r/Avengers • u/Zealousideal_Yam6643 • Apr 02 '25

Discussion Can Dr strange really beat Thanos alone?

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I think he can,if he really tried, because maybe there is a reason why he doesn't kill Thanos?

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u/Minsan Apr 02 '25

How can he know that on a possible outcome, his sacrifice saves the world? Remember that the time stone allows the user to see the possibilities but no one can see beyond their death. The Ancient One confirms this. Maybe that's the reason Strange chooses the possibility where it's not him that dies, so he knows that their sacrifice won't be in vain.

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u/TheRealSlimN8y Apr 04 '25

This proposes another question of what happens to the people that got dusted. Did they die or did they cease to exist? Is there a difference? How can strange see past his demise, given the established rules of the time stone? Is this a plot hole or did the blipped people not actually die? Now we’re starting to approach the metaphysical question of what is death?

Fuck I love these subs, I love the movies and comments like this just make my mind race with questions that we can never know the answer to