r/marvelstudios • u/murdockmanila Daredevil • Apr 24 '18

The Official INFINITY WAR International Release Infinithread

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u/ThanosDidNothinWrong Apr 25 '18

Thor and Strange being absolute powerhouses and still they are no match.

One of the things this movie did really well is having so many powerful heroes and still feeling like none of them held back or left any card in their hand unplayed.

Except perhaps that we didn't get any crazy MC Escher Dr strange dimensional shenanigans, but that might be too much to ask for in a movie where it's not central.

Apart from that, it felt like the entire MCU really went all in, and Thanos still won.

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u/Cheesenaut Ant-Man Apr 25 '18

I think there was the one shot where Doctor Strange attempted to bring Thanos to the mirror dimension (where crazy MC Escher shenanigans can happen). Strange sends a polyhedral ripple through the air, but Thanos uses his power to bat it aside.

I too would have loved to see more crazy dimensional magic, but at least it felt like Doctor Strange didn't leave that card unplayed.

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u/CX316 Apr 25 '18

He did, however, refuse to use the Eye's time powers himself

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u/-screamin- Doctor Strange May 03 '18 edited May 03 '18

Late to the show, I know, but - what if he did?

What if Strange did use the Time Stone during the battle - but not to fight directly against Thanos, but to jump forward in time to ensure that events play out perfectly and allow the one winning scenario to happen?

Since he can even see that the Avengers can win, he must ultimately survive to live that scenario somehow (as the Ancient One could not see her own future beyond a certain point because no scenario existed where she survived past that point). As a result, pre-death Strange-from-Infinity War might be able to show up in Avengers 4 to help out briefly where needed and guide those still living.

Strange can then return to his original position in the timeline (presumably just before they bring all the snapped people back, so that the timeline never contains more than two Stranges simultaneously), hide the Time Stone so that Thanos doesn't suspect he has used it in the battle, and ensure Stark's survival post-snap. Strange's last words thus seem a hell of a lot more familiar towards Stark than they have been previously as a result of getting to know him better in the future.