which lasted around 15 years (in which there were only about 10 references to his hearing loss- i could post those panels if you want)
until, after some extreme 90s alt-universe event where all the heroes ended up dead,
the “heroes reborn” universe, where the panel above is from
he was revived in 1998 with completely restored hearing
it’s shown that he knows sign language when she-hulk attempts to unsubtly warn a revived hawkeye (after he died in avengers disassembled, not heroes reborn) of his impending doom
but he was napping in the jury
now, clint’s been deafened again in #15 of the current run of hawkeye
and it seems it’s being retconned that clint had actually been deaf for a time in childhood, before he sacrificed his hearing in hawkeye v1
Great recap of the Hawkeye deafness (yay comics timeline!)
Sometimes Thor likes talking to babies and dogs more than he likes talking to adult humans. They don’t have all the cynicism of adults, and they tell better stories.
small keening sounds in the distance because yes absolutely this is Thor sometimes all that cynicism is just so tiring
I feel like people insist that Thor’s making it up and he can’t really talk to babies and dogs (and sometimes cats but cats really aren’t very talkative most of the time) and Thor just kind of shrugs and is like “well if you don’t believe me” and then goes to ask that dog over there about any good stories it heard lately
The thing about cats is that they have to really like you to tell you stories. Like sometimes Thor stops by when Natasha’s not home and Liho will just blink at him, and it’s ultimately not worth the effort.
LUCKY, though, man. Lucky LOVES Thor. Lucky loves everyone, but he especially loves Thor, who solemnly told him that his missing eye must mean he’s a worthy opponent who has shown great valor in combat, and compares him to his father. AND he plays fetch. For like hours. Thor is the BEST fetch companion ever because he doesn’t get tired and he listens to all of Lucky’s stories AND he’s really good with head scritches.
If Thor were the kind of person who viewed embarrassing stories as blackmail material, Clint would be so screwed.
I’m reasonably certain your intent with this post was NOT to make me picture Thor using Mjölnir to play fetch with Lucky, but sadly that is exactly what I got out of it.
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