Straw Misogynist}}s and {{Jerkass}}es. Not only that, her performance with Mjolnir is shown to be superior to that of the original with [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands new abilities]], despite the fact that Odinson had ''centuries'' of experience ahead of her in using Mjolnir. [[spoiler:Then when Jane apparently dies, she's brought back immediately in the next issue, with some readers thinking that Aaron didn't want to let go of Jane. To make matters worse, it was announced that Jane will replace Brunnhilde as Valkyrie after the latter's death in ''War of the Realms'', meaning that she's effectively replaced two characters over the last decade which didn't suit well for fans.]]

* InNameOnly: Many do not like that she has Thor's name, rather than simply having her own identity with the Hammer.

* InternetBackdraft: As expected, Female Thor has started a number of heated arguments both in favor and against. And under RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment this should be enough about it.

* CriticalDissonance: Professional critics seem to love the new Female Thor. Fan response, however, has been much more divisive. [[spoiler:To the point that there was a widespread outpouring of ''joy'' amongst the fans in response to the series' end, as Female Thor's {{hatedom}} celebrated her death.]]

* CriticalDissonance: Professional critics seem to love the new Female Thor. Fan response, however, has been much more divisive.