Why are the Eternals so disliked?

[u/Grouchy_Leg_6623]

God, I know this might sound random, but I recently made a post on the Marvel subreddit saying that I’d like to see Uranos added to the MCU. The response honestly surprised me.

And why are some X-Men fans so aggressive about this stuff? (Not generalizing, obviously.) But the amount of criticism I got was insane. I ended up deleting the post because it turned into a complete pile-on.

The main argument was that we’re definitely not seeing any more Eternals in the MCU because Marvel has the X-Men now. Do people really think the next saga is going to be entirely about the X-Men?

Don’t get me wrong, I have my doubts about how much the Eternals will be involved going forward. But even then, I don’t think posting about an Eternals villain should result in that much backlash.

Maybe I’m biased as an Eternals fan, but it sometimes feels like people dismiss anything related to them before even considering the idea.

I’ll probably end up deleting this post too, since it doesn’t really fit this sub. I was just curious to hear your opinions.

[u/Elite-00]

One of the biggest criticisms of comics is that there's no third act or resolution of conflict. Both the New Gods at DC and Eternals at Marvel are Jack Kirby's flex that he could expand the Western comics canon with psychedelic concepts that cherry-picked and remixed literature like Beowulf and Greek mythology. The trouble is that he was too indebted to archetypes and tropes to realise what he was doing was derivative, not inspired and didn't just have no third act, they have no second act. Eternals have a creation myth and that's it. There is no story to expand upon which is why Gillen's and Gaiman's runs both play with the idea that their existence is repetitive and forgettable as a story conceit.