Infinity War Theory Reveals Thor Deliberately Lost To Thanos At The Beginning
Thor (Chris Hemsworth) may have deliberately lost to Thanos (Josh Brolin) at the start of Avengers: Infinity War. The God of Thunder's catastrophic mistake of not going for the villain's head has been discussed countless times since 2018. But there has been barely any conversation regarding how he was easily defeated by Thanos at the start of Avengers: Infinity War, leading to some theories that he may have intentionally let the Mad Titan win.
Joe and Anthony Russo's MCU film set up the God of Thunder to be the presumed savior against Thanos. Aside from being one of the strongest heroes in the franchise at that point, he was also equipped with Stormbreaker — a magical ax forged by Eitri (Peter Dinklage). The weapon could splice through the power of all six Infinity Stones, which is an impressive feat. Even beforeAvengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok established his upgraded abilities, tapping into his inner strength and defeating Hela (Cate Blancett) even without Mjölnir. So, it's curious why the Mad Titan was able to easily beat him up during their first encounter.
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This has led to a theory from Reddit user u/ReeceInTheDarkness, who speculated that Thor deliberately lost to Thanos at the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War. It may sound ridiculous considering that his inability to fight resulted in the death of half of his people, including Heimdall (Idris Elba) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston), but there might be actually a good reason for this. If Thor decides to use the power of lightning onboard the Asgardian refugee ship to fight the villain and his minions, he may accidentally damage the ship, or worse, even kill his own people. So, he chose
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