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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Though, Hank Pym's been unSnapped. He knows how to make Pym particles. They could go and grab a Mjolnir from the past anytime they want to.
They could do that for anything, really. Including characters who have died.
So they're probably going to spend the rest of the franchise pretending that's not an option for the sake of narrative tension.
It's basic comic book reality that everything is possible but they don't happen until they do for various labyrinthine reasons given by writers to keep everything from falling in abject chaos. MCU is just starting to approach that point.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Blasphemy.
This is why it took Steve several decades to get a date.
Then I wish they'd given Stark another shot at it too, because he went through way more growth than Steve did, and ultimately made the big sacrifice.
In all seriousness I guess those are valid answers. I don't really accept Steve being polite because the filmmakers said it outside of the film itself.
Edited by FOFD on Sep 4th 2020 at 2:29:06 AM
The Marvel Asgardians operate by different rules. If this was the actual Norse pantheon Thor would likely have never been stripped of his powers for being a Blood Knight, he'd have been commended for it. The whole War Is Hell theme of the first Thor movie (and of the comics by extension) is very unlike Norse myths.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."The Russos
and Feige
claimed that Steve was always worthy to lift the hammer, however McFeely and Markus
claimed he wasn't while he was keeping secrets from Tony about his parents' deaths.
I personally prefer the "Steve wasn't worthy at the time" explanation rather than "he was worthy, he was just dicking around with Thor". The latter option kind of takes away the impact of Vision lifting Mjolnir if one of the Avengers could actually lift it the whole time.
But on that note, do you think there was any other hero worthy enough to lift Mjolnir aside from the ones we've seen?
To be honest, I don't quite see why Tony couldn't have been worthy by Endgame (apart from the fact that he's Tony). Homecoming Peter Parker might have been too.
Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.Luke Cage oughta be able to do it as well.
Well.....at least BEFORE his Hazy-Feel Turn at the end of Season 2
He was pretty much The Cape of the Netflix bunch.
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianThe rules of Mjolnir are vague so that you can justify anyone
Especially Scott Lang, good dad
Forever liveblogging the AvengersRunning the gauntlet:
- Thor: Worthy.
- Cap: Worthy.
- Vision: Worthy.
- Hulk: Confirmed to be unworthy. I feel like Banner wouldn't either due his inner demons, but Professor Hulk might.
- Tony: No.
- Widow: Might be unworthy going by all the talk of "Red in her Ledger" but it's an open question.
- Hawkeye: pre-IW yeah, post-IW no.
- The Twins: I think they wouldn't by way of their involvement with HYDRA and Ultron but Scarlet Witch has the better odds, evidently, particularly c. IW.
Bonus:
- Star-Lord: Nope.
- Rocket: Nope.
- Drax: Nope.
- Nebula: Nnnnope.
- Groot: Definitely.
- Mantis: Definitely.
- Gamora: Quite possibly.

I wonder if they'll ever do the "anyone can lift Mjolnir in space" thing in the movies.