#thread: makkari & thena

[leschanceux]

@murkyhazed asked ❝ i did not mean to hurt you... ❞ -

«i'm okay,» makkari assures thena with a smile, though there's still an undercurrent of something uncomfortable in the line of her jaw. it's not necessarily pain - though there's a little of that - but... to see a member of her family flip into an attacker so suddenly and without warning? it's shaken makkari to the core. «are you?» does she mean are you okay? or are you yourself again? makkari doesn't know either, but she's not the type to give up on people just because of one crazy incident.

[ussenterpeen]

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AVENGERS sam wilson, natasha romanoff, thor odinson, vision, bruce banner, scott lang, clint barton, stephen strange DEFENDERS matt murdock, jessica jones, luke cage, foggy nelson, trish walker, misty knight, claire temple, colleen wing, elektra natchios GUARDIANS peter quill, gamora, nebula, groot, rocket raccoon, drax, mantis, kraglin obfonteri ETERNALS sersi, makkari, kingo, phastos, druig, ajak, thena, gilgamesh, sprite, ikaris YOUNG AVENGERS kate bishop, cassie lang, riri williams, kamala khan, shuri THUNDERBOLTS yelena belova, alexei shostakov, melina vostokoff, ava starr, john walker, antonia dreykov THE REST carol danvers, hope van dyne, monica rambeau, shang chi, okoye, nakia, m'baku, korg, valkyrie

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Taylor Swift Lyric Titles Masterlist

all too well (druig & makkari) (ao3) - camihearts druig/makkari T, 2k

Summary: All Too Well (Taylor’s Version) but make it Druig and Makkari.

don't blame me, (love made me crazy) (ao3) - fluffy_miracle loki/mobius M, 2k

Summary: Mobius is tired. Angry. He's been searching for Loki for fucking days because he ran after his variant and Mobius feels so fucking stupid because he should have seen it coming. Now the TVA has them both back in custody where they belong and Mobius is more than a little jealous. He wanted Loki to look at him like he does at Sylvie. How this god has affected his impulse control because Mobius finds himself shoving Loki up agains the wall and telling him exactly what he wants from him.

Loki doesn't respond the way Mobius thought he would.

dreaming ‘bout the day (ao3) - tellxmebby steve/tony T, 3k

Summary: Tony/Steve Highschool AU fic based on Taylor Swift’s music video “You Belong With Me”.

fearless (ao3) - softeninglooks steve/tony N/R, 1k

Summary: Where Steve catches up on modern music in Tony’s workshop.

hey, stephen (i’ve been holding back this feeling) (ao3) - hopelessrdj tony/stephen G, 11k

Summary: Tony Stark and Stephen Strange have never met each other before until the day every student at their university gets forced into attending one co-educative class not connected to their major. Both geniuses end up in the music department and in order to make it more interesting they come up with a competition between the two of them.

In Paper Rings, In Picture Frames (Oh, You're The One I Want) (ao3) - OceanSpray5 druig/makkari G, 14k

Summary: Or, Druig and Makkari get married and wait for the rest of their oblivious family to figure it out.

invisible string (ao3) - captasha_universe steve/natasha T, 4k

Summary: Three years after Steve divorces his ex-wife Sharon, Natasha and her daughter Lucy receive a surprise visit from Steve and his two kids, resulting in a wonderful day spent and Natasha and Steve rekindling their romance of the past.

it felt like home somehow (ao3) - orlandoblueberry wanda/vision G, 5k

Summary: After a dinner where the Avengers all come out as Taylor Swift fans, Vision seeks Wanda’s help to understand the appeal of this kind of music. Romance ensues, obviously.

loving him was red (and blue) (ao3) - 70sBabe mj/peter T, 22k

Summary: the story of Peter/MJ, told through the tracks of Taylor Swift's album Red

maroon (ao3) - MissAmyShay mj/peter E, 13k

Summary: In which Peter and MJ spend an eventful 24 hours together after three years apart.

on a wednesday, in a cafe (ao3) - TaraLy gilgamesh/thena T, 111k

Summary: Thenamesh Coffee Shop AU. No angst, no plot, only love (and food).

one single thread of gold tied me to you (ao3) - vegetativestate druig/makkari G, 1k

Summary: The smile this dredges up in Druig is brighter and more radiant than anything a Celestial could conjure, and Makkari thinks, there it is. The sun.

So they lie there, on the duvet, under the stars, centuries worth of lost time stitched together as they breathe their own galaxy into existence.

or, Makkari and Druig decide to take a vacation after the Emergence and before they leave Earth, where they talk and stargaze. Sensibly.

the more you say the less i know (wherever you stray, i follow) (ao3) - notcaycepollard sam/bucky M, 22k

Summary: It starts in the desert.

the way i loved you (ao3) - agayturtle wanda/natasha T, 3k

Summary: “It’s 2am and I’m cursing your name…”

Wanda and Natasha’s relationship didn’t last longer than a couple of months, but Natasha can’t help but wonder if they made the right choice when they ended things.

or The Way I Loved You by Taylor Swift but it’s Wandanat.

you are the best thing that's ever been mine (hold on, never turn back) (ao3) - lesbiannshit wanda/natasha G, 1k

Summary: Natasha and Wanda fight and Nat expects Wanda to leave, but to her surprise, Wanda stays. (loosely based off of Taylor Swift's song Mine)

you can call me babe for the weekend (ao3) - complicationstoo steve/tony T, 10k

Summary: Tony left his small town for Los Angeles after high school, leaving behind everything to pursue his dream. Ten years later, he comes back for the first time and finds that some things are impossible to let go of.

you can hear it in the silence (you can feel it on the way home) (ao3) - notcaycepollard steve/bucky/sam E, 2k

Summary: “Are you two drunk?” he asks, and Sam laughs, blushes enough to confirm it. Bucky gasps, just a little, and Steve narrows his eyes a little more. “Are you fucking?” Bucky giggles, something that turns into a breathy sigh halfway through, and god, they are, they’re drunk and fucking and Steve was at work, it’s not fair, they are the worst.

“It was Sam’s idea,” Bucky tells him, and Sam brings his hand up from under the covers, smacks him lightly in the shoulder.

“The fort was my idea. Drinking and fucking, that was all you, Barnes.”

you look like my next mistake (ao3) - littlemissstark315 loki/tony M, 3k

Summary: based off Taylor Swifts “Blank Space”, Tony beds the wrong woman for the weekend, barely escaping with his life intact.

[brutcllysoft]

CLOSED — @devilwomcn​ WHO — makkari & thena SETTING — the barn in south dakota

Throwing a wedding together in a matter of days was never going to be an easy task and Makkari was okay with that. In all honesty, she didn’t need anything even remotely elaborate or fancy to marry Druig — all she needed was an officiant, a witness and him, but thanks to their family they had managed to pull it together. Between Phastos and Sersi, the two had managed to set up a little something in the backyard and Kingo had returned from the pasture behind Ajak’s home with a little bouquet of wildflowers (something he was all too proud of) and Makkari had zipped into a nearby town earlier in the day to find something to wear. The white sundress billows around her knees, her loose curls falling down her back as she paces the length of Ajak’s porch. Makkar has never been a patient woman and this is certainly no exception to that. She’s practically vibrating, more than eager to hurry up and finally be able to call Druig her husband but she has half a mind to say forget it to whatever it is Sersi is trying to perfect and just get on with it already. But then she casts a glance in the other woman’s direction and she doesn’t have the heart too — Sersi has been through so much these last few days, and she looks like she’s enjoying herself now, turning weeds into flowers and weaving them together. Makkari isn’t going to take that away from her.

Then she feels something shift, vibrations coming from the barn and her head snaps in that direction. She frowns, setting the flowers down on the side table and walking — at an excruciatingly human pace because she doesn’t want to have to fix her hair again because of the wind — towards the building. She’s half expecting to find Sprite in there who has been, understandably, even more sulky than usual but she is surprised to find Thena instead. Thena is a little erratic, though not in a frightening way, her movements a little more tense than usual and though Makkari obviously can’t hear her, she can see her lips moving and feel the vibrations of her talking to herself. A stone of guilt settles in her stomach and she can’t help but wonder if, maybe, this is in poor taste. Thena is still obviously grieving the loss of Gil, something Makkari knows isn’t ever going to really go away, and here she — and here she is, days later. Getting married to Druig is something that Makkari wants more than anything and right now she needs the stability and permanence that comes with it after having almost lost him, but she hates the idea that it might be hurting Thena and bringing up bittersweet memories for her. Her knuckles rap against the barn wood softly, alerting the other woman to her presence. “Hey,” she greets with a wave of her hand once Thena’s eyes settle on her. “You okay?”

[manddor]

i think your requests are opened so, can i get a druig x female!reader where it’s an enemies to lovers kinda thing… i do want some angst…

thanks!! have a lovely day/night <3

thank you SO MUCH!! this is my first request and i hope you like. can ask more if you want!!

invisible string.

summary: one single thread of gold tying you two

warnings: enemies to lovers. angst. fluff

word count: 1.1k

druig x female!reader

you were sitting on the grass with a book and an apple in your hands. it was a warm and chilly day, no fighting with the deviants or training with all of your group.

not that you didn’t like spending your time with them - you actually loved those moments - but you were always so talkative and full of energy that sometimes you needed to recharge your social battery.

“hi” sersi’s voice was soft but it scared anyways. “sorry, didn’t want to interrupt.”

“no problems, sit here” you pointed to your side and gave her an apple. the tree at your back was filled with them. you heard she puffing. “are you okay?”

“yeah. it’s just ikaris. he left all those years and now he’s confusing me.” she said with a sad expression.

you always told her not to trust in ikaris. actually you loved him at the beginning, but he appeared in london out of nowhere, saying ‘i came to check on you because of the earthquake. the deviant is news for me.’ your powers could sense lies and he was definitely telling one.

“i’m team dane. and because of that i guess that you know what i’m going to say.” you said, closing your book. “sorry, sersi, i think you should forget about him. but you know that our mind does not rule our heart.” your friend laughed.

“if someone was listening to this and didn’t know you, they would think that you have a love life.” you laughed as well.

“thanks arishem that no one was listening” you winked. “it’s getting late.” you said looking to a beautiful sunset in front of you, it took your breath away.

“you can stay there. i know how much you like connecting with the nature” sersi said already leaving.

you wish you could just stop this moment. but even an iphone couldn’t capture what you were feeling. the wind in your hair. the smell of grass, sunflowers and apples. the stars shining upon you… but of course he had to interrupt.

“beautiful view.” you rolled your eyes, trying not give to him the power of ruining this pretty moment. “did you miss me?”

ugh. of course not! he was always picking on you. trying to control your mind. being cocky. and trying to be better than you.

“oh, druig. i was appreciating this view but then you happened.” you stood up to stare his annoyingly beautiful face.

“sorry, love. but i thought you would like some good company.” he smirked staring at your mouth. you could hear your own heartbeat.

it was your first time seeing druig after centuries. you denied going to his new ‘home’, it wasn’t comfortable seeing him again. “i see that all these years were good for you”

“i wish i could say the same, druig”

but you both heard a loud noise and people screaming. you looked at each other, knowing what have arrived in amazon - the deviants.

you started running and druig controlled human’s mind just to start shooting at the huge monster in front of them.

you were a magician, meaning that your powers could confuse his mind, changing his feeling and the sight he was seeing. with that he wouldn’t be so agitated. an easy way to stop the animal.

it was all so quick. sersi turned him into a huge tree. thena appeared with gilgamesh dead and you couldn’t help but cry. the deviants are getting stronger and killing your family. that made you feel more angry and thirsty for revenge

“we can’t stay here anymore”

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

after that fight the eternals went for phastos and, finally, makkari.

“i’ve missed you so much” you signed to her receiving a tight hug and a bright smile.

“not as much as i did” she signed back.

“ok, guys. now we have to plan what we’re going to do” ikaris said, and you rolled your eyes.

“i need to control a celestial mind” sersi said and phastos showed golden bracelets explaining that you were going to use for absorb each other’s energy.

while this explanation, druig was by your side. he was extremely close and you could feel his breathing. “you look so pretty when you’re concentrated.” he whispered in your ear.

“and you look so pretty with your mouth closed” you said but you couldn’t avoid a tiny smile on your face. he was messing with your heart and he knew that.

after the reunion you and druig went to eat something. “you know, i’ve missed you in my life” the boy said, and you thought it was another joke, but he looked so… lovely. “and i know you did as well”

“ugh, in your dreams, druig” you rolled you eyes, trying to be tough in that situation. but you know you’ve missed him. you actually love when he’s around you, touching your skin, picking on you. he didn’t do that with anyone else.

“no, y/n, really. let’s stop being so cocky with each other. i passed all those years in amazon trying to forget about you, but i couldn’t” he said, getting closer. “when i saw this smile again i knew that i couldn’t avoid this awkward feeling… i guess that is love, the humans call it like that.” you laughed softly. “since arishem brought us to life, i knew that we had an invisible string tying you to me.”

your eyes were wide open, your cheeks were red and you were wordless. “dru…”

ikaris interrupted you by entering in the room, burning all phastos’s work with his eyes.

“what the fuck are you doing?” you asked terrified.

“he lied to us” sersi entered in the room, crying. “he already knew about the emergence. he killed ajak”

“what?” you exclaimed, walking to him. “no, you didn’t!”

“y/n” druig tried to hold you, but nothing could stop your urgency to punch his face. but, ikaris was faster than you and punched your stomach.

“touch her again and you’ll die.” druig said controlling his mind.

ikaris’s mind was stronger so he pointed the laser in your direction but druig placed his body in front of you, felling on the ground by your side.

“you’re not going to hurt your family.” kingo said forcing ikaris to fly away.

you looked to druig and saw a deep cut in his shoulders. “no no no” you said in disbelief, your eyes watering. “i’m so sorry.”

“i’m fine, honey, i’m fine” he said smiling while you put his head on your lap. “i saved you” he smirked.

“yeah, you did.” you laughed with tears falling down your cheeks. “nothing and no one will cut our invisible string. i love you, dru” you said, kissing his cheeks.

“i love you too, darling”

[clintashaspawn]

Thena headcanons

(Because I just love her so so much and

she’s already a comfort character for me

now even though I’ve only seen Eternals

twice. I have a lot of Thena headcanons,

so buckle up folks and I hope you enjoy.)

—

she’s very protective of the ones she cares about, but in a non-hovering way

despite her babysitting privileges being revoked by Phastos, she still enjoys spending time with Jack, and would do absolutely anything to protect him because she’s a total softie for the kid

Gilgamesh’s cooking and baking was her favorite and she misses both a lot

the first couple of weeks after Gilgamesh’s death, she has vivid nightmares that keep her awake the entire night, and against her best efforts to hide the evidence of her lack of sleep, Makkari notices, but never brings it up

Thena becomes quite touch deprived after she loses Gilgamesh, but is hesitant to allow anyone to get too close to her physically

she lasts less than 48 hours without Gil before the Mahd W’yry takes over her mind and sends her into a bad episode

somehow, Makkari and Druig are able to bring her back, and she comes to lying on the floor of the Domo with her head in the other woman’s lap

Thena always finds herself surprised at how close Makkari continues to stay to her even though she’d almost died at her hands during her first Mahd W’yry attack

it pains her to see the way Druig, ever so slightly, becomes more protective of Makkari whenever she’s around because it’s just the three of them, and they all know that a Mahd W’yry Thena is an extremely dangerous Thena

I’m so sorry, Makkari, she signs after a horrid attack, hands shaking so much that to anyone else, her words wouldn’t have made sense, but without hesitation, I don’t blame you and I never will is signed back as Druig tends to the cut above her right eye, and I love you no matter what

she hasn’t had an attack in nearly four months when Thena tells them they should take her to Arishem and let him reset her mind to which Makkari (very nicely) tells her off for even mentioning such a thing and shockingly enough, Druig firmly disagrees with the idea as well

Phastos invites everyone to dinner and feeling bad for having declined his previous multiple offers over the months, she finally says yes

Makkari’s Thena-inflicted wounds have healed at this point (except for the scar on her cheek from one of Thena’s knives a few weeks ago), but Thena is sure that everyone knows what she’s done anyway, and it puts her on edge

Jack updates her about his classes in school and tells her about a “kid who says and does mean things” and she can feel the burn creep up behind her eyes (that she’s learned is a warning of an attack) at the thought of someone hurting this kid she’s grown to love very much

she has to excuse herself and because Jack still doesn’t understand, he tries to follow, and she ends up slamming a door in his face right as she loses the thread of sanity she’d been clinging to the entire visit

Thena can’t bring herself to even talk to Phastos, Jack, or Ben after that because she came entirely too close to hurting someone else she loves

Jack is eighteen the next time Thena does see him and his adoration for her hasn’t diminished one bit

Thena apologizes for staying away for so long and explains to him why, his response being to simply hug her, and tell her that she is “loved and cherished”

the longer Thena goes without an attack, the more she notices Druig starts to loosen up in her presence (again)

when Makkari impulsively decides to learn piano one day, Thena discovers just how soothing, her piano playing specifically, is, and eventually divulges to Makkari that it helps to keep her mind at bay

every now and then, something will remind Thena of Gilgamesh, and send her mind reeling, but Makkari had learned a few telltale signs prior to an attack, and in most cases, they’re now able to stop them

Thena likes to braid Makkari’s hair and depending on her mood, she’ll incorporate flowers

as much as Thena enjoys learning new things, she has to limit herself to avoid overwhelming her already fractured mind

the winter months are always the worst for Thena, but over the years, her and Makkari have come up with ways to help her get through them without an incident

Thena’s favorite time of year is right between spring and fall as everything around her changes and she’ll spend a lot of time outside

most of her wardrobe consists of off-white and tan, but never white, because white is clean and pure something she’ll never be

she’s multilingual (for obvious reasons), but finds herself mixing her languages up, or forgetting words and phrases

one of Thena’s deeply hidden concerns is that she’ll forget sign language, losing her primary form of communication with Makkari

You won’t forget. You’ll always remember, Makkari assures her confidently and all Thena can bring herself to do is thank her. You and Gil always believed in me even when I’d doubt myself. Thank you, Kari.

Thena’s nickname for Makkari is “Kari”

she does miss fighting, but tries her best not to dwell on it too much (because she sent herself spiraling into an attack by accident doing that in the past)

although she’s suffered with Mahd W’yry for years, Thena still isn’t exactly sure what all of her triggers are, and the thought of not knowing every single thing that could trigger her is one of the very few fears she has

Thena’s favorite color is orange because it reminds her of Gilgamesh

she misses Gilgamesh’s touch and the way it never failed to ground her

for the longest time, Thena didn’t think she would ever admit that aloud, and for the longest time, she didn’t

when she told Gilgamesh, his eyes crinkled at the corners from the beaming smile that spread across his face, and she couldn’t hold back her genuine smile in return

the only other person who she’d ever admitted that to was Makkari

it was as Thena was coming down from a Mhad W’yry attack which promptly sent her into a full blown panic attack, but Makkari was there, her Kari

Makkari held a hand up and Thena’s fingertips met hers, close your eyes, she signed, and Thena obeyed, red rimmed eyes fluttering closing, and her friend signed against her fingers, You’re okay, Thena. I’m here. Take a deep breath. And her other hand pulled Thena’s up to her chest.

it took nearly ten minutes of signed reassurances and mimicking Makkari’s controlled breaths for Thena to only have to force her sobs into submission rather than succumb to hyperventilation

I miss him, she signed and cried out, I just want to feel his hand in mine one more time, and Makkari wrapped her in a hug

neither of them spoke about it afterward

Makkari is the only other person Thena allows to get and remain physically close to her

Thena uses art, primarily oil painting, as a way of expression, especially after a Mahd W’yry attack, she’ll draw what flashed by her eyes

[blackbat05]

Blossom

Makkari x Druig

A/N: Let’s just say I’m on a roll here. Writing was influenced by this beautiful fan art! All credits go to original creator. Enjoy! Likes, comments, reblogs are always appreciated! Italics = Signing

Genre: PG-13. Fluff/Comfort - A bit of whump?

Warnings: Still trying to master how to be non-cheesy. Based on my few experiences as a tourist.

Note: Intended time is set before first snap.

***

South Korea, Seoul

Present Day

Druig makes sure not to attract too much attention to himself amongst the many couples who were admiring the foliage.

Walking down the path that was brightened up by the pinkish hue of the cherry blossoms, he slips his hands into the pockets of the biker jacket, heading north.

He didn’t even know why he was here. Along with the people who had caused him so much pain centuries ago. Druig wills himself to calm his mind that was becoming too noisy for his liking.

He finally reaches his destination - a huge sign reading ‘I SEOUL U’ where visitors and locals alike where busily snapping pictures of their friends and family. Druig finds himself about to give up, when he sees her.

Behind the large sign, Makkari stands at the dock, leaning against the metal railings. He finds his feet moving on auto pilot towards her, pausing abruptly as he’s about to reach her.

Druig takes his phone out, angling the device stealthily. Once satisfied, he snaps away, happy with the outcome. Perhaps Phastos was right - technology did have its use after all.

Tapping her on the shoulder, he never got sick and tired of the way her face lit up seeing him.

You made it! Long trip?

It’s alright. Truth was that he had came from Brazil making a pit stop in Greece for personal reasons - but no one had to know.

Besides, it was all worth it.

A gust of wind suddenly blows in his direction, giving Druig an idea. The man playfully stumbles into her, slinging his arm over her shoulder.

You did that on purpose! Makkari attempts to maintain her look of disapproval.

Shrugging his shoulders as innocently as he could, Druig looks at a boat passing by. Finally, Makkari asks the question.

Have you met any of them yet?

Nah, I don’t think they would be too thrilled to see me either.

Makkari frowns slightly, signing again. You know that was a long time ago. Druig gets lost in his thoughts momentarily.

Sure, it was a long time ago. But his ideals remained the same. And he’s was sure that some of them held their own unwavering ideals. So as long as that happened, he couldn’t bear to remain in the same room for more than ten minutes.

The weather’s good today. Come on, let’s have some fun. He walks ahead, clearly aware of the white elephant.

———

He steps out of the dressing room, adjusting the Gat on his head. Druig stares into the mirror right across the room.

The traditional hat was a nice finish touch that blended in with his black durumagi. He couldn’t put it into words, but the intricacy of each thread woven into the traditional clothing demanded utmost respect.

Druig makes his way to meet Makkari as he hears the door on the other end of the shop opening, halting in his tracks abruptly.

It’s been so long since I’ve wore this. Is it ok?

He snaps out of his own thoughts, responding back quickly.

You still look beautiful as ever.

Makkari’s hanbok consisted of a grey jeogori and a red chima that complimented each other perfectly. Her hair was tied into a simple braid, with a red ribbon at the end of it.

Joining the wave of people on the streets of Seoul, they decided to head to Gyeongbokgung Palace.

It feels so strange but familiar… the last time I wore this, I was with Gilgamesh and Thena, trying to find a royal inspector who got lost in the fire that had spread across the village that the deviants started.

Druig nods, knowing what she was talking about.

———

Three Kingdoms of Korea,

57 BC

‘Where are the rest!’ Gilgamesh runs over to Thena who had just taken out a deviant with her spear.

I moved them to the town hall! They’re safe!

The flames was spreading across the village like wildfire, burning down multiple straw huts at one go. Stragglers were desperately clamoring their way through the intense heat with Kingo leading the way on the ground, and Ikaris from the skies.

A woman hobbles up to them, face and clothing both covered in grey ashes. She cries out something unintelligible to the group, but Gilgamesh catches on.

‘She says her husband is missing! She saw him at a hanok two kilometers down!’

The trio exchanged silent glances. In this unforgiving heat, two kilometers would probably feel like twenty. Gilgamesh and Thena were more than capable braving the distance, but if they wanted any chance of finding the man alive…

Be careful. She hears his voice in his head. Makkari nods to the duo to leave. Thena hesitates for a moment before leaving with Gilgamesh to guide the woman to safety. She sees a tree a few meters in front of her fall, crushing an abandoned pushcart.

This was going to be a lot harder than she thinks.

I’ll guide you. Druig looks out of the domo. Mind manipulation had it’s advantages, it could be used for good as well. Irises turning gold, he focuses his energy on tracing out the remaining villager.

Keep going, I’ll tell you when you’re close.

Makkari sprints in the direction given by the woman, dodging fallen debris along the way. The accumulating ashes didn’t make the journey any easier, clouding her visibility.

Two blocks more, turn right.

Following his instructions, she skids to a stop in front of a hanok that was about to be on the verge of collapsing.

Collapsing onto the unconscious form of a man. She speeds towards him, getting him off the floor and out of the house that caved in a few seconds after. Moving people was one thing. Moving unconscious people was another.

Ikaris is on his way, hang tight.

She tries to find stable shelter while waiting for her comrade to arrive, checking the state of her rescuee every few minutes.

A loud crash at the adjacent hanok sent waves across the ground that had deeply unsettled Makkari. A deviant with nasty tentacles sprouting at the side of its body had their fangs bared wide, in search of their next prey.

‘Shit!’ Druig finds himself back in the Domo, three pair of eyes staring back at him.

‘Druig is everything alright?’ Sersi approaches him.

No, nothing was alright. Makkari was fast but she had added weight on her that was barely moving. And Ikaris was still miles out from where she was.

———

Makkari tries to move the unconscious male behind a broken structure.

If she could distract the deviant somehow, buy some time…

Where was the deviant?

She finds herself being thrown forward, crashing into bushes that had long wilted. Makkari finds herself face to face with the same deviant who was now approaching her, ready to pounce. She tries to move, but pain had strike on her right ankle, sending it to every part of her nerve.

A debris had landed on her right leg, leaving no room for her to escape.

She was always a few steps ahead of them - hell, they couldn’t even catch her if they tried. But now she felt like a injured fawn caught in headlights.

Then, the deviant turns away only to be hit by a beam of ray - Ikaris.

‘Go!’ He yells, baiting himself to the deviant who lunged after him.

Druig is beside her instantly, accompanied by Gilgamesh who lifted the debris effortlessly. The strong warrior lifts Makkari’s rescuee into a fireman’s carry, getting him back to his family.

She tries to stand, only to find herself in a saddleback carry.

Druig, it’s ok-

Put your arms around me. Don’t let go.

Makkari knew it was fruitless to argue. She does as he instructs, leaning into him as he walks back to the Domo where Phastos was waiting with a stretcher.

While being treated by Ajak, Druig was nowhere to be found. Phastos tells her that he had coped himself up in one of the many rooms during her treatment.

She knew why.

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Seoul,

Present Day

Penny for your thoughts?

Druig knew that he couldn’t hide from her. Bad memories.

Sure, they were strong. Stronger than the avengers. They were eternals. Made by the all powerful celestials.

That didn’t mean they weren’t immune to death - he knew the moment he had sent her into the open arms of an deviant.

That happened centuries ago, but it could happen especially with the many threats looming Earth in the previous years.

It scared him.

Druig, come back to me.

Makkari stares into his ocean blue orbs. I made that choice. And you were there to back me up when I needed it.

She could tell he still wasn’t convinced, so she continues.

You know, I would have still made the same decision given the choice. Druig looks at her.

You were there. That’s all that mattered.

She beckons him to follow her deeper into the palace. Besides, that wasn’t all that I remembered.

———

Unknown location,

Four days before village fire

Druig walks behind an excited Makkari, eyes twinkling at the pink flowers that adorned the trees lining the path that the pair was currently on.

I’ll miss this view. It’s breathtaking. She signs at him.

Not as breathtaking as the view in front of me.

Makkari’s lips curves upwards, turning her back to him as she focuses on admiring the nature that she was about to leave in four days. Druig can’t help but to notice the red fabric of her skirt trailing behind her.

He finds a petal gently falling on his shoulders.

The wind makes itself known, causing many more petals to fall. The effect was reminiscent to a pink shower.

One that only magnified her beauty.

———

Seoul,

Present day

She moves to stand in another spot where more petals were falling. He follows her joining her in the moment.

Makkari was delighted to experience this again. She sticks a hand out, watching a petal slowly land on the tip of her fingers.

Taking out his phone, he lingers, snapping another keepsake when he’s in the depths of the Amazon, in different time zones.

He feels like he’s dragged back into time, and this time he wants to preserve the memory.

He wants to preserve the moment, and to remind himself that just like the cherry blossom, she was the good in his life.

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A/N: Well, I hope that was ok! I know I said in my previous post that I had exams to study for but I just needed to get this one out of my head. Plus it’s so therapeutic writing for them? Anyways, hope you enjoyed it!

Note: I had a few song choices in my head but this was one of them!

Tag list (this is based on some of my previous interactions and what I see so if you are not comfortable, let me know and I’ll remove it!) : @180cme @blue-starlight @ichigoverse @mkixx @almiaz @ohlovelywar

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Eternals Character Analysis Part II

Spoilers after the break about Kingo, Phastos, Gilgamesh, Thena, Makkari, and Druig.

Kingo – Something that felt off to me on first watch was Kingo’s reaction after he was told that Ajak was dead, the deviants are targeting Eternals, something’s happening to earth, and they need to find the others. He was shocked and sad about the Ajak part. Yet despite being told the rest, he hesitated to go and had to be given a lil pep talk, because he was concerned about the movie. And then he’s making a documentary throughout the whole thing. After the second watch, it clicked for me. Kingo cares, but not about this shit. First of all, I already talked about him disregarding Sersi as a leader, so his reaction may have been influenced by the fact that Sersi delivered the news to him and was the one leading the conversation. I don’t think it’s sexism or anything. I just think leader is just not how he’s known Sersei for thousands of years, whereas that is how he’s known and interacted with Ikaris. Second, the stuff about something happening to the earth and the Deviants evolving wasn’t coming from Arishem. Again, it was Sersi.

Third but most important, like Arishem, Kingo cares about the bigger picture. His reaction in the studio is a teaser to the stance that he will later voice. Earth has had billions of years to thrive. Billions of years of life in one form or another, and humans have had millions of years. Why shouldn’t another planet get the same opportunity? What gives Earth the right to be the main character? When Sersi told everyone the truth, including the part where they’re there to ensure earth’s demise, the first words out of Kingo’s mouth is, “So we’re fancy robots?”

I want to specify that I do not believe that that’s Ikaris’ stance. I talked about his motivation in Part I. I don’t think he’s invested in the philosophical, moral, the-few-for-the-many aspect of it. Ikaris is about the mission, the mandate, the existential purpose.

Despite, believing in Arishem’s grand design, though, Kingo won’t fight for it. He prioritizes his family above it all. You don’t raise your hand against your family, so he’s not going to fight Sersi’s side. He’s not going to fight Ikaris’ side. One side will win. If it’s Ikaris, he’ll see them all on the other side. If it’s Sersi, that’s still the majority of his family who won.

Let him know how it turns out. He’ll be chilling in the cut.

Phastos – Look, I was disgusted with humanity when White people and racist law enforcement were killing Black people and vilifying their supporters in the middle of a pandemic. Like, a pandemic was happening, and racists and their sympathizers were refusing to take a break. The talking points from the pandemic deniers also made me disgusted with humanity. So I felt Phastos on a deep level when he decided that humans weren’t worth saving.

Imagine watching them take long as hell to advance. They’re so slow. It’s taking so long. You have to help them but not, like, a lot, cause you don’t want to break their brains by giving too much too soon. THEN BOOM! They drop two fucking atomic bombs on other human beings, hoping it would work like it did. From taking an hour to reload their musket to that? He was probably hanging by a thread by then, and that one did it.

His love story with Ben must be so sweet. Phastos regaining faith in humanity through is interactions with Ben? Where's the fic?

It would’ve been so easy to shaft Phastos on the fighting front. He’s the genius inventor. What good could he possibly be in a fight? But he showed out!

Sidebar: I love how so many members of the family low key and high key had beef with Ikaris. Ikaris is that family member who acts so perfect that you just want to punch them in the face. I bet he was always the first to back up Ajak. “Yes, Ajak. Right, Ajak. Okay, this is the mission, guys. This is what you did wrong guys, so let’s work on it for next time, huh?” Phastos wanted to clip his wings; Thena wanted to fight his ass for real, for real, not practice, not a drill, a real fight. Druig was ready to take it outside in Tenochtitlàn; and Gilgamesh thought he was overrated. I love it!!!

Gilgamesh – Bae. Female gaze approved. The family cook, probably. A Caretaker King. He developed a coping tool with Thena for Thena. He held her down. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to learn much about him outside of his caretaker role for Thena, so I hope we’ll get more of him in flashbacks. I noticed on second watch that this movie never found an excuse for a shirtless scene of any of the male characters (male gaze).

Thena (drop the A) – We also didn’t get to learn much about what makes her tick and what makes her churn. She loves a good fight, of course, but I’m excited to learn more about her. The visuals for her power were beautiful. Although I said that I think all the Eternals were surprised by Sersi being chosen, I think Thena may have been the only one a little not surprised. Like, she may have thought Ajak would get it wrong, but nope Ajak came through. Loved her pep talk to Sersi. Ajak chose you, girl. Stand up, straighten your spine, and lead. Also, this movie did not have any gratuitous ass shots (male gaze). Like the Dora Milaje, Thena’s tight pants were covered by a skirt. The female warriors were dressed similar to the male warriors, and none of the women were shot with the camera looking up at her ass. Way to grow, MCU. Way to go, Chloe Zhao!

Beautiful, beautiful Makkari – BAE! My GOD, she had something for that ass. The entire fight sequence against Ikaris on the beach was the most satisfying thing I’ve watched in a long time, but Makkari handing Ikaris his ass was ESPECIALLY fulfilling. Just the way they used and shot her powers was beautiful. She’s our book/tablet-reading queen. I do think the movie copped out by insinuating that she spent most of her time in the ship. Especially as the deaf member of the team, and the first deaf superhero in the MCU, it’s lame that they didn’t portray her as having found a community after going her own way. Please explore her more in the future. And you know I’m gonna say it: her thing with Druig IS SEXY AS FUCK!

Makkari’s a bit like Kingo, Ikaris, and Sprite. She wasn’t broken up about earth dying. Homegirl didn’t want to be bored, and going against a Celestial was the more exciting option. Considering she’s tight with Druig, she probably didn’t really see it for Ikaris either.

Druig – Benevolent overlord. I guess. He was on his Wanda Maximoff shit. I feel for him, having to watch humans destroy each other in all forms of horrific ways when he could put a stop to it. But then they wouldn’t be human. They’d be puppets.

This movie didn’t shy away from answering two very important questions: why didn’t they interfere with Thanos, and why didn’t they save humanity from themselves? And I think they provided answers that made sense. Above all, the Celestials are fancy robot soldiers. For a long time they all did as they were told and only as they were told. They were on a mission from Arishem that was bigger than whatever the humans were doing to each other, and they stuck with it. They answered a high power. And when you have so much power and have lived for so long, I understand developing a level of apathy. It would be sooo great for humanity to be saved from itself by an outside force. It would take accountability away from humans. But the Eternals would literally have to either conquer the world by force, or do it Druig’s way and just take over every one’s mind. Neither option is cute, and it’s also putting a lot of power in the hands of a few people that you aren’t sure will always be….the good guys.

Which finally brings me to Arishem. I love the way he was written. I’ve come to love this depiction of a Creator being. Again, apathy. The grand design is to have life. The quality doesn’t matter. How life interacts with itself doesn’t matter (harming, hurting, loving, subjugating). The fact that it exists, persists, and perpetuates more life is all that matters.

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With how many of them there are, I feel like the Eternals lends itself pretty well to alternate universe fics. I'm not sure if that's your thing, but what cliche AU would you like to see them in? I feel like roommates is fun and obvious but maybe doesn't have a lot of plot, but I also just rewatched The Old Guard and instantly thought about how they would fit into that world(Sprite/Ikarus as Booker and Thena/Gil or DruigMakkari gives me Joe/Nikki)t's the same immortality thread but grounded.

I may not be the best person for this because I am not super into AUs these days, and I actually have a post about how I don't know what to do with Druig in a no-powers AU, what with his powers shaping his personality more than anyone else's. But I'll give it a go, but I'm going with fusions because I don't have any cliche AUs in mind. Hope that's cool.

Leverage, but with twice the number of people. Unfortunately I genuinely don't know who would be the mastermind because they have very blunt force battle tactics. No one has an ounce of finesse except maybe Sersi. Ajak, obviously, but like, I think she's not on the team, she and Ikaris are the Sterling characters. So yeah I guess Sersi is the mastermind, because she's learned that compassion can be hard by the end of the movie.

Makkari is the thief, duh. Phastos = hacker. Sprite is a grifter! Thena and Gilgamesh are hitters. Druig is also a grifter; he's just not as good at it. Kingo is the guy they call in for big jobs when they need another actor because "child" and "mean guy with unsettling smirks" won't always cut it.

Dane can be the sad guy who's like "My boss is stealing from us and we can't do anything about it :(" and Sersi is all "Oh we have to help him!!"

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Mass Effect and this can be in the canon timeline, ish. (I guess this is a crossover, not a fusion.) 2148 and suddenly humans know stuff. All the Eternals can be like "yeah we're biotics"

"I just saw you transmute that boulder into BIRDS"

"uh...my mom drank eezo milkshakes when I was in utero"

"that doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about element zero to dispute it"

The Illusive man's dossier on "Phil Stoss" -expert engineer -human biotic with incredible ability to manipulate his technological creations -friendly, lonely, older than he looks

Stoss is skittish and mysterious, and known to mistrust Cerberus. His skills will be invaluable for finding the Collector homeworld. He is usually found at his workshop on Earth. Caution advised: Known associates include human biotics who take privacy very seriously.

Paragon Shep can recruit "Phil" quickly but he turns Renegade Shep away initially, until Druig, who has poked around in Shep's head (because WHAT is going on in there) is like "Uhhh yeah no we're going to sign on with this person, we have to." and then four more people are suddenly on the Normandy SR-2. (because...she got old and died, so it's only six left, sorry).

Long story short, Druig ends up in a long distance telepath fight with Harbinger and later almost gets killed by the Leviathans who are like THAT THING IS A THREAT.

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The Old Guard, you know, Druig is Andy! the obvious choice is Andy is Sersi or Ajak but no, it's Druig. He really does go through a similar arc, like, I can't do anything that matters, and at the end, Andy learns that EVERYTHING she does matters, she gets a new sense of purpose while Druig gets a) revenge on Arishem, b) freedom from Ajak and Ikaris, c) knowledge that he really made a difference in billions of lives, namely that they weren't cut short, and d) PURPOSE, new purpose to start a full scale revolt against the gods.

I probably wouldn't call Makkari Quynh, although...she was the one who was alone (ish) for five hundred years, so...maybe...

Joe/Nicky is Thena/Gil, yeah. just that level of easy devotion, never questioning their bond.

I very much agree that Sprite is Booker, for obvious reasons. Ikaris is a true believer. Sprite just wants her pain to stop. So Ikaris might be, uh, Dr. Kozak? That seems harsh.

Nile though...Nile might be Sersi? Or Phastos, I don't know. They're both pretty hip with modern humanity. I'm leaning toward Phastos, because family, but then again, Sersi is the one who finds herself suddenly the main character, her entire worldview turned upside down, facing an entirely different world than the one she thought she lived in.

I don't know if this was really what you were looking for, but it is what I have. Thanks for writing!

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thena's lack of memory is a concern; makkari's face wears only a frown of concern instead of only fondness for her fellow eternal. the attack itself had been concerning, yes, but makkari's speed had thankfully helped her to avoid too much damage. «maybe that's for the best,» she suggests, having tapped thena to get her attention back so they could converse again, «it wouldn't be good to remember being afraid and trapped in your own mind as your body acts without your permission.»

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               was   she   okay?      thena   is   not   sure   there   is   an   answer   to   the   question.      to   completely   LOSE   oneself   so   suddenly,   not   be   aware   of   the   damage   being   caused…      it’s   a   feeling   thena   simply   CANNOT   EXPLAIN.      she   swallows   hard,   eyes   falling   to   her   hands.      ❝   i   can’t   recall   a   thing.      i   do   not   REMEMBER   falling   into   such   a   state.   ❞      was   this   going   to   continue?      would   it   INCREASE   in   it’s   frequency?      would   she…      KILL   one   of   her   own?      there   are   too   many   questions   without   answers,   it   causes   a   PAIN   in   her   mind.      ❝   i   am   AFRAID,   makkari.   ❞