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If you have the power of reality, spacetime, the mind, etc., surely you could snap in more fresh water, food, metals, plants, etc.? Was he just stubborn and didn’t want to let go the idea he proposed on his home planet?

Also, how does Thanos survive “snapping” but regular people using the power don’t? Does that imply that the type of people on Thanos’ planet is “superior” to everyone else (in my opinion, nobody should survive it because the stones are essentially the power to control every aspect of the universe itself)?

One thing of note, Thanos in Infinity War shows that you could use the stones individually (and also other characters, like Vision using it as his brain/the power source for his thinking bits and Dr Strange using the time stone to manipulate time) and that doesn’t kill Thanos or any other character it seems. Why is that, are the stones meant to be more powerful together? Also, what happened to all the stones, were they all returned to their hiding place (and if so, why weren’t they used for doing good stuff, like space stone could be used for fast travel, soul stone could bring back the dead, mind stone could solve the mysteries of the universe, reality stone could make awesome virtual reality games…)

And finally, and definitely very important, why is Thanos purple? Seriously though, why? Is it because of the comic books (like Hulk being green), or is there another reason? Did he just need to stand out from everyone else?

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[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The short answer is that they had to come up with something more palatable to a movie audience than “I’m evil and have a crush on the literal Lady of Death.”

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hah, came to comment this. Honestly, the comic got pretty wild, especially once Nebula got a hold of the gauntlet.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Ok, here is my tl;dr of the last part of the story from the comics. The gist is that after the snap, every remaining hero + Dr Doom do an all out attack on Thanos along with all the "cosmic" super bosses (Galactus, Chaos, Order, all sorta wacky beings) and they were going to win until Doom tried to steal the gauntlet and fucked it up. Thanos kills every hero and traps the all cosmic weirdos and then becomes the new "God" of the universe. When he does that and leaves the gauntlet sitting there, Nebula (that he had been torturing) grabs the gauntlet and tears the whole universe up and takes over. In the end, Dr Strange saves Thanos and convinces him to help fight/trick Nebula and restore the universe. I am sure I missed stuff, but it was pretty crazy. One of the more fun things I remember was Wolverine sticking his claws right into Thanos through the neck and for a sec Thanos thought he was dying until he remembered he could essentially just make himself "not dead" and then he turned Wolverines claws/bones into Play Doh.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Wait… I never read the comic. Please explain

As a casual viewer I just heard from you basically “you’re forgetting he’s in love with literal death personified into an tangible entity”

I’m sure you understand without context that leaves me with a lot of questions.

I once had my hair braided illegally in the Bahamas. That’s a true story. Do you have questions? I’m sure you do.

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the comics, Thanos is in love with Lady Death (sometimes called Mistress Death) who is a personification of death. Thing is, she doesn't return his affections. So, he kills half the universe as a way to try to win said affections. I think the writers for the MCU probably felt that was a little too hokey to fly with modern/mainstream audiences.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Thank you!

Btw my hair braiding was more of a union kind of agreement I violated but I’d argue anything a cop cuffs you about is fair to call illegal. I did it purposefully as well just to tell the story.

How you frame a story matters lol.

Is lady death an X-men style hero, juggernaut, or spiderman?

Born, stumble apon, or inflicted? That matters to me for some reason.

Edit: door dr strange. (Sought)

[–] invertedspear@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

Lady Death is an anthropomorphism of death. The marvel comics version of the grim reaper. Not a hero, just a thing that exists.