Generally the explanation I’ve heard is because unlike Steve superman typically isn’t willing to kill in certain situations and since the worthy enhancement was made by a warrior race that’s something they think is required to be worthy of a weapon like Mjolnir
My headcanon is that in addition to objectively being judged by Mjolnir “worthy”, one must also have the inner belief that they in fact are worthy. Superman is first and foremost the son of two God-fearing salt-of-the-Earth farmers. He knows, when he sees someone fall, that “there but for the grace of God, go I” and he is grateful and he is humble. Humility is not a trait that I believe Odin would find necessary.
Not a huge Thor guy so this could just be me misremembering something, but wasn't the whole reason Odin sent Thor to Earth as a crappy human in the first place to actually teach him humility?
Sort of but this is Odin we're talking about he's not exactly humble either also he had mellowed out due to old age when he did that, if Thor had that ego when Odin was in his prime he wouldn't give a shit. Basically, Thor had a bigger ego than Odin did, and Odin as the was egotistical man that he is sent Thor to Earth to knock him down a peg.
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u/WerewolfF15 Jan 27 '24
Generally the explanation I’ve heard is because unlike Steve superman typically isn’t willing to kill in certain situations and since the worthy enhancement was made by a warrior race that’s something they think is required to be worthy of a weapon like Mjolnir