Just out of curiosity, UltimateE, is the Bad Joke Cop a family member of yours?
UltimateE said:
I wouldn't be surprised to see Millar address some questions about Thor's godhood but never really answer the question about what he is. Some things are best left unsaid. Why ruin the character?
While I wouldn't mind leaving Thor something of a mystery, I
would like more background on him than we have right now. (To be honest, what I really,
really want is an hour alone with the S.H.I.E.L.D. dossier on him that Bruce Banner was waving around back in Norway.... :twisted: ) I'm dying to do a fan fic with this character, but I don't feel I have enough solid information to do a good job on it, and I don't want to second-guess what's going to happen in
Ultimates 2.
Some of the questions I'd kind of like answered, just for my own amusement:
What name actually appears on Thor's birth certificate? (Does he even
have a birth certificate? If so, from what year?) What's his family background? Does he have parents? Orphaned? Married? Kids? (According to Norse mythology, he does have a wife and children, but I'm not sure that really counts here. Mark Millar seems to be exercising a lot of poetic license with this character.)
What kind of medical training does he actually have? Banner referred to him as a nurse, but someone on another message board called him a paramedic. Does he have a degree? Two years? Four years? Where and when did he get his education?
Is he really of Norwegian descent, or did he just happen to be in Norway when Fury and Banner went to talk to him? Is the place where they met him a permanent encampment for his followers, or just a place where everyone gathered after the protest rally he mentioned?
Who publishes Thor's books and what was the reaction when s/he received a manuscript from someone claiming to be a Norse god?
*Sigh* I've been trying very hard to stay off this particular topic, since it's one of those subjects upon which I could expound for hours, heaven help us....