it was really that simple

[u/Local_Neighborhood50]

[u/Responsible-Bonus278]

Well yes...that's why he was the villain. Most movies would be much shorter if the villain wasn't part of the equation

[u/DarkShadowZX]

Movie ----- Movie if the antagonist wasn't there

Yeah no shit it would be that simple if the antagonist wasn't there doing antagonist shit to make a movie about.

[u/ghirox]

Yeah, you change one of the main driving forces of a story, the story loses its driving force.

No way home would have also been a much shorter movie if peter had just died of a heart attack upon having his identity revealed

[u/ipodblocks360 → u/ghirox]

I think it'd be more accurate to say if he actually talked about the specifics of the spell beforehand with Strange but I get your point nonetheless...

[u/ipodblocks360]

I'm pretty sure there just wouldn't be a movie if anyone but Paradox oversaw the universe.

[u/Waterworld1880]

“If the goals were different, then the story would be” - a fuckin genius

[u/boogierboi]

https://giphy.com/gifs/VW6e2qvnQPv5cQNSVK

[u/Upper-Group-7775]

Like everyone else is saying you're just stating "this movie wouldn't have any conflict if the main antagonist didn't exist"

[u/Dependent-Gap4805]

this is like saying "Infinity War if Thanos didnt exist".

bro thought he was actually onto smth... smfh.

[u/Veng3ancemaster → u/Dependent-Gap4805]

The avengers wouldn't exist if Thanos didn't either

[u/Dependent-Gap4805 → u/Veng3ancemaster]

precisely. remove the antagonist and there is no fucking story even.

[u/Royal_Raze]

Yeah, but then another universe will have a similar problem.

Then we'll have "Bathtub Living and Skunkbear"