A new one-shot from Marvel Comics could finally help explain one question fans of the Eternals have likely wondered. Building off revelations in Jason Aaron’s current run on Avengers, and expanded upon in Kieron Gillen’s ongoing Eternals run, Eternals Celestia #1 helps to suggest a possible explanation for why the Eternals chose not to intervene with Thanos in the MCU.
Eternals Celestia #1, by Kieron Gillen and Kei Zama, focuses on two Eternals, Ajak and Makkari, who have previously been at odds over the Eternals’ relationship with their creators, the Celestials. With the disgusting origin of Marvel's Earth now fully revealed after Avengers #5 by Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness, the true purpose for the Eternals is to effectively “keep a lid on the petri dish.” Ajak and Makkari, two Eternals who previously had direct communication with the Celestials, find that their gods no longer have any interest in talking to them... now that humanity has served its purpose as “antibodies” for a parasitic horde. Both Eternals are in the throes of an existential crisis; trying to understand what their purpose is without the Celestials. And it's hard not to see this twist as explaining why Celestials did not instruct the Eternals to interfere with Thanos’ plan to kill half the universe.
From the point of view of the Celestials, the removal of half of humanity would not impact their plan to use Earth as a breeding ground for sentient antibodies. After the “snap,” humanity either would have reversed Thanos’ actions and returned to their full numbers or would have eventually repopulated to the point before their halving. It’s also worth noting that if if Thanos was actually right, his actions would have helped ensure the survival of humanity, and the continuation of the Celestials' experiment. Since the Eternals’ role was to prevent the eradication of humanity, and that humanity would continue to exist no matter how Thanos’ machinations played out, it would make sense for the Celestials to conclude intervention from the Eternals wasn’t warranted.
While Eternals Celestia #1 could offer a convenient retcon for the MCU not featuring the Eternals during the events of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, there are still holes in this argument. The marketing for the upcoming Eternals seems to suggest the Celestials created the Eternals to protect mankind from the Deviants, which would be a major departure from the Eternals lore of Marvel comics. It seems unlikely that the MCU will adapt the plot points regarding the exact horde humanity was meant to oppose, and the accidental creation of humanity from Aaron’s Avengers run, so the events of Eternals Celestia #1 are likely non-canonical to the MCU. It also raises the question of why the Eternals and the Celestials in the Marvel Comics chose not to interfere during the Infinity Gauntlet event by Jim Starlin and George Pérez, considering Thanos’ agenda was to wipe out all life in the cosmos.
It may not be canon just yet, but Eternals Celestia #1 does offer further insight into the role of the Eternals in the current Marvel Comics, now that Earth has been abandoned by the Celestials. To find out what's next for the Eternals, readers should make sure to pick up Eternals #7 on November 3.
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