#Infinity Knight regulations

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

Viewers have seen that the Infinity Knights keep tabs on their lot, no matter when or where they might go.

And, they will haul back individual Infinity Knights before the Internal Investigations Committee if he/she/they is/are deemed to have broken Infinity Knight regulations.

[bellygunnr]

Cowardice

A Ko-Fi for @chloranthy-ring ! A piece about Promethean Knight Palmer and Thomas Lasky.

[TOP SECRET] [MOST IMMEDIATE]

"We are looking for a suitable-- I apologize, but something's come up-- yes, I understand--"

If his finger slips, terminating the hologram meeting early, he doesn't think twice about it. He turns his attention to his personal terminal instead, rereading the full contents of the message he'd just received. Immediate summons for his presence weren't common and he kept expecting ONI's stamp to be somewhere in the letter, but it was instead signed off by the Infinity's science team. 

He isn't sure why he dreads that more. If it was ONI-- or even someone from the Spartan branch-- then that'd be normal. Nothing had been normal in the xeno research labs since...

"Roland, what's the fastest route to the lab?" Thomas asks, canting his head in a vague direction. "Please."

He taps his data pad-- or tries to. A yellow alert consumes most of the surface, accented by a pixelated version of the aforementioned AI. It almost makes him smile, but the fondness barely cuts through the layers of anxiety in his chest.

"Wait for train #3. Fireteam Crimson will be aboard."

Simple enough instructions. Thomas runs a hand through his hair, sighing. He'd need to reschedule his meeting with Spartan Jun, lest the man disrupt his ship's entire mission and purpose. Not that that would be unwelcome, but there'd be difficulties in pulling out now. He'd just been about to float the idea of Spartan Locke as a viable replacement, after all.

But the summons-- the train, only now pulling into station-- delayed him. He straightens his posture with a deep breath, boarding the tram with more confidence than he feels. Immediately, he's made aware of how little space is left-- apparently, when Roland had mentioned Crimson, he'd meant all of them.

Their collective armor rattles as they hasten to salute him and he waves them off, shaking his head. Crimson One takes a step sideways, gesturing that he sits where she once occupied.

"I'll stand," he says. "If that's alright."

She shrugs, but says nothing. The rest of the tram ride goes in a similar unnerving silence, save for the scream of the electric rails and the shuddering release of maintenance hatches. His brow twitches as he realizes Roland was overriding all manner of rules, regulations, and hardware limits.

As the tram groans to a stop, Thomas can only hope it's worth it. He disembarks on slightly shaking limbs, waiting patiently for the Spartans to step off after him. He watches the train cart rise several inches in response.

The Spartans were heavy.

"This way, sir," Crimson One says.

He falls into step behind her. It's strange that the Fireteam surrounds him, acting as a high security escort-- whatever for, he doesn't know. Just what was he being brought into?

He didn't have the heart to ask.

He finds out quickly enough, though, when Crimson leads him into the lower levels and ushers him past a powerful series of doors. Each body offers their biometric data before vocally confirming their presence and only then do the steel doors in front of them slide open, admitting a cool rush of air that makes Thomas' skin flush with goosebumps. He adjusts quickly to the temperature, but the sudden darkness as they duck into the lab catches him, making him take a moment for his vision to settle.

And what he sees...

Carefully, he shoves his way past Crimson One, just to open his surroundings up to a strapped down, caged Promethean Knight and a cluster of familiar scientists. Even Roland is there, standing at attention, one golden anchor among a dozen different gold-orange holograms. It's a familiar display, not because it mimics that of a human-built AI but because he's seen the innards of a Promethean Knight before. The structure.

The images.

The humanity.

"Did any of you think to warn me or did you think I wouldn't recognize--?" Thomas starts without thinking, jaw snapping shut on his own tongue. "What the hell."

"I-- well," a scientist starts, looking sheepish, "well, we didn't-- we just thought it pertinent you found out immediately."

Thomas rubs the space between his eyes, sighing. Could grief be reversed? Would this stop the loss, or make it worse?

Around him, reminders gleamed, flashes of his own face glittering in memory thread suspended in the air. Snapshots of the Infinity cast in amber, awkward in that patchy, uneven recollection way. He's not sure if the face of Jun or the bird's eye view of the moon is what seals the deal for him, however.

He forces his gaze away, wrenching his head around so he's staring at a wall instead.

"Ripping out her-- the core didn't kill-- didn't kill it, right?" He asks, voice strained.

"No! No, no! She- the Knight gave it willingly, actually. We have been sending you the reports, you know."

Dimly, he recognizes the voice. Dr. Glassman. When had he gotten here? 

"I haven't had time to read them," Thomas grates out. "Okay. Alright."

He hears someone try to speak. The warm, familiar heat of Mjolnir grows nearer to him, possibly a Crimson member attempting to approach. He lifts his hand, palm out, clenching his jaw.

"Allow me to take a moment, please."

"Of course, Captain," a scientist- not Glassman- says.  

Is it cowardice to leave? To turn his back on [her]? Should they have warned him?

He lets the warmer air in the corridor outside heat his lungs. Just five minutes. That's all he would need to brace himself-- either for the worst or whatever else they wanted to give him. 

Just five minutes.

[tonystarkbingo]

TSB Week 5 Roundup!  First, our badge earners for this past week!

Participation badges went out to:

Nasha Turtlesse mitochondrials Nata

ALL OF WHOM PUT THEIR CARD NUMBERS IN THEIR BADGE CLAIM FORM!  *Wild applause*  Congratulations to the four of you!  Remember, if you’ve earned a badge, you’ve gotta go claim it here! 

And now, on to our fills for this past week!

Title: let the soft animal of your body love what it loves - Chapter 6: vi. Collaborator: deathsweetqueen Link: AO3 Square Filled: R4 - presumed dead Ship: Stony Rating: Explicit Major Tags: Time Travel, Endgame Steve goes back in time to be with Post AOU Tony, Explicit Sexual Content, Dirty Talk, Past Domestic Violence, Post AOU AU, Breaking Up and Making Up, Marriage Counselling, Superfamily, Team Iron Man, but not Steve unfriendly, he's just a moron, a lot of fighting and arguments, Dubious Consent due to Identity Issues Summary: In 2023, Steve Rogers, after burning his husband's body, goes through the timelines to return each of the Infinity Stones. In 2015, Tony Stark’s husband returns to him and for the first time in years, he has hope for his marriage. Word Count: 31,106

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Title: let the soft animal of your body love what it loves - Chapter 7: vii. Collaborator: deathsweetqueen Link: AO3 Square Filled: K1 - PTSD Ship: Stony Rating: Explicit Major Tags: Time Travel, Endgame Steve goes back in time to be with Post AOU Tony, Explicit Sexual Content, Dirty Talk, Past Domestic Violence, Post AOU AU, Breaking Up and Making Up, Marriage Counselling, Superfamily, Team Iron Man, but not Steve unfriendly, he's just a moron, a lot of fighting and arguments, Dubious Consent due to Identity Issues Summary: In 2023, Steve Rogers, after burning his husband's body, goes through the timelines to return each of the Infinity Stones. In 2015, Tony Stark’s husband returns to him and for the first time in years, he has hope for his marriage. Word Count: 31,106

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Title: R U My Type? Collaborator: Politzania Link: AO3 Square Filled: A2 - writing format: drabble Ship: WinterIron Rating: Gen Major Tags: Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Drabble, Vampire!Bucky   Summary: Bucky sweet-talks Tony with a sweet treat. Word Count: 100

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Title: Leaving the Nest Collaborator: tisfan, 27dragons, monobuu Link: AO3  Square Filled: K5 - Dragon (tisfan) Adopted - Dragon Rider (27dragons) S3 - Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (monobuu) Ship: WinterIron Rating: Teen Major Tags: None Summary: Tony’s spent his whole life training to be a dragon rider. That the dragon who’s chosen him is betrothed is only of minor concern; having to marry his dragon’s mate’s rider is well worth getting to fly. That is, until Tony falls in love with a common soldier and is faced with having to choose between his dream and his love. Word Count: 10,433

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Title: Dating Games Collaborator: alwaysabrighterdarkness Link: AO3  Square Filled: T3 - [Image Square] Iron Patriot Ship: Stony Rating: Teen Major Tags: None Summary: “Dude, Tony. You gotta stop telling everyone that you’re dating Captain America. It’s not even funny anymore. It’s just…awkward. I’m not sure if it’s gonna be Sam or Steve that throws the first punch at some nosey ass reporter asking about your dirty love triangle.” Word Count: 1676

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Title: N/A (Moodboard) Collaborator: alwaysabrighterdarkness Link: Tumblr Square Filled: A3 - Free Ship: N/A Rating: Gen Major Tags: None Summary: Tony Stark Moodboard Word Count: N/A

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Title: An Impromptu Collegial Collaboration Collaborator: politzania Link: AO3  Square Filled: K2 - AU: Teachers Ship: Pepperony Rating: Gen Major Tags: None Summary: Taking a detour from her planned career to teach at a school for disadvantaged youth, Virginia “Pepper” Potts discovers a potential for romance. Word Count: 1487

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Title: Self Discovery Collaborator: alexisriversong Link: AO3 Square Filled: A5 - Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier Ship: Stucky Rating: Gen Major Tags: None Summary: After a journey of self discovery, Bucky and Steve meet again. Word Count: 1809

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Title: Metal arm bros and the captain Collaborator: alexisriversong Link: AO3 Square Filled: R2 - Metal Arms Bros Ship: Stuckony Rating: Teen Major Tags: None Summary: Tony lost his arm in the battle but extremis saved him making him a supersoldier. Word Count: 950

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Title: Security Check Collaborator: HogwartsToAlexandria Link: AO3 Square Filled: K2 - Nerds Ship: Happy/Tony Rating: Mature Major Tags: Sexual Content, Frottage Summary: Happy is concerned about Hogwarts' security systems and regulations. Word Count: 1379

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Title: Reach the zone (don’t drop the ball) Collaborator: HogwartsToAlexandria Link: AO3 Square Filled: Adopted - Kink: Breathplay Ship: Wongrange Rating: Explicit Major Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Dom/Sub Summary: Wong and Stephen Strange were living the perfect white picket fence life. They had two children, both boys, with a manageable five-year difference between them. They were on the chair of their sons' school along with other parents, participated in bake sales and never missed a soccer practice or game. They were the picture of domestic bliss and none of it was faked, there was simply more to their marriage than really met the eye of their well-meaning neighbors. Word Count: 6095

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Title: Flesh-wound Collaborator: feyrelay Link: Pillowfort Square Filled: S2 - Zombie Ship: Starker or IronDad Rating: Mature Major Tags: Canon Character Death Summary: Peter Parker is a man of science, one who knows the ravages of decomp. So when he sees dead people, he sees precisely what he expects to see. It doesn't mean he's ready to face Zombie Iron Man, though. Not again. Word Count: Moodboard

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Title: N/A Collaborator: monobuu Link: Tumblr Square Filled: S4 - MIT Years Ship: WinterIron Rating: Gen Major Tags: None Summary: Tony and Bucky having a coffee date after classes! Word Count: N/A [Art]

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Title: Calm after the storm Collaborator: alexisriversong Link: AO3  Square Filled: K4 - Tony Stark / Bucky Barnes Ship: WinterIron Rating: Mature Major Tags: getting together Summary: Bucky had a pretty rough life, will his newfound love for Disney movies and bad puns help him find his safe place? Word Count: 1290

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Title: A Rose for You, My Dear Collaborator: cami-chats Link: AO3 Square Filled: T1 - New Team Ship: Tony/Gamora Rating: Mature Major Tags: Near death experience, Life threatening illness (Hanahaki) Summary: Tony catches Hanahaki Disease when he’s traveling with the Guardians, there’s just one (main) problem with that: it’s a human disease and not many humans in this corner of the universe. He takes a reluctant trip back to Midgard, knowing that he won’t be leaving again, and he doesn’t know how to tell Gamora or the other Guardians that. Word Count: 10,369

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Title: The Iron Cardinal Collaborator: dracusfyre Link: AO3 Square Filled: R2 - Pining Ship: Stony Rating: Explicit Major Tags: Internalized homophobia, explicit sexual content Summary: Steve, as a Knight of Solomon’s Temple, considers himself a pious man of God. Antoine Stark, on the other hand, despite his position as the Cardinal of Paris, is the most impious man Steve has ever met, to Steve’s eternal irritation. But when Steve’s carefully ordered life as a Templar comes crashing down and his brother in arms Bucky vanishes, he is forced to turn to Cardinal Stark for help. To his surprise, he slowly learns that there is much more to Stark than he realized; to his dismay, he also learns that the plot against the Templars is more insidious than he imagined, and that the fate of the world may lie in them finding Bucky in time.  Word Count: 17,540

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Title: N/A Collaborator: Monobuu Link: Tumblr Square Filled: R1 - Deaging (Any) Ship: Tony & Bucky  Rating: Gen Major Tags: None Summary: Tony gets de-aged and the most pressing issue immediately changes from ‘Where did that sorcerer go!?’ to ‘we have a serious lack of dinosaur books, Mr. Buck.’ Word Count: N/A [Art]

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Title: Fur-eign Aid Collaborator: celtic7irish Link: AO3 Square Filled: A5 - Wolf Ship: James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Pepper Potts & Morgan Stark Rating: Gen Major Tags: Post-Endgame, Not a Fix-It (yet) Summary: During a battle between the Avengers and MODOK and his pack of wolves, help arrives from an unexpected quarter. Word Count: 2524

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Title: Nordic Brew - Chapter 2 Collaborator: tinydragontony Link: AO3 Square Filled: R5 - Loki Laufeyson Ship: FrostIron Rating: Mature Major Tags: None Summary: Loki hadn’t expected his spell to work as well as it had. Heimdall couldn’t see him, and neither could Odin, a fact he very much exploited to his full advantage.  Now, a year into his escapades throughout the Nine, Loki has formed a fast bond with Midgardian Tony Stark over the counter of The Nordic Brew, and that bond is stronger than any he has forged before. And perhaps, in the face of persistent trials and tribulations, their relationship can develop into something more. Word Count: 6782

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Title: Fishnets and Stagelights Collaborator: ashes0909 Link: AO3 Square Filled: A5 - KINK: Crossdressing Ship: WinterIron Rating: Explicit Major Tags: explicit sexual content, Mission Gone Awry, Fishnets, Burlesque, POV Alternating Summary: Tony had known Bucky Barnes was an attractive man. He had eyes. But the fact that he would go up on stage, undressed to the nines, wrapped in fishnets and confidence growing with every hoot and holler from the audience - Well, now, Tony wanted him. Word Count: 2322

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Title: No Cat Left Behind Collaborator: Turtlesse Link: AO3 Square Filled: T3 - Natasha Romanov / The Black Widow Ship: WinterIron Rating: Teen Major Tags: none Summary: “No.” “Please?” “No. “…” “Stop it. We’ve agreed your puppy dog eyes are against the Geneva convention.” “Tony, please. He reminds me of home.” Bucky didn’t even blink. It was so unfair. “Fuck it” Tony muttered and massaged his temple. No way was he letting that thing stay. No, no, no. Just, no. “Fine. But you owe me all the blowjobs.” Word Count: 2073

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Title: DUM-E's Drawings - Chapter 9: TON-E's Valentine 2: Iron Man is Red Collaborator: lbibliophile-mcu Link: Tumblr Square Filled: A2 - Cliché Ship: Tony & the bots Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: Valentine’s Day again, and DUM-E talks U into helping with TON-E’s card.

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Title: If Only the Green Grass Knows Collaborator: dixiehellcat Link: AO3  Square Filled: S5 - AU: fantasy world Ship: Clint/Sam Rating: Gen Major Tags: AU—Fae, First Meetings, Bullying, Magic Summary: A foundling raised by two fae warriors, little Anthony is shunned for preferring human gadgets to weapons and magic. He finally finds a group of friends, who take up the challenge of helping him unearth the mystery of his origins. Word Count: 3576

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Title: Golf Gang Collaborator: abitnotgoodiebag Link: Tumblr  Square Filled: S3 - Retirement Ship: Tony Stark & Morgan Stark Rating: Gen Major Tags: None Summary: Because someone else snapped thanos away, tony is able to be a man of leisure and decides that Morgan is gonna be a golf superstar. Word Count: N/A [Art]

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Title: Golden Hour Collaborator: feyrelay Link: AO3 Square Filled: K2 - Peter Parker/Spiderman Ship: Starker Rating: Teen Major Tags: Age Difference, AU Summary: I think this is loads funnier if you don't know going in what it's a pastiche of. Nearly anyone born between 1985 and 2000 (or their moms) will recognize it. Also, don't mind the slight Darcy-bash, it's one line and unsubstantiated.CNTW = Peter is seventeen but nothing happens. Word Count: 2191

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Title: kiss me, kiss me, kiss me Collaborator: only_more_love Link: AO3 Square Filled: K5 - Writing Format: Past Tense Ship: Stony Rating: Mature Major Tags: None Summary: Tony wakes after spending his first night with Steve. Word Count: 1490

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Title: Take from me My Lace Collaborator: tisfan Link: Tumblr Square Filled: A1 - Kink: Armor Kink Ship: WinterIron Rating: Explicit Major Tags: None Summary: “The next villain that interrupts date night is not going to prison, they’re going straight to the funeral home.”  Word Count: 1020

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Title: Empty Forest Syndrome Collaborator: feyrelay Link: AO3 Square Filled: S5 - Whiplash Ship: Starker, Peter Parker & Natasha Romanoff Rating: Explicit Major Tags: Age Difference, Suicidal Thoughts Summary: Pepper did say he could have anything of Tony's, now that he was gone. Anything.CNTW = ghostfic, half the pairing is canonically dead. Word Count: 3417

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Title: Resolution (”STEVE!”) Collaborator: turtlesse Link: AO3 Square Filled: T5 - Resolve Ship: Steve Rogers & James "Bucky" Barnes, Tony Stark & Steve Rogers Rating: Teen Major Tags: None Summary: Bucky knew Steve was watching him from the kitchen door. He didn’t care, though; the punk could get his shit together and talk to him if he really wanted to.Also known as, Steve can't help but butt his head into other people's business. He has good intentions, though. Word Count: 1619

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Title: Along The Shore Collaborator: Link: AO3 Square Filled: T5 - Writing Format: Drabble Ship: none Rating: Teen Major Tags: drabble, mentions of murder Summary: Drabble: Tony Stark and his house along the shore... Word Count: 100

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Title: Fly Away With Me Collaborator: Trashcanakin Link: Tumblr Square Filled: T4 - Flight Ship: 616 IronHawk Rating: Gen Major Tags: moodboard Summary: [Moodboard + Edit] Demon/Angel "Forbidden Love" AU 

[bitcofun]

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[kuwaneko]

kinda sorta tagged by Em

NAME: *REDACTED*

STAR SIGN: Capricorn

HEIGHT: 159cm

WHAT’S YOUR MIDDLE NAME? don’t have one

PUT YOUR ITUNES ON SHUFFLE. WHAT ARE THE FIRST 4 SONGS THAT POPPED UP? (done on Rhythmbox) Lilium (Elfen Lied soundtrack), Away from me (Evanescence), BLAZE (NIEVE), Departure (Katate ★ SIZE)

GRAB THE BOOK NEAREST YOU AND TURN TO PAGE 23. WHAT’S LINE 17? "..., and the accuracy with which it may be done decides in large measure the value of any watchmaker in his community.” from “The Modern Clock - A study of time keeping mechanisms; its construction, regulation and repair” -by Ward L. Goodrich  (and by “modern” it means 1905 modern)

EVER HAD A POEM OR SONG WRITTEN ABOUT YOU? none that I know of

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU PLAYED AIR GUITAR? Does honestly trying to remember the chords for a song count? cause if yes then last Sunday

WHO IS YOUR CELEBRITY CRUSH? I would really like to meet Meryl Streep. (not really a crush, but I really look up to her)

WHAT’S A SOUND YOU HATE + SOUND YOU LOVE? hate: a tie between nails on chalkboard and a water leak. Love: wind chimes 

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS? I’ve lived in 5 houses, all have had “something”. Two of those can outright be considered haunted. It’s not whether I believe or not; I hate them and would rather not see any ever again thank you very much.

HOW ABOUT ALIENS? I believe in life in other planets; whether that life has been able to come to this world... maybe? I mean, I have seen an UFO, and there was a really weird happening I remember when I was little that involved really weird multycolored, not-following-normal-physics lights, a black out and weird electricity charged atmosphere (and many people said they’d seen a UFO then too), so.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. What I do NOT believe in is the ancient civilizations being big because of them.

DO YOU DRIVE? Yes, and I hate it, but it is quite necessary when moving sculptures around

WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? a text on the origin and evolution of coins

DO YOU LIKE THE SMELL OF GASOLINE? Hell No.

WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU SAW? A monster in Paris (at home); Avengers Infinity war (on theater)

DO YOU HAVE ANY OBSESSIONS RIGHT NOW? Miraculous Ladybug, BNHA, Hollow Knight.

DO YOU TEND TO HOLD GRUDGES AGAINST PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE YOU WRONG? Yes. I might be civil but if I trusted someone and they hurt me, I do not forget.

IN A RELATIONSHIP? with sleep, it’s currently rather rocky due to there being some construction going on nearby

Tagging anyone who wants to do this

[aion-rsa]

The Missing Thanos Connection in Marvel’s Eternals

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The first trailer for Marvel’s Eternals is here, and it’s full of quick looks at all of our…favorite characters is probably a stretch, but there sure are a bunch of Eternals in there. Ajak narrates, Ikaris and Sersi get stuff to do, we even get Kit Harrington’s Dane Whitman/Black Knight looking at the sky and knowing nothing. But there’s one thing missing that one might expect from the first introduction to an otherwise obscure set of characters. The most famous Eternal is missing. 

Where’s Thanos?

Yes, the very same Thanos who snapped half the universe into oblivion in Infinity Gauntlet (and more memorably on screen in Avengers: Infinity War) is actually a member of the Eternal race. And a member of their opposing force, the Deviants. It’s very complicated.

Spoilers for Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribic’s The Eternals follow.

The Eternals were created by the Celestials to protect themselves and their experiments on Earth. One of the groups they were designed to protect against is the Deviants, a product of the same experimentation that the Celestials used to create the Eternals. However, unlike Eternals, Deviants evolve. They evolve quickly, unpredictably, and most importantly, very frequently – there are only a couple hundred Eternals alive in the galaxy, while there are millions of Deviants. And the Deviants are also frequently deformed, powerful, and often violent. 

Like the Deviants, Eternals are extremely long-lived. But unlike the Deviants, Eternals’ reproduction is heavily regulated in mainstream Eternal society. This has led to several splits between groups who support that law and groups who believe that Eternals need to grow and expand, to better protect “The Machine.” One of those schisms led to the establishment of an Eternal colony on Saturn’s moon, Titan.

This experimental colony, initially permitted by the main faction of Earth Eternals, is a success at first, leading to some wavering of belief among the Earth faction. Then, Titan’s leader A’Lars (who took the name Mentor when he founded the colony) and his wife Sui-San, experimented with mixing Deviant and Eternal DNA and produced a child. That child was Thanos, the Mad Titan, who, following a brief flirtation with pacifism in his youth, would go on to become the greatest mass-murderer this cycle of the multiverse had ever seen.

How Thanos Could Return in Eternals

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Unfortunately for the film version of The Eternals, Thanos is moderately to severely dead at the moment, after his beheading at the hands of Thor and later Iron Man’s own Snappening at the beginning and end (respectively) of Avengers: Endgame. Fortunately, though, there’s no shortage of ways to bring him back. The only reason there were two of him to kill in Endgame was through time travel shenaniganry, something we know the Marvel Cinematic Universe is gearing up to play with more in Loki.

The movies haven’t been shy about pulling from even the most recent Marvel comic releases, so pulling in tidbits from Gillen and Ribic’s The Eternals – where the Eternals are constantly resurrected by The Machine to continue serving their unchanging purpose – isn’t out of the question. And even though Thanos, as a later model Eternal with impure blood tainting him, isn’t eligible for Eternal resurrection protocols, it wouldn’t take much for the movies to just apply it to him.

We’ll find out more when Marvel’s Eternals opens on Nov. 5.

Should Thanos return to the MCU in Eternals? Let us know in the comments!

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[pipelinelaserraygun]

Self-regulation, in THIS case the scaling back of "ANYTHING GOES", is almost unheard of. If somebody tries to scale BACK another person's civil liberties, they are called-out for hate crimes. IT IS MANDATORY FOR PIPELINE TO SUSTAIN MATCHING WITS, PART OF BEING "MARRIED TO THE JOB", AGAINST THE HIGHEST-RANKING SWORN OPPOSITION LEADERS OF GOD'S FUTURE MONARCHY. A democracy is NOT a MONARCHY. In the current lay of the land, governing bodies are afraid of alienating voters. ANYTHING GOES groups have powerful political lobbyists, among whose ranks include the first outcasts of Paradise. A fact NOT up for debate. ALL OVER AGAIN, it's the building of a golden calf while Moses is on Mount Sinai, with the Lord. "Pride" in ANYTHING GOES IS one of those complicated topics that MUST get tossed back and forth, by Knights of the Round Table WITHIN heavenly council chambers. Yesterday's 👃-thumbing was attended by MORE than 100,000 persons, all in favor of ANYTHING GOES. Complicating matters, "religious leaders" from various ecumenical organizations LEAD the parade floats. Please lay this at the footstool of God. This is a modern day Book of Daniel, chapter 10 complication!