How is Thanos a Deviant Eternal?

In the comics, Thanos is the product of two Eternals conceiving a child, an act that isn't allowed among them. As a result, he becomes host to the Deviant Gene, which alters his appearance but still technically makes him an Eternal.
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What makes Thanos a Deviant?

An Eternal getting a Deviant-like mutation was later dubbed “Deviant Syndrome,” or the way Thanos looks with his purple skin and ridged chin. (Of the two sons, he's the only one with this condition; Eros looks like a regular Eternal, something that Thanos naturally hated his brother for.)
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How is Thanos a Eternal Deviant hybrid?

Thanos, Marvel's big bad, is an Eternal-Deviant hybrid. His purple skin and scarred face are proof of his Deviant lineage, but the fact that the Mad Titan possesses numerous superpowers – and could wield the Infinity Stones – is also evidence of his Eternal bloodline.
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Is Thanos a celestial or Deviant?

Thanos is an Eternal, but a very rare breed of Eternal – namely, he also carries the Deviant gene inside him, which makes him a very special member of his race. He is certainly not a Celestial, as Celestials are responsible for the creation of the Eternals.
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Why didnt Eternals stop Thanos?

Later in the movie, it's revealed the real reason the Eternals didn't interfere in Infinity War or Endgame is because they were secretly paving the way for the Emergence, allowing the Celestial Tiamut to rise on Earth.
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Who is the strongest Eternal?

8 Gilgamesh Is The Physically Strongest Eternal

Over the years, he's been the group's bruiser, the one who gets picked to smash their foes. Gilgamesh is the Eternals' titan, and was inspired by the human legend of Gilgamesh.
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Can Eternals defeat Thanos?

The Eternals have many secrets, and one of them is the ability of the Prime Eternal to form a Uni-Mind, combining the power and knowledge of three or more Eternals into one powerful being. The Uni-Mind is capable of amazing things, and with enough Eternals, Zuras would be able to defeat Thanos.
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Why didn't Celestials stop Thanos?

As it was revealed earlier, Celestials were dependent on the power of Infinity stones. So, the possibility of fighting against the Infinity Stones might make them afraid.
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Why is Thanos purple but Eros isn t?

Thanos' brother Eros aka Starfox looks nothing like him despite them being Eternals; the reason (and Thanos' purple look) lies with the Deviant gene. Thanos' brother Eros aka Starfox looks nothing like the Mad Titan due to an Eternals Deviant gene.
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Is Thanos a robot Eternal?

Eros was an eternal sent by celestials and he was adopted by thanos's parents, that's how he became thanos's *ADOPTIVE* brother. Thanos is not a robot. Nothing can or will ever change that.
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Does Thanos carry the Deviant gene?

Created by Jim Starling for 1973's The Invincible Iron Man #55, Eros and Thanos are the sons of Sui-San and A'Lars, two important Eternals from Titan. Thanos, however, drew the shorter stick and inherited the Deviant gene, still diluted in the Eternals and capable of emerging from time to time.
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Is Thanos dad a Celestial?

Strictly speaking, no. Thanos is not a Celestial. However, he is an Eternal. Kind of.
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Is ego a Celestial?

Ego was a Celestial, a primordial and powerful being, and the biological father of Peter Quill.
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Is Celestial more powerful than Thanos?

In terms of where they fall on the power scale, Thanos himself has confirmed that the Celestials are close to the top. When the Mad Titan briefly possessed the Infinity Gauntlet in the 1990s, he took some time to evaluate the beings who might have what it takes to defeat him.
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Is Galactus a Celestial?

Galactus isn't the Celestial in the Eternals trailer, who more closely resembles a certain Celestial from the comics, Arishem the Judge. Arishem being mistaken for the Fantastic Four villain can be explained by the fact that Galactus and the Celestials are both towering, cosmic-powered giants who dwell in outer space.
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Are Deviants stronger than Thanos?

The answer is No! Although the details about Deviants are scarce, they are not so powerful as Thanos. Thanos possesses the abilities of both Eternals and Deviants. This gives him dual power and adds that with Titan physiology, the power amplifies.
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Who are stronger Eternals or Deviants?

While still an intellectually superior race capable of advanced genetic engineering, the Deviants in Marvel Comics are said to primarily hold inferior powers to the Eternals, placing Thanos at least two rungs above them in the cosmic pecking order.
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Is Starlord an Eternal?

Gunn clarified this to be Peter seeing "eternal life" rather than the actual being Eternity from Marvel Comics. "He was seeing eternal life, not Eternity the Marvel comics being. He turned that down to save earth & his fellow Guardians."
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Who is the second strongest Eternal?

The 15 Most Powerful Eternals, Ranked
  • 8 Sersi.
  • 7 Makkari.
  • 6 Thena.
  • 5 Ikaris.
  • 4 Thane.
  • 3 Ajak.
  • 2 Thanos.
  • 1 Kronos.
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Who is the strongest celestial?

Marvel's 20 Most Powerful Celestials, Ranked
  • 2 The One Above All Is The Leader Of The Celestials Who Can Resurrect His Race.
  • 3 Scathan The Approver Displayed Even More Cosmic Power Than The Living Tribunal. ...
  • 4 Tiamut The Communicator Became The Dreaming Celestial After He Turned On Arishem And The Fourth Host. ...
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Are Eternals stronger than Thor?

In the MCU, the Eternals collectively are stronger than Thor, however individually they are weaker barring Ikaris and Gilgamesh. In the comics Thor is stronger than all of Eternals and slightly stronger than Ikaris. If the Eternals form a Uni-Mind, then they would be more powerful than him.
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Why didn't Avengers help Eternals?

More specifically, they don't interfere with humans because their priority is the Deviants, the main enemy of the Eternals since their creation. Feige and Moore say the movie will address why the Eternals didn't volunteer to help the Avengers both in defeating Thanos and in helping the world recover post-Endgame.
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Is Eros stronger than Thanos?

6 He Has Super Strength

One of the powers that all Eternals share is super strength. Most Eternals can lift about thirty tons, with the stronger ones like Gilgamesh, Ikaris, and Thanos being much stronger. Eros is actually weaker than the average Eternal, but he's still much stronger than the vast majority of humans.
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Is Peter quills dad an Eternal?

Ego the Living Planet, A.K.A Star-Lord's dad, was a Celestial. That makes Peter Quill half-Celestial, even if his dad kicked the bucket in Guardians of the Galaxy 2). Eternals are human-shaped and nearly immortal in that they do not get sick and are immune to toxins that would kill an average human.
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