Why were Deviants created in Eternals?

Arishem created the Deviant race with an intended role; to wipe out the apex predators of seeded worlds and thus allow sentient life to evolve.
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What was the point of Deviants in Eternals?

The Eternals came to Earth at the behest of the Celestial Arishem to kill the Deviants and help cultivate humanity to realize their full potential. Arishem later revealed that the Deviants were his first attempt at lifeforms that would help intelligent life grow to feed the Celestials.
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Why did the Celestials create Eternals and Deviants?

In the movie (spoiler alert!) the Eternals are synthetic beings created by the Celestials to protect intelligent life across the universe from the Deviants (I'm simplifying things here, but that's the basic idea).
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Who came first Deviants or Eternals?

The Deviants: Origin and Background

The Eternals and Deviants both debuted in 1976's The Eternals #1. The series was created by Jack Kirby, who at the time was making his return to Marvel after a period spent crafting the Fourth World saga at DC.
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Did the Celestials create Deviants?

The Celestials experimented on these early proto-humans, and they created three new genetic branches. These included a special offshoot of baseline humans, which contained the seeds for genetic enhancement (later leading to mutants), the Deviants, and finally, the Eternals. In short, the Celestials made the Deviants.
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Is Thanos a Eternal or Deviant?

Thanos' Eternals lineage

In the comics, Thanos is an Eternal, and one from a very important bloodline: His father, Al'ars, was the son of Kronos, who ruled the Eternals of Earth following a civil war that divided the original colony. Following his father's death, Al'ars traveled the universe as the Mentor.
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Are Deviants bad in Eternals?

With so much time and energy spent on marketing the Deviants as the main villain of Eternals, the last-minute villain swap makes their presence worthless to the overall film.
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Why is Thanos a Deviant gene?

The Deviants are savage beasts in the MCU, while the Eternals are perfect machines. So, there's so way Thanos inherited a Deviant gene. Maybe Starfox and Thanos are adopted brothers, then? We have never seen any other Titan in the MCU, so Thanos could look like any other member of his alien race.
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Why didn't Eternals stop Thanos?

Instead, the hard truth is that the Eternals were created by the Celestials and are essentially artificial beings—robots in disguise, if you will. This renders the very notion of their sentience questionable, which, as Zhao seems to imply, stands as the reason why Thanos' Snap didn't affect any of them.
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Are Eternals and Deviants the same?

Unlike the Eternals, the Deviants came close to becoming Earth's dominant species thanks to their powers and their incredible scientific breakthroughs. ETERNALS (2006) revealed that the Deviants were so close to conquering humanity and the Eternals, that the Second Host of Celestials was summoned to deal a blow.
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Is Star Lord's dad a Celestial?

In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Ego the Living Planet, Peter Quill / Star-Lord's biological father, is a Celestial who controls a humanoid avatar to travel the universe. His planetary form is a living extension of his Celestial consciousness.
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How is Ego a Celestial?

Celestials like Ego are categorized as a highly-intelligent ancient race of entities with god-like power. Ego figured out how to manipulate matter and energy around him, which he used to create his own planet as well as a humanoid form that would explore the cosmos.
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Why is Starfox not purple?

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 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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Are Deviants evil?

Typically, the Deviants are evil creatures who thirst for power, but there are some exceptions to this. Ransak the Reject (a Deviant who looks like a human) and Karkas are heroic Deviants who fight alongside the Eternals and other Marvel superheroes.
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Are Deviants immortal?

Deviant abilities include shapeshifting, accelerated healing, fire breathing, immortality, matter transmutation, superhuman speed, superhuman strength and mesmerism. If there's one thing that all Deviants have, however, it's their intellect and mutation factors.
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Are the 10 rings from the Eternals?

The Ten Rings, after all, are circular in design, like much of the technology utilized by the Eternals. They also appear to be energy-based in their use, much like the tools and weapons used by the Eternals are fueled by cosmic energy.
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Who is Thanos brother in Eternals?

Who is Eros of the Eternals? Born on Saturn's moon Titan, home to a population of Eternals all its own, Eros is the biological brother of Thanos the Mad Titan.
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Did a Celestial created Thanos?

Thanos is not a Celestial. However, he is an Eternal. Kind of. In the Marvel Universe, Thanos hailed from the ruined planet of Titan (itself based on Saturn's moon).
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Who made Deviants?

Proto-humans being collected by the Celestials. When the First Host got to the planet Earth, the Celestial Gammenon the Gatherer collected a few specimens, which Ziran the Tester mutated to create one hundred grotesque Deviants (Homo descendus).
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Who was the main Deviant in Eternals?

Film. Kro appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021), voiced by Bill Skarsgård. He is a Deviant general and an enemy of the Eternals.
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Is Star Lord a Celestial?

The films revealed Peter Quill is part Celestial, and as the son of Ego the Living Planet, he's one of the only people who can wield an Infinity Stone on his own.
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Is the grandmaster a Celestial?

While the normal Grandmaster figure from the same Funko line doesn't have "Celestial" in its name, the use of that term at all is intriguing given its importance to the cosmic Marvel mythology. Like their comic book counterparts, the MCU's Celestials are among the oldest beings in the universe.
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What did Sersi turn the Celestial into?

Former Powers

After connecting with the cosmic energy and mind of the other Eternals, Sersi's powers was increased to the point she was able to transform Tiamut the Communicator, an all-powerful Celestial, into stone. Later, she also transformed Sprite into a normal human with the remaining Uni-Mind energy.
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