Thanos is one of the most interesting characters in the Marvel cinematic universe. His quest to know himself lead him to his love with death. He uses the infinity gems to create the Infinity Gauntlet, making himself omnipotent erasing ‘half’ the living things in the universe to prove his love of death.
He is not a typical movie villain who wants to rule the masses with power to satisfy his ego. He is also not a devil who wants complete destruction of the whole life from the universe. All he wants is to ensure the survival of living beings by eradicating half of them to maintain the balance of nature.
He can’t be called a devil as he has no hatred for anyone, not even for the superheroes who came to stop him from his mission. This supervillain even respects the knowledge and power of the heroes who even with their combined powers are just like ‘milk fed babies’ before him during the fight.
One can’t love this super villain as he is against humanity and one can’t hate him because he is doing it all in favor of humanity. And that is the most interesting thing that makes him the most strange and confusing in the human history of characters.
In real life to solve a ‘life problem’ there are two ways
Either find a solution to the problem by addressing the problem
Or
Get rid of the problem by eradicating the problem
Thanos love for death leads his wisdom to select the second option. For Thanos in order for Life to thrive Death is necessary. For Thanos, his decision is based on a simple calculus. The Universe is finite and hence it’s resources are finite and if life is left unchecked, it will cease to exist. Hence, he started a mission to create a perfectly balanced universe.
Given a choice to solve a life problem what you will do?