Marvel Studios hasn't wasted too much time dealing with the fallout of The Blip in its Phase 4 movies and TV shows, though we have had at least a few instances of it being addressed head-on. Eternals glosses over it pretty quickly, without revealing if any of the Eternals were blipped while moving past the team not helping battle Thanos with a hasty explanation from Sersi.
Ultimately, that doesn't actually matter, which is something Kit Harington was quick to point out during a recent interview with National Post when he was asked about the Eternals not helping to take down the Mad Titan.
"I think the answer is pretty satisfactory," the actor said. "This is me talking to the Marvel fans, so shoot me. You mustn’t get too bogged down. This is a new phase; this is a new group of people coming in. If it becomes too much about the Blip or events that happened in the previous stuff, you can trip yourself up everywhere. We need to remember to keep a level of suspended disbelief."
It is explained that the Eternals don't get mixed up in human affairs because conflict is necessary to help humankind advance, so the Avengers facing-off against Thanos and his forces was clearly something they felt they needed to stay out of. Moving forward, though, it does look like these characters will be far more involved in what happens in the MCU.
Later in this interview, Harington was asked to share his thoughts on spoiler culture, and he clearly isn't big on surprises being ruined. "It’s frustrating," he admits. "I don’t know why people want to do it. I think it’s some sort of trophy-hunting exercise where they think if they manage to spoil something they’ll win a prize. What are they going to win? They’re just going to annoy people."
He's not wrong, but not even social media's self-proclaimed "scoopers" were able to ruin at least one of the surprises in the second post-credits scene (you can read more about that by clicking here).
Eternals is now playing in theaters.
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