I'm not the only one though. [SPOILER - highlight to read]: I've seen a lot of people on different sites comment on how nerfed he seemed. In Endgame, Thor, IM and Captain America struggled to even land hits, despite fighting him 3-on-1. And in IW, when he didn't have his armor or sword, he was tanking attacks like getting smashed by buildings, rammed by space ships, sword slashes from Drax, Nebula, explosions and blasts etc. without real issue. Now, he's so weak that Proxima can KO him with an AOE attack that he isn't even the sole focus of.
And that's my point. Thanos was the Big Bad for the first few MCU phases and now he's been reduced to a borderline comic-relief sidekick and the plan that resulted in the death of Iron Man, Black Widow, numerous Asgardians etc. is treated like a joke.
Though I think they wanted to get the Thanos threat out of the picture because, depending on if they continue that story thread, they want to focus on Ego. Because let's be real. There was so much plot and ridiculous odds in the Guardians being able to beat him that he should be a far bigger threat than he came across as. I mean they just so happened to have another cosmic opponent who can keep him busy (Cosmic Star-Lord), someone to tell them exactly what his weakness was, where it was and to temporarily KO him (Mantis), the means to kill him (the uber explosives Rocket stole from their previous mission), and the right sized character to deliver the payload (Baby Groot). If they'd missed even one of those elements they probably would have failed and died.
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Oh he was certainly nerfed in this. I was shocked myself that 2 of his [SPOILER - highlight to read]: henchmen (from the main MCU) could beat him. Certainly didnt get that impression in the films [SPOILER - highlight to read]: sword or not. I mean he did stomp Hulk without his sword
But I suppose in this alternate reality he just may not be up to scratch combat wise. Although that seems strange given his physical shape and how long hes been a combatant.
I kind of see what you're saying, but as is the case with the comics, you can't compare alternate "What If..?" characters to their mainstream incarnations. They are, in essence, entirely different beings.
In the mainstream MCU, an adult T'Challa saw his father die right before his eyes and believed Bucky was the culprit, so he began seeking revenge... But by the end of the film, T'Challa realized the error of his ways, dropped his lust for revenge, and moved forward.
In this world/universe, however, that never happened. T'Challa was taken from earth as a child and apparently had a very good upbringing, wherein he devoted his life to the betterment of the galaxy/universe... And evidently did a damn good job.
Completely different character histories here.
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They laid it on so thick how much of a perfect hero he is compared to Peter Quill, I think they were trolling to some extent.
Btw, anyone else catch the Robin Hood joke. "Robin leech."
As in, the poor leeching off the rich? No way that word was random.
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TBF, if T'Challa were that inherently good, he'd had abdicated his throne and turned Wakanda into a democracy by the people; for the people. Kings are dictators.
But he's so ridiculously good in this story, what's one relatively benign character flaw?
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I don't know if he was really OP or if we just have lower expectations of him after his treatment in some of his more recent live action appearances. Because even before [SPOILER - highlight to read]: his solo show took a dump on him, Loki was useless in Infinity War as well and got killed like fodder. Even Cap and Spider-Man took more punishment and survived. Hell, Thanos even chokes Peter at one point during the Titan battle and doesn't cause a lasting injury, never mind breaking his neck like he did with Loki. The writers have just treated him really badly in recent times, so it's nice to see him at his best again. After all, this was someone who was a big bad himself at one point and the reason the Avengers were brought together.
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^ I mean absolutely stomping [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Ant-Man like that is pretty OP I think. That's the kind of strength we knew he had in the earlier films.
His [SPOILER - highlight to read]: illusions were also more like [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Mysterio actually causing serious issues to his opponent in a fight.
Probably the [SPOILER - highlight to read]: casket aided him in being even more OP though.
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