So yo allow us to explain how the movie compares to his comics with some insight from Aaron himself.
“As part of that, I wanted to bring in basically this serial killer of gods.
But this was the mind-blowing concept that started his comic off strong.
Christian Bale stars as Gorr the God Butcher in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder.'.Marvel Comics
His family dies in his arms, and his beloved gods don’t lift a finger to help.
Enter All-Black, the Necrosword.
“That’s scribbled somewhere here in my Thor notebook.
Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder.'.Marvel Studios
“She was not Lady Thor.
She was not an offshoot.
She was not second to the main guy.
Natalie Portman’s performance as Jane Foster/Thor in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ is drawn from ‘Thor’ comics written by Jason Aaron.Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios; Marvel Comics
She was the main person.
It was her book.
It was her corner of the Marvel universe.
Jane Foster goes through chemotherapy in ‘The Mighty Thor’ #1 by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman.Marvel Comics
And it was a huge thrill to get to explore all of that through her eyes.”
In both the movies and comics, Jane taking up Mjolnir has a very emasculating effect on the Odinson.
But who exactly decides who’s worthy and who’s not?
The classic idea is that Thor’s father Odin does.
“Ultimately, we addressed the idea that there’s a real sentience to the hammer itself.”
It turns out that, in both the movie and the comics, Mjolnir itself chooses its wielder.
This ends up imbuing the seemingly inanimate hammer with some character and agency.
“Once I said, ‘Okay, we’re going to make her Thor.
She’s going to be the central character.
“So it reacts differently when she throws it.
She talks to it in a different way.
He’s looking at the hammer saying, ‘It never did that for me.'”
The X-Men have incredible powers but are hunted and feared by human society as a result.
The list goes on.
Each flight through the sky leaves her cancer worse than before.
Love and Thundercarries on this Achilles heel.
“Not even in a book that’s about gods and goddesses flying around.
It’s got to be a story with heart and emotional weight.
But at the same time, it was never meant to be a maudlin story.
She’s enjoying every second of it, despite everything she’s going through.”
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