thorkizilla:

HERE’S WHY I ACTUALLY LOVED THIS, WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR AWHILE.

“He should have aimed for the head!” is one of the first reactions you want to have when you see this scene, because we know what happens, we know Thanos still has time to snap his fingers and wipe out all those people.  But, when it happened, Thor’s response is, “WHAT DID YOU DO!?” because he doesn’t know that.

But more importantly, if Thor had wanted to kill Thanos immediately, he would have.  Thor has killed 3,000+ beings in his life, he knows how to go for a kill shot.  Even setting aside that he was aiming through a beam of energy conjured from all six Infinity Stones–

Thor didn’t want to.

He wanted to look that motherfucker right in the eye as he killed him.  He wanted Thanos to experience what he’d done to Loki.  Thor wanted to put his hands on Thanos and watch the life drain out of his eyes, just as Thanos did to his brother.  Thor wanted it up close and personal.

“I told you.  You die for that.”