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crystallitanie ([personal profile] crystallitanie) wrote in [community profile] be_compromised on April 30th, 2018 at 01:12 pm
So here's a slightly irrelevant trivia for your amusement.

The name Thanos probably derives from the ancient Greek name Thanatos, who was the God of Death. Thanatos literally means death, both in ancient and modern Greek.

So here's the funny part: in modern Greek, the name Thanos is a diminutive for the male name Athanassios, which means immortal. It's actually a pretty common name, like Mike or Kate. Everyone knows a Thanos. My godson is nicknamed Thanos.

So imagine in the theater, we've got a movie about a mad Titan who tries and succeeds to obliterate half the universe, and everyone on screen goes for two hours Thanos this and Thanos that and Thanos is going to screw us and the audience just can't relate and take this seriously, because they can't help but think about their office IT guy or their little cousin or their nice neighbor who occasionally pet-sits their cat.
 
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