Eternals: 24 WTF Moments

24. Sprite Poses As An Adult Woman

The present-day portion of the movie kicks off in London, where Sersi (Gemma Chan) and Sprite (Lia McHugh) are out drinking with Sersi's human partner Dane Whitman (Kit Harington).

For a beat, we linger on Sprite as she disguises herself as an adult woman in the bar while talking to a man, because of course, her natural form perpetually resembles that of a 12-year-old girl.

Sadly though, when the man at the bar attempts to touch her hand he phases through it, given that the woman is merely an intangible projection created by Sprite. When the guy questions it, Sprite tells him he's drunk.

It's a scene both weird and sad - odd because Sprite is an ancient alien inside a child's body yearning to touch an adult male, and sad because her natural form prevents her from ever having a meaningful romantic relationship. That'd put a chip on anyone's shoulder.