What If…?
Warning ! This article hold in freebooter for What If season 2 , episode 1 , " What If … Nebula Joined The Nova Corps ? "
Summary
Until his expiry inAvengers : Endgame , Thanos was limn as the ultimate , unstoppable baddie , especially once he secure all six Infinity Stones , butWhat If … ?season 2 has reveal yet another way the Mad Titan could have been defeated by just one Stone . Long before Thanos used the power of all six Infinity Stones to tear away half the world , he was feared across the galaxy , known for ordain terrible genocides at unnumbered planets , all in the name of “ restore balance . ” Other villains who recognized how deucedly powerful Thanos was offered him their loyalty with the hopes of his victory would help them satisfy their own villainous spare-time activity .
In theMCU ’s master timeline , Thanos was shown to be too powerful for the Avengers to defeat without the power of all six Infinity Stones , allowing him to succeed in his plan to photograph by one-half of all spirit in the existence . Multiple heroes combat the Mad Titan at once while possess some of the Stones in their self-will and still failed to vote down him . It was only after Thanos was weakened by his own utilisation of the Stones that Thor was capable to kill him . What If … ?season 2 has let on that this seemingly unstoppable villain was in reality defeated by a surprising betrayer with the major power of one Stone .
Here ’s everything Marvel has disclose about What If … ? time of year 2 , which was confirmed even before the season 1 premiere of the animated show .
What If Season 2 Reveals Ronan With The Power Stone Could Have Beaten Thanos
In the first episode ofWhat If … ?season 2,Ronan the Accuser use the Power Stone to stag Thanos . Ronan was a Kree radical who worked under Thanos and ravenously essay his own power , and Thanos task him with securing the Power Stone . In the master MCU timeline , Ronan ’s insatiable desire for power and retaliation lead him to adjudicate to acquire the Stone for his personal profit . Ronan does imbue the gemstone into his power hammer but never direct face up Thanos . While this does retard Thanos ’ plans , Thanos at last emerge successful , making Ronan a moderately lackluster baddie .
InWhat If … ?season 2 , however , not only is Ronan capable to secure the Power Stone , he expend it to pop Thanos and discontinue his quest totally . In this reality , Ronan becomes such a potent threat that he forces the Nova Corps to enclose its planet Xandar in an impenetrable shield to escape his advances . This variance of Ronan makes him seem more threatening in hindsight , as it intimate that , had the Guardians not intervene and down Ronan , he could have been the first type to succeed in killing Thanos , with just one Stone no less .
What If Season 2 Continues A Strange Thanos Trend
While Ronan ’s licking of Thanos was surprising , he actually continues an interestingWhat If … ?trend of villain who were vote out in the MCU ’s master timeline succeeding and kill Thanos in theWhat If … ?multiverse . time of year 1 , episode 8 asks , “ What If … Ultron Won?”and in that reality , Ultron uses only the power of the Mind Stone to slice up Thanos in one-half as soon as he come on Earth . The relief with which Ultron kills Thanoswas jarring when it first premier , as Thanos still had a report of being near impossible to bolt down , butWhat If … ?season 2 has revealed how even the most improbable characters could have stopped him .
