Current Events > Couldn't Thanos just use the glove to double the galaxy's resources *spoilers*

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rather than kill half of all people

Growth is exponential
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Literally no one has brought this up several times already with a complete explanation on why not before this topic.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

Growth is exponential

So what, he can create all the resources he wants. He'll have to keep killing half the galaxy anyway whenever they repopulate.

"8 foot tall purple alien movie doesn't make sense"

Everything he used that altered reality was either an illusion or temporary (or outright removal/destruction). So it probably wouldn't be that simple.
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i guess the MCU infinity gauntlet isn't that powerful.

like everything else its been nerfed.

still, killing half the universe shattered the gauntlet in half.
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Darmik posted...

Everything he used that altered reality was either an illusion or temporary (or outright removal/destruction). So it probably wouldn't be that simple.

Killing 50% of everything doesn't appear to be temporary

JustMyOpinion posted...

Ryangrad posted...

Literally no one has brought this up several times already with a complete explanation on why not before this topic.

Shut the fuck up and explain it instead of being condescending.

He cant because the Infinity Stones cannot create. They only manipulate matter. Note how during the fight on Titan, instead of just summoning a rain of meteors at Tony, Thanos destroyed a moon and threw it at him instead.
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Rikiaz posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

Ryangrad posted...

Literally no one has brought this up several times already with a complete explanation on why not before this topic.

Shut the fuck up and explain it instead of being condescending.

He cant because the Infinity Stones cannot create. They only manipulate matter. Note how during the fight on Titan, instead of just summoning a rain of meteors at Tony, Thanos destroyed a moon and threw it at him instead.

That was the incomplete gauntlet. The complete gauntlet is supposed to grant omnipotence.

Why doesn't Xavier just use his mind to move his legs?
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In the comic Thanos wiped out half the universe as a gift to the literal avatar of death who he had a crush on.

In the movie he's a psychopath who believes "balance" means killing half to save half because life itself grows out of control and without someone to keep it in line it will consume itself.
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Smashingpmkns posted...

Why doesn't Xavier just use his mind to move his legs?

He's telepathic, not telekinetic.

the point is he's a psychopath who has been set in his ways for decades and would never admit he was wrong
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ViralMoose posted...

Smashingpmkns posted...

Why doesn't Xavier just use his mind to move his legs?

He's telepathic, not telekinetic.

And Thanos can't create matter.
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ViralMoose posted...

Rikiaz posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

Ryangrad posted...

Literally no one has brought this up several times already with a complete explanation on why not before this topic.

Shut the fuck up and explain it instead of being condescending.

He cant because the Infinity Stones cannot create. They only manipulate matter. Note how during the fight on Titan, instead of just summoning a rain of meteors at Tony, Thanos destroyed a moon and threw it at him instead.

That was the incomplete gauntlet. The complete gauntlet is supposed to grant omnipotence.

Im unaware of the stones or gauntlet ever being used to create matter from nothing but feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
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Smashingpmkns posted...

ViralMoose posted...

Smashingpmkns posted...

Why doesn't Xavier just use his mind to move his legs?

He's telepathic, not telekinetic.

And Thanos can't create matter.

I'm certain he can. In the comics it's described as giving the wearer omnipotence.

ViralMoose posted...

I'm certain he can. In the comics it's described as giving the wearer omnipotence.

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ViralMoose posted...

Smashingpmkns posted...

ViralMoose posted...

Smashingpmkns posted...

Why doesn't Xavier just use his mind to move his legs?

He's telepathic, not telekinetic.

And Thanos can't create matter.

I'm certain he can. In the comics it's described as giving the wearer omnipotence.

Im not sure if that can be considered literal though because beings with the gauntlet and all stones have been defeated.
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What if there's an odd number of people? How does he balance that?
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Rikiaz posted...

Im not sure if that can be considered literal though because beings with the gauntlet and all stones have been defeated.

Comics Infinity War spoilers

Only thanks to Thanos himself having a mental block that prevents him from succeeding in his plans

LightningAce11 posted...

What if there's an odd number of people? How does he balance that?

Maybe somewhere in the galaxy there's a guy with no legs now

LightningAce11 posted...

What if there's an odd number of people? How does he balance that?

Verne Troyer noooooooo :(
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Cause an all powerful using his abilities to their fullest extent for the greatest possible good removes all tension?

I think TC watches Jenny Nicholson. She dropped a video about this today.
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Maybe the universe can only hold so much mass if you keep doubling it to accommodate life eventually it would collapse in on itself.
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The Infinity Gauntlet never showed the ability to create matter.
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Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

The Infinity Gauntlet never showed the ability to create matter.

He only used the completed gauntlet once, we don't know for sure if they nerfed it

ViralMoose posted...

Darmik posted...

Everything he used that altered reality was either an illusion or temporary (or outright removal/destruction). So it probably wouldn't be that simple.

Killing 50% of everything doesn't appear to be temporary

We know the gauntlet can destroy. We haven't seen it permanently create or alter anything.
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ViralMoose posted...

Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

The Infinity Gauntlet never showed the ability to create matter.

He only used the completed gauntlet once, we don't know for sure if they nerfed it

We can assume he had a really good idea on the abilities of the Infinity Gauntlet. That being said, the Infinity Gauntlet was damaged just with destroying half of the universe, nevermind how much more power would be needed to CREATE matter.

One of the stones is literally all about the power to destroy matter. >_>
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Darmik posted...

ViralMoose posted...

Darmik posted...

Everything he used that altered reality was either an illusion or temporary (or outright removal/destruction). So it probably wouldn't be that simple.

Killing 50% of everything doesn't appear to be temporary

We know the gauntlet can destroy. We haven't seen it permanently create or alter anything.

From what we know of the comics it can.

Even if it could double the universe's resources, you don't think that a sudden influx of mass on that level might have some sort of adverse effects? Just from a physics standpoint it's going to cause a lot of issues.
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ViralMoose posted...

Darmik posted...

ViralMoose posted...

Darmik posted...

Everything he used that altered reality was either an illusion or temporary (or outright removal/destruction). So it probably wouldn't be that simple.

Killing 50% of everything doesn't appear to be temporary

We know the gauntlet can destroy. We haven't seen it permanently create or alter anything.

From what we know of the comics it can.

Do you have a source for that? Because neither me nor my friends that know a good bit more than I do, or apparently any other comic fan on CE know of a single instance of it creating anything.
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ViralMoose posted...

Darmik posted...

ViralMoose posted...

Darmik posted...

Everything he used that altered reality was either an illusion or temporary (or outright removal/destruction). So it probably wouldn't be that simple.

Killing 50% of everything doesn't appear to be temporary

We know the gauntlet can destroy. We haven't seen it permanently create or alter anything.

From what we know of the comics it can.

And the reason for Genocide is also completely different in the comics. The MCU has its own set of rules.

Until we see that the Gauntlet is able to achieve that stuff we can't assume it can. It took all stones and breaking the gauntlet to wipe out half of the population in one snap. Magically doubling every world resource is completely different.
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ViralMoose posted...

of the comics

Eventually he'll realize that this isn't the comics, right?
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Resources are not the problem with the Universe. Proper alllocation of these resources is.
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Rikiaz posted...

ViralMoose posted...

Darmik posted...

ViralMoose posted...

Darmik posted...

Everything he used that altered reality was either an illusion or temporary (or outright removal/destruction). So it probably wouldn't be that simple.

Killing 50% of everything doesn't appear to be temporary

We know the gauntlet can destroy. We haven't seen it permanently create or alter anything.

From what we know of the comics it can.

Do you have a source for that? Because neither me nor my friends that know a good bit more than I do, or apparently any other comic fan on CE know of a single instance of it creating anything.

Google Search for Terraxia
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He's a bad guy.

Why did he just make one gauntlet? Should have made two and split the stones up. Or maybe a couple 4 finger rings.
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Jiek_Fafn posted...

Even if it could double the universe's resources, you don't think that a sudden influx of mass on that level might have some sort of adverse effects? Just from a physics standpoint it's going to cause a lot of issues.

lol comics

physics

please excuse yourself

Beating a dead horse but the only time I can remember an artifact being able to create on a universal scale is The Heart of the Universe. Which dwarfs the gauntlet in terms of power
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RE_expert44 posted...

Beating a dead horse but the only time I can remember an artifact being able to create on a universal scale is The Heart of the Universe. Which dwarfs the gauntlet in terms of power

Also not canon so doesn't matter.
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Also if we're just going "COMICS DID IT", why is Thanos not doing what he's doing to try and make Death fall in love with him?
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Anyways, while we don't know if the MCU has the same omnipotence as the Marvel comics does, the MCU space stone CAN generate UNLIMITED energy (according to MCU wiki), it's the thing that powered up the tesserect, in essence creating unlimited energy.

With the reality stone, mind stone and time stone, a more sustainable option could've been produced than just eradicating half the universe, which is just going to return the universe at its original population in due time, only with less resources to work with.

So again, comic book writing =/= overthink it.

I'm sure there would be a way for Thanos to use the gauntlet in a more positive way. But it would take a lot more work than a finger snap. He's a villain. That's the point. He's primarily doing it so he can feel like he had the right idea about Titan.
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Darmik posted...

I'm sure there would be a way for Thanos to use the gauntlet in a more positive way. But it would take a lot more work than a finger snap. He's a villain. That's the point.

If people understood this, there'd be no need for a topic like this.

dave_is_slick posted...

ViralMoose posted...

of the comics

Eventually he'll realize that this isn't the comics, right?

Well what makes you think the gauntlet can't create matter, we've only seen the complete gauntlet do one thing.

ViralMoose posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

ViralMoose posted...

of the comics

Eventually he'll realize that this isn't the comics, right?

Well what makes you think the gauntlet can't create matter, we've only seen the complete gauntlet do one thing.

Well we've seen a stone destroy matter on a smaller scale. You could argue that he simply needed all of the stones and the gauntlet to accomplish it on a galactic scale.

Stuff like the power stone to destroy, time stone so it hit everyone at once, mind stone to choose half the population etc.

Shouldn't the reality stone be the one that could create matter on a small scale? We never saw him do that when he had it. So maybe it simply can't.
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Darmik posted...

ViralMoose posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

ViralMoose posted...

of the comics

Eventually he'll realize that this isn't the comics, right?

Well what makes you think the gauntlet can't create matter, we've only seen the complete gauntlet do one thing.

Well we've seen a stone destroy matter on a smaller scale. You could argue that he simply needed all of the stones and the gauntlet to accomplish it on a galactic scale.

Stuff like the power stone to destroy, time stone so it hit everyone at once, mind stone to choose half the population etc.

Shouldn't the reality stone be the one that could create matter on a small scale? We never saw him do that when he had it. So maybe it simply can't.

The gauntlet isn't just a convenient way to hold all the gems at once. Getting the gems together like that gives the user power greater than the sum of its parts.