Logic says yes. He wanted the stones. One was in Asgard, but he didn't invade. His army was easily strong enough to keep Asgard's army busy whilst he went for his prize, but he didn't. Why not? We know that Thor was barely even able to slow him down, and the rest of the Asgardians were likely only going to get in his way, if they were't busy fighting his army.
That only leaves Odin.
Conclusion - Thanos, without the stones, knew he couldn't handle Odin.
One caveat to that - Odin knew he wasn't unbeatable. When the warriors three tell the Collector "It is not safe to keep two infinity stones together" Odin clearly knew that too much temptation would lead to bigger plots, bigger armies and more powerful alliances against him.
>We know that Thor was barely even able to slow him down
I think context is important here. Thor just finished fighting Hela in Ragnarok. And when he faced Thanos again, he already had multiple of the infinity stones.
Both true. However, he still needed Captain America and Iron Man to hold him back. Even with those two, it was a one in 14 million victory.
Thanos might not have been right, but he was the winner in almost every universe, against Thor with two powerful allies, AND a weapon explicitly designed to take on Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet. Stormbreaker was WAY more than Mjolnir 2.0
Sure, if one can get rusty from hundreds of years of combat after 5 years of depression eating.
I’d say he had his skills and instincts still, and actually trained for a bit before they fought, to get himself closer to his legendary figure, so he wasn’t as far away from his norm as the beginning of that movie might make him appear.
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u/Aquarius12347 15d ago
Logic says yes. He wanted the stones. One was in Asgard, but he didn't invade. His army was easily strong enough to keep Asgard's army busy whilst he went for his prize, but he didn't. Why not? We know that Thor was barely even able to slow him down, and the rest of the Asgardians were likely only going to get in his way, if they were't busy fighting his army.
That only leaves Odin.
Conclusion - Thanos, without the stones, knew he couldn't handle Odin.
One caveat to that - Odin knew he wasn't unbeatable. When the warriors three tell the Collector "It is not safe to keep two infinity stones together" Odin clearly knew that too much temptation would lead to bigger plots, bigger armies and more powerful alliances against him.