How is "worthiness" defined in the context of lifting the Mjolnir? What makes Thor worthy to lift the Mjolnir?
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Consistently across the Marvel version of Thor's various incarnations only the 'worthy' may lift Mjolnir, his enchanted hammer.  The inscription reads, "Whosoever holds this hammer, be he worthy, shall posses the power of Thor."  In the movie, of course, a large part of the story is centered upon Thor       becoming worthy.   In the comics and crossovers, many people have been able to wield Mjolnir, including Storm, Captain America, Beta-Ray Bill, Conan, a random paramedic (who hands it to an astonished Thor, laying on a stretcher), and Wonder Woman.  However, Superman wields it briefly in one crossover, but then can't lift it.  Thor says Odin had briefly lifted the enchantment to allow Big Blue to use it.  So what determines one's 'worth' to the hammer?  I know  and all, but that  is hardly canon.
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After S.H.I.E.L.D confiscates Jane's work in Thor, the researchers discuss what they'll do next.  Erik mentions two colleagues. The first is reasonably implied to be Bruce Banner, but who is the second colleague he mentions? Transcribed from the film:  Jane Who are these people? Erik I knew this scientist... a pioneer in gamma radiation. S.H.I.E.L.D showed up and... umm. He wasn't heard from again. Jane They're not going to do that to us. I'm going to get everything back. Erik mumbles Please. Let me contact one of my colleagues. He's had some dealings with these people before. I'll email him and maybe he can help. Darcy They took your laptop, too.
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Source:      The airport has become a symbol of Ukraine's fight against separatists, and the "cyborgs" are Ukrainians who have held on to it despite persistent rebel attack.   The nickname was first used online and has since become a media staple in Ukraine. It stuck, because to some the Donetsk airport defenders' exploits have appeared superhuman.   What does that actually mean?
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If Thor left his hammer on the floor of an elevator and then he stepped off the elevator, would I then be able to send the elevator to different floors?  Thereby moving the hammer in a vertical direction?
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Sorry, not quite sure how to format spoilers so I tried to keep the title vague.  Here's for the new Thor movie (just watched it last night):      How did Loki fake dying (and managed to fool Thor, the reinforcements who found his body and possibly Odin since he would have wanted to see the body after it was brought back)?   And follow-up:      Also, in the end, he's shown to have pretended to be Odin on the throne while talking to Thor about Thor's decision to stay on Earth. Where is Odin and how did Loki manage to do this? Did he do something to Odin?
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I read somewhere a sentence which said about a political leader that he is the "holy something" whose actions cannot be questioned.   The context was to describe that even though this man does bad things, due to his power people are afraid to question his actions. I can not remember the correct idiom, so please help. If you know any similar idiom that can be used in such a context, that would also be great.
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I'm only familiar with the movies, don't know any comics canon, but either will be appreciated in an answer. In Thor, after he was banished by Odin to earth and stripped of his powers, he eventually is deemed worthy again.  He consequently is able to wield Mjolnir, and it is shown that his scale armor is 'placed back' (over his arms).     Is this 'armor' anything more than cosmetic (as it is never shown to actually benefit him) ? Does it come with his demi-god like powers, or is it tied to Mjolnir ? What is it made of ?
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In the recent Thor installment, 'Thor: The Dark World', upon receiving the news of Frigga's death, Loki in his cell, out of anger and frustration uses some form of telekinesis to throw all the furniture in his cell, without physically touching it, by clenching his fists.   This is the first time in the MCU that Loki has been seen using this ability and has yet to be formally addressed and elaborated on.    If Loki indeed has telekinetic abilities, why did he not use this useful ability during 'The Avengers' or even in the first 'Thor' film.    An ability like that might have proven useful for him in 'The Avengers' movie.
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Thor knew the tremendous and deadly force generated by pounding Mjölnir into something. It sure looks like he was bringing the hammer down on Cap with 'bad intentions'. He has killed many Frost Giants with it and who knows how many other foes have fallen to his onslaught. He even used it to destroy the Rainbow Bridge in the movie 'Thor'.   There's no indication that he knew about the energy/force dissipating quality of Cap's shield or its ability to survive such a powerful strike. He hit the shield hard enough that when the shield diverted the energy away from Cap, all the trees around them were leveled by the 'shockwave'.   Did Thor somehow pickup on Cap or the shield's abilities when Cap bounced his shield off of him and nimbly jumped to the ground from 20' up and was just going to show him who's boss, or was Thor intending to remove this new threat from the gene pool?
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Age of Ultron has a scene with , with varying degrees of success and failure.  I was wondering which superheroic characters appearing in the Age of Ultron movie (e.g. Black Widow, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Vision, Hulk, Captain America, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver) have wielded Mjolnir in the comic-books, and which comic-book issues/arcs did they do so in?
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In Thor: Ragnarok, Valkyrie told Thor this about Hela:  Her power comes from Asgard the same as yours  Thor's plan was to unleash Surtur who destroys Asgard, which weakens Hela allowing Surtur to kill her. But why didn't that weakened Thor as well? We saw him later in Avengers: Infinity War very powerful.
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There was the following sentence in today’s (June 4) New York Times written by its Op-Ed columnist, Nickolas Kristof under the headline, “There’s a Kind of Hush.”  “Aung San Suu Kyi should be one of the heroes of modern times. Instead, as her country imposes on the Rohingya Muslim minority an apartheid that would have made white supremacists in South Africa blush, she bites her tongue.   I understand “ hero” here is used as a generic of brave or great persons to cover both male and female 'heroes' ? However, OALED defines ‘hero’ specifically as male, as;  A person, especially a man, who is admired by many people for doing sth brave or good. The main male character in a story, novel, film / movie etc. A person, especially a man, that you admire because of a particular quality or skill that they have.  CED also defines ‘hero’ as;  A very brave person, often a man, that a lot of people admire.  The main man in a book or movie.   Can I apply ‘hero’ when I’m refering to Aung San Suu Kyi singly as “Aung San Suu Kyi is the hero of Burma”?
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In some scenes in Avengers: Age of Ultron Iron man, War Machine, and Captain America try to lift Thor’s hammer but they end up failing. At some point Vision lifts it easily. How can Vision lift it?
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I read it in an article and I don't understand the meaning of it. "not without some merit". From the context I guess the meaning is: there is some sense in it. However I don't find in the dictionary (vocabulary.com or thefreedictionary.com) an explanation that apt my understanding.  Nor I've found an expression with "merit" that can explain it.  The article is here:
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What award/medal is this -  I have been searching  to try and find what medal this is, but i have not found it, does anyone know what this medal/award was and why it would be given (eg- bravery, serving in the battle of Yavin)?
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lists "Clyde S. Kilby. Tolkien &amp; The Silmarillion. Harold Shaw, 1976, p. 59." as a reference for the following statement:     Tolkien described it as similar to the Christian Holy Spirit.   From the Wikipedia article, it's entirely unclear (to someone with very little familiarity with Catholicism) in what way it is similar.  Can someone please clarify?
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In Avengers: Endgame, we see Captain America use      Thor's Hammer, Mjölnir. But not only does he wield it, he also uses Thor's powers of lightning while holding it.   Does this not contradict that      In Thor: Ragnarok, it is explained that the hammer itself is not "the source" of thunder, rather this power comes from Thor himself and the hammer is just a weapon that he can use to control it, but it isn't required.   Therefore, how can Captain America possibly control      thunder by merely wielding Thor's Hammer?