Why was Thanos the last to get dusted?

Speaking to Rotten Tomatoes (via CBR), directors Anthony and Joe Russo explained how they decided to have the victims of the snap turn to dust. Joe Russo shared that they thought about the “elemental aspect of your body and what happens to it”, so the vanishing was a way of “accelerating the decomposing process”.

Why has Thanos waited so long?

Directors Joe and Anthony Russo and writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely provide the commentary, and they revealed that Thanos chose to wait because he had no idea about the location of the Soul Stone (via io9).

Could Thanos have dusted himself?

Yes. It’s just 50\% of the population, not just 50\% excluding Thanos. For example, if there were 2 people in the entire universe, including Thanos, and he wiped out half of the universe, there would be a 50\% of Thanos just killing himself.

How long would it take to repopulate after Thanos?

Approximately 50 years; 100 years at most.

How did Thanos wipe out half of the universe?

Let’s take a look. Avengers: Infinity War saw Thanos wiping out half of all life in the universe with the snap of his fingers, with various heroes turning into dust – but why exactly did they disappear like that instead of dying?

Why did Infinity War’s victims turn to dust?

It’s also because of this that their bodies didn’t just drop to the ground and stayed there, and the creative team behind Infinity War had to come up with a way to represent this idea on the big screen. Speaking to Rotten Tomatoes (via CBR ), directors Anthony and Joe Russo explained how they decided to have the victims of the snap turn to dust.

How long does it take for Spider-Man to turn to dust?

That part is also notable because Spider-Man takes way, way longer to turn to dust than everyone else does. Most of the characters go from completely whole to pile of dust in about a second or so. But in Spidey’s case, it takes almost 30 seconds for him to die from the moment he utters that “I don’t feel so good.”

Why didn’t Thanos kill Black Widow and vision?

What Thanos did was more like “willing people out of existence” rather than killing them, which is why it was possible for them to return, but Black Widow and Vision couldn’t be brought back as they truly died prior to the snap.