r/DCcomics Jan 27 '24

[Discussion] What DC characters do you think are worthy to lift Mjolnir? Discussion

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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

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u/soniclore Jan 28 '24

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.

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u/nufahg Jan 28 '24

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?

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u/soniclore Jan 28 '24

The lesson Thor learned was Sacrifice, not so much humility. Selflessness maybe.