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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Another brilliant character moment for Thanos that I noticed watching Infinity War again tonight
He makes Wanda's suffering all about him. He gives the illusion of compassion when he strokes her hair but as soon as she rebukes him, he makes a pouty face and points out that he lost people, too. For all that Thanos preaches and postures about being a righteous man concerned with the needs of the greater good, at his heart he's an egomaniac who doesn't know how to care about anyone or anything but himself.
My various fanfics.Getting? This has been weird. The moment it got weird for me was when Neil deGrasse Tyson weighed in.
My thoughts are basically that there was a point where we needed to stop but we have clearly passed it so now let's just keep going and see what happens.
This song needs more love.Well there's the totally unrelated porn book REVENGERS BUTTGAME: ANTGUY GETS SMALL TO GO INTO THAMOS' BUTT AND THEN GETS BIG AND HARD
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Edited by Tuckerscreator on Apr 20th 2019 at 9:00:49 AM
Chuck Tingle stretches Poe's Law to its absolute limit. A sentence which honestly sounds like the title of a Chuck Tingle novella.
I'd posit a theory that the humor of the idea of the Thanus is based, at least partially, in latent cultural homophobia. As many people have pointed out, the idea would be the same with any orifice, but it's funny because it's technically one man entering another man's ass.
My various fanfics.![]()
Saw a tumblr post with a similar point about how going in Thanos' ear would work just as well. The counterpoint was a gif of Joker from TDK setting his pile of money on fire and saying "It's about sending a message."
I don't think it's necessarily about latent homophobia, though I wouldn't be surprised if that is something some homophobic people took away from it.
No, I think the core of the joke is just that Thanos was built up throughout all of Infinity War to be nigh-unstoppable, Ant-Man's movies tend to be more humorous than the rest of the MCU, Ant-Man wasn't in Infinity War, making him a threat Thanos would not expect, and Thanos dying due to a butt-related injury is the single most humiliating defeat he could possibly have.
Basically, it's like that "Bugs Bunny would defeat Thanos" joke, but more plausible.
Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Apr 21st 2019 at 12:27:46 PM

Too late for that Loki.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."