Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-60.240.118.7-20150105090527/@comment-71.104.252.230-20150511041618

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, as I read most but not all of the comments, but what if it spelling out Thanos isn't hinting to what contains the gems, but where the gems end up before thanos has to go and get them, what I mean is this:

T:Tanaleer (the collectors real name)

H: Head (of Vision)

A: Asgard

N: Nova

O: ??? (Not sure what this one could be)

S: ??? (Could be Strange or Sanctum, both in reference to Doctor Strange)

Also, just putting my opinions out there (probably wrong but whatever) but I feel as though the aether is the power gem (as it is a source of energy that seeks power, and as the comics state can be all power that ever has existed, ever currently exists, and ever will exist, and "eats" the power from the 9 realms to become even more powerful, and can only be wielded by someone with a lot of power, among other things)

while the orb gem to me seems to be reality (as stated in the comics it can make any wish a reality, even if it breaks scientific laws, and destroying a planet using "magic" kinda breaks scientific laws, it also ties in to what's said in guardians about it, it having power that disintegrates most who touch it, they are in a sense wishing for power, so the gem is granting them power but it's more power than the body can handle so they explode or disintegrate or whatever, star Lord, besides his alien DNA helping him out a bit, was likely silently wishing to be able to hold it and not disintegrate. Another possibility is that it disintegrates those that use it's reality warping for evil, but doesn't for those who use it's reality warping for good).

I know that James Gunn said on Twitter that the orb had the power stone, but unfortunately in the age of the internet you can put basically anything you want on Twitter, whether it be true or not, he also later stated that he has never lied to the fans, which in a sense is true, however he may just be saying that because marvel is asking him to (note that I did leave a possibility for him to be telling the truth) to get us off the scent of there true plan (they could have changed it too in the meantime). Marvel themselves, to my knowledge, hasn't actually confirmed any of what the gems are aside from the tesseract being space (feige confirmed in an interview), and the scepter being mind (which, contrary to popular belief was first confirmed in age of ultron, not before), we know that we have seen the reality and power gems based on what we have seen them do (haven't seen any time warping really or any soul taking, so it's safe to assume we have yet to see those 2), we just don't know for certain which one is which though.

As for the missing 2 gems, I have a few theories, the soul gem is most likely to be in either doctor strange or guardians 2 (assuming Adam Warlock is in guardians 2) likely contained in the orb (or eye, although I think the eye is in asgard) of agamotto, or likely in the possession of a cosmic entity or the church that Adam Warlock is a part of.

The time gem is most likely to appear in either Thor ragnarok or infinity war part 2, possibly a norn stone, possibly someone, something, or somewhere in niffleheim (or one of the other 9 realms potentially), it would be used to revert the effects of ragnarok in thor or to bring back the dead heroes (quicksilver, likely cap, and likely thor, maybe a couple other people) in infinity war.

Also for those asking how the aether can be a container, both the goop and the pocket dimension its found in are likely the aether (as the aether is like a void or place of nothingness in i believe alchemy or something like that), which technically means that the aether is contained within the aether.