Doctor Strange may have been able to easily defeat Thanos (Josh Brolin) if he used the spell he cast in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’. Benedict Cumberbatch's MCU sorcerer recently joined Peter Parker's (Tom Holland) latest adventure. The wall-crawler reached out to the wizard as he struggled with the ramifications of Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) revealing his superhero identity in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
With ‘Iron Man’ (Robert Downey Jr.), Peter's first mentor in the MCU, gone, ‘Spider-Man’ sought out ‘Doctor Strange’ instead. Strange is the only other Avenger Spider-Man has had a personal relationship with, after the pair worked closely in Avengers: Infinity War. In a desperate move, Peter asked the sorcerer to make the public forget about his superhero persona. While it was possible, the fact that Doctor Strange no longer has the Time Stone made things a little trickier. The sorcerer was forced to cast a dangerous spell, which, unfortunately, was corrupted due to Peter's repeated meddling. However, it is supposed that the wizard would've been able to resolve the young hero's problem in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ if he was able to properly execute the spell.
With this established, a new Marvel fan-art from Reddit user u/FictionFantom suggests that had Doctor Strange cast the same spell in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, Thanos would've been defeated faster. The entire wizard needed to do was to make the Mad Titan forget about his misguided goal to kill half of the universe for the sake of balance. The art is jokingly titled ‘Alternate Infinity War ending.’
Ever since ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ came to theaters, it has been dissected countless times by fans. Its complex narrative makes it very interesting for fans who like to come up with "What if?" scenarios, and this Spider-Man: No Way Home scene is one of them. When the Joe and Anthony Russo-directed flick came out, no one knew that Doctor Strange was able to cast this kind of spell, so nobody suggested it. But now that it's confirmed to be part of his arsenal, it's easy to retroactively apply Strange's ability to previous scenarios in the MCU.
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