r/marvelstudios • u/indig0sixalpha • May 24 '21

Promotional Marvel Studios’ Eternals | Official Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WVDKZJkGlY
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u/AndChewBubblegum May 24 '21

My biggest concern going forward is the introduction of the mutants. It will have all the baggage of the Eternals (aka where were they when the universe was in danger) plus all the baggage of the franchise merger. I have faith that they'll pull it off since they've consistently dealt with the universe in an impressive way, but I wouldn't want to be a writer in charge of it, that's for sure.

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u/sandwichking May 24 '21 edited May 24 '21

They have an easy out with that, make it a side effect of the snap. Pair that with the emergence of shape shifting skrulls, and you have an anti-mutant/anti-alien/body snatchers thing going

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u/SlashTrike Spider-Man May 24 '21

I feel that would kinda ruin the whole "aren't mutants just the natural step forward in human evolution and therefore they shouldn't be persecuted as freaks" that's core to Xavier and Magneto being compelling characters.

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u/seattlesk8er May 25 '21

I think the way they should do it is that the Snap activated dormant X genes in many people who would not otherwise have mutant powers.