Thor is Completely Aware of How Bad Odin Sucked As King

Warning! Spoilers for Thor #20 by Marvel Comics

As the God of Hammers rages through the Ten Realms, Thor finally lets out his frustrations on Odin and how much his bad decisions impacted his reign as King of Asgard. In Thor #20, the God of Thunder lets his father know that all the death and destruction happening around them is a product of his terrible tenure and decisions as king. Thor doesn’t sugarcoat anything in a complete takedown of his father.

After centuries as the King of Asgard, Odin stepped down from the role following the War of the Realms to work on his marriage with Freyja. However, instead of fixing his relationship with his partner, a jaded Odin hit rock bottom, split from Freyja, and drowned his sorrows in seedy bars far from Asgard. However, Odin suited up again and returned to his home realm after learning of the return of Donald Blake, Thor’s gone-mad alter ego who was desperate for revenge on the former All-Father after being trapped for decades. Following Blake’s defeat, Thor hasn’t forgiven his father for how his past actions led to major problems in the present – including lying about his parentage. Now, the God of Thunder is letting Odin know how bad his decisions were.

In Thor #20 by Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson, and VC’s Joe Sabino, Thor mourns the loss of Eitri, who was among the victims of the God of Hammers in a massacre on Nidavellir. As the All-Father grieves, Odin tells Thor a “king cannot rule from his knees,” and when he’s told to address the king, the former All-Father challenges him, asking if he will “go and cry to your mother again?” Thor snaps at the remark, hitting Odin with a powerful blast before calling him out for everything around him being his fault.

Calling Odin a “blind fool,” Thor blames him for Donald Blake going insane, his enchantment on Mjolnir failing and causing widespread death, and for everything he touches falls apart. When Loki enters the conversation, Thor dismisses his father’s input, valuing his brother’s intel on the God of Hammers over Odin’s skepticism.

Thor and Odin’s relationship seems broken beyond repair – and for good reasons. Odin kept far too many secrets from Thor, making his reign as the new All-Father and King of Asgard needlessly challenging. Odin was a bad king and Thor knows he’s held him back. Odin will try to redeem himself one last time as the pair take on the God of Hammers and try to stop the brutal destruction caused by Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir.

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