How is Thanos even a threat to Earth or the universe, given there exists sorcerer supreme Doctor Strange on Earth which hosts several Infinity Stones right now?
Why can't Doctor Strange make Thanos fall forever?
3 Answers
At the start of Avengers: Infinity War we see Thanos claim the Tesseract from Loki, break it open and get the Space Stone inside which he puts into the Infinity Gauntlet. The Space Stone has the power to let Thanos teleport anywhere in the universe he wants.
Doctor Strange only meets Thanos when he is on Titan and we clearly see Thanos has the Space Stone since he arrives by using it. Even if Strange couldn't work out that Thanos has the Space Stone from this, Banner had already told him.
Bruce Banner: No telling. He has the Power and Space Stones, that already makes him the strongest creature in the whole universe. If he gets his hands, on all six Stones, Tony...
Avengers: Infinity War
Therefore, there would be no point in attempting to make Thanos fall forever because he could simply just teleport himself out of the loop.
answered Apr 8, 2019 at 11:30
Thanos is one of the most powerful being in the Marvel Universe. (I will not be listing his abilities as it is a huge list). But one of his well-known abilities is his Mystical knowledge. This has been mentioned in several instances including : Thanos # 7 (summary here) and Deadpool # 64 (summary here). For instance, Thanos cursed Deadpool with an immortality curse so that he could never die which even Death cannot undo.
For someone being so well-versed with the Mystical arts, I'd say it would be very difficult for Dr. Strange to simply float him away or make him fall forever.
PS: However, unless we fully get to know Thanos' powers in the MCU, we cannot say why Strange can't do what he did to Loki (or as a matter of fact the Time-reversal thingy he did to Dormammu either).
answered Feb 22, 2018 at 12:28
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4The scope here is the MCU, Ideally your answer would focus there. Commented Feb 22, 2018 at 12:31
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@Edlothiad Well, in that case, this question can only be answered after IW is released. So right now it is more like an opinion-based question. Commented Feb 22, 2018 at 12:38
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And that's why we have the future works policy, and that's why I've applied it :). Commented Feb 22, 2018 at 12:39
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2The time reversal strategy was only valid against Dormammu because it exists outside of time and therefore could experience being trapped repeating the same actions again and again. If Thanos does not exist beyond time then he would never grow bored of the trap because for him it would always be the first time there.– IronSeanCommented May 7, 2018 at 17:40
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3Also he has the space stone to literally teleport out of the hole.– yoloCommented Aug 16, 2018 at 9:30
Ultimately, Strange’s time magic is just a way of controlling the power of the time stone. However, it’s power is greater than any magic he can do without it. His portals are good, but are useless against the space stone. Thanos could escape instantly.
on Earth which hosts several Infinity Stones right now- What does this mean? How is it relevant? I'm also tempted to close this as per our Future Works Policy. We'll likely find out why Doctor Strange can't magic away Thanos in the film.