#anti guardians of the galaxy

[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

[marveltournaments]

[themoonking]

i genuinely want the mcu to end so badly. the whole "every movie takes place in the same universe and they're all connected" worked well in the earlier days, but now it just hurts the quality. i would have loved to see what an ant-man 3 or a doctor strange 2 could have been if it didn't need to put aside its own identity in service of furthering a larger story. and as the release schedule gets more and more crowded, it just gets harder and harder to remain invested in literally anything.

[tonystarkisadouchebag]

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

[animentality]

All y'all bitches whining about people posting sex on AO3 sound like those pearl clutching marvel moms who think Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is too violent for children.

It's pg13.

That's a fucking TAG. Learn to fucking read, please.

And stop going to content that wasn't made for you and your fellow 2 year olds.

[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.

[smh0217]

Qurikless Hero Course Student AU

*After a training exercise where Midoriya’s team beat Bakugos team*

Bakugo, stomping towards Midoriya: YOU! You thought you could beat me?!No!

*Bakugo lets off an enormous explosion at Midoriya, which cause him to fly back and everyone around them to scatter*

Bakugo: You think you have some worth in and of yourself? No! You're an abomination!

*Bakugo rushes towards Midoriya and begins to beat him while he’s trying to get back up*

Bakugo: You’re nothing more than a pebble on my path! You little quirkless freak! How dare you think you are more, DEKU!

*Midoryia is finally able to free himself from Bakugos assault by pulling out his stun blaster and blasting Bakugo at point blank range. Bakugo is sent flying away from Midoriya. As Bakugo try’s to recover form the attack, he sees that the green haired boy is now standing and aiming the blaster right at him*

Midorya: My name is IZUKU MIDORIYA! AND I WILL BE THE FIRST QUIRKLESS HERO!!!

*Bakugo roars at him and launches himself at Midoriya, but he is intercepted by a close line from Kirishima. As Bakugo goes tumbling, he is then hit from the left by a recipro burst from Iida which sends him flying towards Todoroki, who then puts up an ice wall that Bakugo then collides with. Bakugo try’s to recover again, but he’s then kicked in the chest by Tsu, which sends him crashing straight through the ice wall. Finally, he’s then touched by Uraraka, who uses her quirk to effortlessly lift him up by the ankle and slams him down onto the ground. Disoriented, Bakugo opens his eyes to see all of class 1-A prepared to attack him if he decided to try anything. Bakugo proceeds to pass out from his injuries and class 1-A then drops their guard now that the deranged sociopath is out of commission*

[theautisticcentre]

Just for y'all, Mathew Stark loredump!

Bio son to Tony and Pepper, his interests were not on robots or weapons, but on space.

He and Tony often clashed due to their different interests and opinions, until when he was 8, Mathew fled in a prototype space suit and flew up into the atmosphere and was picked up by Peter Quill, who quickly became like a dad to him.

The guardians are his family to him, with: Peter as his dad; Ganora as his mom; Mantis and Nebula as his aunties; Drax and Kraglin as his uncles; and Rocket and Groot as his brothers.

He's 16 in GOTG 1 and 2, 20 in Infinity War when he got snapped to dust, then came back in Endgame, and is 22 in GOTG 3.

Also new addition I thought of just now: He's the one to snap Thanos away in Endgame with the guardians holding onto him as a callback to GOTG 1! Though he survived, he did lose his arm, which he replaced with a robot one.

Also, in GOTG 2, he met Rangar, the Princess of Sovereign and daughter of the High Priestess, who fled as she rejected being "The Perfect Woman", being found by the guardians as Mathew fell in love with her across the film, eventually confessing to her at the end.

His hero name is Iron Star, and he has about 6 suits: MK 1/Ravenger/GOTG 1; MK 2/GOTG 2; MK 3/IF and Endgame; Kaijubuster, his version of Hulkbuster; MK 4/GOTG 3; and Evolutionary, his suit made specifically to fight High Evolutionary.

Though he and Tony still remain bitter, he eventually made up with Pepper and met his little sister Morgan, who he adores.

Though he is still a Supreme Malewife ™️, he is also a super flirt to Rangar.

Undiagnosed autism until he got his diagnosis shortly after meeting Peter, and all the guardians are neurodivergant in some way.

[punkeropercyjackson]

...GOTG gives me a good reason for a Mathew Stark. Like:

Guardians: *see how Tony treats Mathew*

Peter: ...We're taking the kid.

Gamora: Of course.

Rocket: Yep.

Drax: Yes.

Mantis: I agree.

Groot: I am Groot.

Nebula: I'm up.

...GOTG gives me a good reason for a Mathew Stark. Like:

Guardians: *see how Tony treats Mathew*

Peter: ...We're taking the kid.

Gamora: Of course.

Rocket: Yep.

Drax: Yes.

Mantis: I agree.

Groot: I am Groot.

Nebula: I'm up.

C-C-C-CUNT!!!(you serving and Tony is one)

[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

[tinderbox210]

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

[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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[marveltournaments]

[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. 🚀

[baelion-alucrest]

ZENZHEN AZINZIAH

From Star Dragon

The galaxy is a strange place. Full of many peculiar creatures and worlds that bend the limits of the imagination.

But in all its infinite glory there's only one Zenzhen Azinziah. To any unsuspecting observer hes a philandering roustabout with nowhere left to go but up. Wasting his hard earned Sheklah on gugrugian rum and his time with unsavory wenches. But this galactic sleezball has a secret. He's one of the last of his kind, a runaway who's been on the lamb since a cosmic war nearly destroyed his people. Moonlighting as heroic(ish) masked bounty hunter, fending off celestial threats and combating interplanetary crime lords. A cunning and smarmy swashbuckler ready to face anything the universe has to throw at him with a devilish smile

[beheworthy]

I love how in Thor4 it's clearly shown that Thor is with the Guardians for a very long time - enough to get back in shape, go on multiple galaxy-spanning adventures, and even form drinking routines with Quill but James Gunn says he was with them for only 2 weeks. It's quite literally not possible but of course Gunn wouldn't want his beloved characters to spend any time with the bumbling buffoon bully.

I hope the same is done to the rando kid going forward. Say Thor took care of her for 2 weeks and then she left to be on her own. Or better yet, do what Feminist Waititi did to Jane - 'respectfully' discard her with a throwaway line.