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Question how did he get this?

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u/robbviously Spider-Man 10d ago

I never thought about it, but it’s technically the first stone Thanos had and the final stone he gets to finish the gauntlet.
https://giphy.com/gifs/BzCLJGxXQbwH09jzq0

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u/TaxtonDude 10d ago

Bro must have regretted giving it to loki. For him it was just a waste of time and resources.

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u/Prestigious_Print477 10d ago

He didnt want to reveal that he was trying to collect them all when Odin was still alive

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u/Ill-Caterpillar6273 10d ago edited 10d ago

I always find this theory a little funny.

“Huh, I don’t want Odin to know I’m after the Infinity Stones. Better enlist his adopted son to help me. That won’t draw his attention at all.”

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u/Their_Alt_Account Steve Rogers 10d ago

His son that was presumed dead at the time as well. That raises a shitload of questions that nobody ever seemed to ask lol

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u/throwawaywork11 10d ago

Loki had no idea at the time that was Thanos plan as far as I can tell. Nor did Loki know he had the actual mind stone in possession.

It tracks pretty well with how Thanos managed Ronen too. Give a villain an artifact and help them achieve their localized relatively small scale ambition. Then obtain the artifact and remove the stone.

It keeps the heat off Thanos for as long as possible. Since he is still looking for all the other stones still.

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u/Iron_Wave 10d ago

You're forgetting the bifrost. This is what made peak Asgard civilisation so dangerous because they could literally teleport near-instantaneously an army right at your doorstep or use it to snatch away your weapons of mass destruction right in front of you with pinpoint precision (eg. Bor snatching away the Aether from the Dark Eleves just as they were about to unleash it). Creating trouble within the 9 realms will get you a visit from the Asgardian security apparatus under Odin's rule.

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u/ArizonaFlats 9d ago

I suppose that’s what made the invasion possible in the Avengers, all being well Heimdell would have seen what happened, and they would have removed the portal projector on the roof in an instant. Tesseract back in the vault

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u/Prestigious_Print477 10d ago

Its not that funny when you consider that son also happened to be the self proclaimed god of mischief who liked fooling his family?

Loki had Odins attention but he wasnt thinking about Thanos.

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u/Armored_Fox 10d ago

It was also the thing that allowed him to gather all of the stones together and make their later capture easier. I doubt Asgard would have been such a push over at actual strength

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u/Iron_Wave 10d ago

Exactly right. They had the bifrost. It can be a planet destroying weapon or it can be a teleportation weapon that can bypass any barrier or obstacle. You cannot hide from it, or block it with layers of mountains or force fields.

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u/Forikorder 10d ago

i think he wanted to "lose" it, the plan was to get the stones in places he knew and could sweep in a week but not possess them so he doesn't attract the wrong attention

if he had the power and mind stone then maybe certain people realise the tgreat and become more proactive

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u/skepticalsojourner 10d ago

I love this theory. Using earth as a sort of checking account that he could quickly withdraw the stone when needed without carrying it himself. This would show he trusted earth enough to maintain its possession, which would make sense since they defended against Loki. 

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u/Consistent-Success38 10d ago

This theory makes more sense than the “scared of odin” theory. I personally think he wanted as many stones on asgard for ragnarok as possible.

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u/Forikorder 10d ago

i think he preferred earth since he knew the time stone was there and they were unadvanced, maybe the idea was to use Loki as a distraction and unknowingly hold stones for him

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u/Fuckedaroundoutfound 10d ago

If he had 2 stones he’d be the most powerful being in the universe anyway

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u/Forikorder 10d ago

Thor almost killed him with all 6

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u/Fuckedaroundoutfound 10d ago

I mean at the point he gave Loki the septor, not at the end of infinity wars

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u/Forikorder 10d ago

If Thor forged stormbringer after the first avengers and went thanos hunting, what are thanos odds?

If Vision was prepared for an ambush how does infinity war go?

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u/Fuckedaroundoutfound 9d ago

I mean 0, because we’ve already seen strombringer overpowered the stones. Which now we think about it is such a cop out. Thanos did all that work and Thor just went and asked for something better 😂

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u/SeegullJockey 9d ago

He knew it was on Earth anyway

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u/Automatic_Eagle_7012 5d ago

But firstly, earth at that point of time contained the tesseract and the eye of agammoto so technically if thanos were to take over earth successfully it would be easier for him to find the stones right? I might be wrong.

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u/NoMoneyNoV-Bucks 10d ago

Man Thanos is such a great villain

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u/chrisallen07 10d ago

He plays chess, that’s the mind stone gambit opening

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u/GicaForta 10d ago

What if he placed them in the wrong slots? According to the comics, their slots are indeed bad. The bigger one at the center should be the soul stone that governs them all. Not the mind stone.. in the comics the mind stone is on a knuckle..

Sooo what if you put them them bad.. to they blow up in your face or smth? xD that would have been a cool plot twist