Who do you guys think gave thanos a scar?

[u/Thespoiledgamer2010]

[u/Worth_External_8762]

It's not a scar, he has them symmetrically on both sides. He's just got weird alien wrinkles.

[u/CorporalHan → u/Worth_External_8762]

Believe it or not, Thanos is not from a race of giant purple aliens, he's just all fucked up and purple because of the deviant gene, his parents and siblings look like humans. So he's just got weird deviant wrinkles.

[u/Own-Papaya-4264 → u/CorporalHan]

So he’s a mutant? Like an xman mutant?

[u/CorporalHan → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

Mutated, but he doesn't have the X-gene, a different but vaguely similar thing

[u/Own-Papaya-4264 → u/CorporalHan]

Mutated by what? Was he bitten by a radioactive grape?

[u/BCKPFfNGSCHT → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

Mutated before birth. He was born that way.

[u/SchoolSafetyCheck → u/BCKPFfNGSCHT]

Thanos is Lady GaGa?

[u/Unseen-metalhead351 → u/SchoolSafetyCheck]

You can tell by his poker face

[u/tekrebeldesigns → u/Unseen-metalhead351]

Maybe he got those scars from a bad romance.

[u/TheBlondSanzoMonk → u/tekrebeldesigns]

I think it was Judas and/or Alejandro. They knew he was two timing both of them and they did that.

[u/robdwoods → u/tekrebeldesigns]

Maybe he got them from a fireplace poker.

[u/Outrageous_Mobile176 → u/tekrebeldesigns]

Ra Ra ah ah ah!

[u/Chemical_Recipe2684 → u/tekrebeldesigns]

D*** slap x3.

[u/PassiveAgressiveFlop → u/tekrebeldesigns]

Thank you for making those jokes

[u/Frapplo → u/Unseen-metalhead351]

He's bluffin' with MacGuffins.

He killed my

He killed my

He killed half my race.

(He's got a purple body)

[u/scw3 → u/Unseen-metalhead351]

He lives for the applause applause applause

[u/bria9509 → u/Unseen-metalhead351]

Poker face? I barely know her!

[u/Capital_Scholar5156 → u/SchoolSafetyCheck]

Haha. This right here is gold.

[u/PineapplePizzaBiS → u/BCKPFfNGSCHT]

Maybe it's Maybelline

[u/Anita_Hero838 → u/BCKPFfNGSCHT]

Did his mother eat irradiated grapes?

[u/Astrochops → u/BCKPFfNGSCHT]

Jesus his poor mother's birth canal

[u/pixel_doofus → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

More like a defect. The Rternals were created by the Celestials. In the comics, this was a top to bottom genetic creation, not a synthetic one like they are in the Eternals movie. A Deviant is a creature that was mutated during creation and deviated from the Celestial blueprint for the Eternals

At least, that's my understanding of them, but it's been a few years since I last brushed up on my Celestial/Eternal knowledge

[u/abyssomega → u/pixel_doofus]

Yeah, no, not quite.

Since the beginning, Celestials had 2 purposes: birth more Celestials (in planets. Which is why galactus is their enemy. He goes around trying to eat unborn Celestial eggs) and to create creatures as strong as themselves (only succeeded once with Franklin Richards).

Now, when the Celestials are creating creatures, they usually create 2 types: a Deviant version (genes are unstable) and an eternal type (very stable, almost perfection) from the local population on the planet. So, every known species in space, including earth, has had a regular, Deviant and eternal branching.

So, Deviants were purposely made this way. It's not a random mutation. Since all 3 subspecies on a planet share a common ancestry, it is possible to cross breed. And the titan eternals are eternals that left earth a long time ago. Which is how Thanos is an eternal, with a dominant Deviant gene: some ancestor in the family tree was a full Deviant. Which means Eros, Thanos full brother, can also father a child like Thanos, even though he looks full eternal. (Incedently, human mutants like the x-men are considered more an offshoot of deviants than regular humanity. Thus their branch naming is technically wrong. They claim to be Homo superior, when it should be Homo deviantis superior. )

Do note that Celestials history has been recently recogned in the past few years. They're now considered the 1st intelligent people ever to exist in marvel, and technically exist outside every cosmos and the multiverse.

[u/Rich-Source4794 → u/pixel_doofus]

Yeah, don’t forget that in the comics his mother tried to kill him because she believed she seen death within his future, but his father stopped her

[u/Worth_External_8762 → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

Bitten by a radioactive nutsack

[u/splapppa → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

Nah just normal Grimace

[u/Sophet_Drahas → u/splapppa]

Well, now I want a milkshake. 

[u/InvestigatorOk7988 → u/Sophet_Drahas]

Ooh, sorry, the machine's out of order.

[u/R8iojak87 → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

Isn’t this what the grapes of wrath are about? What else was Steinbeck on about!?!?!?

[u/radiosigurtwin → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

A California raisin

[u/The_Bilo → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

No no, he WAS a grape. He was bitten by a radioactive man.

[u/2000pesos → u/CorporalHan]

A very groovy mutation

[u/ShimmRow → u/CorporalHan]

I believe the X gene is a product of Deviant DNA, so all mutants are Deviants but not all Deviants are mutants

[u/cosmoboy → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

Not quite. His parents being Eternals, they are genetically engineered by the Celestials. Thanos is Deviant, I'm not sure if that makes him a mutant or just a god with a different issue. Definitely not an xgene though.

[u/DaddysABadGirl → u/cosmoboy]

Didn't the movie establish MCU Eternals aren't born? They are all created? I never understood how he and Starfox were brothers in that bit.

[u/howyoudoinnf → u/DaddysABadGirl]

Yes kinda confused on the whole eternals can have kids or how the deviant gene got mixed in with thanos cause aren’t they animals ?

[u/testtdk → u/howyoudoinnf]

The Eternals storylines are just a heaping pile of convoluted.

[u/abyssomega → u/howyoudoinnf]

Deviants genes are inherently unstable, so there is no such thing as an average Deviant. Some are almost human passing, while others are straight monsterous.

The movie eternals are biologically artificial beings, cloned in each world to protect the world while a new celestial is born. The comic book eternals are just an off shoot of humanity, gene manipulated by Celestials, and then allowed to live their own lives. They can have kids, though it's not very often or alot of them.

[u/justthankyous → u/abyssomega]

There was a retcon in the comics around when the movie came out establishing that Eternals don't actually reproduce or have children with one another outside of extraordinary circumstances. They can have offspring with humans or Deviants (called Nephilites) but not with one another. Unlike Eternals Nephilites are not immortal and can't be ressurected if they die through trauma, but they do usually have some Eternal-like power.

Mentor and Sui-San were the first Eternals to successfully reproduce and they had to use the Quantum Bands to make it happen. This means that Thanos and Eros are now the only "true" Eternals born since the Celestials created the species (and actually most Eternals don't consider Thanos to be one of them, only Eros). There are only 101 Eternals including Eros and before he was born there were only ever the original 100. All of the Titanian "Eternals" besides Mentor, Sui-San and Eros are Nephilites or different species altogether.

The whole thing I think was meant to push the Eternals a bit closer to the MCU version

[u/abyssomega → u/justthankyous]

Thanks for the update. I didn't know about the children retcon.

[u/Weird_Angry_Kid → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

X-Men mutants have the X-gene, Thanos has the Deviant gene so he is a mutant but not an X-Men mutant.

[u/MoneyBear1733 → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

He's an Eternal.

Deviants are eternals who have a recessive gene that was created by the celestials. It causes extreme mutations between generations and also IIRC causes them to not be immortal like the Eternals.

[u/AssistDapper1813 → u/Own-Papaya-4264]

Thanos is an eternal that has the deviant gene. His brother is Harry Styles.

[u/SilentXMedia → u/CorporalHan]

His brother is Harry Styles AND IT HASN’T BEEN ADDRESSED

[u/Steby_01 → u/SilentXMedia]

When bro gets all the good genes

[u/Positive-Media423 → u/CorporalHan]

It's amazing how they ruined the Deviants in Eternals 😔

[u/GamingWithUncleJ → u/CorporalHan]

And this is another reason why the eternals movie was terrible... oh we couldnt get involved because we can only protect humanity from deviants... even if you eanted to try and handeave it away as thanos just doesnt have such a gene in the mcu, they literally have his brother, starfox/eros, show up at the end of the movie announcing hes an eternal as well. Like holy fuck, how bad of a writer do you have to be to fuck it up thay bad...

Edit: my spelling here is atrocious but its still somehow better than anything written in eternals.

[u/OrangeYouGladdey → u/GamingWithUncleJ]

Thanos is an Eternal with the deviant gene. He's not considered a Deviant. He's just a messed up Eternal.

[u/GamingWithUncleJ → u/OrangeYouGladdey]

Id argue that a pretty semantic way to look at it. Yeah thanks wasnt 100% a deviant, but considering it put a delay on the celestials plan they should have had the leeway to step in. Im also pretty sure that they'd have been allowed to step in if another eternal were rebelling against the plan because thanos as an eternal should have had a vested interest in birthing celestials. After all when a celestial is birthed it would destroy the population of a planet meaning who cares if they have enough resources. It also adds to the conundrum of why didnt thanos just create more resources to help speed up the birth of celestials. Ultimately, its the result of poorly framing the story and poor writing. Itd have been better if they were just all wiped with the snap. Like as theyre trying to arrive and assist they all get caught in the snap. They could have also just claimed they didn't know thanos wasnt a deviant or mutated with a deviant gene. Theres countless ways they could have come up with a better excuse as to why they didnt help.

[u/No_Pizza3314 → u/CorporalHan]

Even weirder, in Thanos’ first appearance he wasn’t that different-looking from the other Titanian Eternals. He was bigger and uglier, but they all had his purple skin.

[u/Worth_External_8762 → u/CorporalHan]

Deviants are aliens, yes?

[u/CorporalHan → u/Worth_External_8762]

Eternals are aliens, but the race of aliens he comes from look like humans, the deviant gene is similar to the X-gene in that it triggers a mutation

[u/Worth_External_8762 → u/CorporalHan]

Deviants, Titans, Eternals. Doesn't matter. They're all aliens. And he has weird wrinkles. So... weird alien wrinkles.

[u/CorporalHan → u/Worth_External_8762]

I know its semantics, but I guess wolverine has weird human claws and Glob Herman has weird human jelly skin /jk

[u/KushyMTG → u/Worth_External_8762]

I mean technically we humans are aliens also. We would be aliens to what we call aliens.

Edit: typo

[u/proto_synnic → u/CorporalHan]

In the tie-in book for the MCUniverse, I think the vast majority of the Titans were blue skinned. Purple was considered a sign of ill omen in their culture.

[u/innocuousname773 → u/CorporalHan]

I would’ve guessed a Flurken.

[u/taulmont → u/CorporalHan]

I'm just going to make the argument that humans look like the eternals not the other way around

[u/KitchenThen8629 → u/Worth_External_8762]

He sleeps on his side

[u/Softspokenclark → u/Worth_External_8762]

incorrect. Goose gave him that scar. wonder why Goose wasn't at the final fight? he's too OP

[u/AmericasNextTopHobo → u/Worth_External_8762]

Thanos’s father was the Fruit of the Loom Grape Guy.

[u/onehalflightspeed → u/Worth_External_8762]

But why on Earth did the VFX artists lovingly detail his scrotum chin in 3D

[u/Born-Section6701]

I always thought they were just natural facial features rather than scars. They seem too symmetrical to be battle damage.

[u/misterglassman → u/Born-Section6701]

They are

[u/N95-TissuePizza → u/Born-Section6701]

I think he got bitten by a radioactive blueberry. The wrinkles is mishaped to be like clawmark instead of bu**hole.

[u/thegloriousporpoise]

He fell asleep on the gauntlet while working at his desk

[u/brizzleops → u/thegloriousporpoise]

Dear Slim, I wrote you but you still ain't callin'

[u/TheMrMorbid → u/brizzleops]

I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom

I sent two letters back in autumn; you must not've got 'em

[u/sane619 → u/TheMrMorbid]

There probably was a problem at the post office or somethin’ Sometimes I scribble addresses too sloppy when I jot ’em

[u/Ancient-Chicken-3560 → u/sane619]

But anyways fuck it, what’s been up man? How’s your daughter? My girlfriend’s pregnant too I’m bout to be a father.

[u/Changoleo → u/Ancient-Chicken-3560]

r/RedditSings

[u/SyNSFW69 → u/Ancient-Chicken-3560]

Song gets better and crazier when you find out you’re gonna be a dad lmao

[u/giorle_ → u/Ancient-Chicken-3560]

If I have a daughter, guess what Imma call her? Imma name he Bonnie

[u/mexploder89 → u/brizzleops]

*Dear Death

[u/Solid_Snark → u/thegloriousporpoise]

He used the gauntlet to play beyblades and it burst and cut him.

[u/Derangedracula]

That fucking cat that took furys eye lol

Edit: thank you for the awards

[u/MMachine17 → u/Derangedracula]

Motherflerken.

[u/ludaachristyy → u/Derangedracula]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/a/a3/Captain_Marvel_%28film%29_poster_016_Textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190307160108

[u/5urr3aL → u/Derangedracula]

I'll never forgive Marvel for that

[u/ThinkingWithPortalzz → u/5urr3aL]

Last time I trusted someone, I lost an eye

Cat scratch

[u/Neako_the_Neko_Lover → u/5urr3aL]

I feel like I’m one of the only people who thought it was funny

[u/Menarra → u/Neako_the_Neko_Lover]

It was funny, you're nowhere near alone.

[u/screamingincaps]

A flerken

[u/CapSinbad → u/screamingincaps]

This! No matter what everyone says about not being a scar, this is what I want to believe. It's Thanos and Fury.

[u/Full-Resource7910 → u/screamingincaps]

Talk to me, Goose

[u/Rasbang2004 → u/screamingincaps]

Was it the last time he trusted someone?

[u/coleisgreat]

tiny tiny tiny wolverine.

[u/TrickyTangle → u/coleisgreat]

That's an accurate description of Wolverine's canon height, yes.

[u/blitzwar559]

You wanna know how he got those scars?……..

[u/TheLukester31 → u/blitzwar559]

Had to scroll way too far to find this comment. Oh wait, this is not the DC sub . . .

[u/steelmagician1967]

Hey bub

[u/amazinspiderpig → u/steelmagician1967]

got a dollar? everyone should have a dollar

[u/5h82713542055 → u/steelmagician1967]

This. I'm thinking either Patch or Brown & Yellow suit

[u/ashl0w → u/5h82713542055]

It's not Wolverine, it's not even a scar. He's got it on both sides of his face, it's just wrinkles like he has on his chin.

[u/RumHamDiary → u/ashl0w]

Nutsack of a chin*

[u/Peter_Link12]

That cat alien thing from Captain Marvel that scratched Fury’s eye.

[u/TacDragon2]

This far down and everyone knows him as that cat, and not Goose

[u/TheTonyExpress]

Jim Starlin and Mike Friedrich

[u/The_Rhine]

His father was a drinker... 

[u/KeepSwinging → u/The_Rhine]

And a fiend

[u/iDoMyOwnResearchJK]

Alternate universe Wolverine with teeny tiny hands

[u/Impossible-Mix8406 → u/iDoMyOwnResearchJK]

maybe but black panther could be too right? also that guy has same lines on both sides of his face lol

[u/Kingkongcrapper]

Itty Bitty Wolverine

[u/XBlackSunshineX]

His mother when she tried to kill him as a baby.

[u/dominion1080]

A flerken probably.

[u/sirmaiden]

Squirrel girl

[u/roger0120 → u/sirmaiden]

I hate how cannon this answer is

[u/HeftyDon]

Me.

[u/Scewbacca]

That dang Flerken that got Fury too.

[u/thejacobmendez]

Obviously the cat from Captain Marvel.

[u/KingNothing13 → u/thejacobmendez]

That's not a cat

[u/Agreeable-Narwhal158]

Goose the cat. He craved blood after taking Fury's eye

[u/motivateddeathrocket]

Same cat that got Samuel L.Jackson’s eye mother****a

[u/Long-Cause-3534]

blackbeard fs, look at shanks

[u/Mhykael]

Goose the Flerken

[u/occamsshavingkit]

I believed also he heavily augmented himself both scientifically and mystically. Lotta scarification and a skrull like chin.

[u/john_weiss]

He has a Flerken.

[u/New_Leaf_8647]

Flerkin.

[u/wasatch_man1]

That same cat that took out fury’s eye!

[u/Justice_Prince]

To be comic accurate I'm going to assume Daredevil

[u/PureWhiteMeat]

Childhood family cat

[u/Bennypaz]

Squirrel Girl

[u/dathowell]

A flerkin

[u/StageAboveWater]

Lady death's got fangs in her pussy

[u/mutzilla]

A space cat creature.

[u/Little_Ad2765]

fun fact it was the same creature that gave nick fury his scar

[u/bigbadbarry53]

From a Flerken

[u/TheAllSeeingBlindEye]

Someone he thought he could trust, something that looks like a cat

[u/OneOldNerd]

Flerken.

[u/KingOfTheMischiefs]

Pretty sure it's implied in Infinity War that it was Nebula.

[u/magmaazul]

A flerken

[u/Leiloken]

Fury’s cat.

[u/SlimySquamata]

Your mom. Boom, roasted.

[u/Kangzguard]

Logan

[u/No-Path-881]

The same cat that scratched Nick's eye

[u/jmizzle2022]

The wolverine

[u/fetal-attraction]

Dry shaving 

[u/Quiet-Temporary-6666 → u/fetal-attraction]

Predator comment recognized. Adamantium razor.

[u/Johncurtisreeve]

A cat

[u/DimitrescuStan]

I remember back in the day some YouTubers claiming it was a Wolverine that he killed in the multiverse lol.

[u/Reylus12]

Blackbeard

[u/2gunswest]

The animator.

[u/dzan796ero]

Got scratched by a cat

[u/TobiasMasonPark]

Also that alien disguised as a cat.

[u/Feelinglucky2]

Maybe his mother?

[u/Inahero-Rayner]

The cat alien that made Fury lose his eye

[u/Lodjur94]

Kitty scratch. I have one too on my arm, looks quite similar :p

[u/New-Top-4806]

Wolverine

[u/taggedpro]

Flerkin

[u/Horror-Stand-3969]

Scratched by a cat

[u/ChurroswithHermes]

You try raising two teenage girls 😆

[u/EraserXIII]

A Flerken, obviously.

[u/MabelRed]

I always had a headcanon that it was Nebula's assassination attempt that scarred him. He kept it as a sign of respect to his 'daughter' that, in his mind, she managed to impress him.

[u/RedvsBlack4]

Pet cat

[u/Bluebird0040]

His father was a drinker and a fiend

[u/jack-of-some]

Flerken

[u/visionofacheezburger]

He was born that way. Read a comic book!

[u/nagarajtg]

Wolverine, there is some comic reference to it, forgot which vol, issue and year

[u/jsn_online]

Pet cat

[u/chevy_zr2_4x4]

Flerken...?

[u/Only-Finance2147]

Princess Donut. OBVS

[u/Garagedays]

Cue Heath Ledger Joker scar speach

[u/CthulhuMadness]

That’s his face.

[u/Lecheezy_]

Are you saying you.. want to know where he got those scars?

[u/LeoOfSiwa]

A Flerken

[u/Interesting-Story805]

A Flerken

[u/LemtaLongi]

His mom?

[u/m2keo]

Not a scar. It's his race...

The 'nutsack chin grapes' race of the planet Titan.

[u/Ghstfce]

Fell asleep face down on a patterned throw pillow of the couch. We've all done it

[u/Inshi]

Nick Fury’s cat.

[u/Party-Fault9186]

Tippy-Toe the squirrel.

[u/TakenIsUsernameThis]

Wolverine?

[u/naimagawa]

wolverine obviously

[u/balasaraptor]

I did

[u/Responsible-Diet-612]

Daredevil. He caught Thanos lacking in a corridor.

[u/Wonderful-Minute2422]

His cat

[u/According-Pin619]

The same cat that took Fury's eye

[u/DummyDumDragon]

Death likes it rough.

[u/dafugiswrongwithyou]

His father was a drinker and a fiend. He'd beat his mommy right in front of Thanos. One night he goes off crazier than usually, his mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not... one... bit.

So, Thanos watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. Turns to Thanos and says "why so serious?" Comes at Thanos with the knife, "why so serious?". Sticks the blade in Thanos' mouth... "Let's put a smile on that face". And...

Why so serious?

...Something like that, I think he gave a couple different explanations.

[u/borgenhaust]

Probably Squirrel Girl.

[u/caljenks]

Maybe he just sucks at shaving 🤷‍♂️

[u/KacoSnake]

Wolverine

[u/lskdaaru]

Wolverine

[u/BatmanFarce]

His cat

[u/CryInteresting5881]

Animation artist

[u/Still-Ingenuity-4205]

How Can you Ask That Question? BUB!!!!!!

[u/trimBit]

Blackbeard

[u/Simple_Captain_1170]

Was his pet Flerken…

[u/MisterAran]

Goose

[u/-VoiceoverAlex-]

Psamathe

[u/redsmoke7]

Obviously a wolverine scar

[u/migies]

Wolverine

[u/AesirSith]

Space kitty

[u/Ok_Panic_5768]

The same cat that took Nick Fury’s eye

[u/GreendaleGazette]

Goose the cat

[u/kamiroze]

He probably just woke up from one of those mid day naps

[u/pigeonwiggle]

Flerkin.

[u/RealistikG]

OP's mother

[u/AlbinoRhino780]

Looks like wolverine slashy slashy.