So been thinking about this a bit lately and there have been some discussions that helped solidify my ideas on this, and I think i now have a pretty good idea of what may be the reason for Thor becoming unworthy. I know it’s hard to conceive of what Fury could have said to him that made him suddenly unable to lift Mjolnir, but… I’ve got a theory that I think makes sense. Two things, first part i pieced together myself, second part comes from a suggestion from a poster at CBR which I thought made a lot of sense. I’m gonna outline what i think it is, and what i see as evidence to support it. Because as much as some people like to convince themselves that all this was done with no plan whatsoever so they can continue to believe Jason Aaron is a hack, it’s pretty clear to me that there have been some hints laid and there is a long term plan. One that probably got stretched out a bit more longer was originally intended because Jane as Thor actually ended up selling very well, but still. Though admittedly, one of them comes from Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers.
First Part: What makes someone worthy - I think the worthyness enchantment is in part (I do not think this is the ENTIRE worthyness condition, merely the one part of it that Thor lost. there has to be more to it than just this) facing challenges selflessly, and most importantly for this, with no fear of death. Here is what I am using to back that up. First, we have Jane who is battling late stage breast cancer (which is something Aaron introduced, he must have done so for a reason) in her human form and transforming into Thor eliminates any progress her chemo is making. Transforming into Thor is killing her and she knows it, but she does it anyway because she knows she is needed in that role right now. Then you have the scene in the Avengers where Thor Odinson briefly became worthy again. He was facing the Beyonders and was certainly going to die, but he decided right then to fight on anyway, and BAM, worthy again. I think that a fear of death is something that someone can develop even if they did not have it previously with the right motivation. Which brings us to….
Second Part: What could make Thor unworthy - this is the part I think most people have a problem with because I get it, what could someone say to him that makes him suddenly become unworthy? It doesn’t make much sense on the surface. But if I am right about that part of the worthyness enchantment outlined above, then it becomes easier to explain. There are a number of things that could make someone fear death even if they hadn’t feared it previously, and it doesn’t have to make them a lesser person. I think Fury told Thor he had a child he was unaware of. I suspect it was with Lady Wazira, the Dark Elf sorceress form the League of Realms. She and Thor had a one night stand, then she ends up imprisoned in Malekith’s (oh look, the current big bad, what a coincidence) place. I suspect now, while she was pregnant. But no matter who the mother is, he learns he has a child, and he wants to be there for it, and to be a better father than Odin was. And first step in doing that is to NOT DIE. boom, he suddenly fears death because he wants to be there for his child.
And it makes sense. We already know he will have a child, we’ve seen his granddaughters in the future, which necessitates at least one child of Thor’s own, and they are Aaron’s creation. But their parents and their grandmother are kinda conspicuously never named. Also, after he became unworthy, fatherhood (and kinda family in general, but mostly fathers) started being explored as a theme, with Odin returning literally days before he became unworthy, Laufey being resurrected and Loki coming into the story to deal with not just one but TWO shitty fathers. Jane even had inner monologues about her father. And a child he was unaware of is exactly the sort of thing Watcher secrets could reveal.
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