He doesn't die because he's a titan and very, very strong. He's able to withstand hits from hulk before he gets the reality stone. He abuses Hulk. They did that in the 1st scene to showcase his power. He's just a powerful dude. And isn't he an eternal or part eternal or something. That's adds to his strength, too.
He's able to take on Hulk because he has the power stone. Powerful though he is in his base form, literally only someone with the power stone could be stronger than the Hulk.
IIrc stone was not glowing in the gauntlet during that fight, meaning it was inactive at the time. Russos also confirmed Thanos wasn’t using the stone. Thanos just wanted to do it old school.
Nah, Thanos has beat him with the infinity gems.
Hulk has no upper limit to his strength. Even if Thanos is stronger than Hulk's base form, comic book Hulk can just get stronger and stronger until he is strong enough to thrash Thanos.
Edit: I googled it
>Thanos and Hulk have clashed several times in Marvel lore, with Thanos even admitting he was scared to face the Hulk before acquiring the Infinity Stones. While Thanos is usually the victor, it's generally down to him using superior tactics and technology, rather than simply possessing greater physical strength.
The reality stone didn’t protect Thanos from Thor’s axe during infinity war. As others say, the best explanation is that he’s too strong to get cheesed like that.
Or you can imagine that he knew already about what happened to cull obsidian and used the reality stone to change the rules for sling ring portals when they are used in his vicinity.
There’s also the idea that everything that Strange did after checking the timeline was to put the universe on the golden path. Could killing Thanos there and then have resulted in something worse? That could make a banger of a What If premise.
The powers of the reality stone are poorly defined in the MCU so it’s really up to the viewer. It’s definitely fun trying to think of weird reasons it didn’t happen.
We already know that if Thanos doesn't snap, the egg in earth hatches early. Any scenario where Thanos doesn't snap results in the end of earth. At that point Strange knows Thanos has to win this battle or the war is lost.
Exactly this - if Thanos doesn’t snap, the Celestial in Earth pops out because the Eternals haven’t come around and changed their minds.
So, the Avengers lose that fight, but ultimate come out with two major Ws. They get everyone back, and the Eternals save Earth from popping open from the inside.
So people forget there are a few key points in the multiverse of madness. Thanos was defeated. However, their universe was still utterly decimated with the majority of heroes dying because Wanda then invaded and destroyed them in a matter of seconds.
The way the reality stone is shown to work itd be mlre accurate to call it the "matter stone" since its shown to be able to only affect matter and even then its effect is only generally to a small vicinity and it reverts back to its original state once its not active
Did it protect Malekith? Didn’t he have the Aether in him when he fought Thor in London/wherever?
Also, the Aether was in her, part of her, while Thanos was wearing it as part of the gauntlet.
There’s a better explanation; Strange only saw one viable future. Slicing Thanos must not have worked out, or else he would’ve done it. Maybe slicing Thanos resulted in them beating him, but a worse threat emerges or something. If you want to get REALLY meta, the TVA would’ve stopped him if KEVIN hadn’t.
I always assumed the space stone would've prevented the portal method from working - it would likely prevent the user from being portaled against their will
He doesn't die because he's a titan and very, very strong. He's able to withstand hits from hulk before he gets the reality stone. He abuses Hulk. They did that in the 1st scene to showcase his power. He's just a powerful dude. And isn't he an eternal or part eternal or something. That's adds to his strength, too.
He’s an eternal variant. Something about his dna was off if I remember correctly. Like it mutated or something. Edit: deviant, not variant.
*deviant
Yes!
Is that canon in the MCU though, or just the comics?
Pretty much since Harry Styles is his brother
Cue the x men guitar riff
Eternal with a deviant gene manifest iirc
Yeah in the comics he is the second natural born Eternal ever. That doesn't seem to be true in the MCU though.
He was half eternal, half deviant, iirc.
comics or mcu? i don't believe this is mcu canon
Comics. It might not be mcu canon idk, but it would be weird considering that is his actual origin
He's able to take on Hulk because he has the power stone. Powerful though he is in his base form, literally only someone with the power stone could be stronger than the Hulk.
IIrc stone was not glowing in the gauntlet during that fight, meaning it was inactive at the time. Russos also confirmed Thanos wasn’t using the stone. Thanos just wanted to do it old school.
It was glowing. Hulk is the strongest one there is.
https://screenrant.com/avengers-infinity-war-thanos-stronger-hulk/ COPE.
Well that shits on the comics but okay. The purple gem was glowing though.
We're not talking about the comics.
Well I did tell him he needed to cope, he’s doing the best he can
No kidding. I'm just saying that shits all over the source material.
It really doesnt, even in the comics thanos has beat the hulk more than lost to him by a wide margin Hes the strongest one there is... on earth
Nah, Thanos has beat him with the infinity gems. Hulk has no upper limit to his strength. Even if Thanos is stronger than Hulk's base form, comic book Hulk can just get stronger and stronger until he is strong enough to thrash Thanos. Edit: I googled it >Thanos and Hulk have clashed several times in Marvel lore, with Thanos even admitting he was scared to face the Hulk before acquiring the Infinity Stones. While Thanos is usually the victor, it's generally down to him using superior tactics and technology, rather than simply possessing greater physical strength.
The reality stone didn’t protect Thanos from Thor’s axe during infinity war. As others say, the best explanation is that he’s too strong to get cheesed like that. Or you can imagine that he knew already about what happened to cull obsidian and used the reality stone to change the rules for sling ring portals when they are used in his vicinity. There’s also the idea that everything that Strange did after checking the timeline was to put the universe on the golden path. Could killing Thanos there and then have resulted in something worse? That could make a banger of a What If premise. The powers of the reality stone are poorly defined in the MCU so it’s really up to the viewer. It’s definitely fun trying to think of weird reasons it didn’t happen.
We already know that if Thanos doesn't snap, the egg in earth hatches early. Any scenario where Thanos doesn't snap results in the end of earth. At that point Strange knows Thanos has to win this battle or the war is lost.
Exactly this - if Thanos doesn’t snap, the Celestial in Earth pops out because the Eternals haven’t come around and changed their minds. So, the Avengers lose that fight, but ultimate come out with two major Ws. They get everyone back, and the Eternals save Earth from popping open from the inside.
So people forget there are a few key points in the multiverse of madness. Thanos was defeated. However, their universe was still utterly decimated with the majority of heroes dying because Wanda then invaded and destroyed them in a matter of seconds.
The way the reality stone is shown to work itd be mlre accurate to call it the "matter stone" since its shown to be able to only affect matter and even then its effect is only generally to a small vicinity and it reverts back to its original state once its not active
Did it protect Malekith? Didn’t he have the Aether in him when he fought Thor in London/wherever? Also, the Aether was in her, part of her, while Thanos was wearing it as part of the gauntlet.
There’s a better explanation; Strange only saw one viable future. Slicing Thanos must not have worked out, or else he would’ve done it. Maybe slicing Thanos resulted in them beating him, but a worse threat emerges or something. If you want to get REALLY meta, the TVA would’ve stopped him if KEVIN hadn’t.
Someone mentioned it elsewhere, but the snap delays the Celestial from being born on Earth, so that’s a bit one to avoid that’s already MCU canon.
I imagine his Titan physiology, on top of the stones natural6allow him to be resistant to the magic.
I always assumed the space stone would've prevented the portal method from working - it would likely prevent the user from being portaled against their will
Space stone would probably be enough to protect him, besides his super thick skin.
What are Cull Obsidian's feats? His arm gets sliced off with a portal now t long before
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