MCU’s Ego Isn’t Just A Celestial; But Something Far Worse!

Marvel Studios’ Eternals has now expanded the cosmic universes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the next level with the introduction of giant beings called the Celestials. The Celestials have existed even before the birth of the Infinity Stones and are even responsible for the creation of many galaxies; and of course, the Eternals.

While this is the first time they have been introduced to us on a massive level, this wasn’t the first time the  MCU’s heroes met a Celestial being.  In the Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, Ego aka the Living Planet claimed that he is a Celestial as well.

But a theory believes he is something much more dangerous.

Ever since Eternals has been released, Ego’s status as a Celestial has been questioned. There is no doubt that he’s a powerful cosmic being but his abilities do not match with those of the Celestials.

According to the theory of Redditor willyolio, they came up with the idea that Ego is actually a parasitic being. The theory describes the Ego’s existence as that of a parasite being. The theory goes on to describe Ego’s objective and motives are similar to another parasitic species in the Marvel Comics universe.

According to the comics, the Horde acts as the opposition of the Celestials and appears on planets where the Deviant defeats the Eternals. These creatures appear as insects and by definition, act as symbiotic creatures to the Celestials. This threat could possibly reach the Celestials themselves as they feed on the same energy living things release. It then becomes a race as to who will obtain the most power first and claim the planet.

Ego doesn’t appear as an insectoid being but his motivations could be parallel to the Horde.

In the movie,  the Celestial life cycle established that the Eternals are placed on planets that contain the seed to a new Celestial. For years they feed on this energy released by the things on the planet. After they have been “nourished”, they take birth, or rather the “emergence” takes place and it ends up destroying the entire planet. Ego’s intentions also sort of have the same pattern and school of thought that the Celestials follow.

In GOTG 2, Ego explained that he also plants his seeds in the planets which have the same kind of entries that Celestials are looking for to plant their seeds. The theory actually further goes on to add that Ego prefers to seed the same planet where Celestials have already seeded their seed. This way even he can easily benefit from these energies.

Ego explaining his master plan to Star-LordThus, Ego isn’t exactly a Celestial like the ones we met in Eternals. Rather he is similar to a parasite that is attracted to the cosmic energy left behind by the Celestials.

And just like the Horde, whichever side gets more power first will be able to reap the benefits from the planet’s energies. This is why Ego has never met other Celestials because maybe they are all avoiding him due to his parasitic tendencies.

And there are no others like Ego that have been shown on the screen and he could be the last of his kind which is also why he keeps on traveling to these Celestial seeded planets without knowing why.

So does that make  Peter Quill half parasite or did he not inherit that side of his DNA?

Of course, this theory is not confirmed but it does hint at how predators and prey exist in the MCU’s cosmic universe.