Hey, Brother! Query, How much mitten could an infinity mitten mitten if an infinity mitten could mitten?
Actually, no I think you're right. That doesn't really make sense. Mittens have more of like the -  ONE big thing on top.
This has like five fingers, so --
But what I really mean is, which infinity stone do you think is the most powerful?
TODAY, we find out!
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But speaking of smashing, let's head back to today's topic: infinity stones
What we know of the completed infinity gauntlet is basically the "I am God" weapon, so, we can just, take that off
My question is if any particular stone is the most powerful
and if so, does that have any implications on the plot?
The FULL history of any given stone is not totally known
but we do get a couple of explanations throughout the MCU
First, in Guardians of the Galaxy, from the collector
C: And the remnants of these systems were forged into concentrated ingots
J: And then again from Wong in Infinity War
W: These Infinity stones each control an essential aspect of existence
J: But basically, they tell us the same thing
and from the description, it would sound like each stone is created equally
They each control a certain aspect of life. Each of them is insanely powerful
and each of them, minus the soul stone, has had an entire movie based around them
and yet, if you ask me, there is still a pretty clear winner as to which one is the most powerful
but, just to be safe, let's run down the list
First, let's talk about the space stone.
It is first introduced to us in Captain America: the First Avenger, where Red Skull is using it to create weapons in WWII
And while that seems like the main function of it in Captain America,
in the rest of its appearances, it's mostly used to transport stuff from point A to point B
Or, y'know, to open portals for invading armies to arrive through
It also seems to have a certain amount of sentience to it
Erik Selvig refers to it as a she
and the space stone itself decides that Red Skull is not worthy of using it
and decides to banish him to Vormir
Once Thanos has the stone, however, we see him use it to its full capabilities
like, obviously, he still uses it to teleport a lot, but he also uses it as kind of mitten-based telekinesis
stomping, moving, crushing, and phasing objects at will
While it might not seem that dangerous, Black Widow does say it could destroy a planet
BW: It has the potential energy to wipe out a planet
It MILDLY impresses Hela, which I think is saying a lot
H: That's not bad
And they use it to repair the Bifrost, which may seem like a throwaway line
but in fairness, it does seem to have the same power as the Bifrost, so it does add up
and ALL of those things make it seem exceptionally powerful
But speaking of power, let's move on to the power stone. -- Hey, we match!
You might think that because we're trying to determine the most POWERFUL infinity stone, that the
POWER STONE would be the obvious choice, and, indeed
it is quite powerful. And yet, we haven't really seen it do that much
Throughout most of Guardians of the Galaxy, we see Ronan TRY to use the power stone to destroy Xandar
which he could have accomplished by simply touching it to the surface of the planet
Although, I don't know how much it says about its power that it was defeated by -- Dance Off
PQ: I'm distracting you, you big turd blossom
J: When the Collector is explaining the stones to the Guardians, we also see some giant celestial guy use a powerstone-powered staff to destroy an entire planet
Which, by the way, just saying, can't help but notice how Galactus-y that staff happens to look and how he normally dresses in purple
and how that guy destroyed a planet and how we're totally gonna need a different giant villain soon for the MCU, but whatever, just saying
but when it comes to the power stone, destroying stuff seems to be pretty much all it does, and not even that well sometimes
I mean look at this blast from the power stone at Iron Man. He's able to stop it with a shield he made himself, and not even out of vibranium
And you might think, "oh, well that's because he wasn't trying to kill him in that moment," but, like, uh, one minute later, he lights up the whole freaking gauntlet and is definitely trying to kill him, so --
Yes, I do think he was trying to kill him
And, even though the power stone couldn't rip through a non-vibranium shield, Thanos, by himself, was able to rip through vibranium on Earth, not like five minutes later
I mean, I guess you could argue that he's able to do that simply because he IS, in fact, holding the power stone,
but, I don't know, it's not made clear, if that's the case
In conclusion, good at blowing stuff up, but most powerful? I don't think so.
Moving on to the more confusing stones, let's talk about reality.
Now, understandably, you might not even remember the movie this first debuted in.
It's called, um, hold on: "Thor: Dark World?"
T: Uhh, what?
J: It's the one where they realized that Thor's like 14,000,605 times more entertaining when he's funny and not super serious
T: He's a friend from work
J: What's happening in Dark World, though, is that some Dark Elves are trying to cast the universe into darkness during Convergence using the reality stone
which they're only aware of because Thor's girlfriend happens to accidentally open a portal to its secret hiding place just before Convergence happens
Like, that's the actual plot
In any case, though, the movie does establish that the reality stone
is powerful enough to affect the universe on a -- universe-wide scale
but how it actually works is kinda confusing
well, not this. This just has a spring. 
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Once Thanos has the stone, he is really good at using it
and he makes all these awesome, fake illusions, and weird realities, and can transmute matter into whatever he wants, although mostly bubbles
What's odd though is what's permanent and what isn't because the Dark Elves seemed confident that the universe will be permanently cast in darkness
but, whenever Thanos leaves a place, it seems like whatever changes he made sort of reverse themselves
Except while he's there whatever he's changed has literally changed?
Like he changes the blast into actual bubbles, and that blast never materializes
but after he leaves, Drax and Mantis, who just went through the apple-peeler, core-slicer seem to recombobulate no problem
Best series of words I've ever said in a row, ever
I guess, if he wanted to, it seems like Thanos could permanently activate the reality stone
and force you to live in his version of things, and you could actually interact with the stuff
and there would be consequences for your actions
but it also seems like if you ever turned it off,
the ACTUAL reality would still be revealed underneath, so
Speaking of undoing things, though, let's talk about the time stone
which is basically just a big undo button on life. I mean, just, Ctrl + Z, for any little *plastic drop on floor sound* *mystical sound with voice reversed*
Ctrl+Z for any little mistake you ever make
It allows you to see the past, or the future, or multiple outcomes of things, or, y'know, trap a dark being in an endless time loop
Dr. S: Dormammu, I've come to bargain
J: Which, by the way, can we all just agree that they totally wrote themselves into a corner there
like, why can't Dr. Strange just trap Thanos in a time loop
Ah, because it's not "the only way"
See what they did there? The reason they couldn't use the time stone is because they used the time stone, and the time stone said, "That's not the only way, so we can't do it that way, sorry."
I don't know. Personally, if you ask me, I'm HARD PRESSED not call the time stone the most powerful one, BUT
we still have two to go, so let's see
First is the soul stone, which is undeniably the one we know the least about
which also means that also still has the greatest amount of potential
At the very least, though, we can say this: every time we're introduced into a different infinity stone, it is contained within something
whether that's an orb, or a cube, or a cube again, or a scepter, or an eye, but
when it comes to the soul stone, I guess it's encased in a planet? protected by a sacrifice? Like oof, that's pretty big!
We've also theorized that Thanos is able to survive the snap because of the soul stone
And then he even takes a trip inside of it afterwards
and like, not for nothing, but, dying and coming back to life -- pretty freaking powerful
I mean that's the basis of y'know, some RELIGIONS
It's also possible that all of the dead snap victims are being held inside of the soul stone
and that it will be the key to reversing everything, so who knows?
maybe it actually IS the most powerful, but right now, that's just theory
Until then, my money is on the mind stone.
I mean, look how big it is, right?
Do I need to say more? I will.
I mean as far as I'm concerned, this isn't even close
The mind stone is high-and-away responsible for most amount of damage across the MCU
It definitely gets the most screen time, and let me just say again: it's the biggest one!
Seriously though, you could almost call this entire era of the MCU "The Mind Stone Saga"
In Avengers 1, although we don't know the full history of it, Thanos already has the mind stone, and he gives it to Loki to go retrieve the space stone for him
And we see Loki use it to great effect very quickly, recruiting and mind-controlling like lots of minions
including Hawkeye and Erik Selvig, who says, "It wants to show us something: a new universe."
After Loki loses the scepter, however, it falls into the hands of Hydra
who then use it to create the Maximoff twins
Quicksilver -- quickly dies
One, on the other hand, she quickly -- loses her accent
but also, basically becomes the most powerful person on Earth
*music*
O: Why was she up there all this time?
J: Seriously though, in her first fight with the Avengers, she basically takes all of them on at once by warping their minds
She holds off Thanos's Black Order while vision sits in a corner pouting, I guess
pretending he isn't powered by the same stone that made her? Like tch, seriously, Vision is just useless in Infinity War
And then there's this scene where Thanos, with ALL FIVE OTHER INFINITY STONES, can barely move against her blast
which, again, were given to her, by the mind stone
The mind stone is also responsible for Ultron and his crazy plan, and Vision, who you'd think all of his powers are derived from the mind stone itself.
Those powers include energy blasts, which seem to be the same thing the power stone does, so got that one covered.
He can do phasing and flying, which seem like he's got some of the space stone covered
Not to mention, the insane knowledge and other potential powers it displays like mind control
so it's basically three stones in one. No wonder it's so much bigger
And whether or not YOU, personally, think the mind stone is the most powerful one,
I dare say, the MCU definitely thinks it is
I mean, the whole quest for the infinity gauntlet begins with Thanos giving the mind stone away
and almost poetically ends with it being the very last one he puts on the gauntlet
Interestingly, that also means it's the only stone we don't get to see Thanos use his masterful knowledge of
other than, y'know, *snaps*, snap
But what I mean by that is, every time Thanos gets a new stone, he proves that he is immediately insanely good at using it, like
WAY more than whatever villain initially sought it out to begin with
And not just each individual stone, either. He's also immediately awesome at using the stones in combination with each other
in fun and different and unsuspected creative ways
and bear in mind, these are the most powerful stones in the universe
and some of them, like the soul stone, have never even been used by -- anyone -- ever, and yet,
the moment he gets them, he's like, master of them?... How??
Yes, I know he's been planning this for a really long time, so maybe he's had a long time to contemplate how each stone might be used in a different way, but
still, the effortlessness is impressive.
It's almost like he had a working knowledge of each stone, and its powers, beforehand, but
how could he have collected such information? Oh, wait.
Again, who was the original owner of the mind stone? Thanos
Don't you think he probably used it?
T: You're not the only one cursed with knowledge. I offered a solution. I'm the only one who knows that.
J: Yeah. Do you see what I'm getting at?
What if the mind stone is the reason he's carrying out the plan at all, if it GAVE him the plan, if it CURSED him with that knowledge
He LOVED Titan. Can't you just see them trying thing after thing to save the planet
UNTIL, he took it upon himself to seek out in the universe the ultimate source of knowledge:
the mind stone, and he FOUND IT, and it gave him the answer
Dr. S: genocide.
T: At random. Dispassionate, fair. The rich and poor alike.
J: The mind stone is the most dangerous and most powerful of them all
and it would seem to love destruction
Left alone with the Avengers, and it turns them against each other
It powers up Ultron, and his immediate conclusion about Earth is: destroy it.
And what is Thanos, who we know had the mind stone for some period of time, trying to do? *Thanos snap*
Not to mention, that if you happen to follow the channel, we think each of the original Avengers represents one of the infinity stones
AND, that of the original Avengers, Thanos fears Tony the most.
Well, guess who, of all people, the mind stone appears not to work on?
*ting*
L: this usually works
Is that really just because he hid the arc reactor? Or was it something else?
BEN, my question for you and everyone else is: what do you think is the most powerful stone?
Or, which is, just, your favorite? Let us know in the towel section down below.
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