Give me a T-H-A-N-O-S! What does that spell?
Meh, never mind. It doesnât really matter now anyway.
Crazy theories about âAvengers: Infinity Warâ keep cropping up, since so little is actually known about the movie. Some people think all the dead characters are coming back, while others speculate that all the past villains could make an appearance.
But in the lead-up to the new movie, one theory has risen above the rest: The name of the main villain, Thanos, has been secretly revealing the locations of the infinity stones.
There are six infinity stones. There are six letters in Thanosâ name. Thanos is after the infinity stones. It just makes sense.
It even seems to line up, as Nerdist laid out:
T is for Tesseract, the Space Stone
A is for Aether, the Reality Stone
N is for Necklace, the Time Stone
O is for Orb, the Power Stone
S is for Lokiâs Scepter, the Mind Stone
Fans have been using this theory to try to figure out the location of the final missing infinity stone, the soul stone. The popular guesses are that the H may stand for Idris Elbaâs character, Heimdall, or that N stands for Nebula rather than Necklace. Nebula is one of Thanosâ daughters, a character who plays a big role in the âInfinity Gauntletâ comic that served as an inspiration for the movie.
HuffPostâs Leigh Blickley asked Karen Gillan, who plays Nebula, for her thoughts over the weekend, and she was intriguingly vague.
âI canât say whether thatâs going to happen,â Gillan said of the theory. âNebula has a significant role and has a lot of stuff to do because her father is Thanos, who is the villain of the movies. She has some serious daddy issues with him, so she has a lot to confront.â
That made it sound to us like the theory might be right. But then I talked to âAvengers: Infinity Warâ writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely on Sunday.
While reflecting on the wildest theories he has heard, McFeely settled on one that was âobviously crazy.â You guessed it: spelling out T-H-A-N-O-S to reveal the locations of the stones.
And just like that, the theory was O-V-E-R.
âThat seems fairly random,â McFeely said.
âI donât think thatâs how you go about writing a good script,â Markus added.
âIt really isnât,â McFeely agreed, laughing and imagining what that writing process would look like. ââYou know, itâd be great to put the soul stone here but itâs not an O,â or whatever the hell it is.â
âWe need an O planet,â Markus joked.
Look, Nebula could still have something to do with the soul stone. After all, Gillan confirmed she has a âsignificantâ role. But it wonât have anything to do with spelling out her dadâs name.
The writers also set us straight on some other rumors and theories.