TricksterPriest
Renegade Timelord
Originally posted by quanchi112
The new gods souls powerup doesnt exist either. His chances of gaining the godwave also were mucked up. Ares beat him to the punch. He outschemed Darkseid. NO ONE OUTSCHEMES A MOTIVATED THANOS.Thanos still put himself in a position to get his hands on it. It most certainly counts. Only Thanos could handle this awesome power and fix these flaws.
Darkseid isnt as good as Thanos. He gets outschemed and screws up all the time. Thanos accomplishes his goals while Darkseid doesnt. Thats the difference.
New gods powerup does exist. It's easily within his ability to recreate. Godwave, well, that one is out. But in case you didn't notice, Ares beat him to the punch, but Darkseid was prepared for that regardless. He still managed to trap Ares with his tech, despite universal power backing Ares.
"NO ONE OUTSCHEMES A MOTIVATED THANOS." Adam Warlock, God, Captain Mar-Vel, Mephisto briefly, Fantastic 4, Mistress Death, and if you count his interference in Annihilation, Drax.
Thanos was hand-picked by god. Yes, he was good enough to figure it out, but only after he gained it did he realize it was a poison pill.
Thanos accomplishes his goals? Then why isn't he still ruler of the universe, wielder of the infinity gauntlet, etc? Because like almost every other villain, Thanos too fails. the big problem is, Thanos causes his own downfall. He has a massive failure/inferiority complex which has cost him ultimate power no less than 3 times.
Darkseid may lose, but at least he doesn't lose because of an innate weakness or personality failing. 🙄
Thanos's biggest problem is ironically what you call his strength. Starlin. The man is a hack writer, and it hurts Thanos's character. See, Starlin can write some people well, perhaps even brilliantly. But he has a noted tendency to do so at the expense of others. Making his creations look better by comparison, he dumbs down the opposition. Which is why he's inferior to truly great writers like Ellis, Morrison, Johns, Ostrander and Simone.
it is entirely possible to make a villain look great, while still respecting and acknowledging the hero's abilities and character. And in that, is Starlin's failing. He's unoriginal, repetative, and appears to have a genuine lack of writing talent. 😄