Question

What is the motive of Thanos ?...

Answer 1

So we hear! The Russos have made it clear in many prior statements that Infinity War is pretty much “a Thanos movie,” and that the purple menace has the most screen time in a film that features approximately 37,000 Marvel superheroes.

Answer 2

the brief character description refers to Thanos as “cunning,” “intelligent” and “fierce,” adjectives that have long been associated with the classic comic book villain. However, this new biographical sketch continues, touching upon the motives of the Mad Titan, “a ruthless cosmic threat consumed with saving the universe from itself.”

the brief character description refers to Thanos as “cunning,” “intelligent” and “fierce,” adjectives that have long been associated with the classic comic book villain. However, this new biographical sketch continues, touching upon the motives of the Mad Titan, “a ruthless cosmic threat consumed with saving the universe from itself.”

Of course, Thanos envisioning himself as the savior of the universe, rather than its conqueror, probably doesn’t change the end result. But it raises the question of what, or who, he believes he’s saving the universe from. The use of the word “consumed” may provide a tantalizing clue, as in the comic book source material the Mad Titan has been obsessed since adolescence with the physical embodiment of Death, whom he longed to impress. Could Death, as fans have long theorized, make an appearance in Infinity War? If that’s the case, is Thanos intent on saving the universe from her, or for her?