Starlin's answer means that Thanos didn't really have to snap to activate Infinity Stones as they react to the wielder's mental commands, but for the purpose of storytelling, he wanted a visual representation of what he's doing with the crystals.

Did Thanos really need to snap his fingers?

Our results suggest that Thanos could not have snapped because of his metal armored fingers,” Raghav Acharya, one of the authors of the study, said in the release. "So, it's probably the Hollywood special effects, rather than actual physics, at play!

What is the real reason Thanos snapped?

Growing up Thanos saw disease, war and famine destroy his world apart. The problem over population and not enough food, medicine and other essentials to survive. He saw this happening all through the universe. He rationalized the only way to stop it is to reduce the entire population of every single planet by half.

Was anyone immune to Thanos snap?

Thanos wasn't a would-be god who sacrificed trillions for the sake of love, he was a cosmic villain who killed all those life forms for no other reason than because he could, and he wanted Uatu to watch. And it was for this dark reason that Thanos made the Watcher immune to his Infinity Snap.

Did Thanos need all the stones to snap?

After obtaining all six Infinity Stones, Thanos snaps his fingers in the Gauntlet and erases half of all life in the universe. In Endgame, the Gauntlet is revealed to be burnt and permanently bound to Thanos' swollen arm. After Thor kills Thanos, the charred damaged Gauntlet is left abandoned on the Garden planet.

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Does Thanos regret the snap?

Thanos eventually realizes that all the trouble he went for in the snap: Killing Gamora, Killing Asgard's population, and ruining lives, have been for nothing. Thanos commits to finding a solution to reverse the snap. He starts to repair the gauntlet and confronts the Avengers.

Why didn t Thanos snap everyone?

His calmer nature as he progressed through Infinity War, as well as seeing him continue to fight the Avengers rather than just snuff them out with a snap of his fingers makes more sense when you understand that it was almost seen as something beneath him, or at least not something that was high on his list.

Would Deadpool survive Thanos snap?

Deadpool survived the Infinity War snap because he wasn't technically in the Marvel Cinematic Universe at the time.

Can Hulk survive Thanos snap?

The Time Heist in Avengers: Endgame allowed the surviving heroes to get the Infinity Stones and with the help of a Nano Gauntlet developed by Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and Rocket Raccoon, Smart Hulk undid Thanos' snap.

Who is to blame for the snap?

Summary. Captain America's decision to spare Vision in Infinity War ultimately led to the Snap and the destruction of half the universe.

What did Hulk see when he snapped?

The Hulk saw an alternate reality when he snapped his fingers: In the first vision, the Hulk saw the Russo brothers logically following the battle arena theme from Ragnarock into Infinity War and Endgame.

What did Hulk's Snap do?

As they fit the Stones into a Nano Gauntlet, it was decided that Hulk would be the one to wield it. Despite the great difficulty of wielding the Infinity Stones' raw power, Banner was able to snap his fingers and ultimately resurrect the victims of the Snap.

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Did Thanos snap affect the universe?

The Blip began in 2018 when Thanos, wielding all six Infinity Stones in the Infinity Gauntlet, exterminated half of all living things in the universe, chosen at random, with the snap of his fingers.

What happened to Thanos after he snapped?

So what happened when Thanos obtained all the Infinity Stones and snapped his fingers in “Avengers: Infinity War?” At the end of the film, Thanos is seen with a young Gamora in an orange dreamlike world after he snaps his fingers, “killing” half of the universe's living beings.

Who stopped Thanos from snapping his fingers?

In the battle between Avengers and Thanos, Thanos is doing absolutely everything in his power to get the gauntlet and snap again. He was so incredibly close, hell he already connected the two fingers half-second before Captain Marvel stopped him from snapping.

Was Hulk really afraid of Thanos?

Hulk may have taken a beating in Avengers: Infinity War, but his absence from the rest of the movie was NOT out of "fear" of Thanos, as many fans assumed. That's according to the film's director, who says Hulk's reasoning means far bigger things for his role in the MCU going forward.

Could Tony have survived the snap?

Would Tony Stark have been able to snap the gauntlet and survive if his suit had been made entirely of vibranium/uru? No. He had to be connected to the stones in order to use them and that connection would kill him if he used them all at once.

Can Wolverine survive Thanos snap?

Asked recently by IGN which of the X-Men they'd have allowed Thanos to dust, Joe Russo gave a funny, yet well thought-out answer: He'd let Thanos snap everyone but Wolverine.

Why did Thanos hate Deadpool?

Thanos is angered by (what he perceives to be) his lover being with somebody else. It's petty jealousy and an inability on Thanos' part to realise that he is not the person who makes Death happy. Deadpool slept with the one person Thanos thinks could truely love him, DEATH.

Why did Thanos make Deadpool immortal?

Months later, T-Ray, now an agent of Thanos resurrects Deadpool, who has been killed in a fight with Weapon X, using an artifact Thanos gave him to create many copies of Deadpool. Thanos is jealous of Deadpool's relationship with Death and T-Ray is to "curse him with immortality" so that he may never see Death again.

Why didn't Thanos just erase the Avengers?

"The plan of getting all the Infinity Stones is putting [Thanos] in the position of being so powerful that he is sort of calmer, more single-minded, and more reasonable. He is not necessarily worried about killing the heroes. As long as he ends up with the stones, he can accomplish what he wants to."

Who can survive Thanos snap?

Note that all the members of the original Avengers team — Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye — survived Thanos' attack.