They argued: “Indeed, if you look at Thanos’ character arc, he does the exact opposite of learning from his mistakes: at every point when a challenge faces him, he doubles down on his determination, insisting it is his ‘strongest will’ that will grant him victory while the things he should learn from, as mistakes, are instead reframed as ‘the hardest choices’.
“When he is surprised by Quill having the will to kill Gamora, he nevertheless proceeds with his plans, despite the fact that this (among many, many other things) should indicate that his judgment of the universe is flawed, and leads to incorrect conclusions about the worth of other beings.
“Similarly, when faced with [the] Soul Stone choice, instead of learning as he should that some things are NOT worth sacrificing, he learns the exact opposite and costs himself everything for a hollow victory.
“THANOS DOES NOT LEARN.”