Originally posted by quanchi112
Defeat or beat into submission yes. He wasn't trying to kill him they went there for his aid in curing Thor if you recall.
So you're arguing that Thanos was trying to defeat him but wasn't trying to kill him so he was holding back? But here's the thing....Thanos barely hurt him. Odin showed little to no damage at the end of the fight. I find it more likely Thanos went all out and couldn't hurt Odin rather than he miscalculated Odin's power and went too easy on him. Odin is pretty much a known quantity.
And I also think that Odin didn't intend to kill Thanos either as he A. allowed him to stand at the and end of the battle and B. Gave him a chance to surrender.
He wanted to beat him into submission as soon as possible. It's like saying why did windu take all those jedi with him when trying to abduct sidious....windu still later defeated him.
Okay, good point.