‘Avengers: Endgame’ Theory Reveals Why Doctor Strange Sacrificed The Time Stone

A new theory reveals why Doctor Strange had to surrender the time stone to Thanos in order to influence events that we’ll see in Avengers: Endgame.

At the end of Avengers: Infinity War, Tony Stark, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man and some of the Guardians of the Galaxy are battling it out with Thanos on Titan. After Iron Man loses his one-on-one match with Thanos, Doctor Strange surrenders the time stone to the Mad Titan in order to save Tony Stark from certain death. Audiences would have certainly been shocked after seeing this because sometime before, Strange told Stark that he would never let go of the time stone, even over his dead body.

What changed in Strange’s mind for him to surrender the time stone for Stark’s life? Well, it may have something to do with what Strange saw while scouting the future in a scene before the battle against Thanos. He saw 14.000.605 futures in which they only won in one of those. Fans have been speculating that Tony Stark will feature heavily on this scenario where the Avengers ultimately defeat Thanos since Strange surrendered the infinity stone for his life. That’s why a theory involving these events appeared on Reddit trying to explain the masterplan on Stephen Strange’s mind:

“We’re in the endgame now.”

At the end of Infinity War, Stephen Strange traded arguably the most important piece in the game, the Time Stone, for a single man, Tony Stark. The question is, why?

My theory is that Strange realized the Snap was a one-time-only event, one which Thanos, even with the full compliment of the Infinity Stones, could never replicate.

First, the Snap damaged the Infinity Gauntlet. While it’s still a powerful weapon, in its current state it can probably not be used to perform the Snap a second time.

Second, Thanos himself destroyed any hope of creating a second Infinity Gauntlet. When Thanos mutilated Eitri’s hands, he destroyed the only craftsman capable of harnessing the true might of the Infinity Stones.

Together, these facts mean that if the Decimation can be reversed, Thanos will be well and truly thwarted.

The only issue is that Thanos could, at least in theory, use the Time Stone itself to repair the Gauntlet or Eitri’s hands. My best answer to this is that Strange foresaw that the assembled might of the Avengers would be enough to wrest the Gauntlet from Thanos before he was able to do so, though it is also possible that reversing the damage to the Gauntlet would also reverse what caused the damage, again thwarting Thanos’ plans.

Bonus theory: in a chess endgame, one of the priorities is promoting a pawn, turning it into a more powerful piece. I suspect Ant-Man of being that pawn. He’s had relatively little impact on the MCU to date, but we know he shows up at Avenger’s headquarters. My guess is that the quantum technology he has access to will be used to open a portal to the Soul Realm and “reclaim the captured pieces,” so to speak.

This would also explain why Strange sacrificed himself in order to save Stark: Stark has the kind of intelligence necessary to adapt PymTech to access the Soul Realm, while Strange, as smart as he is, lacks those kinds of skills.

Do you agree with this theory? What do you think Doctor Strange’s masterplan will be? Sound off in the comment section down below!

Avengers: Endgame will serve as both a follow up to Avengers: Infinity War as well as the conclusion to the 22 films that came before it before Marvel kicks off Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Spider-Man: Far From Home in July.

Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, the film is expected to star Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Brie Larson, Josh Brolin and Chris Pratt.

A culmination of 22 interconnected films the fourth installment of the Avengers saga will draw audiences to witness the turning point of this epic journey. Our beloved heroes will truly understand how fragile this reality is and the sacrifices that must be made to uphold it.

Avengers: Endgame is scheduled to be released in theaters on April 26, 2019. Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we learn it.

Source: Reddit