SPOILERS! Why was Tony Stark the only one willing to do what was necessary?

I get that. But Strange only saw what was possible in that reality. If another character (Hawkeye, Captain Marvel, etc) had been willing to do it, Strange would have seen that as another outcome. I'm just wondering why they didn't even attempt to use the stones and snap before Thanos got hold of it.

Captain Marvel doing it would have annoyed me, though, to be honest. She already seemed like a big plot device so having her do it would have been wrong. That's why I would never have had her get near the Gauntlet in the first place, because it does leave you wondering why she didn't just put the damn thing on and finish the job. A definite mistake on the writers part. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED, LOVED this movie. It's the reason why I'm running through it in my mind again and again. I just found this one part a little hard to understand. Someone should have at least mentioned the possibility of using the Gauntlet instead of just hiding it from Thanos.

1) Fair enough, but that's not my point. My point is, knowing Clint's personality, I don't think he would have cared about being vaporised in the moment. He would still have attempted to do it, I think. The only thing I can think of is he (and the others) were worried about putting the Gauntlet on and then being temporarily out of it for a bit (overwhelmed with power and stuff), allowing Thanos to swoop in. That's the best I can think of.

2) Yes, I know, but I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about before Thanos got his hands on it and they were still playing pass the Gauntlet.

3) Definitely. It's the only reason he could remain stoic enough to deliver his epic last line. I loved that part so no complaints from me here. I also think it makes sense that his suit was protecting him.

Rhodes and Lang literally suggest that exact thing

Banner shuts them down, because "Back to the Future is BS"

Changing the past creates an alternate timeline, but cannot change the time traveler's own timeline.

In a sense, they're traveling sideways in time, not backwards.

I suppose the time traveler could continue to live in the alternate timeline, but where's the satisfaction in that, knowing everyone's still screwed in the timeline you left?

That's why old Steve Rogers returned to his own time after having lived out a normal life with (we presume) Peggy.

As Rhodey himself suggested... why not just go back in time and eliminate Baby Thanos? XXDD


He had a solid plan. But like Banner said, it doesn’t work that way.

That was a good idea but you go back and kill Thanos before he gets the stones and you accomplish nothing because without Thanos you can't free the ones who he killed. You're just gonna return to a point in time where Thanos doesn't exist and neither do the superheros who he "killed".

Jesus christ what the hell did i just read.

the loop would not have worked on thanos... dormammu is an entity beyond time ( that is he is not affected by time) so he knew he was in a time loop thanos is affected by time so resetting time will also reset him and his memory so he will not remember he had already performed a certain action before and will continue doing it even if time is reset a billion times

I suppose that's probably right. I just don't get why the plan wasn't to use the stones rather than get rid of them, you know what I mean? Why wasn't the plan for someone strong (Thor, Hulk, Captain Marvel) to use the Gauntlet and kill Thanos? I don't think the Avengers would have won without it, anyway. On paper they should have, but not from what we were seeing on screen.