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Originally Posted by Nitelife

I dunno i guess i dont ever consider wolverine or thor legacies. Logan is wolverine laura x is x-23. Her taking the mantle really kinda takes away from her own identity as x-23. If anyone else shoulda been wolverine in the normal verse it should been jim hudson from the ultimate verse. Now someone like cap is more of a legacy character than thor. the title of god or goddess of thunder would seem to be more transferable but to take the characters given name and give it to another well its more id theft then legacy ( aka lazy writers not being original or marvel not wanting to shell out cash for a new character trademark. ). Not to diminish whatever story is going on in the comic as bad or good, its just that taking non- legacy character titles and turning them into legacies is lazy and uncreative. Hell SIF woulda made a better Goddess of thunder, or brunhilde the valkyrie and brought an underrated character into more of the forefront. And thor could continued in his own title just without his hammer.

On a lighter note, i still say Nick fury whispered to thor " i saw your internet search history."

And i am with yah...we sorely need a new X-23 figure. Theres no redeeming either version of toybiz version.

I must admit I do very much understand your perspective! Marjorie Liu's X-23 series was entirely dedicated to Laura finding her own identity, away from Wolverine and from the X-Men, so at first her taking on the mantle does cheapen things. However the series has been pretty stellar, and the more I thought about it the nicer it is that she wants to honour Logan in that way, given how she's technically his "daughter."

I definitely think Jane Foster is the only character who could have been this Thor (for story reasons, since it's so compelling that her transformation is neutralising her chemotherapy), but I agree they could have conjured a name for her adjacent to Thor's. It would have avoided the controversy, and the story would be the same. On saying that, a LOT of fan mail in the issues are from women and young girls who feel included in the story and emboldened by its message that a woman can be "Thor," so I can't see a negative in that.

The only cheap part of that story is, yes, Fury's Whisper Ex Machina. Little do we know, Thor secretly likes knitting!

On a related note, an unworthy Odinson would be a great figure for next year's wave. Though yes, ANY form of Laura would be appreciated, and the new skinny adult body is perfect for her.