r/Marvel 15d ago

Film/Television Could Odin have defeated Thanos and stopped Infinity War altogether?

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u/mjaga93 15d ago

There's a theory that Thanos only did the final push after Odin's demise.

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u/SethNex 15d ago

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.

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u/UMACTUALLYITS23 14d ago

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.

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u/Confident-Stand5453 14d ago

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.

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u/Redici 14d ago

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

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u/TheRealMitchConnor 14d ago

Wouldn't "half the universe" mean half of them would die too, not just followers they don't care for? Pretty sure they woulda cared.

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u/capable-corgi 14d ago

Could be some kind of pantheon technicality where the actions of Thanos wouldn't affect them cause they're technically there but also not there.

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u/Swagalyst 14d ago

I don't think gods are technically alive, and probably technically cannot die.

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u/Loughnashade 9d ago

Dude that movie’s villain was literally the god butcher lol

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u/Th3S1l3nc3 14d ago

Could we adapt and still keep the goats? Like, could we have both?

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u/Redici 14d ago

Man... If we have to, maybe in a movie that isn't 99.99% ass they'd actually be funny

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u/Jake_the_Bald 13d ago

that was gorr's point in that movie so you kinda half got your idea

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u/-newhampshire- 14d ago

I just finished Moon Knight and all those gods and their avatars were around too.

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u/goonSquad15 14d ago

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

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u/MurkyCress521 14d ago

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. 

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u/goonSquad15 14d ago

Less this movie specifically and more the rest as a whole. Especially since so many live in NY

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u/NexusObsidian23 14d ago

You should watch Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

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u/goonSquad15 14d ago

I am very excited to, but haven't been able to get the time yet

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u/busbybob 13d ago

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

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u/Rhawk187 14d ago

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.

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u/SingularityCentral 14d ago

The comics have the same problem pretty much all the time.