Deadpool 3: Who Are Anchor Beings? Explained

Jul. 26, 2024

Deadpool and Wolverine is the franchise’s first film that got an opportunity to become a part of the MCU. While it allowed us to meet several familiar faces and hear some acquainted terms, it also familiarized us with a term we hadn’t heard before in any MCU project: ‘Anchor Being.’ So, who are they? Let’s find out.

Spoiler Warning: This post contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.

Anchor Being Is a Person Whose Existence Balances a Timeline

In Deadpool 3, an Anchor Being is a person whose mere existence can help balance a timeline on which they reside.

Mr. Paradox states that if the Anchor Being dies, the timeline also starts going downhill, and one day, it eventually dies. However, the timeline doesn’t die instantly; in fact, it takes several centuries for it to die through natural calamities. So, you could say that if a universe is a ship, it needs an anchor to stay stable in the ocean, that is, the cosmos.

Some of you might confuse these beings with the Nexus Being, but neither of the terms has any connection. Nexus Beings are those who can travel between different universes and make alterations to timelines.

Well, there is no reference to Anchor Beings in comics and it seems that Kevin Feige and team conjured the term simply for the movie. However, Anchor Beings can play a significant role in upcoming Marvel movies like Avengers Secret Wars.

Aparna is the Senior Entertainment Writer at Beebom. She started her professional journey in the retail industry but her admiration for films and TV shows pulled her into the field of entertainment writing where she has experience writing for various well-known publishers including Otakukart, Sportskeeda, Game Revolution, Forever Geek and Dexerto.