Avengers: Endgame
Current Marvel Comics author Dan Slott has offered an explanation for why Captain America ( Chris Evans ) was able-bodied to summon lightning with Thor ’s ( Chris Hemsworth ) hammer inAvengers : Endgame . One of the biggest gang - pleasing minute in the film comes when Cap uses Mjolnir to rescue Thor from Thanos , then proceeds to use the hammer to institute down lightning upon Thanos during a one - on - one conflict . Aside from Thor himself and Vision ( Paul Bettany ) , few multitude in theMCUhavebeen able-bodied to wield Mjolnir , as only those view as worthy can do so . The fact that Captain America was able to says a lot about his character .
Last calendar week , Endgameco - author Christopher Markus acknowledged thatCaptain America ’s use of Mjolniris a bit of a game mess . While it was initially acquire that Thor ’s lightning powers came from Mjolnir , 2017’sThor : Ragnarokrevealed otherwise when Thor used his ability without the assistance of the hammer . It was a big character - defining moment for him , one that was sorely needed for the God of Thunder . However , this caused a job for Steve ’s bigEndgamemoment . Markus himself said they recognize the plot hole in writing the movie , but ignore it in favour of keep the moment because they knew it would be amazing to see .
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Now Markus and his writing mate Stephen McFeely have a possible account to avoid this plot hole , courtesy ofSlott . The author of current serial likeFantastic FourandTony Stark : Iron Mantook to Twitter to offer his take on it : Captain America was able to transmit Thor ’s lightning powers because Thor was nearby and " will it to be so . "
For this explanation to be consider canon , it would mean that Thor has the ability to decide who can access his scag - and - lightning index if they are worthy of Mjolnir . While this would delete the plot pickle , it does raise a few more questions . Namely , if Thor has that much control over the power , why has n’t it been mentioned before ? Also , it wouldtake aside from Captain America ’s worthinessif he was give permission to use the lightning by Thor because it imply Steve was ineffectual to access all of the powers of Thor on his own .
Despite the appearance of a plot hole , there is another , more likely explanation . One could say Thor ’s office are natural ; he was born with them and will always have access to them . Mjolnir is just a way for him to manipulate those powers , something he relied heavily on and was crippled by the loss of because he was not used to being without it . Ragnaroktaught him to get past that genial block . Meanwhile , Captain America can employ the lightning along with Mjolnirbecause , as said by Odin in the firstThor,“Whosoever deem this hammer , if he be worthy , shall possess the power of Thor . " disregarding , audience did n’t seem overly bothered with this likely sideslip - up inAvengers : Endgame , as many have cited Steve ’s sunniness - desirable minute as a favorite in a film pile with favorite moments .
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