History Headscratchers / AvengersInfinityWar

** The characters should know that they are likely to be hostile, as New York was just attacked by a similar ship. Presumably, after that attack, all of Earth's defense forces are under a state of emergency. So when a new set of spaceships arrive soon after, they would presume its not a coincidence that these ships just coincidentally happened to arrive within days after the previous hostile ship. So yeah, it makes no sense they would wait for hours to analyse the data instead of reporting the arrival of the ships right away.

** Its a general concern brought up many times in many places. Thanos's solution is ineffective even in short term, let alone long term. As to why he wouldn't consider population densities, he believes that excessive resource consumption is a far greater problem than population density, which is easier to resolve in comparison. Also, his sense of fairness would not allow him to exclude those living in the countryside.
** More specifically, the best case scenario is that Thanos hits a society when it's just past a threshold where their extinction is imminent, but the sudden cull comes in time to noticeably save them. Such a society might then be inclined to do as Thanos wishes. More plausibly, Thanos' efforts are either negligible -- the world population is nearly 8 billion now, and reached 4 billion in 1974, meaning he'd only forestall doom by 40 years -- or accidentally catastrophic. Thanos specifies his plan is to essentially rely on a lottery system. Across the cosmos, this means he's doomed worlds to extinction by, for instance, killing too many women for the world to survive, or putting down almost all doctors.

[[Folder: Why didn't they fix Nebula?]]
* At one point Nebula mentioned her cyborg parts leave her in constant pain. After she [[HeelFaceTurn turns good]], why don't the good guys try to help or some how? I would think Doctor Strange could heal her or something like that.

** Even people who don't really know much about comic books know that important characters tend to come back to life sooner or later. But even for cynical hardcore comic book fans, that doesn't diminish the emotional impact in the moment if the film is well-crafted. Knowing that Peter Parker will be alive and well for his sequel didn't diminish the emotional impact of watching a scared child fade to dust in the arms of his surrogate father for this troper.

* Christopher Markus and Stephen [=McFeely=], the screenwriters of ''Infinity War'', firmly believe that the Mad Titan is the main "hero". This is what [=McFeely=] says about him: "[Thanos] is the protagonist. He overcomes odds. He sacrifices a lot and gets what he wants in the end. <...> At the end of Act 2, something bad was going to happen to Thanos. That's when [Gamora] goes over the cliff... It's the worst thing that can happen to him, but it's a necessary evil to get what he wants." This troper's question is: ''Is all of this will be enough to consider Thanos as a full-fledged protagonist''?

* 1) Etri usually worked with other dwarves. Maybe they had a workflow where Etri and others operated the forge and someone else selected and fit the handle, and when he finished the molding process realized that no one had the handle ready. Also, it only became extremely urgent to find the handle immediately because Thor was dying. 2) Stormbreaker is a magic axe. It likely has RequiredSecondarySuperpowers preventing it from ripping itself apart during use.

** Thanos would have killed Stark right then and there, and then gone on to continue murdering half of every planet he came across as he had been doing before—only this time armed with ''four'' Infinity Stones. Things would likely have been far, far worse in the long run. Think about how the Avengers in Wakanda were powerless to stop him when he literally only used three stones. What would have happened if he were actually trying to kill them?[[/folder]]

Can't help but wonder why didn't Eitri, who's clearly very experienced, have the handle ready instead of realizing he didn't have it at literally the last minute? Considering how much effort it took to forge Stormbreaker and how it was essentially a one-shot only attempt, it was a ''huge'' oversight. Also, how can Groot's arm, which he severed to make the handle, be able to withstand the forces of Thor using Stormbreaker without shattering into a million pieces? Groot's tough, but it's shown multiple times that he's not invulnerable and takes damage. [[/folder]]

** It's still a regular public school (just with more Advanced Placement type classes) for (mostly) regular kids, not Film/SkyHigh. Hence, regular school buses. Or another way to look at it: it's ''a'' school for gifted youngsters, not ''the'' [[Franchise/XMen School For Gifted Youngsters.]]

[[folder: Why didn't Eitri have a handle ready for StormBreaker? And how tough is Groot's arm?]]
Can't help but wonder why didn't Eitri, who's clearly very experienced, have the handle ready instead of realizing he didn't have it at literally the last minute? Considering how much effort it took to forge StormBreaker and how it was essentially a one-shot only attempt, it was a ''huge'' oversight. Also, how can Groot's arm, which he severed to make the handle, be able to withstand the forces of Thor using StormBreaker without shattering into a million pieces? Groot's tough, but it's shown multiple times that he's not invulnerable and takes damage. [[/folder]]

Can't help but wonder why didn't Eitri, who's clearly very experienced, have the handle ready instead of realizing he didn't have it at literally the last minute? Considering how much effort it took to forge StormBreaker and how it was essentially a one-shot only attempt, it was a ''huge'' oversight. Also, how can Groot's arm, which he severed to make the handle, be able to withstand the forces of Thor using StormBreaker without shattering into a million pieces? Groot's tough, but it's shown multiple times that he's not invulnerable and takes damage.

I know it must have failed in one of the 14 million outcomes he saw, but why? How could Thanos have possibly gotten the Time Stone and carried out the snap if Strange hadn't given it up?

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** Yes, he could have. And he knew how to do it back in [[spoiler: 2012, according to Endgame.]]

*** [[spoiler: As of ''Endgame'', it's evident that the timing of the Snap ''did'' have to be '''extremely''' precise. Specifically, it had to coincide ''exactly'' with the very brief time Scott Lang had intended to spend in the Quantum Realm during the ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' stinger.]]

** In [[Film/AvengersEndgame Avengers: Endgame]], we finally see how the winning scenario plays out. [[spoiler:After snatching all 6 stones from Thanos, Tony Stark used them on to snap Thanos and his entire army out of existence, even though it costs him his life]]. It perfectly makes sense for Strange to conclude that this is the best outcome they could have, even without seeing what will happen farther down this timeline.