tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377509771578415315.post629574719512206150..comments2024-03-26T06:23:48.398-04:00Comments on The Care and Feeding of Nerds: Dropping the HammerKelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16857490674573435887noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377509771578415315.post-21787009740612412512014-07-18T20:13:16.606-04:002014-07-18T20:13:16.606-04:00We nerds have a bad habit of working ourselves int...We nerds have a bad habit of working ourselves into a froth before we get all the facts. It's absurd, but it's a practice that's unfortunately not likely to die out any time soon. If anything, the blowback/nerd rage about Thor being a woman just proves how much something like this needed to happen.<br /><br />While I'm not hung up on the particulars of the mechanics that allow the transition to happen, I tend to feel bad for the previous authors when their work gets reconned/heavily edited. However, everything is so speculative at this point that all mechanics talk is really just conjecture. <br /><br />I'm really interested to see how the new storyline plays out!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051566919877997766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377509771578415315.post-48509032983300037722014-07-18T19:00:24.037-04:002014-07-18T19:00:24.037-04:00Well said! I am by no means beholden to any partic...Well said! I am by no means beholden to any particular comic universe, paradigm, character, or rules. I like Marvel characters more than DC, but that's as far as my affinity goes. It is understandable, then, that I mean it when I say, "Huh...Thor's gonna be a woman now. K. Should be interesting to see how this manifests in the movies." That's it. While I can empathize with folks wanting the transition to make sense, what I don't understand is the level of nerd-rage I'm seeing on some fronts about a) the fact that she'll be a woman now and b) the mechanism by which it's happening. The one strong reaction I had to the whole thing was on the front of how it was announced. The transition of Thor to a female is kinda cool to me. Announcing it on The View, however, makes it feel cheap, gimicky, tacky, and pandering. I couldn't agree with you any more in your last paragraph when you suggest the creation of a brand new badass heroine would have been the better move. Alas, I guess comic-brains aren't creative enough to come up with something new, female, and awesome. <br /><br />I do look forward to Thor/LadyThor/whatever and I'll certainly reserve a copy of the first time she shows up. I just think Marvel could have done a heck of a lot better handling this whole thing.Alex Hamiltonhttp://blogadin.comnoreply@blogger.com