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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Be fair to Jane. She fondles Thor's hammer quite a lot in the comics of late. He's even complimented that no one's ever worked his hammer like she can.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I could write a while article about what the problem with Thor and Jane is...oh, wait, I actually did
.
But Thor and Sif in the movies doesn't work at all either. It always annoys me to see her pining over him, and it always annoys me how people point out that she would be the better fit. Why? Because she happens to be the same race? I really don't like the implications there.
I also felt that the remark of Odin came kind of out of nowhere...there was no built up to it at all.
Was that the part in the second movie where Thor is looking up at the sky and thinking about Jane? Eh, Odin is just being Odin - he's halfway to being a decent father, but also just a prick, too. He was like that in the comics, where he tried to force Thor to breakup with Jane a bunch of times.
From best to worst I would say it's Modern Comic!Odin>MCU!Odin>Classic Comic!Odin>Myth!Odin.
I knew it was going to be that picture. I knew it with all my knew.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersHey, it could've been this picture
◊ or this one
◊ if I wanted to go for Odin being emotional.
I took the encouragement for Thor to let go of Jane and pursue Sif to be a roundabout way of bringing the wayward prince's interests back to Asgard in general, personally. Thor is meant to be King of Asgard and instead he's pining for a world that is not his and a woman he can never have.
Odin and/or Frigga see this, and presume that if Thor can find love in Asgard, he'll stop wanting to dash off and play with the humans every five seconds. Sif is just the best available option in that regard, because he knows her.
edited 1st Jul '15 1:20:35 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.

I said "movieverse."
edited 1st Jul '15 8:10:56 AM by KnownUnknown