Originally posted by deathslash
we don't know if thanos mind controlled them into giving him the cube and then killed them, if the universe collapsing and their link to the many angled ones being severed caused them to spontaneously die or if they killed each other. Hell, for all we know, squirrel girl came out, kicked their asses and then left. It was almost all off panel, so we don't know how thanos won.
If he mind controlled them into killing each other, why didn't he do that to Star Lord before the Revengers ever show up? Why didn't he do it to any of them (Nova, Star Lord, or Drax)? Why did he have to rip his way through the evil Pym's hand instead of doing just that? Why allow himself to go through any of the above if he was going to do that all along? There was a battle that was of such a magnitude that it did not allow Drax to see what was going on. Cancerverse Captain America said that he was going to enjoy this. Did he enjoy giving the CCU to the guy that he hated, or did he attempt to destroy him with it?
I'll go with Thanos actually kicking the mess out of them. After all, the first time that Thanos met Lord Mar-Vell, he toyed with him like a grown man would toy with a 4 yr old. He was the most powerful member of his group by far, if we take his feat of killing the Magus with ease as evidence of his might, or how he dealt with some pretty powerful heroes. Logic dictates that if Thanos could toy with the most powerful member of the group, he shouldn't have much trouble killing its weaker members.
When people debate the way that you are attempting to, it irks me, but not because I know what kind of BS that their trying to put out, but because they somehow got it into their heads that they are dealing with idiots. This shows a certain lack of respect. I've always thought that it's best to come correct, or not at all.