What if the Avengers seek Thanos for a 50% chance of killing Doom?

what if Doomsday isn’t just about fighting Doom but about the team realizing they need another Thanos-level event to stop him? Imagine them trying to find a version of Thanos (hello multiverse) who’s willing to use the gauntlet again, to take a 50% gamble to kill Doom.

cosmic coin toss

Now they’re asking him to do it. Would they risk half of humanity again for a chance to end Doom? Would Thanos even agree, or see himself as the only one capable of making that sacrifice?

It’s kind of poetic. the same weapon that broke them once could be their last hope

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kennyofthegulch2025-11-12 21:11

Why would it be a 50% chance? Just fucking kill Doom.

DanDaMan2052025-11-12 21:11

I like how you’re thinking 🤔

Antrikshy2025-11-12 21:12

50% probability is not an inherent limitation of the Gauntlet.

50% is just what Thanos desired, and he used an all-powerful artifact to achieve it. At the end of Endgame, he considered destroying and resetting the entire universe instead.

poker_dimitrius2025-11-12 21:16

Ah that's right, 50% was just Thanos' initial proposal.

Starfleeter2025-11-12 21:16

This would undermine Thanos' whole philosophy. He chose 50% to depopulate worlds and the Galaxy. It was never a chance thing. It doesn't make sense to suddenly start associating Thanos with chance. The guantlet does what the user asked it to do, eliminate 50% of the galaxy. It worked 100% of the time it was used because it's not based on chance either.

This is just absurd correlation of a number to a character that would make absolutely zero sense with how Thanos and the gauntlet have functioned in the MCU.

poker_dimitrius2025-11-12 21:18

yeah I though Gauntlet had this 50% limitation, but it was a "limitation" imposed by Thanos

RPS932025-11-12 21:24

I actually think the way the movie should start should be along a similar vein - Doom is in some variant timeline doing whatever, and the Avengers of that timeline collect the Infinity Stones to use against him - only to be absolutely decimated by Doom's normal power. Basically a 'You thought Thanos was bad?" moment.

Hell they could incorporate the famous Doom vs Thanos scene - have Doom show up right before Thanos snaps, kill him, then a quick but largely one-sided battle where the Avengers get the gauntlet but not amount of use/power are able to do anything to him.

hiimred22025-11-12 22:03

God Emperor Doom is not Normal Power Doom?

Normal power Doom got wrecked by Infinity Gauntlet Thanos right along everyone else when it originally ran.

PeterTingle6162025-11-12 22:09

I feel like there's a misconception that this scene from Hickman's Secret Wars was used to establish how powerful Doom was. It actually occurred in issue 8 (out of 9) of the book, and was the conclusion to Thanos' involvement in the story, not a way to set up the stakes of Doom's threat. Of course, a superficial adaptation of the scene could be used for different purposes, but its original intent was very different.

tapdancinghellspawn2025-11-12 21:24

That would be some terrible story telling.

Overall-Gaming782025-11-12 21:30

It’s not impossible unfortunately. They may have to take that chance.

knotsteve2025-11-13 01:53

The gauntlet has more latitude than this, and they don't need Thanos to operate it.

This is no one's best plan to defeat Doom.

A dilemma where the Avengers weigh murdering half the Universe would be terrible.