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Spoilers follow forThor: Love and Thunder.
Thor: Love and Thunderwas meant to be a kind of redemption for Natalie Portmans astrophysicist Jane Foster.
Portman brings all of that back toLove and Thunder, leaning into Janes determinationto find a cure.
Instead, the Mighty Thor is introduced by way of theotherThors confusion and irritation.
Instead, it explicitly suggests that!
That isnt to say that a womanshouldntbe able to kick ass with Mjolnir.
But the odd character out is Jane herself, whose relationship with Mjolnir fails to solidify.
Her plucky rejection of Gorr calling her Lady Thor (My name is Mighty Thor!
In a post-Thanos world, what does wanting to be a superhero look like?
How did her early training and experimentation with her powers go?
What excites her about the gig, and what disappoints her?
Did she hear from any other superheroes after taking up the Thor mantle?
Doesnt she want to see Darcy lose her mind over all this Viking space magic stuff?
Where is the interiority!
