Discussion Characters / MCUThanos

I was thinking about it. Theoretically, Thanos #2 is a variant with a different personality, so I'd say yes. Practically, it's a lot of work, and I'm not sure if it would make the page more or less readable.

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Personally, I think it's far more trouble than it's worth; about half the tropes reference both versions within the same paragraph. We might have to repeat a few tropes (Insane Troll Logic for one), and it could get so bloated we'd have to make a second page (we of course already have a few one-off movie villains with their own pages, but doing so here just feels... weird).

And honestly, I kind of like the current layout. It's a good comparison between the two (a lot go into detail about a trope the original Thanos exemplifies, and how the 2014 one subverts it), and splitting/removing all of that would feel really disjointed.

Well intent would be to "save life in the universe." After all those commentaries and interviews it is clear that his main intent was "to prove that he knows how to save the universe," which is a staple of a Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist (check the trope page):

• They claim good intentions as a mask to cover their real and self-serving motives.

Also after the double confirmation from the Russos and Brolin that he did not double (sorry for tautology) resources simply because he did not care enough to do it he falls under this as well:

• They claim that their ends are good, and maybe they do believe it, but their ends are good only by their own sociopathic standards.

Killing 3/4 of the Asgardians, Drax's species etc is just another example of how he doesn't care.

Considering both entries and what he was like in the comics, I'd say he overall fits Adaptational Nice Guy more. Yeah, he still has his moments of cruelty and he's still a villain, but overall is a much better guy. That's my opinion at least.

Agreed. He's way nicer overall, what with being well intentioned and having genuine, if twisted, love.

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Troper RandomDudeDude deleted one of the entries. I won't contest the deletion but I'll copy the old wording here for reference:

• Adaptational Nice Guy: In the comics, Thanos is a Death worshipper who killed half the universe as an offering to his "love" and who revels in his own sadistic impulses, to the point of deriving pleasure when subjected to the Penance Stare of Ghost Rider^note a Mind Rape attack which forces the victim to experience every single iota of pain, misery and suffering they inflicted. In the MCU, Thanos is a true Well-Intentioned Extremist who believes killing trillions is a necessary evil to "save the universe from itself" and protect trillions more from resource wars, overpopulation, and permanent environmental damage to their own homes, and who regards his bloody work as a grim but ugly necessity to obtain his goals. In addition, he doesn't seek to become a living God and instead cedes control of the Infinity Gauntlet after accomplishing his mission. He also truly loved Gamora as a daughter and cried as he killed her. That said, he still did kill her for the Soul Stone, then murdered half of the population of the entire universe.

I'd say he's just as evil as the comic version in his own way.

His actions are just as evil, yes. But Thanos himself is not.

He performed the same actions, but given his motivation behind them, the fact he doesn't take as much enjoyment from them, and showing compassion to his victims. He's easily far nicer.