#anti gotg

[icedsodapop]

Funnily enough, I heard Regé Jean Page was in the running to play Adam Warlock in Gotg 3 and it was between him and Will Poulter. Obvsly James Gunn went with Poulter in the end, but ironically, Page's role in the Dungeons and Dragons movie is more in line with the comic book characterization (albeit a much more lighter and morally good version) of Adam Warlock becos Gunn is incapable of writing more than two character types - 1) snarky jerk with heart of gold and 2) dumbass with a heart of gold who takes things too literally.

[jennastarkhasaheart]

currently on my chronological mcu rewatch and bro

(rant ahead, dont read if you like gotg. this is just my personal opinion, but i gotta vent okay)

the guardians of the galaxy movies suck

so

bad

the awful writing, the amount of obvious plotholes that you cant really ignore, and the way that all of the characters except groot are completely unlikeable

like quill is supposed to be this quirky charming roguish doofus, but it doesnt work. hes just embarrassing and hard to tolerate.

gamora is okay, the problems with her are more generally bad writing decisions.

rocket is just exhausting the entire time.

drax is just another joke that doesnt land even a little bit.

this might all be due to the fact that i generally dislike chris pratt cause theres a whole thing about his wife supporting an anti-lgbt church, and quill because of his stupidity in infinity war, but i dont remember liking it any more the first time i watched it.

the emotional moments dont even work bro, its all so forced and scripted. the plot doesnt even support it, even if you are generous and ignore all the plotholes.

it feels like james gunn has this idea of what a fun chaotic movie with some genuine heartfelt sentiment in space is and it just fails because its just his vision of it and completely out of touch, while being at the same time filled with so much generic space marauder and space bad guy visuals it hurts

rant over

[buckymilf]

guardians of the Galaxy showing how to make a good superhero group trilogy with consistent writing and a satisfying ending arc

the russos could NEVER

[tonystarkisadouchebag]

The new Guardians movie... Rocket's backstory is going to make rewatching the first two movies very painful.

[valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn]

Spoilers for GoTG3 under the cut.

The way Gunn treated Peter's alcoholism makes Thor's treatment in EG so much worse.

I always hated the jabs and the jokes and the blatant dismissal of his pain and grief and PTSD, but seeing Nebula carrying Peter, Drax almost whispering "Did it happen again?" when he sees Peter completely wasted, the sad music playing in the background, Mantis asking Nebula incessantly about Peter's state... that's how friends handle this. Even though they had lost Gamora as well and they had been dusted too, it's not a competition, it's not a moment to mock him. They show their support and their love for him, and the very moment his friends (his family) are in danger he steps up almost immediately.

Thor is mocked constantly by the same people who should have shown him compassion. People who had known him for years, who had fought by his side and knew him well, so-called "friends" who knew he had just lost his home planet, his entire family, his best friend... and yet they made him the butt of every joke?

The Russos have so much to learn from Gunn.

[irondad-defensesquad]

honestly though, no one i know irl agrees that tony deserved to die. most ppl i talk to about endgame don't understand why he got that ending. and none of my friends rlly care about the mcu anymore.

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Look, I'm not saying Eternals is the ruler of gay rep in the MCU, but the fact that it actually showed two husbands together in scenes together and even kissing but got nothing versus fans celebrating being queerbaited by Agatha All Along basically...

[wannabewriterlol]

[icemankazansky]

I'm sorry but "Badlands" BELONGS to Thunderheart* and I will beat the shit out of Chris Pratt in any parking lot to defend it

*also you and AMERICA but 100% not Chris Pratt

the guardians 3 soundtrack including since you been gone by raindbow and springsteen's badlands is a personal attack on me

[raccoonfallsharder]

✩࿐࿔ just buy the damn thing already. [new 1/1]

smut-free | no use of y/n | gn reader | drabbles | word count: 1,209.

✩࿐࿔ take what you need.

࿔ eat somethin. at least grab a frickin’ snack. (wc: 576) ࿔go to frickin bed already. (wc: 737) ࿔ get outta bed & get your shit done. & stop doomscrolling (wc: 925) ࿔ take a damn bath. (wc: 1,375) ࿔ leave your frickin skin alone. (wc: 1,579) ࿔ take a fuckin study break. (wc: 1,020) ࿔drink some goddamn water. (wc: 1,209) ࿔stop destroying your frickin clothes. (wc: 1,649) ࿔ just buy the damn thing already. (wc: 1,271) for sinikettu [NEW 1/1] ࿔ it's frickin laundry day for moonchhu [est 1/14] ࿔ get some goddamn sunshine ࿔ did you take your meds today?

token economies suck and late capitalism is worse. being broke is not a moral failing, and you still deserve to enjoy life.

this is about as wholesome as it gets (for me) i think. can be read platonically or romantically. mcu-based, meant to take place post-volume 3, but headcanon however you want ♡

“You ready? You’re frickin’ takin’ forever.” You drag your eyes away from the shelves of novelties, strange tools, and low-grade “luxury” items in Sanna Orix’s tiny corner-shop, wincing. “Sorry. Yeah, I’m ready.” Rocket tilts his head, arms shuffling a shabby cardboard box he’d apparently filled with various odds-and-ends, machine parts he’d found in dusty corners, bits of tech he hasn’t had a chance to get his paws on before. He studies you, that carnelian gaze flicking back and forth from you to the item you’d just been staring at. “You look at that frickin’ thing every time we come in here,” he observes dryly. “Better get it now f’you want it. It’s not gonna be there forever.” You roll your shoulders, then your eyes. “I don’t need it. If it’s gone by the next time we stop by, it’ll be one less temptation.” Rocket frowns and shuffles the box in his arms. “How much is it?” You don’t have to double-check — you already know. “Twenty-three units.” “Twenty-three units?” he repeats incredulously. “Twenty-three units and I gotta sit here and watch you pine over it every time I gotta run a goddamn errand?”

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[icedsodapop]

Will my fellow GOTG haters stand up please? It's so lonely here 😭😭

[tinderbox210]

I'm hoping that you feel the same way Now that we know it, let's really show it, darlin'

[akechi-if-he-slayed]

in 2024 we leave the quill hatred behind or i start swinging

[valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn]

The russos: omg thors such a big baby he shouldn be mourning his brother eho was a villain so lets make him a joke

James gunn: Ok so pete is still sad abt gamora but his friends are there for him especially her previously murderous sister who carries him home after a night of drinking

Russos: what?

lol pretty much 😂

And it could have been so easy to have Nebula be mean to him or show her blaming him for Gamora's death or trying to make it a competition between who's sadder or who has more right to feel bad... but there was none of that. No judgement, no selfishness, no stupid jokes or contempt. All we saw at the beginning of GoTG3 was compassion, like the Holiday Special where they all get together to give Peter a nice Christmas.

But you see... that requires some form of sincerity in the story, you have to be okay with showing real emotions and connections among the characters, and some directors/writers are terrified of that as they'd rather be the edgy teen kids who mock their friends whenever they show any vulnerability.

So Thor had that scene with Rocket in IW that was absolutely fantastic but everything in EG was one joke after another. And L&T only made things worse.

Thor deserved SO MUCH better.

[shifuaang]

Conglomerate thoughts about Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 under the cut. Please do not read if you don't want to be spoiled! TLDR: I loved it.

I suppose I should preface this by saying Guardians Vol. 2 is my favorite MCU movie and that I hold no real affinity towards installments outside of the Guardians in the Marvel Universe. I used to be a pretty active and engaged fan, but Endgame swiftly put a stopper on that. I was very worried about how this film was charged with the task of picking up the pieces of a fractured and, frankly, careless and poorly written conclusion to Phase 3.

Long story short, I should have never doubted Gunn.

Gunn did an expert job at navigating the perimeters that Endgame thrust on him, ensuring that the plot didn't linger on what happened without neglecting the catastrophic weight of Thanos's actions. Bringing alternate universe Gamora into the fold seemed like a monstrous and difficult task. I have expressed before how much I hated the idea of Quill chasing down someone who isn’t even ‘his’ Gamora and trying to win her back, but Gunn handled this with absolute grace, assuring that everyone stayed in-character in their reactions and interactions. There was no backpedaling or continuity with how the Guardians were written in Infinity War and Endgame as I feared there would be. Gunn picked up from where we left off in Vol. 2 while still allowing us space to mourn Gamora's loss. Rocket's trauma and character development was taken seriously again. Every member of the Guardians had a well crafted arc and was given the appropriate amount of time to explore said arc.

The animal and child abuse was hard to watch. It felt way more violent than anything we've ever seen in the MCU, but I'm almost glad that it was. I feel that loss and violence is almost glossed over in the superhero genre. We don't quite get the full scope of devastation and impact that villains have caused in their quest for domination, colonization, and perfection. We've been desensitized to death and torture to a degree. Even the snap™, which most would site as the most evidentiary form of brutality in the the MCU, did not hold nearly as much weight as the actions of the High Evolutionary. Thankfully the plot never seemed like a hit over the head with a message of EUGENICS BAD! It was more a tragic exploration in what eugenics can do to an individual, how it desecrates the environment, and how the quest for perfection is gratuitous and futile.

In spite of the heavy subject matter and darkness of the film, Gunn still maintained the thread of humor that we love from the Guardians. I laughed out loud more than a handful of times, and every laugh came at a point in the film where it was necessary. There were no quips or jabs there to deflect from the seriousness of what was occurring, just enough to give the audience time to breathe. I am so glad that Guardians Vol. 3 was the first MCU movie to get the green light in the 'fuck' department. I can think of no franchise more deserving, and the way it was used was perhaps the funniest joke in the whole film.

I could write an entire essay on Mantis's arc and her development and how much she means to me as a character, but maybe (probably) I will save that for another day. To keep things short, I appreciated her continued empathy and sense of humor in such a bleak situation and after such a hard life. I see so much of myself in her, and it's incredibly moving to have someone represent aspects of yourself that you thought would never be portrayed in the superhero genre because they are more difficult to express emotionally and cerebrally. She's so important and so brilliantly acted by Pom, and I adore how much agency and confidence she was allowed.

As for people who say they didn't like the ending because it 'destroyed' the found family aspect of the Guardians, I never got the impression that these characters weren't going to meet up again and that they stopped being family. There was no discussion on how they were 'bad' for each other or that they'd be better off individually, which is normally the consensus when groups split in media. Quill should spend the remaining time his grandfather has with him. Mantis should go explore herself and her independence after years of captivity and compliance. Drax and Nebula should rebuild, and create, and love on the new occupants of Knowhere, as they've been forced to spend most of their lives being destroyed and being destructive. Rocket and Groot should carry on the legacy of the Guardians, protectors of the universe. And Gamora has clearly established a loving family of her own with the Ravagers, which is what she deserves. Everyone's ending felt pertinent and cathartic, and we were left with a sense of hope and a twinkle of potential for what could come in the future.

Thank you, Gunn and the cast and crew of this film, for making me cry the hardest I have in a theater since Toy Story 3, and for ending my favorite MCU series so beautifully. I honestly couldn't have asked for a better conclusion.

We'll all fly away together, one last time, into the forever and beautiful sky. 🚀