Why did Loki give Thanos the stone?

Loki is simply giving the Tesseract to Thanos so that he could “join” his side, while in reality being a traitorous mole (a la Mephisto from the original Infinity Gauntlet story).

Did Thanos mind control Loki?

Unbeknownst to him, the Scepter was also influencing him, fueling his hatred over his brother Thor and the inhabitants of Earth. There you have it: Loki was controlled by Thanos, since the Mind Stone was driving him to be more evil and hateful than he actually was at heart.

Why did Loki invade Earth?

About Loki’s motivations, Hiddleston said, “At the beginning of The Avengers, he comes to Earth to subjugate it and his idea is to rule the human race as their king.

Did Loki know his Scepter had the Mind Stone?

Thanks to hindsight, we now know that Loki’s scepter secretly contained the Mind Stone, one of the Infinity Stones that Thanos had already acquired prior to assigning Loki the job of conquering Earth.

How did Loki have the Mind Stone?

Comic. The Mind Stone is one of the six Infinity Stones, the remnant of a singularity that predated the universe, which governed over the fabric of mind. It was previously wielded by Loki inside his Scepter who received it as a gift from Thanos for the Chitauri Invasion.

Is Loki’s scepter an Infinity Stone in the Avengers?

While promoting Infinity War this past April, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely speculated that Loki’s scepter in The Avengers may not have been originally intended by filmmaker Joss Whedon and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige to be an Infinity Stone.

Is Thanos the true mastermind behind Loki’s plot?

Believing Thanos to be a larger villain in the wider Marvel mythos and a bigger threat to be teased for future films, Whedon suggested the Mad Titan to be the true mastermind behind Loki’s plot and was surprised to receive Marvel Studios’ blessing to include him.

Is Josh Brolin playing Thanos in the MCU’s Infinity Stones?

With its overarching villain set, Josh Brolin was announced to be voicing and providing motion-capture for Thanos deep into production on Guardians of the Galaxy, while the significance of the Infinity Stones in the MCU was expanded on in a mid-credits scene for Thor: The Dark World.