Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-1031724-20161029080114/@comment-1031724-20161110054530

I never said Thanos was a one-shot, even if he dies in Infinity War (heaven allow). I was saying, Thanos is the villain they'll keep around forever, which apparently people wanted because they were disappointed with the one-shots. I officially counted him as the "higher up" or "bigger bad" (sounds more professional than "guy behind the guy", right?) of The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. (Also how was he involved with Ultron? He did appear in the postcredits scene, but only after Ultron died)

Yes, Thanos is a threat, but who's to say he's even going to lose? This isn't My Little Pony, remember, and Phase 3 is taking a darker turn. Doctor Strange had all the feel of the other Marvel Movies, including some comedy, but Civil War was darker, though Spiderman did lighten it up a little.

And if the Infinity Stones are destroyed - but wasn't it said they couldn't be in Thor the Dark World? - that would eliminate Thanos's greatest threat, though it'd be like cutting Vegeta's tail off still.

And isn't Dormammu also too dangerous to let live? Except Strange did get him to back down, and he's cut off from Earth again, where Thanos isn't, he could have sought them out himself, he just didn't prefer to until after the Ronan thing

To the Phase 3 villains, counting Kaecilius as alive, that's two in a row. Aside from Abomination and Hammer (in which Hammer was in the same film as Vanko), they've never done that before. Plus, Phase 1 had an balanced number of deaths and survivals (Obi, Vanko, and presumably Red Skull died while Abomination, Hammer, and Loki lived), Phase 2 killed all its main villains (aside from Thanos), so maybe Phase 3 is the one that lets them all live, especially since fans are getting tired of the deaths. If any of the villains between Doctor Strange and Infinity War die, I'll admit my theory was wrong and view Kaecilius as dead, but I won't believe Thanos will die unless he does.

Realistic predictions aside, however, there's nothing I'd like more than for Thanos to be destroyed in Infinity War and Dormammu to take his place, coz Dormammu looked kinda cool