Warning: There are major spoilers ahead for "Avengers: Infinity War."
Now that "Avengers: Infinity War" has been in theaters for a little bit, we need to talk about the many deaths throughout the movie.
In case you're still debating whether or not the deaths at the movie's end actually happened, "Infinity War" screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have said they're real "and the sooner you accept that, the sooner you will be able to move on to the next stage of grief."
Well, consider this our grieving stage.
INSIDER went through every death in the film ranking them from the least shocking to the ones that hit you the hardest. We're only looking at characters who we see killed or who vanish on screen during the movie's climactic end. So we're not putting the Collector in here. For all we know, he's still out there with Kraglin!
If you haven't seen the movie, we suggest you don't read this until you get around to seeing it in theaters. If you have, grab a tissue and let's discuss.
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16. Heimdell
If you didn't watch "Thor: Ragnarok," you may have forgotten Idris Elba was a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's tough to keep a big actor like Elba in the MCU when he's playing a smaller role.
Since Asgard was destroyed in "Ragnarok," it didn't seem like there was much point in keeping him around. Heimdell was the guard of the bridge that connected Asgard to Earth. Thor can now travel anywhere with his new Stormbreaker weapon.
Still, we didn't expect Thanos to drive Heimdell's sword straight through him as his buddy Thor was forced to watch. Cold.
15. Vision
Vision's days were numbered the moment Thanos went stone searching.
We knew the mind stone was probably going to get ripped out of Vision's head at some point of "Infinity War." The real question was whether or not he could be separated and survive without the stone before it was taken from him. That answer became a resounding no.
We more or less were looking for any sort of glimmer of hope that there was a way to prevent his death before the movie debuted. But by the time there was a third attempt on his life, we were ready for Thanos to get it over with.
Maybe Shuri has some code for Vision backed up somewhere in her lab to help reboot him in the next movie.
14. Maria Hill
Were we shocked to see the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in the movie at all? Yes. Were we surprised to see her minor character vanish after she turned up in a post-credits scene? Not much.
Hill just doesn't have much emotional weight in the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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