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LoveWaffle wrote: Or how Thanos knew the Time Stone was on Earth? I heard a theory that the Soul Stone gave Thanos "knowledge". Like we barely saw the Soul Stone do anything in the movie besides turn a lot of rocks on Titan into bats. But Red Skull as the guardian of the stone claimed to have been cursed with knowledge, so I think that's part of what the Soul Stone does in the MCU. The theory was the stone gave Thanos some insight into people's souls, so from him having that stone-onwards, he knew everyone he was facing. That's why he said he was cursed with knowledge when he was fighting Stark, and how he claimed to know him. He also called Spider-Man "insect" when he should not have known that was even his name. And he seemed surprised when fighting Cap but not too much so, as if he at that point read Cap's "soul" and was like "oh this is who you are, ok".

Also yeah wow if they make Red Skull the next big bad that'd be wild. He has cosmic-level knowledge, he'd be way more dangerous than before.