**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
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I remember this quote: "Disney CEO Bob Iger may end up regretting his decision to pay $4B for Marvel in 2009: Disney made that deal at 'the top of the (comic book) character remonetization cycle.'" That was in 2011.
The analyst who said that said in 2015, "the cycle has played out" pointing out that "Avengers: Age Of Ultron generated more than $1.4 billion worldwide, falling to $774 million for Guardians Of The Galaxy, $715 million for Captain America: The Winder Soldier, and $401 million for Ant-Man."
Yep, doesn't look good there. Let's see, what came after Ant-Man. Oh yeah, Captain America: Civil War. Then Dr. Strange, then Guardians 2, then Homecoming, Thor Ragnarok, and Black Panther. And then the third Avengers movie, whatever that was called.
This reminds me; there are lots of theories on why Rogers was able to wield Mjolnir. My own is (at least in its specifics) something I've never heard anyone else say. For me, the question is, when Odin says "whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor" what does Odin think it means to be "worthy?'
And I think we can actually say. Before he enchants Mjolnir he casts Thor out of Asgard saying he is "unworthy" and berating him for threatening innocent lives by almost starting a war for his own self aggrandizement. Earlier, when Odin is about to crown Thor the new King of Asgard, he asks Thor three questions:
Do you swear to guard the Nine Realms?
Do you swear to preserve the peace?
Do you swear to cast aside all selfish ambition and to pledge yourself only to the good of the realms?
Odin thinks Thor is unworthy because Thor doesn't actually live up to those ideals. Only when he sacrifices himself to save his friends and Earth from the Destroyer does Mjolnir judge Thor to be "worthy." But I think self-sacrifice is not enough.
Word of God says Rogers was always "worthy" but my own theory is that Rogers was not worthy of Mjolnir in Age of Ultron because while he was definitely a selfless person in general, he wasn't someone who "pledged himself only to the good of the realms." Rogers wasn't willing to do *anything* to protect others. He was "almost" worthy. But in Endgame, Rogers finally crossed that bridge: he was willing to do *anything* to stop Thanos. When Mjolnir felt that Rogers was "worthy" of it, because he wanted nothing except to wield Mjolnir to stop Thanos to protect others, that's when it answered his call.
Rogers is mortal, but when Mjolnir goes to him it is saying that it judges Rogers to live up to Odin's ideals. And I think for that to be true, Mjolnir has to think Rogers is selfless and thinks primarily of the welfare of others. But Mjolnir also has to think that Rogers is willing to do whatever it takes to stop Thanos.
In other words, Mjolnir has to believe that Rogers thinks he can win.
When I watch that scene, that's what I'm thinking. When Rogers fights Thanos, when he gets beat by Thanos, when he gets up and marches toward Thanos again, he's not going out in a blaze of glory, he thinks if he gets up one more time he can still win. Which is why he keeps getting up.
I had on an Avengers T-shirt, my friend had on this Captain America hoodie he wears everyday. As we were walking past the strings room, the strings teacher says this: “You kids need to stop with the Marvel, otherwise you’ll be sad when it all crashes down.” None of us were in strings, might I add. So we carried on with our day, just thinking that it was a weird encounter.
Fast forward to the day I first saw Infinity War, and whose sitting next to me? None other than the same strings teacher who told us to stop with the Marvel.
The most convincing piece of evidence that I have to admit is extremely strong is the fact that Rogers wobbled Mjolnir. Nowhere else does the hammer move except for worthy wielders: either you can lift the hammer or you cannot move it at all, with any amount of force.
I like my theory, but I cannot argue against that piece of evidence being very convincing.
"Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep!"
-“I’m with you til the end of the line”
-Thor unleashing his lightning powers in Ragnarok
-Thor’s arrival in Infinity War
-Avengers Assemble
If we’re counting non MCU films then a lot of Raimi Spidey scenes would be here
My other theory is that the hammer wanted to be wielded in order to save its rightful owner.