Tony-Man vs Lady Thor

A Lady Thor?!  That's unpossible!

It was announced on the view that the Marvel mainstay and icon known as Thor is going through some major changes.  And one such major change is that he, is no longer a he.  But rather a She.  There is of course a lot of controversy over this change, and while I can certainly understand on a purist level that this can be unsettling, or even maddening, my question is really, "what took them so long?"  Let's think about this from a comic book standpoint.  Spider-Man has both a Spider-Woman and a Spider-Girl, Iron Man has Rescue, Hulk has She-Hulk, Batman has Batgirl, Superman as Supergirl, Magneto has Polaris, and there are many different examples both in the Marvel Universe, and in the DC universe.  And while yes many of these female characters originally started off as their male counterpart's female doppelgangers and little more, most of these characters have evolved into their own unique entity and have become rather successful.  (I mean Hell... even Deadpool got a Lady Deadpool.  Go figure that shit out.)

I want to make something clear.  I am not a big Thor fan.  I don't have any especial dislike for him.  He's powerful, he's inspiring, he can do many amazing things easily.  He's arrogant, he obviously has a swagger about him, he's faced many impossible odds and has come out on top, but in my opinion... he's simply just not all that interesting of a character.  I think a lot of the reason why I simply just don't think he's all that interesting, is because of the way he looks and the way he comes across.  But now that I know that all of this is going to be put inside of a female shell, well it opens up new possibilities.

Just how will a female be able to use the power of Thor?  How will she cope with the struggle that many superheroes have to cope with, when she has to choose between humanity and godhood?  How will she view her former self once she has attained the power of Thor?

"But Tony-Man, the inscription of the head of Mjolnir clearly states Whoever holds this hammer if HE be worthy, shall possess the power of... THOR."

See?  Told ya.

So, okay.  Yes, I will not deny the fact that on the hammer of a Norse weapon, English words are written which seems to point to the fact that only men can be worthy.  And if we lived in a world where there was no gray area, I'd be inclined to agree.  And yes, there was the time when Jane Foster held the hammer and became worthy and changed into Thordis... which at the time I felt was novelty gimmicks and lazy writing... but when thinking about it now in a retrospect, while the events that occurred during the whole Thordis saga, if it could really be called that... I had to refer back to the evolution of the English language.

I don't know much about other languages or how the words in such languages coincide with one another, but over the course of the English language, especially with pronouns, masculine pronouns have usually always described people or things in general whether they were masculine in nature or not.  As society became lazier, masculine pronouns have all but lost their masculinity for something a bit more gender-neutral.  After all typing or even saying "his or her" just feels cumbersome and it muddles up the flow of conversation or written script.  Over time, "he" simply became an acceptable convention when referring to an unknown person, while "his" became an acceptable convention for describing an unknown person's belonging.

Which brings us back to a Lady Thor.  Does Thor really need a lady counterpart?  Not really... It is going to be interesting to see what will happen, because unlike Batgirl, Rescue, Polaris, and Spider-Girl and the other female counterparts.  I'm working on the assumption that this particular Lady Thor is not a separate entity from Man Thor... but Lady Thor is going to BE Thor ...as a lady.  With lady parts and everything.  All I know is that if Lady Thor becomes enamored by a Jim Foster, or something like that, I'm going to throw the bullshit card out there.

As I said before, I'm not particularly a Thor fan, but the prospect of a Lady Thor (or whatever they're going to call her) is an intriguing and fascinating one, and one that I certainly hope pans well for the Thor galaxy in the Marvel Universe.  Me?  I'mma stick with my Lady Deadpool, Atcha cha cha cha!