User blog comment:Affectos/Phase Three: Planning (or 'Agents of WH13')/@comment-3270170-20141003162314/@comment-3270170-20141011044247

True enough. The God Tiers as a whole are bound by The Will of Skaia and The Alpha Timeline. They wouldn't be able to get together and go "WRATH OF OLYMPUS" on his ass unless the Timeline says "Kill Thanos and make it snappy."