Eternals Makes Endgame’s Ending Another Iron Man Mistake

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By saving the world from Thanos in Avengers: Endgame, Tony Stark and the rest of the Avengers doom the world to the Emergence, as Eternals shows, proving another one of Iron Man’s mistakes. One of the main themes recurring in the current stream of MCU films is the omnipresence of Iron Man. Even with Tony and the Iron Man moniker long-dead post Avengers: Endgame’s ending, his presence and mistakes are still heavily felt across the recent events of the films, from way back in Spider-Man: Far from Home, the final installment of Phase 3, to even until now with Eternals.

A lot of the events and conflicts surrounding the MCU stem from the mistakes that Tony makes in his attempts to do good. A key example is his creation of Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron, a system he intends to protect the Earth. But rather than protect humanity, Ultron leads to the destruction of Sokovia and the death of many. These events further unravel in Captain America: Civil War, where Tony’s attempt to take accountability leads to the fallout of the Sokovia Accords and the break-up of the Avengers.

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Eternals is no different in that regard, with the conflict of the film another direct result of Tony’s attempts to do good. The Emergence, as seen in Eternals, is the cosmic event where the large population of a planet catalyzes the birth of a celestial while simultaneously destroying the said planet. By reversing “the blip” in Avengers: Endgame, the Avengers doom the Earth to the Emergence with the sudden spike of population. This means that Avengers: Endgame’s ending is another part of Iron Man’s pattern of attempting to do good deeds and the Avengers saving the world leading to even more