00:00It took me seven years to realize this insane detail in Avengers.
00:03In the movie, we learn that to obtain the Soul Stone, you must sacrifice someone you love.
00:07Shortly afterward, we see Thanos use Gamora to pay that price and obtain the Stone.
00:11But if you stop to think about it, all of this is much deeper than it seems at first glance.
00:16It is safe to assume that Thanos already knew exactly what the cost of obtaining the Soul Stone would be.
00:20The problem is that he had no family or anyone he truly loved.
00:23So when he adopted Gamora, it is very likely that this was already part of a larger plan
00:28to ensure that, in the future, he would have someone to sacrifice when the time came.
00:32But Thanos did not stop with Gamora.
00:33He also adopted Nebula.
00:35And the strangest thing is that he constantly forced the two of them to fight,
00:38replacing parts of Nebula's body with cybernetic implants every time she lost.
00:41At first glance, this seems like simple cruelty.
00:43But what if everything had an even darker purpose?
00:45What if the goal was to make Nebula hate her own sister to the point of being willing to fight
00:49to the death, if necessary?
00:50This is where the most disturbing theory of all comes in.
00:52Over the years, Thanos may have developed a genuine love for Gamora
00:55to the point that he could not bear the idea of sacrificing her with his own hands.
00:59So he created a new plan.
01:00By adopting Nebula, Thanos ensures that Gamora has someone she deeply loves.
01:04The fights between them were never truly fair.
01:06Nebula's cybernetic enhancements, in practice, only made her more limited,
01:10ensuring that Gamora always won and strengthening that bond of guilt, affection, and protection between the two.
01:14In other words, when Thanos realizes that he would not be able to sacrifice Gamora himself,
01:19he literally gives her a sister.
01:20All for what?
01:21So that, in the end, Gamora would be forced to make the sacrifice for him.
01:24This transforms the entire relationship between the three of them into something even crueler,
01:28more calculating, and more disturbing than it already seemed.
