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Also, Part 3 of Crisis wasn't very good in my opinion. *SPOILERS* Tom Ellis had a cameo as Lucifer and had a chit-chat with Constantine which I enjoyed a lot. But that's it. And Ryan Choi was good too, along with Black Lightning coming in (Though his Earth is gone too for now unfortunately). Iris is still mostly pointless and now they've destroyed all other Earths of other shows, making them pointless while 1990 Barry died too, making his show pointless too. Oliver is gonna be back as Spectre but until we see more, I'm just gonna say its rubbing salt in the wound. And I am so angry that Routh's Superman got replaced by Lex. Nothing against Lex, but I love Routh Superman and wanted more of him. Why couldn't have Lex replaced Kate Kane instead? She isn't even worthy of being a Paragon. But overall, the cliffhanger was still tense and made me interested for the last 2 episodes. *END SPOILERS*
Chaos Sorcerer: Thanks for the review. Glad this was that good that the epicness went off the charts and glad you enjoyed all of that stuff. Glad that was savage. Yes, rest in pieces. Don't blame you on the EMH voice. Well now you can remember. I couldn't really fit in the Guardians' reaction properly anywhere to Thranduil so sorry about that. Though there's still a bit of it. Glad the team up was awesome. You got a point on Magneto's scene in Apocalypse now. Glad Old Lace vs. Wargs was awesome and yes, only Eomer should kill Saruman. Yes, Storm got Mardon. No spoilers on Thunder Cap. Colossus is the DoFP version. I honestly think he could have been great too if allowed to shine. As good as the Deadpool version. For Juggernaut, yes it's the one from Deadpool 2. As for other beings, some might come in future stories. You'll see on Thanos and Morgoth. I knew it was a DBZ reference and hope you liked mine too. Thanks and still glad you feel that way. IKR on Rocket and Howard? Hope you also enjoyed Treebeard and Groot and Steve vs. Taskmaster. Glad that was poetic. Yes, about damn time! Oh Dinah really is. Anyone who can say Dinah in Season 6 wasn't more villainous than E-2 Laurel with a straight face has blinders on. She beat up Quentin, a middle-aged man with a heart condition, when he wasn't even fighting back, just because he stood in revenge's way. Quentin had also 'killed' E-2 Laurel to save her on Lian Yu. What an ungrateful bitch! Plus, its obvious E-2 Laurel was forced to murder Vince, who himself isn't a Paragon of virtue as he didn't care about collateral damage he caused. Glad you liked me using your bits. Glad the bit with Harry and Jesse was smart, plus the two had a bit of a strained relationship always so it fit. We'll see on Peter and Tony. J'onn triggered something within Abomination to transform him back. Sorry about what happened with your date. It happened to me too…TWICE! With the same woman. Damn it! Enjoy the chapter.
Guest 1: Thanks for the review. For Spectre, right now I just think the writers are rubbing salt on the wound but my opinion may change later.
Guest 2: Thanks for the review. So glad it was spectacular and there's a reminiscence for sure. I finally managed to put in a mention of Dormammu for you. No as good as you'd have wanted but hope you like it. Glad this was well done and glad to hear it. Enjoy.
Guest 3: Thanks for the review and so glad you like it that much that you're tired now. Glad I have your gratitude. You'll see how he dies. Yes, the reviews on this story from all the lovely reviewers, some of whom happen to be my friends, are all excellent and I re-read them a lot. The battle as MMO game? Damn! That'd be awesome.
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Chapter 21- Sacrifice
The four Dragons rained fire, killing defender and foe alike without any regrets as Morgoth didn't care at all about any of them while the Hydra's breath choked them.
Wong used the Shield of Seraphim to defend himself and the other Masters used those too, though shots were still rained upon them.
Barry, Wally, Jesse, Jay, Accelerated Man and Elena sped around to speed people out of harm's way.
Steve rolled up to where Diana was and raised the shield to defend them both as Clark, Tony and Kara flew around to avoid the flames and Thor and Aragorn deflected them with Stormbreaker and Mjolnir respectively.
Gandalf summoned a large shield which protected him and several others behind him as Wanda raised a larger hex shield, struggling against the onslaught but tiring out. Galadriel and Mantis both touched one shoulder each of her.
Galadriel's powers of mind and magic bolstered Wanda's psychic stamina. Mantis' antennae lit up as she negated the stress Wanda felt from having to hold back the fires.
Carol noticed a flood approaching from a nearby broken dam and asked, "Is anyone else seeing this?"
Strange noticed and using his powers, stopped the approaching flood.
"Now all of you shall be wiped out!" Morgoth announced with raised hands, "I am the most powerful being in Eä!"
"Clearly, you've never heard of Dormammu!" Strange shouted as he held back the flood while Morgoth was puzzled.
"I got this! I got this!" Peter was saying as the foes covered him, "Okay, I don't got this. Help! Somebody, help!"
Wilson flew over him and gave him a hand which he accepted as Wilson flew him away.
"Hang on. I got you, kid." He said as they continued flying.
He then dropped Peter behind Valkyrie on her Pegasus as she cut off the head of a flying Vampire.
"Hey! Nice to meet-" The flames knocked them away as Peter yelled, "Oh! My God!"
Aragorn the Pegasus was knocked away by the airstrike as Peter fell down, still holding the Gauntlet tightly as he rolled. As he got up, one shot of flames destroyed his spider-legs and he rolled away, holding the Gauntlet tight. As more streams of flames were fired near him, he covered himself and yelped.
Several defenders were struck and killed by the flames, including a few Ents as Treebeard gasped in horror.
Clint, Korg, Miek, Kraglin, Rhodes, Bruce, Gimli and Ghan were all thrown down as Rocket covered a downed Groot with a fierce roar, not wanting to lose him again.
Then the other 8 Nazgul started flying down on Fell-Beasts to do their deed.
In that moment, Strange said, "Now it is time."
And then a portal opened in the sky and out of it flew about 20 Great Eagles led by Gwaihir, piercing the air with noble and valiant cries.
Before the Nazgul could swoop down, 8 of the Great Eagles rammed into them, knocking them away as they fought the Fell-Beasts.
Few of them flapped their wings and the flames on the ground spread to the foes, burning them instead.
"The Eagles! The Eagles are coming!" Pippin cried out happily like at the Black Gate as Gandalf laughed merrily and the others had smiles of relief on their faces too,
The Dragons then ignored the ground and fired at the Eagles instead as they flew around to avoid.
Gwaihir managed to fly over Smaug and with his talons and beak, attacked the Dragon's eyes, managing to gouge them out as Smaug roared in pain and screamed, "I CAN'T SEE!"
"Welcome to the club." Matt groaned dryly where he lay on the ground.
"Why does he sound like me?" Strange wondered about Smaug as he continued holding back the flood.
Smaug then angrily blew his flames wildly all around, hitting the Fire-Drake of Gondolin accidentally who screamed in pain as his scales were charred to a degree.
And then a final portal opened up. Out of it rode Lord Celeborn on his horse. Galadriel had a smile of relief upon seeing him as she realized what was coming next.
Out of the portal rode the Host of Valinor, consisting of thousands of Elves. In their lead were Oromë The Huntsman, Tulkas Champion of The Valar and Eönwë Herald of Manwe.
"MORGOTH!" Tulkas announced his arrival, making the ground shake, and even Morgoth felt fear for a few seconds, remembering how he had been overpowered by him. Then he remembered his increased strength and decided to not worry about it.
Oromë blew the Valaróma and the enemies were instantly terrified while the defenders felt their hopes rise.
The Host of Valinor rode into the enemy armies, slaughtering them with their powerful weapons.
Riding on Nahar, Oromë fired a flaming arrow into the air. As it flew, it multiplied into countless flaming arrows, striking several of the foes and taking them out effortlessly. But even that wasn't the end as all the flaming arrows spread their flames, killing even more of the foes.
"The Host of Valinor is here to aid us in the darkest hour at last!" Gandalf announced happily as everyone else cheered.
Nico manipulated the fires of Oromë's arrows with her staff and used them to strike down more enemies.
Smaug was about to fire again when Bard II decided to repeat the actions of his great-grandfather. After the rebuilding of Dale, the Men and Dwarves had worked together and a few Black Arrows had been produced again. Bard II had one such Black Arrow on his person.
While Thanos had resurrected Smaug, he had not gotten the chance to heal his wound due to losing the Gauntlet.
Nocking the Black Arrow, Bard II said, "Black Arrow, go now and speed well!"
With that, he fired the Black Arrow at Smaug, hoping it could work. Clark noticed and flying behind the arrow, blew it further with his super breath.
Now that gave the arrow more power than being fired from a Wind lance. It sped at Smaug and struck him at his weak spot.
Smaug howled in pain and agony before he crashed to the ground, producing a huge shockwave that killed anyone in the vicinity and knocked down many others. A crater formed where he landed and the entire city shook from his crash.
Clark and Bard II gave each other nods before moving to join the bigger fight.
Oromë and Eönwë teamed up against Glaurung. As the Father of All Dragons fired his flames, Oromë fired an arrow coated with ice.
It multiplied into several arrows that had enchanted ice on their tips and the ice shot out against the flames, managing to cut them down this time.
Using the split second distraction, Eönwë repeated the actions of Turin Turambar against Glaurung, leaping into the air and thrusting his sword into Glaurung's belly. Glaurung felt his death wound and screamed. The Dragon's blood dropped down onto several of the foes and they all fell into swoons. Glaurung screamed until his strength was gone and then he crashed to the ground, forming an even larger shockwave than Smaug, killing any foe in the vicinity and even the rubble of the Compound was mostly destroyed. His crash made the entire continent shake.
Aragorn threw Mjolnir at the Fire-Drake's head, making it roar as it fired at him but he twirled Mjolnir to defend himself.
As it fired again, Wanda used her powers to block the flames and with her molecular manipulation, threw the flames back at him as a ball of energy. It hit him and exploded on his face, making him scream more as his body and wings were charred.
"Aragorn, make him scream!" Tony yelled as he flew at it.
Aragorn fired a powerful lightning bolt and it hit the Fire-Drake's chest, making him scream again which was all Tony needed.
Iron Man hurtled towards the Fire-Drake like he had against a Chitauri Leviathan and went into his ravenous mouth as he tried to unleash another jet of flames.
The Suit instantly absorbed an unimaginable quantity of energy and heat. Stark immediately released it from within the Fire-Drake.
Everyone shielded their eyes from a huge flash of light brighter than the Sun. An explosion sounded over the city the likes of which hadn't been heard ever.
The sight and sounds of the Fire-Drake's death spread beyond the Compound.
"Well, the 60's were fun but this is glorious. I am so proud!" An elderly man with a bushy moustache and bright smile said as he and several other citizens of New York watched the sight from a very huge distance, awe on their faces.
Tony crashed to the ground. The suit had protected him but he was still out of it for now.
Only Ancalagon The Black remained.
As he fired again, Thor twirled Stormbreaker, dispersing the flames before flying up at him. He summoned powerful lightning bolts, making Ancalagon scream in pain and then fired hurricane-force winds at the Dragon against which he struggled.
As Ancalagon staggered in the air, Hulk leapt at him and raising his fists declared "HULK….SMASH!"
He hit Ancalagon's back with all of his strength and the Dragon screamed as it flew around wildly, firing flames and throwing Hulk off.
Tulkas leapt and punched it on the face, making it recoil as its face and long neck shot upwards for a moment.
Diana leapt and with a war cry, swung her sword, managing to cut off his tail as he screamed in agony and shot out a powerful jet of flames.
Carol absorbed them into herself and fired back at his chest. An explosion occurred which threw him off and he screamed again.
Kara fired Heat Vision at his eyes and he screamed as they were burnt into nothingness.
Before he could fire again, Clark flew at him and grabbing him by the chest, tried to fly up, grunting as he had to use all of his strength to lift up the Dragon. This was the heaviest thing he had ever lifted in his life. Thor, Carol and Kara joined him as well.
Using their strength and speed, they flew Ancalagon out of the Earth's atmosphere. They then let the Dragon go and Clark, Carol and Kara gave him strong punches to the chest, sending him flying off. Thor summoned another hurricane force wind and Ancalagon was sent flying off even further.
Ancalagon was thrown away right into the sun where he finally perished at last.
All the Dragons were gone at last!
With that, they all flew back to the Earth.
As Gwaihir swept several foes into flames and grabbed others in his talons, Steve ran at him and leapt onto his back.
Gwaihir flew up into the air with Steve on top of him. As he neared the Nazgul, Steve released Diana's shield in a mighty throw. The legs of two Fell-Beasts were chopped off as they screamed in pain while Hulk pulled down another Fell-Beast and crashed it on the ground with the Nazgul on it.
Steve then rode towards the Hydra as Diana screamed, "When it loses a head, cauterize the stump!"
Steve threw Diana's shield at one of the 7 heads, making it recoil in pain as Gwaihir and six other Eagles attacked the heads, trying to tear out the eyes. 3 of them succeeded and they all flew back up to avoid the enraged Hydra.
Thor slammed Stormbreaker on the ground and Hydra was sent flying back as Diana leapt up with a roar and using her sword, chopped off one head just as Clark used Heat Vision to cauterize the stump.
Hulk grabbed another and ripped it out with Kara cauterizing the stump.
Tulkas leapt at another head but it opened its mouth wide and gobbled him up. Big mistake!
A second later, that entire head and neck exploded as Tulkas punched it from inside, destroying that too and jumping off as Carol used a photon blast to cauterize it.
As Hydra tried to fire its poisonous stench, Oromë fired another arrow which multiplied into many. The arrows all blew powerful winds that blew the stench high into the air and out of Earth's atmosphere before Eönwë chopped off that head too while Clark cauterized it.
Thor chopped off another head and used his lightning to cauterize it.
Aragorn hit another head's throat with Mjolnir, shattering the bone as it screamed and leaping up, he chopped off the head with Anduril as Kara cauterized it.
He then threw Mjolnir to Steve who summoned a powerful lightning bolt and hit the final head, making it scream in pain before leaping off of Gwaihir and smashing the skull hard, making the final head die as well.
Steve flipped and landed back on Gwaihir as Hydra fell down, dead! He then threw Mjolnir back to Aragorn who moved to fight.
Wanda, Storm and Thor then used their powers in conjunction to send the dead body as well as the stench out of the Earth's atmosphere where Thor flew up and used a hurricane force wind to throw it into the sun as well before flying back to Earth.
Steve noticed Peter still on the ground and ordered, "Clark, we need an assist here."
"Of course." Clark said as he flew down to the ground.
Looking at the frightened Peter, Clark said in a friendly tone, "I heard you have something for me."
"I do. Catch!" Peter said as he tossed him the Gauntlet and he caught it.
Clark then took to the air, trying to fly it far away.
Sauron noticed and tried to fire a telekinetic blast but lightning from Aragorn knocked him down. He fired a telekinetic blast as Aragorn was thrown down and Mjolnir dropped from his hand along with Anduril.
He got up and marched towards Aragorn, deciding to kill him like he had killed Gil-Galad all those years ago by burning him into nothingness.
He brought his hand down on Aragorn, intending to lift him and burn him. But that was his undoing once more.
Aragorn summoned Mjolnir to himself at the last moment and hit Sauron's hand with it, breaking it. The One Ring was on that very hand!
When that happened, he glowed brightly and an explosion occurred, throwing almost every combatant off their feet, including Thanos.
The Gondorians cheered on seeing that.
Clark continued flying, destroying Leviathans and flying Vampires in his way, passing Thanos.
He got up and tried to stop Clark but Gandalf, Galadriel, Kara, Hope and Shuri appeared in his way. Gandalf and Galadriel fired telekinetic blasts as Kara fired Heat Vision and Hope fired her stingers while Shuri fired her blasters. All the attacks together hit Thanos, throwing him down as he tumbled away.
He tried to get up but Hulk did a thunderclap, throwing him down once more as he told Thanos, "HULK IS STRONGEST THERE IS!"
Clark almost got away until Morgoth threw Grond in his direction. Containing mystical energies, Grond unleashed them as it appeared in front of Clark. The explosion of energy sent most off the combatants off their feet and Clark fell down, rolling away as the Gauntlet fell from his hands.
The explosion made the flood rise as Strange strained to stop it.
Morgoth tried to make a run for it but Tulkas jumped in his way and punched him before kicking him away and then lifting him up by the waist, slammed him to the ground, forming a huge crater while his punches shook the ground itself.
He was about to attack again until Morgoth fired Heat Vision, sending him flying back where he shook the ground again by crashing on it and forming a crater.
Getting back up, Morgoth summoned Grond to him.
Tony pushed a dead foe off of him and saw the Gauntlet. He ran to it, pushing an awakened Thanos away, but Thanos elbowed him in a rotatory motion, sending him down.
As Thanos tried to pick the Gauntlet, Thor jumped to him, swinging his weapons. Thanos backed to avoid Stormbreaker and ducked to avoid Mjolnir being thrown at him. Thor turned to pick the Gauntlet when Thanos grabbed him so he freed himself and swung Stormbreaker, though Thanos managed to grab it to save himself. As they struggled, Thor summoned Mjolnir and used it to push Stormbreaker, trying to break the deadlock. Thor roared as lightning flashed and then Aragorn leapt at Thanos from behind, grabbing Stormbreaker as well, trying to pull it into Thanos to help Thor.
Then Thanos head-butted Thor, sending him back before grabbing Aragorn's head and throwing him down too, punching him out.
As he ran to the Gauntlet, Grond hit his face, throwing him down. He looked up to see Morgoth standing over him.
"I shall serve you no longer! I am the Master of Eä!" Morgoth declared as he brought Grond down on Thanos but he rolled to avoid as the mace made a fiery pit in the ground.
Thanos picked up his broken Thanoscopter and rolling away, got back up.
"You amuse me, Dark Lord." Thanos said as Grond and Thanoscopter clashed, sending out shockwaves.
Thanos punched Morgoth away but he head-butted Thanos, staggering him back.
As Morgoth raised Grond high into the air, Thanos stabbed his side with Thanoscopter and smirked. Until he noticed Morgoth smirking as well.
Morgoth brought Grond down on the Thanoscopter instead, shattering it as Thanos staggered back and he ripped out the piece of Thanoscopter stuck to his side, throwing it away too.
He knocked Thanos down with a mystical blast and raising Grond said, "I shall go for the head!"
He tried to stab Thanos' head with Grond's tip and Thanos stopped it with his hands, trying his best to save himself.
But the Dark Lord was more powerful now and Thanos knew it. As Grond's tip inched closer to him, he made a desperate gamble.
He scrambled his left hand onto the Gauntlet, grabbing the Power Stone and enhancing his strength. Then he punched Morgoth with it, sending him flying off.
Getting back up, he picked up the Infinity Gauntlet and put the Power Stone in its slot.
"I am inevitable." He declared as he prepared to wear it. But during that time, a fiery chain wrapped around his throat and the Hellfire burnt through his skin, making him scream in pain.
The pain was so intense that the Gauntlet dropped from his hand and the chain managed to pull him down.
And then, Ghost Rider was upon the Mad Titan.
His mouth opened wide as his fiery eyes stared into Thanos' soul.
"Look into my eyes! Your soul is stained by the blood of the innocent. Feel their pain."
And with that, Ghost Rider performed the Penance Stare on Thanos.
While the Mad Titan had performed many cruel acts, he did not enjoy doing them, until now that is. And two of those acts pained him greatly.
When his homeworld had banished him for his idea, Thanos had angrily murdered his own father A'Lars and brother Eros in a rage but felt guilt afterwards as he had done it out of emotions.
And the other thing was sacrificing Gamora for the Soul Stone because that led Gamora to disown him and move away from him, making him feel guilt for that.
Thanos screamed in agony as his soul was burnt by the Ghost Rider and at long last, he was in a catatonic state, completely unmoving and unflinching.
The Mad Titan was gone!
Ghost Rider got off of Thanos when Grond struck him, sending him flying off.
Tony looked up at Strange. As he struggled against the flood, he looked at Tony regretfully and with shaking hands, raised one finger before mouthing, "Just wait."
Unseen to everyone, someone else picked up the Infinity Gauntlet.
"The Silmarils shall be mine! The Valar shall be wiped out! The winds of Manwe shall be snuffed out! The stars of Varda put out! Eä will be torn asunder by me!" Morgoth announced.
"No!"
Morgoth's blood ran cold as he turned around to see the source of the voice. Lord Elrond stood behind him, the Infinity Gauntlet on his arm, grunting painfully as power surged through him.
"The Silmarils shall remain where they are! The Valar will watch over all! The winds of Manwe will give life to all! The stars of Varda will glow and brighten life! Eä shall flourish and grow without the shadow of any Dark Lord!" Elrond said defiantly.
With that, he snapped his fingers.
Elrond found himself in an orange landscape and looked around. It was the Soul World.
"Elrond!"
He turned around to see Celebrian approaching him.
"Celebrian!" He said with a sad smile as they embraced.
She looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"Forgive me, my love." Elrond said regretfully.
"Do not apologize." Celebrian assured as she held his face and they kissed. When they parted, she said, "What happened to me shall never happen to anyone now."
"So it worked?" Elrond asked in a quivering voice.
"Yes." Celebrian cried out.
"What did it cost?" He then asked.
With tears in her eyes, she said to him, "Everything."
Trying to comfort his wife, Elrond wrapped her in a loving embrace as she cried out, "We shall be together one day again."
"I know." Elrond said as the two had tears rolling down their faces.
Rocket fired at a Leviathan which was about to eat him when it turned to dust.
Clark had Zod in a chokehold when he turned to dust.
All of the enemy army started turning to dust as everyone else looked around in shock.
Logan was fighting Creed and Silver Samurai simultaneously when they both turned to dust.
Eowyn was about to fight the Witch-King again when he turned to dust along with the other Nazgul.
Hulk watched as a groaning Red Hulk turned to dust.
Hela and Savage were trying to get up when they turned to dust in front of Thor and Diana.
Wanda used her hex shield to block debris thrown at her by Ebony Maw but then Maw turned to dust as she lowered her shield.
Daisy tried to defend herself from Hive when he turned to dust.
Natasha and Bucky were fighting Crossbones together when he turned to dust.
Cisco and Caitlin were fighting their Earth-2 doppelgangers when they turned to dust.
Drax had attacked Thranduil until noticing the real Ronan and both were fighting him together until he turned to dust.
"I am sorry." Astra said as she cradled Non.
"I am sorry too." Non said before he turned to dust.
The catatonic Thanos turned to dust as well as all watched the scene.
Aragorn, Steve, Oliver and Gandalf looked around at the army turning to dust before turning to look at Morgoth, who was backing off in horror.
"No!" He screamed, "NOOOOOOOOO!"
Falling to his knees, he slammed his fist on the ground angrily, forming a crater, before he finally turned to dust as well, with nothing left of him.
The first Dark Lord of Arda had been slain forever at last!
Elrond staggered and supported himself, his entire right side now charred, burnt and blackened brutally. As he fell down, Aragorn stopped in front of him and kneeling close to him, patted his head, trying not to break down.
Then Elladan and Elrohir tried to help Elrond before Elladan cried, "Father? Father, we won. You did it."
"Can you hear us, father?" Elrohir asked.
Arwen then fell to her knees as she arrived, putting a hand on Elrond's chest as Gandalf, Galadriel, Celeborn and Glorfindel stood behind them.
"Adar." Arwen said weakly as Elrond looked at her and groaned painfully while she held his hand.
"Friday?" Tony called out as he knelt next to Elrond.
"Life functions critical." Friday said and Tony lowered his head sadly, punching the ground.
"Adar." Arwen said as Elrond looked at her, managing to smile through a veil of tears as she did not want her father's last memory of her to be of her crying, "You have my love."
"So…..do….you….." Elrond said weakly before his heart stopped completely and his hand slumped to the side, letting Arwen's go.
Gandalf felt a tear leave his eye and so did Galadriel and Celeborn.
Arwen, Elladan, Elrohir and Aragorn cried as Arwen kissed her father's forehead.
Thranduil looked at the scene glumly and then he kneeled respectfully with his head lowered in grief. Thorin III saw that and kneeled as well, followed by the rest of the Elves, Dwarves and Men of Middle-earth. Oromë, Tulkas and Eönwë kneeled too. They were followed by the heroes of Earth-199999 who kneeled respectfully, followed by Earth-1, then Earth-38 and then any other Earths. Strange had a regretful look on his face due to Elrond's sacrifice as he knelt down with his head lowered in sadness.
They had won. Morgoth and Thanos had been slain. But at the cost of the life of Lord Elrond Half-elven of Rivendell.
Oh God! Please don't kill me Elf-lovers!
As to why I had Elrond snap to kill Morgoth, he is part of the bloodline that suffered due to Morgoth's actions.
Finwe, the great-great-great grandfather of Elrond from his father's side was slain by Morgoth which led to the Revolt of the Noldor. His grandfather was Tuor who lived in Gondolin which had been sacked by Morgoth's forces when its location had been revealed by Maeglin.
His great-grandparents from his mother's side Beren and Luthien suffered brutally too from Morgoth's actions.
Morgoth's actions were also what set Feanor and his Sons on a dark path, which led them to sack the Havens of Sirion and that led to Elrond and his twin brother Elros being raised in captivity.
Morgoth' servant Sauron also led the Numenor to their destruction which was Elros' bloodline.
Then we have his great-grand-uncle Huor. Let's not forget what Morgoth did to him and his children. That's impossible to forget.
Even Thanos killed his father Earendil to free Morgoth.
Plus, Elrond was skeptical of the strength in other races, especially Men. But now that he has seen it all, him sacrificing himself to let them live is kind of poetic.
So based on all of this, Elrond is the only person deserving to snap his fingers and end Morgoth.
Hope the snap and the following scenes were well done. I worked really hard on it.
Rest in peace Lord Elrond Half-elven of Rivendell. Your sacrifice shall not be forgotten and will always be appreciated in this series.
And as for the Penance Stare working on Thanos, I know that comic Thanos is unaffected but he is an evil bastard who loves Death.
MCU Thanos is a far different person with different motivations so I believe the Penance Stare will work on him.
Morgoth and Thanos fighting for the Infinity Gauntlet was meant to mirror Frodo and Gollum fighting for the One Ring.
On a brighter note, I finally managed to make a scene of Captain America riding Gwaihir. Yay!
So I hope everyone enjoyed and are looking forward to the next chapter (Sorry about Elrond again).