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Mrph1 MOD he/him (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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Nov 24th 2021 at 11:09:54 AM •••

I think this is now a pretty complete list of Eternals and their tropes until writers introduce more or revisit older minor characters - there’s probably not much point adding utterly generic minor characters like Eramis or one-scene wonders like Master Elo.

There are still some humans and deviants missing (Dr Damian, Margo Damian, Morjak, Gelt, Tutinax) but I think that’s about it. Erishkigal is definitely deserving of an entry, as one of the more prominent deviants… if and when she actually appears in an Eternals book rather than as a villain elsewhere.

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Mrph1 MOD he/him (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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Nov 21st 2021 at 3:21:44 PM •••

Revised suggestion on Eternals changing race/gender when they resurrect - I’m going to wait and see how the current Gillen series goes, and how many flashbacks and historical specials we get.

(And whether certain characters resurrect with a different gender/appearance when they die)

If it’s limited to Ret-Canon for the film - i.e. just the characters who were cast with a different race and/or gender to the comic version (and Druig, who’s gone from Caucasian in all previous appearances to East Asian now) - and isn’t an ongoing feature, it’s probably good as is.

On the other hand, if we continue to see these changes for historical stories and resurrections, and it becomes a major piece of the mythology during the Gillen run (and beyond) I think it’s worth a line in the character intros to confirm which Eternals change their appearance and - just as notably - which remain constant (e.g. Ikaris and Zuras seem to be absolutely the same in every flashback - whereas most of the rest of the core cast - Thena, Sprite, Sersi, Druig, Phastos and Ajak - have changed ethnicity and/or gender at least once).

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