#thanos mcu

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

[wouldtheybecomeafearavatar]

Would Thanos (specifically the MCU version) be an avatar of the Extinction?

[thanos-the-dad-titan]

[would-you-punt-them]

Thanos (Marvel)

[i-am-trans-gwender]

What if Thanos was freaky and he used the Infinity Gauntlet to fuck half the universe instead of killing them?

(the half he fucks is all consenting adults)

[worlds-worst-ships]

Do you ship it?

[druckkugelschreiber]

Not to go all The Boys on Marvel but the way Carol flies through spaceships she could and should have just flown through Thanos and splooshed him all over the battlefield

Alternatively Wanda should have pulled Thanos into pieces but anyway, yea

[baldswagsummit2023]

BALD SWAG LOSER'S BRACKET ROUND ONE: FIGHT!

[siamesephoenixrandomideatank]

Challenge: Thanos Soup(that makes him proud)

By weight

50% Water 50% Solid -25% Vegetables/Fruits/Carbs -25% Proteins

Which include nutrients of: 20% carbs 20% Proteins 20% Minerals 20% Vitamins 20% Fat

Must include balance of: Sweetness Acidity Saltines Bitterness Savoriness/Umami and Pungent

I guess this is how to make a soup of Thanos.

[fla-t-line]

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

He's into that...

[mydairpercabeth]

GOTG3 SPOILERS

Nebula got to rescue children from an evil experiments and give them the home she would have wanted

[thanos-the-dad-titan]

"YEAH, BUT YOUR SCIENTISTS WERE SO PREOCCUPIED WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD THAT THEY DIDN’T STOP TO THINK IF THEY SHOULD.”

Me and ai generators are a terrible combination...😈

[phoenixyfriend]

Somewhere out there is an essay about superhero movies where villains co-opt, misuse, or even just misunderstand the language of the left to push methods and goals that are incompatible with the actual theory of the left, but that sound Right And Good to viewers who aren't thinking it through entirely. And the essay is not just about how they compare to each other, but how they are a litmus test for viewers to know how susceptible they are to propaganda.

Co-opt: Most obvious example and the inspiration for this post is the Riddler in Batman (2020, the one with RPatt). The Riddler recites leftist rhetoric about corruption, wealth hoarding, and redistribution, but his actual actions and goals are unrelated. He's an accelerationist who's more interested in tearing down a system that didn't benefit HIM than in actually rectifying the problems, and who cares if a few kids get traumatized or even killed along the way?

Misuse: Easy mode, this one's Thanos. He talks about ensuring there's enough for everyone to eat, but like. Bro.

Misunderstand: Erik Killmonger, who has the benefit of both some incredibly legitimate grievances and a pretty face, but also kind of fails at the idea of intersectionality, proportionality, or Start With Words Before You Escalate. He's the easiest to sympathize with, because he has some really good points and ultimately does appear to be legitimately pursuing those goals... but he's also a misogynist, jumped to international terrorism before "call up my cousin who doesn't know I exist," and there's something in there about the role played by his time in the US military, which gave him emotional trauma, head trauma, and a sincere belief in the validity of US-style insurgency operations based on hostile takeovers of inconvenient countries. He's charming and pretty and sincere... he's just also, in many ways, wrong. And the parts where he's right makes it easy to try to ignore the bits where he's wrong if you're predisposed to like him and prefer some absolutism.

Anyway, yeah, there are definitely other examples, but the ones that were suggested to me didn't quite vibe with the base idea (Mysterio and Vulture both had disgruntled union moments in the MCU, but they left those roots so quickly that I don't think the concept of using leftist rhetoric as cover/justification for the crimes really applies since, they very quickly shift gears into revenge and greed respectively).

Someone's probably done this better orz.

[threadofnorns]

Loki: Thanos knew I’d be just the one for this job ;)

Thanos, 20 minutes ago: bring me our most suicidal employee

[soliloquent-stark]

tony crying alone as he slowly embraces death

robert downey jr in avengers: endgame (2019)

ps. @carsonian wrote a fic called forgive the winters, keep no records that deals with tony's recovery after nearly dying in space. it's heartbreaking and beautiful and i highly recommend it.