Did the Ancient One make a mistake?

The Ancient One didn't want to give the Time Stone in Avengers: Endgame, but she realized that Doctor Strange had a plan evidenced in her dialog. The Ancient One's (Tilda Swinton) line about making a mistake in Avengers: Endgame further proves of Doctor Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch) plan.
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What mistake did the Ancient One do?

The mistake the Ancient One was referring to was her initial intent to not give the Time Stone to Banner. Before explaining, it's important to mention/keep in mind that the Ancient One has the ability to see the future (but only so far).
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Was the Ancient One a hypocrite?

As the Ancient One used the Dark Dimension to warp the landscape of various buildings, Kaecilius called out her hypocrisy. The Ancient One conjured her Tao Mandalas and used her superior skills to defeat and kill several Zealots.
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What mistake did Dr Strange make?

That Strange would choose to give up the Stone means that the earth could be protected without it. He gave away the time stone in the future to let her know she had to give it to Banner. The mistake would have been not giving it to him.
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Why did they make the Ancient One a woman?

Swinton herself said that casting her in the role was an attempt to avoid offensive racial stereotyping. avoiding “this kind of Fu Manchu, ancient man sitting on top of a mountain called The Ancient One. They made this decision to not perpetuate those racial stereotypes.”
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Is The Ancient One evil?

Does The Ancient One getting her power from the Dark Dimension mean she was evil? Well, that depends. Certainly, she was dishonest and probably a lot more morally grey than she presented herself, in that she drew power from Dormammu's dimension and in doing so probably led him to Earth in the first place.
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Who is more powerful Dr Strange Vs Ancient One?

Compared to Wong and The Ancient One, Doctor Strange lacks experience, but he's nevertheless described to be the world's most powerful sorcerer by The Ancient One herself, and evidence suggests she's correct.
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Why did the Ancient One kick Strange out?

In the movie Doctor Strange, Strange wanted to get accepted in the "dojo" of the Ancient One (not sure if it's really a dojo), but she refused, so it seemed like she didn't want to teach him because she didn't trust Strange, and Dr. Strange got kicked out.
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Why did ancient give stone to Hulk?

The Ancient One is then shocked realizing that Strange would only have given up the stone to Thanos for a good reason, the Ancient One decided to trust in her future successor, handing over the Time Stone to Hulk.
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Why is the Ancient One alive in endgame?

By drawing power and energy from the Dark Dimension, she was able to prolong her lifespan indefinitely. If she'd kept out of danger, she would've been technically immortal. In the end, though, she accepted her fate: “We don't get to choose our time. Death is what gives life meaning.
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Can the Ancient One defeat Thanos?

Ultimately, however, the Ancient One could have theoretically stopped Thanos because she had all the tools to do so. He had begun collecting the stones before the events of Doctor Strange and her death.
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Did the Ancient One know about Thanos?

The Ancient One doesn't do anything about Thanos because she doesn't know about him. He only turns up after she's died, and she can't see the future past that point.
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Why did the cloak of levitation choose Strange?

Stephen Strange when he was deeply entrenched in battle with the rogue sorcerer Kaecilius in the New York Sanctum. Thor's hammer can be picked by anyone who is worthy at anytime (Vision already showed us that in Age of Ultron). The cloak already chose Strange so it can't be worn by anyone else.
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Is the Ancient One a guy?

Stephen Strange's magical abilities and connections to the mystical opened new doors. But the casting of Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One stalled some of the enthusiasm for the film. It put a white woman in the role of a character the comics depicted as an Asian male.
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Is the Ancient One in Doctor Strange 2?

Yet another new promo for upcoming sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has arrived, with a dead Marvel Cinematic Universe character making a return from beyond the grave once again, to narrate the fresh footage on display.
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Who would win in a fight Thanos or ego?

However, if the battle between Thanos and Ego takes to the surface of the Living Planet, then Ego would almost certainly have the advantage. Ego has complete control over the matter that constitutes his form. Ego could surround, cover, and destroy Thanos through manipulation of his own surface.
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Did the Ancient One know about Kang?

The question remains as to how much the Ancient One actually knew about the TVA. It stands to reason that she would be the most likely person to know about the organization's existence. Additionally, she may also have been aware of He Who Remains, aka Kang.
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Why didn't Dr Strange have the Time Stone?

As famously stated by Avengers: Endgame directors the Russo Brothers: “Thanos only reduced the stones to the atomic level. The stones are still present in the universe.” That means the Time Stone could still be out there and Strange could find it.
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How did Tony know about 1970?

Tony knows to go somewhere around 1970 due to the information about his parents and Bucky revealed to him in Civil War. And he is definitely conveying that through the tone and inflection in his voice.
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Why doesn't Dr. Strange heal his hands?

He chose not to. He got past his ego and finally realised that it was not about him, as the ancient one said. Healing his hands would mean he is choosing to live as the old Strange and not embrace his responsibilities as a sorcerer. Show activity on this post.
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Is Kaecilius stronger than Ancient One?

Overflowing with these newly found abilities, Kaecilius began to use the power to manipulate the world around him, proving that he could affect the real world in the same way that the Ancient One could only affect the Mirror Dimension, making him even more powerful than his former teacher.
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What happened to Dormammu's zealots?

As a consequence, the Zealots were defeated, and sentenced to eternal life in the Dark Dimension as Mindless Ones.
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Can the Ancient One beat Dormammu?

The amulet enabled its possessor to protect his or her dimension from the sinister extradimensional entity known as Dormammu, and using it, the man who became known as the Ancient One kept Dormammu out of the Earth dimension for nearly five centuries, although he never succeeded in entirely defeating Dormammu.
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Can Odin beat Ancient One?

The Ancient One wouldn't have been able to go toe-to-toe against Odin in his prime. She even failed to beat her former student and dark dimension rookie Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen) in physical combat.
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Why is the Ancient One bald?

Buddhist monks and nuns practice tonsure (shaving the head) as part of becoming a monk, and they keep the head and face shaven. I don't have more to back it up but it's fair to assume that the character was created as a bald male to look more like a stereotypical Tibetan monk.
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