Thanos' Origin Twist Explains the Real Reason He's in Love with Death
Warning: contains spoilers for Eternals #12!
Marvel's Eternals recently revealed the truth of Thanos' origin, and the dichotomy at the heart of his creation suggests a chilling reason why the Mad Titan is obsessed with Death, and has been since childhood. Since his earliest days, Thanos has been stalked by Lady Death — the sentient expression of entropy in the Marvel Universe. Thanos has professed his love to Death many times, killing billions in her name, and yet it remains a mystery exactly why he's so obsessed, especially as he initially resisted the dark god's siren call.
In recent issues of Eternals, it's been revealed that Thanos was the result of an experiment to create new Eternal life. The Eternals are immortal beings created by the godlike Celestials to safeguard humanity, and operate more like parts in a machine than individuals with free will. Each of the exactly one hundred Eternals was created to be part of a larger machine, with predetermined personalities and relationships. The Eternals watch over humanity, protecting them from the Deviants — the Eternals' opposite numbers who sometimes experience «excess deviation» and become monstrous threats which the Eternals are driven to kill by their internal programming.
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In Eternals #12 by Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribic, it's confirmed that Thanos was created through a combination of Eternal and Deviant DNA, as part of his mother and father's grand plan to expand the Eternal race beyond the initial hundred beings created by the Celestials. However, the series' focus on how the Eternals are forced to address excess deviation opens up a tragic possibility given Thanos' true nature. Eternals are
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