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Marvel's Thor is a terrible perversion of Norse mythology, a complex pantheon forced to behave according to American moral tropes.

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@tomharris eh, mythology with multiple gods is usually just soap operas for olden times. :P

@tomharris That happens every single time Hollywood decides to do their own take on something foreign, doesn't it?

@tomharris something something Marvel and DC are modern pantheons and it's pretty common to see figures adopted from 1 pantheon to another.

As a character, Marvel's Thor is pretty good. Thor from the Eddas isn't bad either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@tomharris It really depends on who's writing it and the specific characters involved. Plus the context. Marvel Thor is far more interesting doing Marvel Asgard things than he is doing Avengers things. The films haven't really captured that, though I have high hopes for Ragnarok.