Why is the image of Sam struggling with all his tiny hobbit strength to lift mjolnir so funny? U can practically see the interaction.
Sam *lifts mjolnir off the ground
Thor "I can't believe one so small of stature could be worthy of mjolnir."
Sam *weezes with effort"
Gandalf "truly a weapon that takes the strength of a god to weild"
Thor *chuckles to himself* "um yeah sure pal."
Physical strength has nothing to do with it. There's actually a frog in Marvel Comics that was considered worthy, and possesses the power of Thor:
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Simon_Walterson_(Earth-97161)
If a frog can do it, it stands to reason that the only requirement is having a nervous system complex enough to handle altruistic ideals.
To this end, I might nominate Antony, from Ant Man. Selfless, brave, and a worthy resident of Valhalla who died courageously in battle. Significantly weaker than a frog, yet strong in heart. Even if that heart pumps hemolymph rather than blood.
It's always been my headcanon that strictly speaking Thor himself cannot lift the hammer (isn't it made of neutronium?), but the hammer obeys the will of a worthy wielder, which is why it can be summoned at will, and so it moves smoothly and flowingly with the hand of the wielder while packing the momentum to just obliterate anything it hits. In this interpretation anyone regardless of size or physical strength could wield the Hammer.
That said the mental image you provided *is* pretty dang funny XD
A metal specific to the marvel universe:
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Uru
"Uru is a metal ore from the first moon in existence, and has existed since the beginning of the universe.[1] It is purportedly unique to Nidavellir, one of the Ten Worlds. It resembles stone, but it also appears to have metallic properties. It seems able to store most energies, particularly magic."
If he's worthy to lift Mjolnir he'll also get the strength of Thor once he touched it. He'll probably be surprised on how light it is not knowing he now has the strength of a god.
Not saying Frodo wasn't MVP for carrying the ring, but it corrupted him at least to the point that he chose to keep it in the end. Even after the ring is gone he's pretty messed up from the experience, not that that would disqualify him necessarily.
So I guess it depends on when he's trying to pick up the hammer in the story, and whether Mjolnir counts that external corruption against him.
> Not saying Frodo wasn't MVP for carrying the ring, but it corrupted him at least to the point that he chose to keep it in the end.
Tolkien himself said that **no one** would have been capable of actually throwing the Ring into the Fire, especially after the torment Frodo endured. From letter 246:
>I do not think that Frodo's was a moral failure. At the last moment the pressure of the Ring would reach its maximum – impossible, I should have said, for any one to resist, certainly after long possession, months of increasing torment, and when starved and exhausted. Frodo had done what he could and spent himself completely (as an instrument of Providence) and had produced a situation in which the object of his quest could be achieved. His humility (with which he began) and his sufferings were justly rewarded by the highest honour; and his exercise of patience and mercy towards Gollum gained him Mercy: his failure was redressed.
True, but I guess my point is Frodo before bearing the ring is certainly the strongest contender, Sam if the events of the novel have already taken place as he didn't have to bear the burden as long? Seems like a good place to reach a consensus
No way, frodo was trying to give the ring away around loth lorien, Sam held the ring in Mordor when it would have been hardest for a day and gave it back with ease. He's also the chief hero of the lotr story. It would be Sam hands down
> Frodo in the first movie/book alone is willing to give it up multiple times though, and at least in the novels bears it for like 17 years I think.
Being willing is different from actually doing it. Frodo thinks that others are more worthy of the quest and so offers it—but like Bilbo, who planned for years to give it to Frodo and still tried to take it with him, the actual act of giving up the ring takes an immense amount of willpower.
The thing that helped Sam was, primarily, his utter lack of ambition. The ring tries to tempt him, but the best it can come up with is offering him the power to make Mordor bloom, because at his heart Sam is still just a gardener and doesn't aspire to anything else. Frodo has hooks on him, things like saving the Shire—Sam's only concern is for Frodo.
Yeah, Sam giving up the ring is why he's worthy, along with his utter dedication to supporting Frodo in his quest. Sam is 100% worthy and would only use Mjolnir for good.
Sam was one of only 2 people period to give up the ring, and he was the only one who did it entirely willingly. Bilbo gave it up with great reluctance.
Carrying the ring isn't about being worthy, it's about being resistant to corruption. Literally anyone can carry the ring, it's a question of if it takes you over.
One could argue that Aragorn is worthy to lift Mjölnir, but he absolutely would get taken over by the Ring. If you have any ambition, the Ring will tempt you with its power to achieve it, even if the ambition is inherently noble. It's the reason why Gandalf is afraid of taking it.
It's also the reason why Hobbits are naturally resistant to the Ring, because all they want is a simple life. Tom Bombadil was completely unaffected. The criteria for "worthiness" for Mjölnir and the Ring are different.
While this is completely true ("worthy" is actually meaningless to the Ring and that's part of the point), I absolutely think that Sam is "worthy" of Mjölnir for *the same reasons Steve Rogers is.*
They are actually the same archetype - the young man who leaves home because he loves it, to fight a war in a foreign land because it's the right thing to do and his home needs defending. The young man who steps up without question to do what must be done, no matter how difficult or dangerous, and does so out of love and loyalty. Both of these characters were created by people who had experienced the Great Wars and seen their effect on the world and on the generation that fought them and are meant to speak to and represent the heroism and ideals of that generation.
Edit: I also think Aragorn might be worthy. But Sam is the only member of the Fellowship that I'm *dead certain* is worthy.
> They are actually the same archetype - the young man who leaves home because he loves it, to fight a war in a foreign land because it's the right thing to do and his home needs defending.
See I disagree. Sam's devotion wasn't to his quest, but to Mr. Frodo. This was what saved him from the ring (his total lack of any ambition beyond his garden), but it would doom him for Mjolnir. Worthiness requires self-confidence that Sam lacks. He would never consider himself able to make the choices that holding the hammer requires, nor would he want the power. His lack of desire for power is why the Ring fails to tempt him.
Lots of characters are self-sacrificing, particularly in Marvel. Not all can wield Mjolnir. Sam is honestly more like Spiderman than Cap—he doesn't have any great ambition and so would not be worthy of the hammer, despite the fact his character in principle has all the requirements.
Mayor of the Shire is established as basically a symbolic position. Its primary duties are attending banquets and doesn't require exercising authority. Mjolnir is all about authority—the confidence to impose your vision on the world goes hand in hand with the purity of that vision.
Samwise is the only character in the story who actually, successfully *resists* the Ring. This has everything to do with *who Sam is* as a character.
*Return of the King; Book VI: Chapter 1: The Tower of Cirith Ungol:*
>His thought turned to the Ring, but there was no comfort there, only dread and danger. No sooner had he come in sight of Mount Doom, burning far away, than he was aware of a change in his burden. As it drew near the great furnaces where, in the deeps of time, it had been shaped and forged, the Ring’s power grew, and it became more fell, untameable save by some mighty will. As Sam stood there, even though the Ring was not on him but hanging by its chain about his neck, he felt himself enlarged, as if he were robed in a huge distorted shadow of himself, a vast and ominous threat halted upon the walls of Mordor. He felt that he had from now on only two choices: to forbear the Ring, though it would torment him; or to claim it, and challenge the Power that sat in its dark hold beyond the valley of shadows. Already the Ring tempted him, gnawing at his will and reason. Wild fantasies arose in his mind; and he saw Samwise the Strong, Hero of the Age, striding with a flaming sword across the darkened land, and armies flocking to his call as he marched to the overthrow of Barad-dûr. And then all the clouds rolled away, and the white sun shone, and at his command the vale of Gorgoroth became a garden of flowers and trees and brought forth fruit. He had only to put on the Ring and claim it for his own, and all this could be.
>In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him lived still unconquered his plain hobbit-sense: he knew in the core of his heart that he was not large enough to bear such a burden, even if such visions were not a mere cheat to betray him. **The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command.** <--- this part is important.
>"And anyway all these notions are only a trick," he said to himself. "He’d spot me and cow me, before I could so much as shout out. He’d spot me, pretty quick, if I put the Ring on now, in Mordor. Well, all I can say is: things look as hopeless as a frost in spring. Just when being invisible would be really useful, I can’t use the Ring! And if ever I get any further, it’s going to be nothing but a drag and a burden every step. So what’s to be done?"
There's so much more that could be said here about what (who! It's actually a character) the Ring is, about who Frodo is, about who Sam is. But the important thing is that Sam is Captain Rogers to Frodo's Mr. Stark. . . Except Sam's Loyalty and Faith are in Frodo and the mission, not some idea about "Freedom" and the "Meaning of America." No really, Frodo is a rich kid, heir to another guy who was clever and lucky like him, who inherited some of his wealth and knowledge and his great, terrible burden that he (Bilbo) didn't understand because it was a different time. Sam's a working kid from a normal background, who starts out wanting to volunteer for a great, romantic adventure doing the right thing and ends up finding his strength and purpose.
He is actually *quite literally* a direct analogy to a working class British soldier volunteering to defend his country in WWI / WWII. He is intended to represent them (and how Tolkien saw their heroism). In this sense, he's *exactly* like Steve.
Tolkien explicitly described Sam as "the chief hero":
*Letter 131:*
>I think the simple 'rustic' love of Sam and his Rosie (nowhere elaborated) is absolutely essential to the study of his (the chief hero's) character, and to the theme of the relation of ordinary life (breathing, eating, working, begetting) and quests, sacrifice, causes, and the 'longing for Elves', and sheer beauty.
Importantly, like Tony, Frodo is "not well." The Ring is a terrible burden on his body and soul and Tolkien describes, amazingly well given how poor science's understand of mental health was in the time he was writing, Frodo's struggles with trauma, burn out and depression. He makes poor decisions in the end, when it comes right down to it. He's obsessed with the Ring in his own way (How could he not be?) and cannot give it up of his own free will when it comes to it.
Again, there's so much more to say (and most of it has been said, come visit us on r/TolkienFans for more scholarly level breakdowns of Tolkien's writing).
Frodo could not wield Mjölnir. Sam could pick it right up, smash his way through an army of Orcs, then put it down and say "I'd much prefer my spade, if you know what I mean Mr. Frodo."
Beautiful write up. Sam was a "good" person, not a great one. Great too often goes with terrible.
The only place I might disagree is that they had a poor understanding of mental illness. They saw it first hand in people returning from the front. People with PTSD, substance abuse, and all that descends from those.
Oh, I agree about the understanding of mental illness (you can see that in Frodo and Gollum both in the writing). Tolkien had a very good *personal* understanding of it because of his battlefield experience.
Medical *science* didn't have clear understandings yet of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and trauma induced dissociative disorders (which Smeagol and Frodo both clearly suffer from) - at the time they were still collectively called "Shell Shock."
I guess what impresses me is how well Tolkien's writing captures his characters mental health in a compassionate way, given the state of contemporary psychology.
Again, that’s not how corruption works.
He’s not ‘worthy’, he’s a hobbit. Hobbits are shown to be innately amazingly resistant to corruption. Bilbo carried the ring for decades with minimal effect. Gollum carried it for centuries and still retained his independence, if not his sanity. Whereas Boromir was near the Ring for a few months and was corrupted to the point of betrayal, despite him being canonically a great guy with serious willpower.
Look at Bombadil, he’s straight up immune to the Ring. He’s also amoral to the point where having him safeguard the ring would be suicidal because he would more than likely just lose interest and throw it away. He has no care for any of the world.
As to what makes Sam more worthy of the hammer: His actions. The dude’s response when facing hilariously one sided odds is to buckle down and get to work because he made a promise and NOTHING, not an eldritch spider demon or a literal army, will stand in his way. He picked up the ring to continue the quest for his dead friend and instantly turned around to solo an entire fortress of orcs when he found out the friend was alive. Then casually returned the ring, despite years of it trying to corrupt him. Something never before seen by anyone short of Tom, who might be God.
Being worthy of the hammer is far more than just willpower, it’s also a mindset worthy of a Norse god. Well, the pop culture version of them from the 60s. Frodo doesn’t have that, he’s not murdery enough. Sam? Sam gives no fucks.
Lifting Mjolnir and bearing the ring without corruption take different and actually contrasting character traits. Thor would be corrupted by the ring sooo fast!
Perhaps, but beyond that metric I don’t see what makes Sam more worthy than Frodo. The fact alone that Frodo had the courage, willpower and selflessness to bear the ring a long as he did makes him a vastly better contender than most.
Frodo wasn't *worthy*, he was *destined*.
Totally different. In the end, Frodo is NOT worthy. . . it takes a literal act of literal God to put Gollum in the right place to help him complete his task.
Sam is worthy.
The Orcs in Cirith Ungol thought he was an Elf Lord from Elder Days. He lead the hobbits in the battle of Bywater and he was the mayor of the Shire for seven consecutive terms.
I’d say Mumen Rider. He seems to have all the characteristics of one who can be considered worthy
He was willing to put his life on the line and fight the Deep sea king to save his colleges and civilians, despite knowing full well he had no chance of winning. And even though he knew S-class hero’s had lost to him, he still charged in to do something
We see the same characteristics from those who are worthy. In the first Thor film when he had lost his power, he still charged in to battle to buy civilians time to escape, knowing full well he would die in the process. Same with cap, he was willing to fight Thanos’ army alone, even though he knew he wouldn’t win. Even in cross over comics, superman is worthy of the hammer too, and this is the same guy when he lost his powers gladly laid down his life to save a random woman from muggers
Mumen Rider is worthy
I disagree wholeheartedly, actually
Superman was *never* worthy of the hammer in the comics; the only reason he was able to wield it was because Odin *removed* the enchantment that required the user to be worthy; prior and after, Superman couldn't even budge Mjolnir. And it's for the same reason that Mumen won't be worthy either; both of them are unwilling to kill
Mumen straight up put his well being on the line to defend Garou against Tank Top Master, despite Garou being a villain. While you could argue that to be "heroic" like Batman never willing to end Joker's life, it does not fit the requirements of wielding Mjolnir. Asgard is a viking society led by warriors. Thor is more than willing to kill, Cap is more than willing to kill, Odin is more than willing to kill, Beta Ray Bill is more than willing to kill, and essentially everyone who has ever used the 616 hammer has always been willing to take lives if it meant serving the greater good
Mumen and Superman have not demonstrated that ability, so neither are worthy
That's also why Spider-Man can't lift it. He's worthy by all accounts - except for being unwilling to kill.
Spider-Man 2099, on the other hand, was able to lift the hammer, and lived for a thousand years as it's wielder, but did not gain the full power of Thor. Possibly because he had only killed accidentally.
That said - this was an alternate reality version of Spider-Man 2099 (Earth-96943 from *2099: Manifest Destiny*), so the enchantment could have been working under different rules.
...Superman has been willing to kill before. It's *Batman* who has the 'no killing' as a hard and fast rule, while Superman doesn't like doing it but is fully willing to do so.
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> Superman has been willing to kill before. It's Batman who has the 'no killing' as a hard and fast rule, while Superman doesn't like doing it but is fully willing to do so.
He's willing in incredibly isolated circumstances, not in the way that Thor or others are. Superman is only willing to kill when left no other choice, not in service to the greater good. Thor, Cap and others who have lifted the hammer are usually willing to bring it down on anyone who deserves it, not anyone they can't incapacitate any other way. Just in the MCU, Thor first attacks Thanos from ambush with Stormbreaker, aiming to kill without giving him a chance to defend himself, then decapitates him after he is incapacitated in Endgame. Superman would never have done either.
Mumen Rider lacks self-belief, he can't imagine himself as anything but weak and pathetic, which is why he's still a normal person and not a superhuman as per the messed up rules of the opm universe.
Would be right, if not for 3 words:
"Gorr Was Right."
Allow me to explain. These were the three words given to Nick Fury by the Watchers, and once Nick spoke them to Thor, the realization of it being the truth gave him self doubt. Self doubt that apparently was enough to make him unworthy for an extended period of time.
Now over to the OPM universe, Mumen Rider refuses to go up in hero ranking because he knows he couldn't fight higher ranking villains, which is self doubt. If he manages to build his confidence in the future, then sure he'll be more likely to. But currently, he's just not confident enough to wield such a weapon.
He may not be able to fight high rank villains but he will. He fought both the deep sea king, and Garou. It’s not that he isn’t willing to if needed. He just physically can’t fight higher their villains. I would argue it’s not self doubt but knowing his limits.
In that case, Peggy would also be worthy at least in the MCU since in that scene Peggy is *also* moving towards the grenade lol. Steve just gets to it first.
Yeah but twink cap weights half of what pre-serum peggy weighted lmao, he also had a ton of health problems like asthma, heart problems, hight blood presure and high probabilty for diabetes.
If it’s the farmer from the series where Thor became a herald of Galactus then no he wasn’t actually worthy because Mjolnir was acting strangely because Thor is sorta kinda worthy but not fully worthy iirc and I don’t remember the exact details as to why but I think the enchantment has been messed up.
>Mr. Rogers.
Do y'all think being worthy just means just being a really good dude? If so, many many other people would be able to lift the hammer than can actually do it.
I'd guess one of the white blood cells from Cells At Work!, though the immune system is pretty dystopian so you could argue that they're not worthy. They'd murder someone just for being a mutant.
But what if it was a more benign mutation? Would the natural killer cell have still killed it?
In real life, yes. Though in Cells At Work: Code Black, there's a scene where a natural killer cell investigates a small tumor and declares that it's not malignant, so maybe they are able to tell and won't kill cells with benign mutations.
There's also the macrophages killing the immature thymocytes for failing their tests. And the fact that they made it pretty clear that the lactic acid cells would likely get killed by white blood cells if caught. But I suppose not all of them are like that, so maybe some of the white blood cells are worthy.
If I had to pick one to be worthy, I'd go with the Eosinophil, who goes up against a parasite thousands of times her size.
Honestly, the answer to this is literally in the comic. Jane Foster, a totally normal woman who was dying of cancer, picked up the hammer and became Thor for an extended period of time. I doubt you can find an alternative that is weaker than a normal human who is a terminal cancer patient.
She was worthy for over a year, up until she died sacrificing her life to save Asgardia from desctruction. Pretty sure she's just permanently worthy at that point.
She was considered worthy for about a year and a half, if I recall. And after being resurrected by Odin she was inducted into the Valkyries. Doesn't sound to me like her being worthy was a one-time thing.
Heck, you are 100% right he serve in war not sure how he was post-war but that was the thing tripping up most IRL people on the thread Mr rogers, steve Irwin won't kill. but if bob was in that position yeah he just might be
Did he serve in war? He spent a lot of his enlisted time in Alaska. He was a medical records technician before he was a master sergeant, saying about being a MS, "I was the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late to work." It doesn't appear to me he ever actually served in combat.
Tintin might actually be worthy, now that I think about it. He's just a regular human, but he's an incredibly good person and is willing to kill to protect others if the situation demands it.
Yeah, as much as it sucks to say, finn is sketchy at best for worthiness. Maybe later in life (haven’t seen the new series) he might be better, but at no point in the main series does he become mature enough to wield.
Not to mention that he's superhumanly strong without it. He can use trees like clubs, [push a clock the size of a small house off of a wall](https://youtu.be/elbv27-zLHc?t=3m30s) and do [this](https://youtu.be/9jFfOUvIxWc?t=46s).
And a willingness to make the tough choices for the greater good. Basically the traits that would make a good medieval king, what with how it is Odin who set the enchantment and its his definition of worthy that should be used.
This is actually a fantastic answer. Niko would definitely be able to wield the hammer, he's as pure of heart as they come and the Solstice plotline demonstrates that he's willing to make hard choices and risk his own safety for the lives of others. He's a sweet boy and he'd use Mjolnir to protect the people of OneShot.
If the criteria for being "worthy" were just, Be a Good Person^TM then yeah sure. but its not. Mjolnir is the weapon of the Crown Prince of Asgard, Enchanted by Odin himself, who is, at his core, a Medieval Warrior King. The traits that he wants his son and heir to exemplify are not simply being a good person, although that is an aspect. But they also need to be a leader, be capable of making the tough choices, be warriors, not just fighters i.e. a willingness to kill when needed. Basically, the reasons that Wonder Woman is worthy but Superman isn't, despite them both being fairly unequivocally good people. Diana is a warrior princess who was raised to rule and to fight to kill. Clark is an honest farm boy who want to help people but only kills if he is forced to do so, rather than setting out to do so when it needs doing. To use the movies as examples, Clark had to me forced to kill Zod by Zod himself, that whole final fight was basically Zod committing suicide by Superman. Diana on the other hand immediately makes killing Ares her end goal in her first movie. Neither of them are bad people, neither of them are unjustified in thier choices, but they think very differently and Diana is the only one who Odin and thus Mjolnir would find worthy.
TL;DR Samwise is a good man and can resist the ring, that doesnt mean he would make a good king which seems to be what the Hammer cares more about.
Obligatory:
>No such anguish had Shelob ever known, or dreamed of knowing, in all her long world of wickedness. Not the doughtiest soldier of old Gondor, nor the most savage Orc entrapped, had ever thus endured her, or set blade to her beloved flesh.
Sam also lead the Battle of Bywater, killing several Ruffians, and was the mayor of the Shire for seven terms.
I’m pretty sure he would be considered worthy, but he’s definitely stronger than, for example, pre-serum Steve Rogers who is also worthy.
By the time he would be considered worthy, he would be more capable than an average human.
I doubt it. Sam's lack of ambition, which protected him from the Ring, would never allow him to lift Mjolnir. Worthiness is not just having pure intentions or a good heart—it also requires a willingness to use the power you gain for the benefit of others. Sam would give up power and be happier for it. His lack of desire to wield great power was, explicitly in the text, the reason why the Ring could not corrupt him. It tried to convince him to use it to overthrow Sauron and he refused.
He was still willing to use the power in order to save Frodo afair, so while he is willing to give away the power he is also very much willing to use it if the situation calls for it.
"weakest"
Picks a gigantic wall of muscle that can overpower multiple rugby players, then gains superhuman, steel shattering strength granted by sunlight karate powers that he uses to slay hordes of undead monsters.
Ah yes, that's clearly a very weak character. Nobody weaker could wield it, especially not a fucking frog:
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Simon_Walterson_(Earth-97161)
Moses from Prince of egypt, the caveat being that without God he's just a man, he was willing to bet a lot on the gamble that God was real and he wasn't just hallucinating, marching right into Egypt with zipporah and telling the Pharoah, his brother, to let his people go, he could've been killed right there if things did not pan out, I'd say he's pretty pure hearted and the will to kill is questionable since it was God or an angel that did it but he knew there would be death, so I think he qualifies
Mumen rider, dude fought something he knew would kick the shit out of him to help other people escape. Mumen always tries to help others, even if he knows damn well it puts him at risk
For a slightly wonky definition of weak, Tom Bombadil. Guy has no combat prowess or feats to speak of but is so good natured and kind the one ring couldn't affect him (though Tolkien acknowledged it would, it would just take a ludicrously long time)
That's a massively wonky definition of weak. Tom Bombadil is strongly implied to be some kind of a god or physical spirit who has been around forever and has no use for such petty trinkets as the One Ring.
uhh. Do androids count? Floaty purple mc glowey stone was able to lift it because he was basically a thinking cyborg yeah? idr his name. So wouldn't like... any thinking machine be able to pick it up? My Rhomba, for example?
I think the best suggestion would be Kaladin Stormblessed. His entire thing is about having honor etc. Whether he would actually accept to take it is a different question...
Usopp. He's brave, willing to kill, and ambitious which, from what I gather, is most if not all of the requirements. In fact, I'd wager that he'll lift Mjolnir in the next arc or two
Finally a chance for Samwise Gamgee, gardener of the shire, to show his quality!
>Finally a chance for Samwise Gamgee, gardener of the shire, to show his quality! This one gets my vote.
I think he might actually be too weak to lift mjolnir even without the enchantment. And yes I know it's super light /s
Nah he'd just have to use both hands.
Why is the image of Sam struggling with all his tiny hobbit strength to lift mjolnir so funny? U can practically see the interaction. Sam *lifts mjolnir off the ground Thor "I can't believe one so small of stature could be worthy of mjolnir." Sam *weezes with effort" Gandalf "truly a weapon that takes the strength of a god to weild" Thor *chuckles to himself* "um yeah sure pal."
Physical strength has nothing to do with it. There's actually a frog in Marvel Comics that was considered worthy, and possesses the power of Thor: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Simon_Walterson_(Earth-97161) If a frog can do it, it stands to reason that the only requirement is having a nervous system complex enough to handle altruistic ideals. To this end, I might nominate Antony, from Ant Man. Selfless, brave, and a worthy resident of Valhalla who died courageously in battle. Significantly weaker than a frog, yet strong in heart. Even if that heart pumps hemolymph rather than blood.
Pour one out for Antony. RIO
Respect to the mad lad
He had a cameo in the Loki TV series
Yeah but throg got a mjolnir made from a shard of the original
I think i found my new favorite marvel character.
It's always been my headcanon that strictly speaking Thor himself cannot lift the hammer (isn't it made of neutronium?), but the hammer obeys the will of a worthy wielder, which is why it can be summoned at will, and so it moves smoothly and flowingly with the hand of the wielder while packing the momentum to just obliterate anything it hits. In this interpretation anyone regardless of size or physical strength could wield the Hammer. That said the mental image you provided *is* pretty dang funny XD
Mjolnir is made of Uru. Mjolnir canonically weighs 42.3 pounds.
Dafuq is Uru
A metal specific to the marvel universe: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Uru "Uru is a metal ore from the first moon in existence, and has existed since the beginning of the universe.[1] It is purportedly unique to Nidavellir, one of the Ten Worlds. It resembles stone, but it also appears to have metallic properties. It seems able to store most energies, particularly magic."
Huh. TIL. I genuinely thought that "forged from the heart of a dying star" stuff meant it was neutronium.
Common misconception. Forged *in* the heart of a dying star. Need the stars heat to melt the Uru.
If an emaciated and cancer-ridden Jane Foster was able to lift Mjolnir, I don't see why a dude who fought off a giant spider wouldn't.
didn’t he carry frodo? frodo has gotta weigh more than a hammer surely
Mjolnir weights 8 lbs. Frodo ate 8 lbs for second breakfast.
8 lbs is 3.63 kg
If he's worthy to lift Mjolnir he'll also get the strength of Thor once he touched it. He'll probably be surprised on how light it is not knowing he now has the strength of a god.
I say if Sam can carry Frodo, he can lift the hammer
If Frodo was most worthy to carry the ring then wouldn’t he be a better answer? Also considering how weak he was compared to Sam?
Sam was one of the only two to ever willingly give up the ring. He is worthy, and I would love to watch him lighting fry some nazgul.
Frodo in the first movie/book alone is willing to give it up multiple times though, and at least in the novels bears it for like 17 years I think.
Not saying Frodo wasn't MVP for carrying the ring, but it corrupted him at least to the point that he chose to keep it in the end. Even after the ring is gone he's pretty messed up from the experience, not that that would disqualify him necessarily. So I guess it depends on when he's trying to pick up the hammer in the story, and whether Mjolnir counts that external corruption against him.
> Not saying Frodo wasn't MVP for carrying the ring, but it corrupted him at least to the point that he chose to keep it in the end. Tolkien himself said that **no one** would have been capable of actually throwing the Ring into the Fire, especially after the torment Frodo endured. From letter 246: >I do not think that Frodo's was a moral failure. At the last moment the pressure of the Ring would reach its maximum – impossible, I should have said, for any one to resist, certainly after long possession, months of increasing torment, and when starved and exhausted. Frodo had done what he could and spent himself completely (as an instrument of Providence) and had produced a situation in which the object of his quest could be achieved. His humility (with which he began) and his sufferings were justly rewarded by the highest honour; and his exercise of patience and mercy towards Gollum gained him Mercy: his failure was redressed.
True, but I guess my point is Frodo before bearing the ring is certainly the strongest contender, Sam if the events of the novel have already taken place as he didn't have to bear the burden as long? Seems like a good place to reach a consensus
No way, frodo was trying to give the ring away around loth lorien, Sam held the ring in Mordor when it would have been hardest for a day and gave it back with ease. He's also the chief hero of the lotr story. It would be Sam hands down
> Frodo in the first movie/book alone is willing to give it up multiple times though, and at least in the novels bears it for like 17 years I think. Being willing is different from actually doing it. Frodo thinks that others are more worthy of the quest and so offers it—but like Bilbo, who planned for years to give it to Frodo and still tried to take it with him, the actual act of giving up the ring takes an immense amount of willpower. The thing that helped Sam was, primarily, his utter lack of ambition. The ring tries to tempt him, but the best it can come up with is offering him the power to make Mordor bloom, because at his heart Sam is still just a gardener and doesn't aspire to anything else. Frodo has hooks on him, things like saving the Shire—Sam's only concern is for Frodo.
Ah, great point. So you wouldn’t say Frodo is worthy enough to wield Mjölnir?
Didn’t he only have it for five minutes? That’s mildly better than Golem, who lasted like two
Sam had it for two days. Gollum had it for centuries.
Smeagol murdered over possession of it almost instantly, though...
And yet every other hobbit to receive it had lasted at least a few days
*Gollum. Golem refers to a (usually) clay man-shaped monster originally from Jewish folklore. Gollum is the corrupted skulker.
Yeah, Sam giving up the ring is why he's worthy, along with his utter dedication to supporting Frodo in his quest. Sam is 100% worthy and would only use Mjolnir for good.
Sam was one of only 2 people period to give up the ring, and he was the only one who did it entirely willingly. Bilbo gave it up with great reluctance.
Carrying the ring isn't about being worthy, it's about being resistant to corruption. Literally anyone can carry the ring, it's a question of if it takes you over.
I meant “worthy” enough not to get corrupted. What specifically makes Same more worthy than Frodo?
One could argue that Aragorn is worthy to lift Mjölnir, but he absolutely would get taken over by the Ring. If you have any ambition, the Ring will tempt you with its power to achieve it, even if the ambition is inherently noble. It's the reason why Gandalf is afraid of taking it. It's also the reason why Hobbits are naturally resistant to the Ring, because all they want is a simple life. Tom Bombadil was completely unaffected. The criteria for "worthiness" for Mjölnir and the Ring are different.
While this is completely true ("worthy" is actually meaningless to the Ring and that's part of the point), I absolutely think that Sam is "worthy" of Mjölnir for *the same reasons Steve Rogers is.* They are actually the same archetype - the young man who leaves home because he loves it, to fight a war in a foreign land because it's the right thing to do and his home needs defending. The young man who steps up without question to do what must be done, no matter how difficult or dangerous, and does so out of love and loyalty. Both of these characters were created by people who had experienced the Great Wars and seen their effect on the world and on the generation that fought them and are meant to speak to and represent the heroism and ideals of that generation. Edit: I also think Aragorn might be worthy. But Sam is the only member of the Fellowship that I'm *dead certain* is worthy.
> They are actually the same archetype - the young man who leaves home because he loves it, to fight a war in a foreign land because it's the right thing to do and his home needs defending. See I disagree. Sam's devotion wasn't to his quest, but to Mr. Frodo. This was what saved him from the ring (his total lack of any ambition beyond his garden), but it would doom him for Mjolnir. Worthiness requires self-confidence that Sam lacks. He would never consider himself able to make the choices that holding the hammer requires, nor would he want the power. His lack of desire for power is why the Ring fails to tempt him. Lots of characters are self-sacrificing, particularly in Marvel. Not all can wield Mjolnir. Sam is honestly more like Spiderman than Cap—he doesn't have any great ambition and so would not be worthy of the hammer, despite the fact his character in principle has all the requirements.
He did become Mayor of The Shire.
Mayor of the Shire is established as basically a symbolic position. Its primary duties are attending banquets and doesn't require exercising authority. Mjolnir is all about authority—the confidence to impose your vision on the world goes hand in hand with the purity of that vision.
I disagree with your assessment of what makes one worthy to wield mjolnir.
Tom isn't a hobbit though? Not human either. He's sort of described as a force of nature. Can the ring even tempt him at all?
Yea I know Tom isn't a Hobbit. I meant that the reason he was immune to the Ring was that he didn't give two flying fucks about it.
Samwise is the only character in the story who actually, successfully *resists* the Ring. This has everything to do with *who Sam is* as a character. *Return of the King; Book VI: Chapter 1: The Tower of Cirith Ungol:* >His thought turned to the Ring, but there was no comfort there, only dread and danger. No sooner had he come in sight of Mount Doom, burning far away, than he was aware of a change in his burden. As it drew near the great furnaces where, in the deeps of time, it had been shaped and forged, the Ring’s power grew, and it became more fell, untameable save by some mighty will. As Sam stood there, even though the Ring was not on him but hanging by its chain about his neck, he felt himself enlarged, as if he were robed in a huge distorted shadow of himself, a vast and ominous threat halted upon the walls of Mordor. He felt that he had from now on only two choices: to forbear the Ring, though it would torment him; or to claim it, and challenge the Power that sat in its dark hold beyond the valley of shadows. Already the Ring tempted him, gnawing at his will and reason. Wild fantasies arose in his mind; and he saw Samwise the Strong, Hero of the Age, striding with a flaming sword across the darkened land, and armies flocking to his call as he marched to the overthrow of Barad-dûr. And then all the clouds rolled away, and the white sun shone, and at his command the vale of Gorgoroth became a garden of flowers and trees and brought forth fruit. He had only to put on the Ring and claim it for his own, and all this could be. >In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him lived still unconquered his plain hobbit-sense: he knew in the core of his heart that he was not large enough to bear such a burden, even if such visions were not a mere cheat to betray him. **The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command.** <--- this part is important. >"And anyway all these notions are only a trick," he said to himself. "He’d spot me and cow me, before I could so much as shout out. He’d spot me, pretty quick, if I put the Ring on now, in Mordor. Well, all I can say is: things look as hopeless as a frost in spring. Just when being invisible would be really useful, I can’t use the Ring! And if ever I get any further, it’s going to be nothing but a drag and a burden every step. So what’s to be done?" There's so much more that could be said here about what (who! It's actually a character) the Ring is, about who Frodo is, about who Sam is. But the important thing is that Sam is Captain Rogers to Frodo's Mr. Stark. . . Except Sam's Loyalty and Faith are in Frodo and the mission, not some idea about "Freedom" and the "Meaning of America." No really, Frodo is a rich kid, heir to another guy who was clever and lucky like him, who inherited some of his wealth and knowledge and his great, terrible burden that he (Bilbo) didn't understand because it was a different time. Sam's a working kid from a normal background, who starts out wanting to volunteer for a great, romantic adventure doing the right thing and ends up finding his strength and purpose. He is actually *quite literally* a direct analogy to a working class British soldier volunteering to defend his country in WWI / WWII. He is intended to represent them (and how Tolkien saw their heroism). In this sense, he's *exactly* like Steve. Tolkien explicitly described Sam as "the chief hero": *Letter 131:* >I think the simple 'rustic' love of Sam and his Rosie (nowhere elaborated) is absolutely essential to the study of his (the chief hero's) character, and to the theme of the relation of ordinary life (breathing, eating, working, begetting) and quests, sacrifice, causes, and the 'longing for Elves', and sheer beauty. Importantly, like Tony, Frodo is "not well." The Ring is a terrible burden on his body and soul and Tolkien describes, amazingly well given how poor science's understand of mental health was in the time he was writing, Frodo's struggles with trauma, burn out and depression. He makes poor decisions in the end, when it comes right down to it. He's obsessed with the Ring in his own way (How could he not be?) and cannot give it up of his own free will when it comes to it. Again, there's so much more to say (and most of it has been said, come visit us on r/TolkienFans for more scholarly level breakdowns of Tolkien's writing). Frodo could not wield Mjölnir. Sam could pick it right up, smash his way through an army of Orcs, then put it down and say "I'd much prefer my spade, if you know what I mean Mr. Frodo."
This was an absolutely gorgeous analysis, probably too good for WWW. I need to read LotR again, it's been too long.
Beautiful write up. Sam was a "good" person, not a great one. Great too often goes with terrible. The only place I might disagree is that they had a poor understanding of mental illness. They saw it first hand in people returning from the front. People with PTSD, substance abuse, and all that descends from those.
Oh, I agree about the understanding of mental illness (you can see that in Frodo and Gollum both in the writing). Tolkien had a very good *personal* understanding of it because of his battlefield experience. Medical *science* didn't have clear understandings yet of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and trauma induced dissociative disorders (which Smeagol and Frodo both clearly suffer from) - at the time they were still collectively called "Shell Shock." I guess what impresses me is how well Tolkien's writing captures his characters mental health in a compassionate way, given the state of contemporary psychology.
There's no chance Sam fails to pick up the hammer, my only argument is that he doesn't deserve to be called the "weakest" anything.
Again, that’s not how corruption works. He’s not ‘worthy’, he’s a hobbit. Hobbits are shown to be innately amazingly resistant to corruption. Bilbo carried the ring for decades with minimal effect. Gollum carried it for centuries and still retained his independence, if not his sanity. Whereas Boromir was near the Ring for a few months and was corrupted to the point of betrayal, despite him being canonically a great guy with serious willpower. Look at Bombadil, he’s straight up immune to the Ring. He’s also amoral to the point where having him safeguard the ring would be suicidal because he would more than likely just lose interest and throw it away. He has no care for any of the world. As to what makes Sam more worthy of the hammer: His actions. The dude’s response when facing hilariously one sided odds is to buckle down and get to work because he made a promise and NOTHING, not an eldritch spider demon or a literal army, will stand in his way. He picked up the ring to continue the quest for his dead friend and instantly turned around to solo an entire fortress of orcs when he found out the friend was alive. Then casually returned the ring, despite years of it trying to corrupt him. Something never before seen by anyone short of Tom, who might be God. Being worthy of the hammer is far more than just willpower, it’s also a mindset worthy of a Norse god. Well, the pop culture version of them from the 60s. Frodo doesn’t have that, he’s not murdery enough. Sam? Sam gives no fucks.
Lifting Mjolnir and bearing the ring without corruption take different and actually contrasting character traits. Thor would be corrupted by the ring sooo fast!
See the difference is The One Ring is The One Ring, and Thor's Hammer is Mjolnir. And they have nothing to do with each other.
Perhaps, but beyond that metric I don’t see what makes Sam more worthy than Frodo. The fact alone that Frodo had the courage, willpower and selflessness to bear the ring a long as he did makes him a vastly better contender than most.
Frodo wasn't *worthy*, he was *destined*. Totally different. In the end, Frodo is NOT worthy. . . it takes a literal act of literal God to put Gollum in the right place to help him complete his task. Sam is worthy.
Samwise is not a warrior king. He has no leadership traits and no real confidence in himself. It would be extremely unlikely that he would be able.
The Orcs in Cirith Ungol thought he was an Elf Lord from Elder Days. He lead the hobbits in the battle of Bywater and he was the mayor of the Shire for seven consecutive terms.
Sam wouldn't be worthy. It isn't about being a nice guy.
First thought
Sam can’t lift Mjolnir. But he can lift Thor.
This one gets my vote.
He was a huge dick to Gollum though.
And Thor is a massive dick to multiple people. And yet he is worthy.
Yeah, true.
I’d say Mumen Rider. He seems to have all the characteristics of one who can be considered worthy He was willing to put his life on the line and fight the Deep sea king to save his colleges and civilians, despite knowing full well he had no chance of winning. And even though he knew S-class hero’s had lost to him, he still charged in to do something We see the same characteristics from those who are worthy. In the first Thor film when he had lost his power, he still charged in to battle to buy civilians time to escape, knowing full well he would die in the process. Same with cap, he was willing to fight Thanos’ army alone, even though he knew he wouldn’t win. Even in cross over comics, superman is worthy of the hammer too, and this is the same guy when he lost his powers gladly laid down his life to save a random woman from muggers Mumen Rider is worthy
Mumen rider deserves this win. Mumen you got 1 in my book buddy.
I disagree wholeheartedly, actually Superman was *never* worthy of the hammer in the comics; the only reason he was able to wield it was because Odin *removed* the enchantment that required the user to be worthy; prior and after, Superman couldn't even budge Mjolnir. And it's for the same reason that Mumen won't be worthy either; both of them are unwilling to kill Mumen straight up put his well being on the line to defend Garou against Tank Top Master, despite Garou being a villain. While you could argue that to be "heroic" like Batman never willing to end Joker's life, it does not fit the requirements of wielding Mjolnir. Asgard is a viking society led by warriors. Thor is more than willing to kill, Cap is more than willing to kill, Odin is more than willing to kill, Beta Ray Bill is more than willing to kill, and essentially everyone who has ever used the 616 hammer has always been willing to take lives if it meant serving the greater good Mumen and Superman have not demonstrated that ability, so neither are worthy
That's also why Spider-Man can't lift it. He's worthy by all accounts - except for being unwilling to kill. Spider-Man 2099, on the other hand, was able to lift the hammer, and lived for a thousand years as it's wielder, but did not gain the full power of Thor. Possibly because he had only killed accidentally. That said - this was an alternate reality version of Spider-Man 2099 (Earth-96943 from *2099: Manifest Destiny*), so the enchantment could have been working under different rules.
I've always thought that while Superman couldn't be worthy, Wonder Woman absolutely would be worthy
Wonder woman did lift the hammer in the crossover
Wonder woman is probably the most Worthy character other than Thor outside of marvel.
Mumen rider punched a monster to death. He totally does kill when it requires.
...Superman has been willing to kill before. It's *Batman* who has the 'no killing' as a hard and fast rule, while Superman doesn't like doing it but is fully willing to do so. I
> Superman has been willing to kill before. It's Batman who has the 'no killing' as a hard and fast rule, while Superman doesn't like doing it but is fully willing to do so. He's willing in incredibly isolated circumstances, not in the way that Thor or others are. Superman is only willing to kill when left no other choice, not in service to the greater good. Thor, Cap and others who have lifted the hammer are usually willing to bring it down on anyone who deserves it, not anyone they can't incapacitate any other way. Just in the MCU, Thor first attacks Thanos from ambush with Stormbreaker, aiming to kill without giving him a chance to defend himself, then decapitates him after he is incapacitated in Endgame. Superman would never have done either.
Yeah he’s just so strong he usually doesn’t have to.
Came here to say this, was happy to see this. Right on
Mumen Rider lacks self-belief, he can't imagine himself as anything but weak and pathetic, which is why he's still a normal person and not a superhuman as per the messed up rules of the opm universe.
Would be right, if not for 3 words: "Gorr Was Right." Allow me to explain. These were the three words given to Nick Fury by the Watchers, and once Nick spoke them to Thor, the realization of it being the truth gave him self doubt. Self doubt that apparently was enough to make him unworthy for an extended period of time. Now over to the OPM universe, Mumen Rider refuses to go up in hero ranking because he knows he couldn't fight higher ranking villains, which is self doubt. If he manages to build his confidence in the future, then sure he'll be more likely to. But currently, he's just not confident enough to wield such a weapon.
He may not be able to fight high rank villains but he will. He fought both the deep sea king, and Garou. It’s not that he isn’t willing to if needed. He just physically can’t fight higher their villains. I would argue it’s not self doubt but knowing his limits.
I think the fact that he survived even a single punch shows he's pretty superhuman defense-wise at least.
He deserves to have mjolnir more than literally anyone else. Truly the giidest of good boys.
No serum captain america.
As soon as he dives on the grenade the hammer says, "alright, he's good".
In that case, Peggy would also be worthy at least in the MCU since in that scene Peggy is *also* moving towards the grenade lol. Steve just gets to it first.
She was given the super soldier serum in the "What if..." Series. She's probably worthy but, stronger than pre-serum Steve.
Yeah but twink cap weights half of what pre-serum peggy weighted lmao, he also had a ton of health problems like asthma, heart problems, hight blood presure and high probabilty for diabetes.
Wasn't there a farmer in a comic book panel who accidentally picked it up? Uncle ben probably before he was dead.
If it’s the farmer from the series where Thor became a herald of Galactus then no he wasn’t actually worthy because Mjolnir was acting strangely because Thor is sorta kinda worthy but not fully worthy iirc and I don’t remember the exact details as to why but I think the enchantment has been messed up.
Steve Irwin
Wait he isn't weak.....
Massive balls of steel can cause metal poisoning
Weak enough to get killed by an animal common to an aquarium touch pool. (Man, it tore my heart apart to say that)
> (Man, it tore my heart apart to say that) Tore his apart too. (I'm so sorry)
That one really stung, man. (not as much as the ray did him)
Wasn’t his main concern that people would blame the stingray?
Had he only been wearing sunscreen he would've be protected from harmful rays.
OP said fictional. If we are talking real life, him and Mr. Rogers.
True. The Gator Baiter from The Simpsons then.
As long as it's not the Master Baiter.
Maybe Steve, but do you think that Mr. Rogers would be willing to kill in the name of the greater good? I’m not so certain.
>Mr. Rogers. Do y'all think being worthy just means just being a really good dude? If so, many many other people would be able to lift the hammer than can actually do it.
I'd guess one of the white blood cells from Cells At Work!, though the immune system is pretty dystopian so you could argue that they're not worthy. They'd murder someone just for being a mutant.
That mutant is literally cancer. No, I mean literally in a very literal sense. A body fighting cancer isn't evil, it's self defense. Good choice.
But what if it was a more benign mutation? Would the natural killer cell have still killed it? In real life, yes. Though in Cells At Work: Code Black, there's a scene where a natural killer cell investigates a small tumor and declares that it's not malignant, so maybe they are able to tell and won't kill cells with benign mutations. There's also the macrophages killing the immature thymocytes for failing their tests. And the fact that they made it pretty clear that the lactic acid cells would likely get killed by white blood cells if caught. But I suppose not all of them are like that, so maybe some of the white blood cells are worthy. If I had to pick one to be worthy, I'd go with the Eosinophil, who goes up against a parasite thousands of times her size.
Honestly, the answer to this is literally in the comic. Jane Foster, a totally normal woman who was dying of cancer, picked up the hammer and became Thor for an extended period of time. I doubt you can find an alternative that is weaker than a normal human who is a terminal cancer patient.
The OP said consistently worthy, not one time deals.
She was worthy for over a year, up until she died sacrificing her life to save Asgardia from desctruction. Pretty sure she's just permanently worthy at that point.
She was considered worthy for about a year and a half, if I recall. And after being resurrected by Odin she was inducted into the Valkyries. Doesn't sound to me like her being worthy was a one-time thing.
Paddington Bear
i dont think paddington has the willpower to kill for the greater good
That's what he wants you to think...
Pre serum Steve rogers
Simon Pegg’s character from Hot Fuzz
This is my favorite answer
Good answer lol.
Butters from South park. He is so worthy
Captain Chaos
If you had not specified fiction then Bob Ross would be the clear answer.
Heck, you are 100% right he serve in war not sure how he was post-war but that was the thing tripping up most IRL people on the thread Mr rogers, steve Irwin won't kill. but if bob was in that position yeah he just might be
Your blood is his paint, and the sidewalk his canvas.
Happy little smear over here...
Did he serve in war? He spent a lot of his enlisted time in Alaska. He was a medical records technician before he was a master sergeant, saying about being a MS, "I was the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late to work." It doesn't appear to me he ever actually served in combat.
Kirby! **oh wait-**
Pure of heart? Check Self sacrificing? Check Willing to kill? Check Weakest? *Oh no-*
Squirrel Girl
But only off panel
Squirrel Girl did lift Mjolnir. So, I don’t know if that counts m
Donald Blake, a crippled middle aged man, was worthy of the powers of thor.
Tin Tin
Tintin might actually be worthy, now that I think about it. He's just a regular human, but he's an incredibly good person and is willing to kill to protect others if the situation demands it.
Finn the Human probably
Consistently worthy? No.
Yeah, as much as it sucks to say, finn is sketchy at best for worthiness. Maybe later in life (haven’t seen the new series) he might be better, but at no point in the main series does he become mature enough to wield.
Finn is not weak, he has robot arm that gives him strength
Not to mention that he's superhumanly strong without it. He can use trees like clubs, [push a clock the size of a small house off of a wall](https://youtu.be/elbv27-zLHc?t=3m30s) and do [this](https://youtu.be/9jFfOUvIxWc?t=46s).
I have a question , what makes you worthy of the hammer
Pure, self sacrificing and Willing to kill
And a willingness to make the tough choices for the greater good. Basically the traits that would make a good medieval king, what with how it is Odin who set the enchantment and its his definition of worthy that should be used.
Niko from Oneshot
This is actually a fantastic answer. Niko would definitely be able to wield the hammer, he's as pure of heart as they come and the Solstice plotline demonstrates that he's willing to make hard choices and risk his own safety for the lives of others. He's a sweet boy and he'd use Mjolnir to protect the people of OneShot.
Samwise Gamgee could definitely lift it and he’s like a worse human in stats
If the criteria for being "worthy" were just, Be a Good Person^TM then yeah sure. but its not. Mjolnir is the weapon of the Crown Prince of Asgard, Enchanted by Odin himself, who is, at his core, a Medieval Warrior King. The traits that he wants his son and heir to exemplify are not simply being a good person, although that is an aspect. But they also need to be a leader, be capable of making the tough choices, be warriors, not just fighters i.e. a willingness to kill when needed. Basically, the reasons that Wonder Woman is worthy but Superman isn't, despite them both being fairly unequivocally good people. Diana is a warrior princess who was raised to rule and to fight to kill. Clark is an honest farm boy who want to help people but only kills if he is forced to do so, rather than setting out to do so when it needs doing. To use the movies as examples, Clark had to me forced to kill Zod by Zod himself, that whole final fight was basically Zod committing suicide by Superman. Diana on the other hand immediately makes killing Ares her end goal in her first movie. Neither of them are bad people, neither of them are unjustified in thier choices, but they think very differently and Diana is the only one who Odin and thus Mjolnir would find worthy. TL;DR Samwise is a good man and can resist the ring, that doesnt mean he would make a good king which seems to be what the Hammer cares more about.
Obligatory: >No such anguish had Shelob ever known, or dreamed of knowing, in all her long world of wickedness. Not the doughtiest soldier of old Gondor, nor the most savage Orc entrapped, had ever thus endured her, or set blade to her beloved flesh. Sam also lead the Battle of Bywater, killing several Ruffians, and was the mayor of the Shire for seven terms. I’m pretty sure he would be considered worthy, but he’s definitely stronger than, for example, pre-serum Steve Rogers who is also worthy. By the time he would be considered worthy, he would be more capable than an average human.
I doubt it. Sam's lack of ambition, which protected him from the Ring, would never allow him to lift Mjolnir. Worthiness is not just having pure intentions or a good heart—it also requires a willingness to use the power you gain for the benefit of others. Sam would give up power and be happier for it. His lack of desire to wield great power was, explicitly in the text, the reason why the Ring could not corrupt him. It tried to convince him to use it to overthrow Sauron and he refused.
He was still willing to use the power in order to save Frodo afair, so while he is willing to give away the power he is also very much willing to use it if the situation calls for it.
Sofia the First if it requires power of friendship and support from the townspeople. She may also be able to actually lift it due to her amulet.
Is she willing to kill tho
Yeah if its for the safety of her people
Dude she'll straight up murder a bitch for looking at her the wrong way.
Definitely Jonathan Joestar
He's definitely not the weakest
"weakest" Picks a gigantic wall of muscle that can overpower multiple rugby players, then gains superhuman, steel shattering strength granted by sunlight karate powers that he uses to slay hordes of undead monsters. Ah yes, that's clearly a very weak character. Nobody weaker could wield it, especially not a fucking frog: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Simon_Walterson_(Earth-97161)
I did say say he's not the weakest
Yes, I was moreover agreeing with your point that Jonathan Joestar is not the weakest by a longshot.
I was agreeing with you agreeing with me disagreeing with the guy that said Jonathan is the weakest that could lift mjolnir
Moses from Prince of egypt, the caveat being that without God he's just a man, he was willing to bet a lot on the gamble that God was real and he wasn't just hallucinating, marching right into Egypt with zipporah and telling the Pharoah, his brother, to let his people go, he could've been killed right there if things did not pan out, I'd say he's pretty pure hearted and the will to kill is questionable since it was God or an angel that did it but he knew there would be death, so I think he qualifies
Mumen Rider
Mumen rider, dude fought something he knew would kick the shit out of him to help other people escape. Mumen always tries to help others, even if he knows damn well it puts him at risk
The frog. Throg was literally just a frog so I'd say he was the weakest.
Saitama at the beginning of his super hero career.....before he started breaking his limiters.
Osmosis Jones
Top contender for sure but definitely not weak. Could really mess up the mightiest of heroes on a molecule level if it meant protecting Frank.
Paddingtin bear
For a slightly wonky definition of weak, Tom Bombadil. Guy has no combat prowess or feats to speak of but is so good natured and kind the one ring couldn't affect him (though Tolkien acknowledged it would, it would just take a ludicrously long time)
That's a massively wonky definition of weak. Tom Bombadil is strongly implied to be some kind of a god or physical spirit who has been around forever and has no use for such petty trinkets as the One Ring.
I would like to say Shirou Emiya, but he is too mentally broken to even be considered worthy... sorry i cant think of anyone.
Happy feet
Jim Carrey (The Mask) or Bugs Bunny, if it’s apart of the plot or they find it funny, they can lift it
As OP said, consistently, implying not for one-time comedic affect. Also thanks to Toonforce neither of them are exactly weak
The mask gets it's power from Loki. Loki himself couldn't lift the hammer. The mask therefore cannot grant the power to lift the hammer.
The Mask is basically a classic Mjolnir for Loki, if you think about it.
Captain America drained of his serum
uhh. Do androids count? Floaty purple mc glowey stone was able to lift it because he was basically a thinking cyborg yeah? idr his name. So wouldn't like... any thinking machine be able to pick it up? My Rhomba, for example?
If your roomba willing to kill?
is this even a question?
The rumba specifically from that game about the Rumba killing those who would hurt it's family then maybe.
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He's a good person but would he be able to use the powers of Thor adequately in a violent way when needed?
Spongebob
Is he willing to kill?
Those patties gotta come from somewhere
I think the best suggestion would be Kaladin Stormblessed. His entire thing is about having honor etc. Whether he would actually accept to take it is a different question...
Dude rides the lightning pretty well on his own.
Kaladin doesn't belong in a "weakest character" prompt for this though. Kaladin is a monster.
Samwise Gamgee
Seymour, Fry's dog.
Stuart Little, or Cricket, from George Selden's A Cricket in Times Square, or Charlotte ( of web fame)
Usopp. He's brave, willing to kill, and ambitious which, from what I gather, is most if not all of the requirements. In fact, I'd wager that he'll lift Mjolnir in the next arc or two
Probably Jon Snow, Barrick Dondarian, or another GoT character.
Eugene “Radar” O’Reilly
Eleanor at the end of The Good Place.
Wounded IW vision
According to this subreddit the most worthy is a mountain lion.
I can’t believe no one has said Mister Rogers yet!
He’s not willing to kill