In the most well-known Thanos comics arc, the character is actually driven by love.
What he feared most happened, and the planet and everybody on it basically went extinct.
He vowed not to let that happen again.
He thinks he sees the universe going down the tubes.
He thinks he sees life expanding outward unchecked.
That will bring ruin, he believes, to the universe and to that life.
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Thanos thinks that if he kills half of all life in the universe, hell restore balance.
Basically if Thanos gets all six Infinity Stones, hell be unstoppable.
Were using a bit of a 90s heist genre component.
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Thanos is on a smash-and-grab, and everybodys trying to catch up the whole movie.
Avengers: Infinity Waropens in theaters on April 27th.
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