Hi There 😊

Nothing is just black or just white. Nothing is clear cut good or bad. There will always be degrees leaning on either side. And even then, it is from which angle you are looking from. After watching Avengers Infinity War, we walked out stupendous. Wait?! What??!¡ Didn't the hero and in this case the heroes always save the day??? Isn't that why we loved them? No matter how bad it gets, they will pull through. Almost a guarantee of sorts to make everything right again before the end of the movie.

I am not the biggest movie buff and so I couldn't remember details of all the previous movies. So as Kiddos and Daddio filled me in, Thanos was mentioned. And without really giving it much thought, I said, you know "Thanos, has some merit in what he was doing? He isn't All Bad!!

Needless to say, we started our own Infinity War of Words. Every one had something to say like I had betrayed the Avengers. But my point is Thanos was not good but neither was he bad. I was just saying, he had an idea on how to save the universe. It may not be popular but it made sense to him. And if you just took the intention it was good. So I refused to paint him a villain.

But he killed people. Because he thought he was saving the universe. But it is unfair. So is just "knowing" you can fix the impending end of the world but not do anything. He presented the idea and it got shot down. And his biggest fear came to pass. He didn't need to mess with other people's worlds. Because he believed the rest of the world was going to have the same fate. But he killed some good people along the way. The idea was not to discriminate and just go at random. Who's to say who's good and who's bad? But he destroyed so many people along the way. They were trying to stop him. And some got caught in the crossfire. But no one believed it was the way to go. Because it was not popular doesn’t make him wrong .

And then suddenly K quips it is how she feels about Light Yagami from Death Note. That his reason was noble, execution was lacking. Similar to Thanos. He had a clear goal on his new world where only the good would populate. Because of him there was 70% decrease in global crime. True he killed some innocents, but this was to keep his identity safe so he can continue his mission.

Of course K brought this up because when she said the same about Light when we were watching the anime, I disagreed. I had argued with her that he was egoistic and full of himself. He wanted to be God. But Thanos (at least in this movie because I can’t really remember the rest) seemed to be very focused on giving the world a fighting chance.

I am yet to be convinced Thanos is a Villain. Maybe there was another way without eliminating half of life. Maybe there was another way to save the world. But this is the solution he knew. I am not saying he is a hero but I Am saying he is NOT a Villain!

So, how do you feel? Do you really believe Thanos is a just evil? I don't, I believe he had an unpopular mission and he was “dead” set on achieving. It didn't fit in other people's idea of how it should be done. He needed to be cold and almost emotionally stunted to see it through. Kiddos wanted to know if I would do it and I don't know... probably not. That does not make me right.

Side Note: Some professions have these kinds of decisions to make like a Doctor or the Captain of a sinking ship...but this really is just a thought that popped up while I was writing this... it wasn’t part of my argument with the family.