Ikersi

"I'm yours, Sersi. If you'll have me."

- Ikaris

Ikersi is the het ship between Ikaris and Sersi from the Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom.

Eternals
In 5000 B.C., Ikaris and Sersi - a member of a immortal individual group called the Eternals are awaken to be sent to Earth. Sersi stares at the starry night, asking if Ikaris found it beautiful, which he did. Eventually, they stay in Earth to protect humans from the deviants for years

After being encouraged by Ajak, Ikaris confesses his feelings for Sersi, claiming that he is hers if she'll have him. They have an intercourse then marry each other. After some time, Ikaris leaves Sersi for a reason unknown to her. Sersi keeps waiting for him, but finally moves on when she thinks that Ikaris isn't coming back.

Years later in the modern world, Sersi is living in New York as a teacher, she also has a new lover called Dane. While having a night date with him, a deviant comes to attack her, which surprises her a lot as she thought that the deviants were already eliminated long years ago. Ikaris unexpectedly makes an appearance and helps Sersi confronting the deviant.

Concerned about the reappearance of the deviants which seemed to have evolved, Ikaris and Sersi, along with Sprite, go in a journey to gather the other seven Eternals whom have been living separately. They are surprised to find Ajak - the leader of the eternals - killed by a deviant. They also learn the shocking truth that the true mission of the Eternals has always been to facilitate the birth of a celestial which in turn will destroy the planet where it is born.

It is later revealed that Ikaris was the one who killed Ajak, indirectly causing the evolution of the deviants by doing so, and plans to make the birth of the celestial happen - something that Sersi is against. When Sersi is about to kill the celestial, Ikaris comes with an intent to kill her. He tries so hard to finish Sersi off, but the laser won't come out of his eyes. Suddenly, all the memories of the times he has spent together with Sersi start flashing before his eyes. He murmurs his apology to Sersi while crying.

After Sersi successful killed the celestial, Ikaris flies away to the sun, letting himself be devoured by it.

Quotes
"I don’t want to fight with you, Sersi."

- Ikaris

Behind The Scenes
"One of my favourite [scenes] is one of the first scenes in the film when [Sersi and Ikaris] meet on [The Domo] for the first time. And I always kind of remember one of the first days when we were in our full costumes and we just - our characters just say 'hello' to each other but for me, there was a lot of Richard and Gemma saying 'Hey, okay, let's make a superhero movie together' so I'll always kind of remember that."

- Richard Madden, Ikaris Actor

"He’s incapable of relating to humanity unless he’s with Sersi. He misses seeing the world through her eyes because he’s floating while her hand is on the ground, not grounded enough to be human."

- Chloé Zhao, Eternals Director

"I think they have such a different outlook on the world. There's something about opposites that attract. I think there is something in Ikaris that Sersi is just drawn to. There is something about the way that Sersi sees the world that Ikaris is drawn to."

- Gemma Chan, Sersi Actor

"I think they balance each other beautifully. Between the kind of practicality and duty and honor sense that Ikaris has, balanced between Sersi's way that she sees beauty in the world. And I think that is what keeps them kind of learning from each other."

- Richard Madden

Fanon
Fans have been shipping Ikersi since the release of the Eternal's trailers. The scene where Ikaris tried to make himself kill Sersi was the most emotional one for the fans. The same scene also made some other viewers start shipping them. Fans enjoy the way Ikaris was following Sersi around the village and trying to learn the language and how to cook and plant because he wants to understand the things and the people she loves, even though he is awkward and bad at them.

Although Ikaris and Sersi have broken up - Ikaris left her and Sersi claims that she has moved on while having a new relationship - fans believe that they still have feelings for each other. They notice that Ikaris turned the stone Sersi had given him into a necklace, then gifted it to her during their wedding ceremony. Sersi seemed to be still wearing it until the present day. Fans also note that the reason Ikaris left Sersi was because he couldn't stand hiding the truth about the emergence anymore, as he considered Sersi's love towards humans.

Even if Ikaris is presumably dead, Gemma Chan has mentioned that the Eternals have their memory stored in the World Forge, so they could make another Ikaris. She also joked about how Richard could still play Ikaris in the next film. This made the fans hopeful for the couple's reunion in the future project.

On AO3, Ikersi is the most written ship for each of the characters and the second most written in 'Eternals (Movie 2021)' tag.

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Trivia

 * Ikaris and Sersi are the first couple in MCU to have an adult scene.
 * Gemma Chan (Sersi) and Richard Madden (Ikaris) have been friends for ten years.
 * When asked whom she would be with if she were on eternal road trip, Gemma answered that it would be Richard.
 * A couple of Ikersi scenes from the trailers didn't make it to the final cut.