[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

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That's the problem when you have a Thanos in your universe, narratively. He's probably more powerful than Ultron when they're both stone-less (Hulk pounded Ultron, and Thanos pounded Hulk), and now he has more stones. There's just no chance Ultron zaps him that easily, or defeats him at all. But you have to have a story, so it has to happen.

The Black Panther "What If" was also similarly difficult with Thanos. It's not impossible to believe that he and T'Challa could come to an understanding, but if they're both in a gang together, then Thanos is absolutely the maestro and QB of the team, not the other way around. But you have to have the story happen, so it has to happen that way.

I actually didn’t mind this. Thanos clearly enjoyed playing with his food and the stones haven’t been shown to have any passive effects for the user. I don’t find it outside the realm of possibility that this version of Ultron would just go straight for the nuke option right off the bat and catch Thanos off guard.