Soul Stone - Blog Posts

In the Marvel fandom we don’t say “I love you” we say “I’d push you off a cliff for the Soul Stone” and I think that’s beautiful

Natasha…

I wanna see negative effects of the Infinity Stones...hear me out...

The Power Stone obviously overpowers anyone of “a lesser strength,” whatever, I don’t care about wispy purple explosions...

And we all know what the Reality Stone does to a person, Jane Foster and her possibly getting cancer from it’s exposure to her body alone being exhibit numero uno...

I wanna see somebody take the Time Stone and be plagued with nightmares of atrocities throughout history. Past, present, future, shit that almost happened and the infinite possibilities that have yet to come to pass! The days, ways and exact moments down to the very second you or your loved ones are going to die and not being able to do anything about it! Just like the Ancient One in Doctor Strange! Be burderned with knowledge of time!

I wanna see someone snatch the Space Stone and accidentally make a black hole every time they get depressed or shift gravity around based on their mood- like floating off the ground every time they have a panic attack or being physically dragged down to the floor in a depressive episode. I want them to have dreams of neutron stars exploding or solar systems being born at the core of the Milky Way or any other galaxy.

With the Mind Stone, I want ya boy/girl to be cursed with the knowledge of other people’s thoughts. Good, bad, ugly and down right disgusting. You have somebody stalking you? You now have to hear everything they’re thinking about doing to you, but do you know where they are? Probably not. And if you think that’s bad, imagine never being allowed to forget a single detail of your entire life or the details within the memories of others. For example, your mother’s possible turmoil in debating whether or not she was going to keep you. Or your Dad contemplating whether or not he wanted to be a father or take his chances on the run. Or perhaps even a former babysitter who thought about killing you when you were little.

You wanna take a moment to get weird and think about the ramifications of the god damn Soul Stone...? Because I wish I hadn’t. Can you imagine being the only human in the world who could genuinely see ghosts? Who could likely control the Ghost Rider and maybe even cure his madness...? Being the only person in the history of the world to hold the power of life and death in your grasp? Having to see ghosts trailing behind their loved ones, trapped on the mortal plain with unfinished business and you can’t acknowledge them or you risk being haunted by a spirit begging you day and night to bring them back...? Or to take revenge on their behalf...? You would essentially be taking on the jobs of Charon, Hades, Thanatos and Cerberus all at the same time and that sounds like a particularly shit occupation, because let’s not forget about the Ghost Rider’s boss. The literal Devil himself who would more than likely try to murder you for the Soul Stone to get his revenge on the One Above All (who is God in the Marvel Universe) which would likely then bring on the apocalypse! The Biblical End of Days, because you gave Red Skull the finger and killed a loved one!

I really, really wish I hadn’t just spent the last four hours thinking about this, but I had to share or I was gonna scream...I’m not sorry...

I am thinking Thanos definitely didn’t know who Tony was because of the Soul Stone now, because it just hit me: Thanos had no idea Strange wasn’t alone when he first arrived on Titan. When Strange says “I think you’ll find our will equal to yours,” Thanos is like, “Our…????” and then KRAKOOM! Tony slams him. 

If the Soul Stone has passive abilities, like knowing who everyone is, then wouldn’t he have known immediately Strange wasn’t there alone? Furthermore, we never see the Soul Stone light up. The first time we do is when Thanos uses the gauntlet to find out which Strange is the real one after Strange splits into multiples.

If this is the case, then Thanos knew who Tony was before he ever arrived on Titan. Which means either: Thanos was spying on him (like @ruffaled theorized, sending an Outrider/Chitauri agent to pry his thoughts, or even doing recon on Earth for information about Stark, most likely in response to Tony blowing out his entire army) OR Thanos has had premonitions that Tony was out there – much like how Tony has had a feeling about Thanos (which then kind of says something about each other being one’s “destiny”).

It would be funny if Nebula knew about Thanos’s interest in Tony, especially if this has been happening for six years, which could lead to a conversation in the next film. Maybe Nebula tells Tony, “My father is obsessed with you,” which wouldn’t help his paranoia at all.