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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
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Once, around about the Morrison JLA run in fact, Darkseid wasn’t wanked up to universe ending levels like he was during the Morrison Final Crisis
People need to learn to make opaque force fields. Its their vanity what does them in.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersIn the Ultimates (2015) comics, Monica Rambeau attempted a non-lethal version of this, intending to turn into light, go in through Thanos' eyes, turn into electricity and Fry Thanos' brain. The main wiki says she even used this tactic against Shuma-Gorath.
It didn't quite work, as Thanos, who recently manifested some telepathic ability, noticed her in his brain, which he made so dark and evil that she was forced to eject. This was also the second time in short order that this particular tactic backfired, as America Chavez prevented it by creating small portals directly in front of her eyes.
Theoretically, if she went with a more lethal route of entering through the eye then returning to full size (as a hard light construct, which is effectively her default state), she could've done it.
Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Mar 23rd 2019 at 11:47:44 AM
It's easy to forget that Thanos' entire mission was to get it on with the literal embodiment of Death.
I sort of dislike Infinity War for removing that. One of the last scenes of Avengers was him smirking at the idea of "courting Death." I was curious how that would be portrayed.
But no. Resources.
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!On the other hand, introducing a living, anthropomorphic personification of Death is a pretty far out concept. It works in the comics inasmuch as long time readers are more used to such things, or can just ignore that side of things. But in the movies it would change the pseudo-realistic tone into something else entirely...
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."We do have Hela, a death goddess...and well, I can see how someone would be into her.
Having said that, I don't think it would be in character for this version of Thanos. A lot of his actions actually are best explained as him wanting to do what he thinks is the right thing.
Leviticus 19:34

I feel like that would kill the Atom before it would even annoy Darkseid.
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