a question about Thanos

i was thinking.
Thanos in Infinity War, set in 2018, seems tired, almost merciful, a little mellow. he doesn't kill if is not necessary (he could wipe all avengers on earth but he limit to make them harmless).
then we have Thanos in Endgame that he came in the present day from 2014 that is cruel, merciless, with a level of violence very high
What hell happened in that four years gap? ist ever explained?

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jtides2025-09-27 17:32

Both his daughters abandoned him

Astrocomet252025-09-27 17:39

He had finally began his quest to acquire the stones, and each one extracts a heavy toll on the user. As we see in IW, he begins to lose more and more of his armor as he gains more stones and he gets closer to his goal. After he gets the first stone, he becomes hyper focused on getting the rest. The 2014 Thanos didnt have to do this. By the time he found his goal attainable, the Avengers had already collected all the stones and formed their own gauntlet, so he hadn't gone through what 2018 had.

EliteCinemaM32025-09-28 06:32

He dropped his armor at the beginning of the movie. He didn’t lose it as he got more stones.

elpajaroquemamais2025-09-28 10:09

Basically someone who started and built a billion dollar business vs a kid who inherited

Gorguf622025-09-27 17:43

He found out no one was grateful for him killing trillions.

a_o2025-09-27 18:20

His real opposition died off. The Ancient One, Odin, maybe some others that would’ve been more powerful and gone harder than who he faced.

juances192025-09-27 18:27

I think it's mostly pissed off that they found a way to undo his plan, that the thing he spent all of his life trying to achieve could easily be reversed.

The 2018 Thanos acted thinking his plan was perfect and would last forever and thus there was no need for violence.

Defiant_Wheel48882025-09-29 15:28

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Hyxenflay7737_45652025-09-27 19:01

Thanos had just found out that the Avengers deliberately went back and undid all his work, and that no one was 'grateful' to what he had done. Adding to the fact he finds out both his daughters betray him in the future, he probably wasn't too pleased.

0x424d422025-09-27 19:19

Classic bully.

When things go his way and it’s everyone else’s lives getting ruined, well, shit happens, y’know, it ain’t personal. Why are you so bothered anyway?

But when he’s not the one calling the shots, throws a fucking temper tantrum like everyone is being so *unfair*, just because they want to *keep existing*.

Medium-Hunter-35852025-09-27 19:32

His original goal was to wipe out half of all life so that the remaining half would prosper with more resources available. In Endgame, he discovers that he’s already succeeded and that the avengers are trying to undo it. He then goes on to say that his new plan is to destroy the entire universe and start it over from scratch.

So he went from having a very unhinged way to achieving peace to just wanting to basically be god over a new “grateful universe”

dvolland2025-09-27 23:54

Add into the mix that he finds out that accomplishing the “snap” cost him his life. That had to have played into it.

8rok3n2025-09-27 20:00

Did you watch the movie? Thanos literally says why. He gave them mercy and the Avengers defied him and killed him, so now he's upset and wants to restart the world without them.

Far_Combination76392025-09-27 22:06

He thought the world would be appreciative. Instead he saw his head get chopped off.

youngbighurk2025-09-28 02:59

He literally slaughtered the asgardian ship and nidavelir dwarves for no reason

Mossed842025-09-28 05:30

The dwarves were because he didn’t want any dangerous weapons built that could hurt him

SharedAuto2025-09-28 03:06

Moment Thanos gets 2nd Infinity Stone, bro takes off all of his armor cause bro was already "The strongest being in the universe". Nothing happened, bro was bitter about not having Infinity Stones with him already despite using people like Ronan, Gamora etc. He was disappointed in them. But when he got them, he truly came to realise its power, rest of resistance just felt like inconvenience rather than an obstacle. He didn't needed to go wage war on everyone, only those who stood on the way to his next stone.

Support2022gaming2025-09-28 04:04

He thought he did the universe a favor with his goal.

Endgam2025-09-28 04:44

Being forced to sacrifice Gamora is what mellowed him out.

Before then in Infinity War, he's just as merciless. *Just ask Heimdal, Loki, and Nebula.*

Support2022gaming2025-09-28 06:23

I know the infinity war saga is over but would you have wanted a Prequel movie on thanos?

HereWeFuckingGooo2025-09-28 05:06

As often happens in the MCU all that character arc happened off screen.

r01-85062025-09-28 07:10

Was your question the other way around: why he was "merciful, mellow" in 2018 for such a ruthless tyrant like MCU Thanos, and so, what happened since at least 2014 that changed him? In retrospect, seemed a little out of character of him, wasn't he?

Sure_Ad80932025-09-28 07:46

Maybe Thanos mellowed out because someone dropped the fact that his plan was stupid. We have 8 billion people on Earth now and if Thanos snapped away half of them that takes back 50 years to the population in 1975. So his plan buys 50 years? Kind of dumb.

abellapa2025-09-28 13:41

Yes it was explained in Endgame,you didnt pay attention

2014 thanos literally Saw IW thanos get Killed by Thor

And in the end he even says since there Will always be people that Will try to reverse the snap ,he thinks he needs to do a universe reboot with him as a God

GavPool422025-09-29 08:08

In infinity war when we first see Thanos he had just come from wiping out half the population on Xander and destroying the nova core, then he attacks thor and the asgardians. He's not really pulling any punches there man

Left_Composer_64492025-09-30 03:25

2014 Thanos took one look into the future, sees that he won after all, but then sees that the heroes are attempting to undo what he achieved, seeing that people are stubborn and would never accept this new lifestyle, he then thought killing half of all life was a no no, so he simply decides he gonna kill off everyone and everything and remake everything in his own vision.