darthgoober
Senior Member
Ok look, time IS an aspect of reality. The five primary Infinity Gems, each represent one of realities basic building blocks(Mind, Soul, Time, Space, Power). Now those five gems give the user limited control over one particular aspect, but not COMPLETE control. In order to have complete control, the user HAS to have access to the reality gem also. For instance, someone with the space gem is able to teleport to another location, right? However, by using the space gem WITH the reality gem, the user could bring the desired location to him, by altering the reality of the locations place in space.
Here everyone take a look at something, this is from the Infinity War when the Magus and Warlock are battling over an incomplete Infinity Gauntlet...
See, when they start trying to mess with the fundamental forces of the universe without the reality gem to properly manage them, it causes a breach in the fabric of reality. And by the same token...
When the Reality Gem is used without the other five gems to focus it, there's another case of a reality rift. Warlock even comments that Thanos would know better than to use the Reality Gem, with out the others to control it.
See, think of the primary gems as the things that actually MAKE the changes, and the Reality Gem cements them into place. NONE of the primary gems give absolute control over their respective aspects, without the Reality Gem to seal the deal. And the Reality Gem doesn't give absolute control over it's aspect, without the other gems to focus the changes. Basically, a complete Infinity Gauntlet is simply absolute control over reality, and all its facets.
Also, when Warlock went inside of the second rift in reality, take a look at what he experienced...
See, he was experiencing distortions in aspects of reality that are controlled by the other gems. The one with the skeletons is a distortion in time.
So what does all this mean? Well someone with ABSOLUTE control control over reality DOES have control over time. So in a battle between being that have complete control over time and reality, reality wins, because time is simply a facet of reality, that allow for events to proceed in a linear fashion.