correct me if iām wrong, but doctor strange doesnāt have the power to see the future, or even potential versions of it. this isnāt established by the mcu at all, and as far as i can tell, doesnāt have a basis in the comics. but you know what power doctor strange does have? the power to reset time in an infinite loop.Ā
doctor strange doesnāt look at every possible future and see that thereās only one way to beat thanos. doctor strange makes a time loop and lives throughĀ 14,000,605 different versions of time. the thing about the time stone, however, is that without it, strange canāt have a time loop, and therefore he canāt have ever lived through a time where he gives up the time stone.Ā
doctor strange lives through every single possible way the war could go without giving up the time stone. the only option left, the only thing strange hasnāt tried, is giving up the time stone. strange doesnāt know that this will work. he just knows its the only chance.
this explains why doctor strange changes so drastically in the movie. this explains why he gives up the time stone even though he said he would let tony and peter die first, this explains why he starts calling tony by his first name. this explains why he doesnāt just shoot peter quill so he wonāt ruin their chances of taking the gauntlet. the only option is for thanos to get the stone.
doctor strangeās last words arenāt that this was the only way. his last words areĀ āthere was no other way.ā he doesnāt know this will work. he just knows nothing else will.
Oh god.
