#but bc gunn literally put his own whole personal gunnussy into it so like....i'm gonna criticize the gunnussy guys

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I think we should treat this as a "death of an author situation" eapecially since Gunn is not in Marvel anymore. Everything he says that is not in the script can be interpreted differently if people wish to, especially since Marvel sometimes decides to do more of what they feel like they need to do instead of pleasing Gunn, and this was proven in an interview since he said he disagrees with stuff from EG and IW. Idk if it will make the situation better, but I hope that the fact that you understand Groot means you are family is in the script since that would by default prove that she is considered family to the guardians.

to me, death of the author (and separating art from the artist) can easily become a slippery slope into ignoring or dismissing real-life issues and implicit biases that inevitably bleed into and inform the work based on the creator's irl pov/background/etc. i think there needs to be space given for ppl to really look at what gunn's saying about gamora and his intentions behind it, bc the ppl who've been hurt by this at the very least deserve an explanation.

the problem isn't whether gamora is or is not a guardian, the problem is that the in-universe narrative and real-life work put into this franchise have given that question any life at all, between gamora's canon storyline/ending, gunn's commentary, the merch situation, etc. none of these things can just exist in some vacuum alone—they have all worked in tandem to land us in this mess that, ultimately, has been harmful for countless ppl gamora's character provided representation for—women, bipoc, woc, etc.

if it's okay to be pissed as fuck about what happened to natasha in endgame and criticize the russos for it, then it's more than okay to be just as critical, if not more, of gamora's treatment in iw and every subsequent gotg appearance gunn has had a hand in. shit happened under his watch and i'm gonna criticize him for it lol