What if Thanos fought the Avengers on Earth
We’ve all thought about it at least once in our journey with MCU. What if Thanos came to Earth instead of Ebony Maw? How would the fight have been, and could Tony and Strange handle the unprepared Thanos?
Let’s break down the same into a big fan theory of what you can expect when situations turn out different for the Avengers when they were unprepared.
Thanos begins his quest to collect the Time Stone
In this alternate reality, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and Spiderman did not travel to Titan to defend the Time Stone in Thanos’ territory. Instead, Thanos decides to visit Doctor Strange’s Sanctuary instead of Ebony Maw.
Doctor Strange, Wong, Bruce Banner, and Tony Stark are deep in conversation about Hulk’s defeat by Thanos just before he crashes into Sanctuary.
Bruce said Thanos is the guy who started a war in New York. Tony was surprised to see that Bruce was scared and the Hulk was defeated. Hulk is the hero who never backs down, and we’ve seen over time that when the Hulk is beaten he grows angrier and the ensuing destruction is even more catastrophic.
When Tony was taunting Doctor Strange about his attitude of holding the Time Stone around his neck, there was a slow but prominent thud of a spaceship landing in the city right next to the Sanctuary.
Tony angrily tells Strange that his attitude will get everyone killed. The doctor denies it and says he wants to use it to fight for a better chance of winning.
Thanos brings his spaceship back to the surface of the Earth
Thanos descends to Earth using his ship’s teleportation beam. He already has two stones at the moment, Power and Space. This time, he decided to first face the Avengers to take Earth’s Spirit and Time Stone, after which he would continue the quest of acquiring Reality and the Soul Stone. .
Thanos sees Tony Stark and pays his respects. Thanos said, “Stark, you ruined my plans to conquer the stones on this Earth for a long time. It’s time for you to surrender and help me balance this world.
Doctor Strange interrupts him and says, “You’re talking about bringing balance by killing half the people across the universe?
Thanos says, “Yeah, but I’m destined to give them a painless death. I’m not a demon, I’m just a servant of the universe and I want to balance it.
Tony suits up at this point and is ready with all his blasters at Thanos. Wong and Doctor Strange were ready with their Sorcery guards as Bruce watched Thanos, trembled in fear, and urged the Hulk to show up.
The fight begins…
Tony takes the first hit and calls out Hulk Buster to get Bruce into the fight. Doctor Strange was fighting with all his might but was afraid to use his ability with the Time Stone. This is because he feared that if he opened the Eye of Agamotto, Thanos would have a better chance of stealing it.
Thanos stood still and resisted all of their attacks. He held Iron Man by his neck and blasted energy from the Power Stone through his helmet. The nanoparticles in Tony’s suit were trying to repair the helmet continuously, but soon the particles were about to run out.
Tony was about to die when Hulk Buster smashed Thanos right in the nose. Thanos fell to the ground and looked at Hulk Buster and said, “Another of Stark’s creations, you have my respect, genius.”
Thanos ripped off Hulk Buster’s helmet as he dodged Bruce Banner’s next punch and said, “I don’t want to kill the Avengers if they don’t interfere with my quest.” Get out, dirty human”. He said that and threw Bruce and Hulk Buster aside.
Thanos was angry now and used the Space Stone to lure Doctor Strange to him. The Levitation Cloak tried to cover Thanos’ face, but he ripped it open, crushed it under his feet, and blasted it with Power Stone. The mantle of levitation was of ash.
He holds Strange by the throat and says, “How long do you think you can protect the Time Stone?” You know I can kill you for a moment and take it all on my own, right? So give it to me right away.
Strange said, “Kill me before you repeat that proposal!”. He struggled to breathe as Thanos strangled him in his fist. Tony fired a laser beam right from behind to free Strange, but Thanos enveloped them both with the use of Space and the Power Stone.
Give me the Time Stone…
Thanos smashes Doctor Strange to the ground and has his army target the entire city and kill anyone in the vicinity. He said, “If you don’t let me do it with mercy, I’ll be the demon you want me to be.”
Strange tells her not to commit this genocide and agrees to give her the Time Stone. Thanos stretched out his palm and said, “Give it to me!”
The Time Stone left the Eye of Agamotto and flew to Thanos’ palm. Thanos freed Iron Man from the Space Stone magic and said, “I hope you don’t all perish along with half the population I’m about to wipe out.”
