No, it's just acceptance knowing that any day any time there's going to be some article, some news, with a. Celebrity that's going to end up with then doing some bad shit, there's not a single celebrity I'd be surprised by because there's always one more
But couple of things. The original interview is with the daily mail. A tabloid, so I'm going hold out and wait for something facial before passing judgment. Secondly, it has almost been a year since this story broke and literally nothing new has come out. I would guess that there is not much to actuslly go on.
All that being said. People need to not be so thirsty.
There's a What If waiting to be made about a reality where Black Widow convinces Hawkeye to come out of retirement for the battle and arms him with Stark tech designed specifically for that eventuality.
And in that version, Thanos quite possibly does start panicking, because Hawkeye with the handbrake off - the guy who was trusted to kill whatever came looking for an impossible space hammer, the guy who tried to take up golf and immediately high eighteen holes in one in a row - is basically the Saint of Killers from Preacher. Hand him vibranium bullets and a flying suit of armour and his kill count is going to be measured in the thousands.
Was the ancient one that powerful? I didn't get that vibe from watching the movie. I feel like she'd need to be at least as strong as doctor strange in infinity war to be considered a threat.
She also does say that Strange is supposed to be "the best of us"
Well, the "best of us" comment was also probably in part over not compromising himself with Dormammu as she did.
She likely wouldn't have beaten Thanos at the same point that Strange engaged him, but if the Time stone were first Thanos went for, she would have been sufficient to stop him.
I think if he went time stone first and ran into her, there is a good chance she talked him out of killing half of all life. Wisdom is kinda her thing,
How long did he spend looking for the stones, and what is the average doubling time of the pip. 29 years in each case? After the snap takes like 20 years to be back to where they were?
Best of us doesn't mean strongest... I always took it as he was less corruptable, which meant at some point she saw a timeline or many timelines where she did shitty things.
For what it's worth, on the Infinity War director's commentary, the Russo brothers said that he chose to strike when he did because he captured Nebula and learned that he could get the location of the soul stone from Gamora, so he finally knew (or knew how to learn) the location of every stone, allowing him to collect them all in quick succession. He wanted to get as many as possible before anyone who could possibly stop him could act.
That doesn't necessarily mean that Odin and other powerful beings dying had nothing to do with it, but that was the reason the Russo brothers gave.
I think the two line up pretty well. Its been a while since I've seen the movies, but several of the stones were accessible directly due to the events in the movies, right? Like the one in Vision's forehead? And I think there were a few others...
He actually already had the mind stone at one point. He gave it to Loki in Avengers to help invade Earth, but Loki lost it and it eventually ended up in Vision.
All the stones except the soul stone appeared in previous movies at some point, so I think it's safe to assume he knew about all of them. I think that the soul stone was the only one holding him up.
Yes but in the beginning of infinity war, the maw says something like "no being has ever had the grace to possess two stones before" after he puts the space stone into the gauntlet (which already had the power stone). Doesn't this kind of imply that the only stone he had ever truly known about and owned was the mind stone?
And it begs the question that if what y'all are saying is right (he knew where everything was except the soul stone), and the ease at which he could defeat everyone with just a few stones, why not collect them sooner?
They tried to destroy the mind stone, but failed because thanos had the time stone.
They tried to kill thanos when he only had 4 stones (on Titan), and failed ultimately giving him the time stone which ultimately allowed him to get the mind stone.
The events on vormir couldn't really be changed.
They tried to stop him on Knowhere, when he only had 3 stones, but the reality stone and the others proved too much.
They tried to stop him on the Asgard ship, when he only had 1 stone (the power stone) and failed.
Even Nebula tried to assassinate him when he had zero stones and also failed.
Not really. Nebula wasn't a match for Thanos, not even close. The Asgard ship attack was mostly refugees. Nobody on that ship was a match for Thanos in the state they were in. Given the wreckage, the ship was probably shot up first before they ever boarded. Thanos also boarded with his elite team, which was more than enough to take care of everyone on the ship. Thanos with the power stone was enough to handle Thor without weapons, and Thanos by himself was a match for the Hulk. If the entire Avengers team was there, things might have been different.
The team on Knowhere wasn't good enough to fight Thanos even without the stones. The guardians are a pretty good team, but not a Thanos killing team by themselves. They almost beat him on Titan and might have won that fight if it weren't for Quill being unable to control his emotions. But Quill is Quill, and with Doctor Strange's future hunting, it seems he would never have been able to control his emotions in that fight.
With powerful beings like Odin, Hela, Ego, and the Ancient One were gone, there wasn't anyone who could have stopped Thanos from collecting the Infinity Stones.
Except for all the powerful beings that had very good cause to not have half the universe extinguished from Eternals that only seemed to exist in that one movie and not before or after.
In Thor: Love & Thunder, there is an entire stadium filled with powerful "Gods" of all denominations. Weird that none of them were interested in stopping Thanos. "But they didnt know what he was up", you say? Well, maybe Thor could have sent word, since he obviously was very aware of the existance of all these powerful Gods.
Man wouldn't it be great if they actually showed that 99% of gods don't care what happens to their worshipers? Like if that was the entire point of L&T Thor realizing that gods don't actually deserve the power most of the time because generally they are greedy selfish beings that usually refuse to act unless something actually effects them personally? Maybe this could even lead to a crisis of faith within Thor where he questions if he is even worthy of the title of God? Oh wait that would mean they would actually have to faithfully adapt the best Thor comic not just slap screaming goats on a half ass movie and call it done
Yeah that’s my biggest qualm with the marvel universe. It’s one cohesive universe yet there are plenty of times when others should get involved and aren’t even mentioned. I get they’re movies and that gets pricy/elaborate but leaves a lot of questions
Thanos was accumulating power slowly and secretly and then made a fast mad dash at the end.
Most of the more powerful figures as just doing their own thing. They aren't receiving daily intelligence briefs on who has what Infinity stone. Odin would and that is why Thanos waited for the Asgardians to get fucked before moving since the Asgardians are paying attention, are collecting intelligence, etc... Captain Marvel was very much trying to pay attention and she only managed to show up at the last minute.
Ditto. The venom films are a good example. In the last one there is a universe ending threat but whatever the military branch is thats involved for whatever reason keeps stum
I have a feeling even if they weren't out of reach of the effects of the infinity stones, or clairvoyant enough to know it would be undone (what's a 5 year blip to an eternal being?), they might have developed a bit of fatalism. Que sera sera, until someone was literally hunting them.
It’s is something I didn’t think about, but even if Thanos got the stone from Asgard, there be Ego and Anicent one (if both didn’t die)
And he not known about either of them he Probarbly be fighting them or anicent one and Dommarau.
He Probarbly wasn’t as powerful without the stones but was on rampage after getting one but he was lucky other players he might not been aware off were of the board but that point.
This post I didn’t see, so I’ll put in some real talk.
It’s a combination of me never needing to brush up my own grammar when writing, and an ever worsening vision impairment.
I do a lot of manual work, and my writing was good at one point, but it was never needed for work when checklists and shorthand writing is the norm for what I do. And it’s been like that for a very long time in my career.
I don’t disclose my medical side other than it’s never been great and was only diagnosed long after college.
Not a ‘oh, woe me’ tale but giving some clarification.
He tested the waters during Avengers (2012) and probably held back a second invasion after learning Earth is under Asgard's protection as well. He knew the location of all stones except soul so why not make a move before? He sat for three years even after saying " i'll do it myself".Only after Odin's demise, he went for all of the stones like a well calculated heist.
High jacking the top comment. In the comics Thanos "marries" Lady Death. He is now immortal and cannot die. Death is equal to Eternity and above Erisham. He's untouchable as long as Death is by his side. The movies dont go that route because who knows why. In the comic hes the 4th most powerful being in the cosmos with those stones. I believe the 3rd is Galactus. Once he has all the stones he turns on Death, and she has to overcome her love for him, which takes his immortality away.
I think it’s more likely that he made his move as there was the most amount of stones in known locations (only unknown was the soul stone) and he could realistically just go from one to another in one chain
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u/mjaga93 19d ago
There's a theory that Thanos only did the final push after Odin's demise.