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spoilers for The Eternals. Hey brother, well, you guys,
I just saw The Eternals for the first time, a couple nights ago. And I have to say, I really
missed Game of Thrones. I mean, that show always
kept you on your toes. But the love triangle between
Rob and John and Cersei, whoa, I did not see it coming. No, but despite the deviant dragons, use of the same characters,
and some of the same names, it's obviously way different
from Game of Thrones. And I really enjoyed it. I mean, there is now a canon character whose literal power is finger guns. I mean, what more could you ask for? But I have to say, when it comes to Kit Harrington's
character of Dane Whitman, there's just no way they
weren't trying to capitalize on some John Snow love. I mean, for one he's dating
a super powerful woman who he knows just nothing about. - You know nothing, John Snow. - But the real kicker is
in the post credit scene, where just moments after failing
to reveal a family secret to Cersei because, you know,
she got whisked off to space by a giant six-eyed
celestial to be scolded. We, the audience, get a little hint as to what that secret was going to be, Kit, sorry, John, sorry, Dane is seen in his room opening an
ancient magical looking box, which contains an equally
magical looking black sword. And he is just about to touch
it when he gets a warning from an offscreen character, asking if he's sure he's ready for that. And then it cuts to black, which
is honestly all too fitting because the character they introduced is none other than The Black Knight. To which you might be saying, who? Don't worry, today we find out, and I assure you he's
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like the post-credit scene, we also need to address
the mid-credit scene, which dropped just several
bombs right in a row and introduced two new
characters to the MCU, including Harry Styles. Thena, Druig, and Makkari
are all chilling out on their spaceship, you know, in space. When they suddenly noticed a disturbance, and then a troll teleports
himself onto their ship. Said troll has clearly
had quite a few libations and is in the process of
consuming yet another. This character is Pip
Gofern, or Pip the Troll. And he's basically serving as
a hype man for his companion, who he proceeds to stumble
through introducing. But we'll get to him in a second. Because Pip himself has
some unique abilities, most notable of which is teleporting, which obviously he used
to get on the ship. But the real question might be, how did he know where the ship was? And in fact, that is the
second half of his powers. He can locate anyone, anywhere. Which if you ask me, sounds super useful. I mean, imagine if the
Avengers had Pip there when they were looking for Thanos. But if that power sounds
a little bit overpowered well that's because it is
because typically Pip's powers come from exposure to
Marvel's favorite power giving MacGuffin, the space stone. Those are at least his
powers in the comics anyway, but I think both of them
are in play again here, because again, they found the ship and him
and his companion claim to have found the Eternals'
friends who are in trouble. And that brings us to his companion, whom Pip introduces as Star Fox or Eros, the brother of Thanos. Which like as soon as he said that I was scratching my head a
little, because I mean, for one Eros doesn't look
anything like Thanos at all. Like he's not like a giant purple dude. They don't even look like
the same species, honestly, but it turns out this is in fact the case, they are full on biological
brothers with shared parents and everything. Comics wise, their
parents are both Eternals as well. Their father Alars
is an eternal from Earth, which might not be true in
the MCU since we met all the Eternals from Earth and
he wasn't one of them. My personal guess is that
both parents are just going to end up being from Titan
where Thanos is from, because that's also where
their mother is from. Her name is Susan and she
is an Eternal from Titan. And typically the way it works
is that because they're both Eternals from different planets, their offspring are extra
powerful because they have cosmic energy from both planets. That said though, you may
have just noticed that Alars and Susan looked
like regular humans. So, what accounts for Thanos
being such a giant purple dude, and actually they kind of
touch on it a little in the Eternals movie with Thena. Throughout the movie, Thena
is suffering from a condition known as Mahd Wy'ry. That's M A H D W Y apostrophe R Y which until I saw it written down, I had no idea what they were saying. Mahd Wy'ry though, is a kind of disease Eternals specifically
are able to suffer from if they have been around
for an extra long time. This is because even though
they have God-like bodies, they still have a human-like minds. And after millenniums of
experiences and memories, it can all start to just
like drive them a little mad. It's, it's too much. But that is not the only kind of disease an eternal can have. They can also suffer from what
is known as deviant syndrome, which I have to imagine has
something to do with, you know, the deviants we saw in Eternals. So the main effect of that
on the Eternals is that it causes a really mutated appearance. Hence, why Thanos looks like Thanos. But so anyway, let's get
back to Eros. Who is he? Well, basically he is the exact opposite of Thanos and this was
a very deliberate choice by both characters, creator, Jim Starlin, who wanted to create a set of
brothers who had the opposing Freudian ideals of Eros and Thanatos. Oh boy, Freud. Let's go. So according to Freud, humans
have both a life instinct and a death drive. Guess which one Thanos is? Yeah. Thanatos is the death drive. And again according to Freud, this is what causes humans
to engage in risky behaviors. Behaviors that could
end in your own death. And this tracks pretty
well with Thanos. I mean, after all we know he does kill
half the population of the entire universe. And then in
the comics, he is literally in love with the physical
embodiment of death. Eros on the other hand, is the life force. The will to live and to
create life. If you know what I mean. And fittingly,
Eros's character is the exact opposite of Thanos. While Thanos is the universe's
most calm, calculated, and driven cynic. Eros is just completely carefree
and mostly concerned with just having a good time,
which explains why Pip, the troll shows up in his libation state. But don't be fooled. Eros
is extremely powerful. He can fly and has super
strength and a myriad of other cosmic abilities. His main issue though, is
being motivated enough to hone those skills into something useful. Not that he doesn't try,
but he's often slipped up by his one unique psychic
power that allows him to (clears throat) stimulate the pleasure centers of the brains of people within
25 feet of himself. So, basically he's just a total party boy, who has tons of potential, but
who has put just very little effort into developing those skills. Speaking of party boys though,
I think it's pretty possible we end up seeing Eros and
Pip with the Eternals, meet up with the Guardians in Guardians 3. I mean, after all they are in space. But we also know the
Guardians will be looking for Gamora who actually would be Eros's niece. And then Peter himself is also
the son of a celestial, Ego. Plus then on top of that
Guardians 2 also tease the character of Adam Warlock, who Eros has had some
crossover with in the comics. But from there let's head
back to the post credit scene, where I feel pretty confident. We're going to see Dane Whitman
returned with the Eternals as the Black Knight. If you will recall earlier in
Eternal, Cersei and Dane are chatting in a stairwell where
she is promptly turning down his invitation to live together. But she does give him a
rare ring that belonged to his family and reminds him that he really needs to call his uncle. He sighs heavily and says,
he knows he should and will, but it's obviously something
he's been putting off doing, but clearly by the end of the movie, he has called his uncle and learned quite a bit about his family. And he's about to reveal
everything he's learned to Cersei, but then she gets whisked away into space. What he would have said
though, if Cersei hadn't been whisked away, is that
he did call his uncle and his uncle told him a lot
of interesting family secrets, including that he owns a
very powerful, magical sword known as the Ebony blade. And that the Ebony blade was
actually created by Merlin and Sir Percy, who is their
shared ancestor and who served on the Knights of the Round Table. In fact, the Ebony blade was
created as the counterpoint to Excalibur, the sword of
King Arthur that we saw Thena wielding earlier in the Eternals. And not only that, but this
blade offers whoever wields it, a certain amount of superpowers. First of all, it can cut through anything. It can deflect any magic
and it can be summoned telekinetically by whatever
user it's presently linked to, kind of like Thor with Mjolnir. Not only that, it can also
heal its user to prevent them from dying or even resurrect
them in some cases. And also, also actually,
actually, when it's at full power, it will encase its user
in a suit of black armor. So, basically Dane Whitman
is basically going to end up a guy with a really cool
special sword, dressed in black, have a secret Royal
lineage and probably get resurrected at some point. I mean, for goodness
sakes, it's just John Snow. Like I honestly can't believe
they didn't just give him an Albino Husky to go take care of. Wow, my hair is amazing. You know what, actually it says here, he usually has a winged
horse. So, that's cool. John did ride a dragon though. (dragon wings flapping) Anyway, obviously there's a lot of perks to holding the sword,
but if you will recall, Dane is awfully cautious and
quite nervous about actually touching and linking himself to it. And that is because the blade
also carries with it a curse. (imitates surprise sound effect) And the curse is a pretty vicious loop. Basically, if the user ever
does anything evil with it or kill anybody, it will make the sword crave more blood, which will make the user then
do more evil things which will make the sword crave more blood, which will make the user
do more, you get it. And really, this is kind of
another way, it's like Mjolnir, like only a truly worthy person
would be able to wield the sword without succumbing to
its darker desires because only a truly worthy person would
never do anything evil with the sword. The obvious difference being
that only worthy people can even pick up Mjolnir to begin with. Whereas anyone could just
pick up the sword and start succumbing to its power
and wreaking havoc. Now comics wise, the reason
Dane decides to finally pick up the sword is because his
uncle reveals to him that he was indeed not worthy that
he tried picking up the blade, but it turned him into a super villain. And I have to imagine since
Dane's uncle is in play again, that that's probably going to be the case. Maybe he's even going to be the villain, Dane has to overcome. But that in a nutshell
is the Black Knight. I'm sure Dane will have to
overcome some inner demons of feeling like he is indeed not
worthy before realizing that he is worthy and you know, saves the day. The other big question
though, of course, is who was talking to him off screen? Who warns him about picking up the blade? But actually, it's no mystery at all. The director of the Eternals
has come out since the movie was released and just revealed
that the character is none other than Blade to be
played by Mahershala Ali. And Blade if you don't know is a half man, half vampire hero who will
soon be gracing the MCU with his presence. That's said I have no idea what
him and Dane are going to be getting up to. I mean, comics wise, they have been on a team
together before MI 13. And MI 13 is a British agency that handles paranormal problems and is
typically led by a character called Captain Britain. And I only bring them up because
Captain Britain's alter ego is guy named Brian Braddock. And in Endgame, you can
hear Peggy where she says, (suspenseful violin music) So, who knows, maybe MI 13 is the team up we can be looking forward
to including Dane, Brian Braddock and Blade. But there you go, guys, that is the end credit scene
of the Eternals explained. I am honestly really looking
forward to seeing John Snow in the MCU. It's going to be, I
think it's going to be awesome. But then, of course, it for
you and everyone else's, what did you think of the
Eternals? Did you like it? Did you love it? Let me know all your thoughts
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