#Guardians of The Galaxy

[kevinfeiges]

Chris Pratt as Peter Quill | Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

[papersoupz]

[homoeroticfisticuffs]

what it's like rn to be a marvel fan who can't play rivals watching all your mutuals post about it

[chl03ph0b1a]

[raccoon-coded]

I love this scene so much. It is so powerful.

You can see it in his face. This is the moment where Rocket transforms into the person we know him as in Vol. 1.

In this moment he realises he's truly alone. He got to fly into the sky but his friends didn't. And even if he blames the High Evolutionary more, he still blames himself too. It's survivor's guilt. Maybe if he had run when he had the chance, he could've succeeded in at least getting the other two out of there, but by the time he'd stopped seeing red, it was too late. They'd begged him to stop. To go. He didn't listen. He'd promised them all he'd fix it. He'd promised to show them the sky. He'd failed.

In this moment we see Rocket harden.

He's lost his innocence. He is never going to be naive enough to be manipulated again. He won't ever let himself be caged again. He won't be touched by cruel hands again, and be won't be used.

To ensure this, he won't ever trust again. Because he trusted his creator and he was betrayed.

He won't ever love again. If he cares about someone, he'll let them down and they'll get hurt. The only ones he ever loved are gone and all that's left in their place is pain.

And if love only brings pain, then he doesn't want it.

He will not allow himself to be hurt again.

There is so much pain he's holding onto. But he's already cried and that got him mocked. It lost him time he could have used to help his remaining friends escape. So he pushes it down and focuses on the other feeling: the rage. More than anything right now, he's angry. Angry at the cruelty, angry at the injustice, angry at himself, angry at the whole damn universe. Anger is easier than grief, so he latches onto it. Grief will only slow him down, but anger will keep him going. It was the anger that had granted him his freedom, after all.

He will keep going and he won't show mercy to anyone who stands in his way. Why should he? He wasn't shown any. His kind, innocent friends were shown none.

If the only way to survive in this galaxy is to be cruel and calculated, then he'll be cruel. If his friends had been less kind, less trusting, and more ruthless, maybe they'd still be here with him. But they weren't, and they're not. He's the last one standing.

He's alone.

...

Thankfully his resolve changes with time as he does find good people to trust and to love, but it takes him a very long time to get there and he self sabotages along the way. He was so young at the time and this experience shaped his whole life view. It took a lot for him to shake these values that had helped him to survive for so long, and to realise that they had become detrimental to him. But he got there eventually, and for maybe the first time in his life, he's finally genuinely happy. He's finally free from his past and has let go of the guilt and self hatred that he's carried for so long. He has a family who loves him and who he loves in return, and he has a purpose in life. Rather than hurting others for his benefit like he used to, now he's helping them. Protecting those who can't protect themselves. Maybe he couldn't do that before with his first friends, but he can now with others who are counting on him now. Rather than hating the galaxy like he once did, he's found love for it.

He no longer feels so alone.

And I'm so damn proud of him.

[halloweiner69420]

adam and starlord christmas time

rmemeber to stay jolly guysssss 👍

[rynfloros]

starlord and deadpool would lowkey have a friends w benefits kinda relationship

[awksbush]

ROCKET RODENT FOR @zim0kuu !!!

HOPE YOU LIKE IT DAWG

[rocketedtothestars]

Why is he so fine. 💕

[raccoonfallsharder]

reblogging to keep someone cozy this week ♡ find more:

borealis: year one

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winter headcanons

comfort collection

⋆꙳•❅‧ traditions. ‧❅•꙳⋆

back to borealis: year one | winter headcanons | navigation | fanfiction masterlist fluff | no use of y/n | gn reader | oneshot | word count: 3,368. read traditions. ‧❅•꙳⋆ on ao3

every winter, rocket comes to your place to celebrate the holidays and take a nap. see below for context/warnings. sequel now posted as part of borealis: year two.

The first time it had happened, you had been so frightened that you’d almost contacted Pete. 

Shivering and shaking like you’d been left in a snowdrift, you’d picked up the comm that Rocket had left you — just in case, he’d said grouchily, just in case you ever need to get a hold of us — and your finger had hovered an inch over the button that would hail Star-Lord and the Guardians of the Galaxy. And then, out of nowhere — saving you, really, because Pete would never have let Rocket live it down, and Rocket might have murdered you in fair exchange — the thought had occurred to you. Do raccoons hibernate?

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CONTEXT/WARNINGS: mcu-based. can be read romantically or platonically. just pure feel-good shit, warm as cocoa and twice as sweet. sequel now posted as part of borealis: year two.

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[dreamingforthedreamer]

[papersoupz]

[nahpkmp]

Destiel but make them the Guardians of the Galaxy!!!

@hawster 's idea btw

[humanoidhistory]

Dave Bautista casts his vote.

[raccoon-coded]

Art by Fandias on DeviantArt

[ayo-edebiri]

I know you play like you're the meanest and the hardest but actually you're the most scared of all. I know you steal batteries you don't need, and you push away anyone who's willing to put up with you because just a little bit of love reminds you how big and empty that hole inside you actually is.