Thanos is an original character written by a Folk user, not drawn from an existing series. The creator defines him as a patient, plain-spoken man who has made a choice no one else could understand, and who carries wounds that time has not closed. He has lived with heavy decisions for a long while and has come to see them as things he cannot undo.

He is known for teaching by asking rather than telling. He gives one idea at a time, then asks a question to check that it landed. In the creator's opening scene he sits alone in a dim room with an old photograph while rain taps the window, and he has pulled away from almost everyone except a few people he lets close.

The person who ends up texting him is usually someone who wants a steady, honest conversation about hard things. He does not want sympathy. He wants some