Makkari is deaf, she communicates entirely with sign language and facial expressions, and the other Eternals have no trouble understanding her.
Makkari was created deaf because her power is super speed, and she travels faster than sound.
Ridloff spoke about this in different interviews and explained that Deaf Gain was added to the character to better represent the Deaf community.
In addition, Makkari is also now deaf, mute, and unable to telepathically communicate with her fellow Eternals, so she uses sign language like her MCU counterpart.
Like her MCU counterpart, she is depicted as deaf. The comics take that a step farther though, as Makkari is also unable to telepathically communicate with her fellow Eternals upon her resurrection, something that hadn't happened before.
Originally depicted as a white, hearing male in the Marvel comics, Makkari is a woman of color in Marvel's latest movie and is played by the actor Lauren Ridloff, who is deaf.
After thousands of years apart, Druig and Makkari melt into each other with such envious ease that Ikaris and Sersi's reunion feels all the more stifled by comparison. The latter couple may get a ten-second missionary-sex scene on the beach, but when Keoghan's Druig says, “My beautiful, beautiful Makkari”?
The DCEU's Barry Allen is easily faster than the current comic incarnation of Makkari. Following her resurrection, Makkari's top speed is only about three times the speed of sound, which is hardly comparable to The Flash's reality-warping movement speeds.
By the end of the series he has become the Dreaming Celestial's prophet. Later when the Celestials' Final Host arrived on Earth, Makkari along with all the Eternals killed themselves after realizing the true purpose for which they were created.
6 Makkari And Druig Are Not Friends In The Comics
In the movie, Makkari and Druig are quite close and probably in a romantic relationship. This is nothing like the comic.
Lauren Ridloff's character, Makkari, is the first deaf superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Makkari is stronger, more durable, and the better fighter, Quicksilver's only edge is speed. With that knowledge you would think Makkari would win, but you would be mistaken. You see Quicksilver is not twice as fast as her, not 10 times, not 100 times, not even 1000 times, but over 9000 times faster than her.
Makkari uses American Sign Language to communicate with the other Eternals.
Lauren Ridloff (née Teruel; born April 6, 1978) is a deaf American actress known for her roles in the TV series The Walking Dead and the film Eternals.
Her Deafness is one of her superpowers. Lauren Ridloff as Makkari in Marvel's “Eternals.” Lauren Ridloff is eager for audiences to meet her groundbreaking “Eternals” character, Makkari. In the comics, Makkari is known primarily for her superhuman speed, which allows her to spin cyclones, run on water and defy gravity.
LAUREN RIDLOFF: Makkari is one of ten Eternals. She just happens to be deaf.
Guilt-ridden over his betrayal to Arishem and his actions against his fellow Eternals, Ikaris leaves earth and flies into the sun, ending his life.
Overcome by giddiness while flying, Icarus disobeyed his father and soared into the sky. He came too close to the sun, and the heat melted the beeswax holding his feathers together. One by one, Icarus's feathers fell like snowflakes. Icarus was flapping his "wings".
Makkari is able to defeat Thanos by focusing her cosmic energy to deliver powerful punches at the speed of light and crush his bones. With speed like that, she can easily steal the Infinity Gauntlet from Thanos and stop the Blip.
Gilgamesh
In terms of raw physical strength, Gilgamesh (Don Lee) is easily the strongest Eternal.
Makkari normally wears a bodysuit with helmet that can withstand the rigors of high velocity movement. Via pure manipulation of gravitons, he can levitate himself and others at up to 850 mph.
Ikaris is very powerful not far away from Superman, capable of taking blitzes from Makkari and surviving in the outer regions of the Sun. His heat vision are also very powerful capable of taking down the Domo which is made up of Celestial technology and survives the temperature near the Sun.
Druig, like every Eternal, was created by the Celestials one million years ago and has looked after humanity ever since. Druig, Lord of Flames and Nightmares, was a Polarian Eternal, the son of Valkin, and cousin to Ikaris.
Makkari. Makkari's name comes from Mercury, the Roman god of messengers and travelers. (If they had taken her name from the Greek version of the same god, it would be some form of "Hermes").
CELEBRATE INCLUSION WITH THE ETERNALS: Makkari is a deaf super hero who is ready to save the universe! This figure features the right hand posed in an American Sign Language (ASL) sign "I love you."