Thanos is only appreciated by pretentious know-it-alls that pretend to understand resource management and try to actively disagree with the professor in their classes. People think he has this wild fantasy with this relatable motive for sustaining life, but it is a pretty simple equation. If everyone on Earth wants tickets to “Avengers: Endgame,” well, they do not have the resources for everyone. Granted, one could instill the virtue of patience and still erase people who like to spoil movies online and the problem will sort itself out in a few years, but Thanos does not have time for rational solutions.
The only thing he has going for him is the fact that he could mess up the Avengers, but honestly, so could Disney. But who could forget that he is the “strongest in the universe”? The guy is really just a beefcake Josh Brolin.
“Oh, but he worked so hard for the stones!” But did he really, though? Thanos was not the guy trying to pull the Time Stone from Doctor Strange. He sent his ugly buddy to do it while he beat up the Collector, a much easier target. Michael Scott has a better work etiquette than this purple loser.
What else did he actually do for his cause? Throw his daughter off a mountain? There are a ton of people that would do that even without the Soul Stone up for grabs. Everything else is done by either his magic gauntlet or his nearly endless army. Thanos would be nothing but an angry nerd tweeting at Marvel without those. Who knows? Maybe now that he has the sun shining on a grateful universe, he can finally open up his account.
Granted, the Avengers only have 0.000007% (according to Doctor Strange) chance of beating him, but thankfully, most audience members are in the single dimension where they probably do. Come on, do you really think “Endgame” is coming toward a miserable failure? And all it takes for the Avengers to win is for YOU (yes you) to buy an $8.00 ticket at your local theater. How is that for resource management?
People say he is sympathetic, but really? The moment your henchmen are referring to people as meaningless humans, you are probably not winning boss of the year. What are even the benefits of working for the guy? 401k? Dental? Healthcare? That last one is not going to matter if you do not get excluded from the 50/50 snap.
In reality, Thanos is just a two-bit villain with a semi-complex goal. His personality is that he simply will always do the thing that gets him what he wants, even if it makes him sad. Marvel has something going on with the whole “are we overpopulating” thing, but it is being spearheaded by a lame 40-year-old dad who should probably stick to Fortnite.
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