feynites:

I have no idea why Loki and Gamora, who actually know Thanos, both seem to think stabbing him would be a viable approach to assassinating him. I mean we see him beat Hulk in a fist fight, and weapons tend to break on Hulk, so. Seems logical to assume that the same is true of Thanos.

But let’s assume that Loki and Gamora also know something we don’t. Which is fair, if anyone would, it’d be Gamora especially. Thor’s axe is a magic, special weapon, but it does also slice into Thanos pretty damn good. So let’s say that Thanos is very resilient to blunt weapon attacks but actually has very low defense against slashing. That would also explain why he tends to wear armour a lot.

You could cut his head off. Split his skull. He mentions this to Thor.

But you could also cut his arm off.

The gauntlet doesn’t go all the way up. And honestly that just seems like a really obvious thing to attempt? I mean even if I didn’t know anything else about him apart from him having a scary-powerful magic glove, my first thought would be to cut off his arm.

And I find it difficult to believe that Thor, even in the midst of wanting to draw out Thanos’ death for revenge, wouldn’t have the same damn idea. We have seen Thor work to separate godly-powerful enemies from their weapons before. If he’s in a sadistic mood, do you know where I expect that axe to land?

Right on Thanos’ shoulder.

Can’t snap if you don’t have your arm anymore, motherfucker.