The Eternals might be one of the most curious pictures in Marvel’s film franchise. It raises a lot of questions and doesn't provide a lot of answers in the almost three hours it is on screen. That might be on purpose. Some of these questions could get answered in the next phase of the MCU.

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However, there are also things that just don’t add up about Eternals no matter how hard fans think. These puzzles go beyond the heroes avoiding Thanos which they sort of answer but mostly brush past. What other senseless things happen in the movie? Put on those spoiler goggles because things are about to get bumpy.

8 Reusing The Name Deviants

Phastos from Eternals

It’s odd whenever a movie franchise reuses the same name for a proper noun. It can be confusing. Eternals has a great example of this as the monsters in the film are called Deviants. This is also the name given to characters that shouldn’t exist in time in the Loki show.

Maybe the two are more tied together than fans might think. As of right now it doesn’t seem like the case though but there is still time. Loki is getting a second season.

7 Imperfect Eternals

Sprite from Eternals

Eternals are seemingly supposed to be these perfect creatures created in order to stop Deviants. Why then do they have so many imperfections? Sprite asks this question in a roundabout way in the movie but it’s never truly answered. Why was she made to look like a child?

There is no reason for it. Also, why was Makkari created to be deaf? It’s great that the MCU finally got a deaf hero on the list, but in terms of the lore, it doesn’t add up as to why a god-like being was made without hearing.

6 Why Don’t Eternals Share Powers

Druig from Eternals

There’s another flaw with Arishem’s design of its Eternals. Why are they given separate powers? Their power differences could be answered in the comics. Most characters in the Marvel universe as a whole get their powers through genetics, accidents, mutations, gifts, and so on.

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Arishem created the Eternals and can seemingly make powers up as it so chooses. If they were made to fight monsters then why not give everyone all of the powers? Ajak can heal which is a good support class, but it’s a bad one for combat. That’s just one example of how the Eternals’ powers are unbalanced.

5 The Eternals’ Speech

A scene featuring multiple characters from Eternals

There is one last small thing fans might have a problem with in regard to the design of the Eternals: their speech. Why are they speaking English when that language hasn’t even been invented yet in the time when the Eternals arrive on Earth? They are shown to speak other languages so it might be related to time. This probably isn't an issue in the comics.

Perhaps the Eternals have not only seen many worlds been born and destroyed but reborn as well. They could see time play out in a loop. That’s the only way it makes sense for an American accent, a British accent, and an Irish accent to exist together in ancient Mesopotamia.

4 Ikaris’ Elaborate Way To Kill Ajak

Ikaris from Eternals

The way in which Ikaris betrays Ajak seems more elaborate than it needs to be. Why wasn’t Ajak suspicious in the first place? Ikaris leads her to a giant bluff in the middle of the woods where anyone would be afraid to get murdered.

And to no one’s surprise, she died via the Deviants below. Couldn’t Ikaris have just killed her in her home and made it look like an accident? The Deviants in general were like an afterthought in the overall plot. Maybe Ikaris could have directly teamed up with them instead.

3 Thena’s Illness Magically Cured

A dinner scene featuring multiple characters from Eternals

The reason why the Eternals break up is because of Thena’s Mad Weary disease. That’s part of the reason anyway. It’s shown throughout the movie many times that Thena can snap into a blood rage at any moment. Thena is one of few characters that the movie tries to make viewers think they are going to turn evil.

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Thena is a red herring as it were. The only one who can soothe her is Gilgamesh. When he dies fans might have assumed she would go crazy but Thena doesn’t. It’s the opposite. Thena is seemingly cured of her blood rage after he passes and it is never explained why.

2 Sersi And Ikaris Had A Long Courtship

Ikaris and Sersi from Eternals

Sersi and Ikaris are shown to be in love around the 400 BC era. The story flashes forward eventually to show them getting married about 800 years later. That is a long courtship. 800 years is probably nothing for the Eternals though.

Maybe that’s a typical engagement for immortal beings. The idea is still a bit silly given the fact that this scene plays out and is then quickly forgotten in less than a minute.

1 Name Dropping Batman And Superman

Kingo and Phastos from Eternals

One of the best things about the MCU is that it can reference itself freely. There are so many heroes characters can reference now, spanning over a decade. Non-Marvel heroes are also brought up for the first time in the MCU which brings a lot of questions to mind.

Did Batman and Superman exist in comic form before the first real superhero was revealed in the films? Maybe the two heroes were created based on the heroes in the MCU. The point is why were they referenced instead of Marvel heroes? It just felt out of place.

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