The Counter Force. Not a god or any sort of being you could ascribe a personality or identity to.
It is most accurate to characterize it as an intangible force of will -- an automatic defense mechanism which assesses threats to the continued existence of the world and all mankind.
By gathering and using powerful artifacts called Infinity Stones. With all of them together, one should be capable of doing just about anything one wishes.
I did wonder why he didn't think to create rather than destroy. Perhaps he started with such a strong desire for revenge of some sort that he forgot that was an option.
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Supernatural entanglements, naturally. Once you’ve seen one timeline gone wrong and cleaned it up, you’ve seen them all.
I’ll be glad to retire to a desert island or wherever it is I end up after this.
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[What does that even mean?]
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Is the concept familiar to you?
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It is most accurate to characterize it as an intangible force of will -- an automatic defense mechanism which assesses threats to the continued existence of the world and all mankind.
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[He grimaces.]
Sounds like someone I knew. Though he wasn't as objective as he thought he was.
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[ If it sounds cold, that's because it is. ]
Who, if I might ask?
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And how exactly did he plan to achieve this goal?
[ He'll come back to how fucked up that is in a minute. ]
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Eliminating half of all life is not balance. That is a sloppy, half-baked assumption if there ever was one.
The Counter Force is hardly my favorite entity, but what it does isn’t the same as that.
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I knew a man who believed humanity had become too populous, and his solution was to cull the herd, so to speak.
It had nothing whatsoever to do with revenge; only an astonishing amount of hubris.
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