#gotgv3 spoilers

[ijustreallylikecaptainamericaok]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 thoughts. Scattered because pain.

- I gotta say right off the bat, best trilogy in the MCU. It’s not even close. And I’m so relieved that they stuck the landing.

- I thought having a Guardians photo album for the end credits was cute. Though it didn’t escape my notice that IW and EG didn’t pop up much (and understandably so.) Hell, the Christmas special got more representation in it than EG did. But the shot of Rocket, Groot, and Thor landing in Wakanda is all they really needed from IW anyway. lol.

- Actually, side bar: Speaking of IW/EG, it just occurred to me after rewatching EG yesterday, where the hell was Kraglin during all that? He joined the team at the end of V2 and appeared to be living on their ship, so what happened? Sean Gunn does Rocket’s mocap, so it’s not like he couldn’t be on set. I guess it doesn’t really matter ultimately, but it’s something I noticed.

- Cosmo was delightful. I knew the “bad dog” gag would would pay off eventually. But still. How dare.

- That fight set to “No Sleep Till Brooklyn.” *chef’s kiss*

- D: “You think I’m stupid.” That cut deep.

- Mantis defending Drax from Nebula was great in context, but it also felt very pointed in a way. Or maybe I’m just projecting because of stuff I’ve seen from other folks in this fandom regarding him and Mantis.

- I know there are issues with Drax’ treatment of Mantis in V2, but their dynamic has become a surprising highlight. The way she freaked out when she thought he died and the way he cried when she left were so impactful.

- The squishy bits of the Orgoscope were unsettling.

- THEY LET PETER SAY “FUCK.” I had to back up the movie to make sure I didn’t mishear. It’s so funny to me that after all the hullabaloo in the fandom about who should/will say the first full, untranslated “fuck” that in the end it came out of Quill and in a pretty mundane moment as well.

- Starmora - I’m actually glad they went the direction they did for Peter and 2014!Gamora. It wouldn’t have made sense and frankly, would’ve been cheap if she’d just fallen for him instantly, because prime!Gamora didn’t either. They were a slow burn and came about, in part, due to the influence the team had on each other.

- I loved when the High Evolutionary’s subordinates turned on him, even if doing so didn’t work out for them.

- Blurp needs to go hang out with Morris from The Legend of the Ten Rings.

- Peter almost dying at the end had me close to raging out. I would’ve been so upset, for so many reasons. Mantis screaming for him and Groot trying to save him destroyed me.

- And since I’ve been putting it off *sighs* ...let’s talk about Rocket. First off, I’m very glad he survived. I’ve worried since V2 that he was a goner and was very glad to be proven wrong. Still, as worried for his fate as I was going into the film, the thing that concerned me the most was finally getting into the nitty gritty of his backstory. I knew from the bits of the comics I’ve seen that it was going to be highly upsetting and... yeah... that’s putting it mildly. Case in point, the fact that the first word out of his mouth was “Hurts.” And it just gets worse from there. Just pain all the way down.

- G: “I’m family!” N: “So is he.” Between that line and Nebula crying upon hearing Rocket’s voice again, the five year gap clearly made them very close. And it makes sense given all of their similarities, too. That Nebula thinks what happened to him is worse than what she endured speaks volumes about what was done to him.

- And finally, everything with Batch 89 was obviously heartbreaking, but oh my God, Floor. I don’t know why that character in particular tugged at my heart, but she did and... yeah. There’s that.

So, yeah, in short, this movie made me a mess, but all the Guardians films do and I’d be disappointed if it didn’t punch me in the face.

Metaphorically, of course.

[sanicmaster]

**GOTG V3 spoiler warning**

I have this mental image of Rocket sitting in front of one of the rescued raccoons once they've reached full size. Just... staring at this fat little ball of floof all confused.

Looking down his own body, looking back at the raccoon, then back at himself again. Realizing just how much the HE's experimentation changed his form from what it naturally would've been.

[justoffthekeyofreason]

gotgv3 spoilers

the final scene between peter and gamora is something that will genuinely be burned into my brain for the rest of my life. he loved her so damn much my heart can’t handle this

[little-buzz]

GOTG V3 spoilers below ‼️

My college friend watched v3 yesterday in theaters, while I pirated it. He told me his thoughts about the film and what he said won’t leave my little peanut brain.

He said Rocket was done dirty because his family left him after a year of having them back. The Guardians (beside Nebula) were gone for five years after the snap.

PETER AND MANTIS PARTED WAYS WITH THE OTHERS AND THE GUARDIANS BASICALLY DISBANDED

I mean, there’s obviously a new team, but fuck 😭

WHY DID HE HAVE TO TELL ME THAT WTF 🫠

[alex-iltempo]

[berkreviews]

BAMP - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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On Endgame: Tony, Thor, and Loki

So, Endgame spoilers below. Ye have been warned.

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It was a good movie. It wasn't Infinity War, but.

You know, I want to be eloquent. I want to say something meaningful. I want to do something. But I can't. God, I can't and it hurts.

Loki...is my favorite character overall, and Thor and Tony my favorite Avengers. I'll unpack this from the bottom up.

I knew Tony was going to die. Did I want him to? No. Did I pray I was wrong? Desperately. But I have the uncanny misfortune of being right and Tony died. It was bitter. Pepper is what made it easier for me. When she bowed over him and told him he could rest, her strength and love radiated like aloe. I respect Pepper so much. But I'm still freaking ticked that Tony died. He had a kid! She needs her dad! That was like the point of the last ten years! And Peter...oh goodness, Peter! I just, Tony hurts.

And Thor...! Oh gosh, I don't even know where to begin! The whole point at the end of Ragnarok was Thor accepting his place as king, right? But what's this? He lets himself go after killing Thanos to gain empty vengeance for a brother he makes no reference to in the film. I mean, I liked the wild hair. It was very Odin, very Viking, I think. But Thor becomes an alcoholic who yells at kids playing Fortnite and it doesn't seem right. I understand the trauma he's gone through. Believe me, his I've followed and cared for more than that of any other Avenger's. But he's... he's not himself. He's not Thor. Not really. And it hurts. But I appreciate him making Valkyrie...Queen of Asgard?...and going off with the Guardians. Thor in GotGv3? Yes, please. And make it have closure!

Closure! Which brings me...to Loki.

Oh gods.

I knew as soon as I read Tom Hiddleston hadn't attended the LA premier that something wasn't right. I've spent the last year hoping against the winds and wishing on moonbeams that Loki would live. That Loki would come home. Would...do something. And he didn't.

I have a...very real problem, I think, in that while I love tons of characters, I tend to fixate on one specifically until it's a borderline obsession. I don't think I have an obsession with Loki (others may beg to differ), but my love for him outstrips that for most other fictional characters save Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars. I say that to say, I was...not outright depressed. It wasn't worth a full depression, because real depression is serious, but the happenings of Infinity War weighed on me like a dark cloud that took months to shake. Thousands of words written with pain and lost love in mind and endless nights of insomnia where all I could do is ask why. I even went through the stages of grief.

Okay, maybe I'm a bit obsessed. But it's Marvel. It's Loki. It's okay.

No, it's not. It's just fiction.

But fiction shapes us into who we are...

Loki has been such a big part of my life since I was...gosh, thirteen? His smile and the promise of magic drew me into the world of Norse mythology. It led me down paths of mystery and myth that I would never have gone down without his influence. Loki has literally shaped parts of my life and has been a major influence even beyond the MCU and comics, as a character of lore, for years. His is the single character who hovers beyond my vision as I write and create. Kinda like an imaginary friend.

Oh gosh, I am obsessed.

Okay, I'm rambling. So basically, Loki means so, so much to me and I've been hoping on the wings of a prayer that Endgame would fix what shouldn't have been broken. And it didn't. So screw Endgame. This and everything else, just screw it!

I'm so confused. Is our Loki the 2012 version, off with the Tesseract? Is that a seperate timeline from the one 2014 Thanos left? If it is, that'd mean there could be a timeline where Loki is King of Asgard (as Odin) without fear of Thanos, in a reality where Thor doesn't search for the Infinity Stones and Ragnarok is different. I mean, I like that idea, but. Also! Didn't Bruce tell Thor they could get the other Asgardians back? And Bruce snapped, so did he restore them, too? Is Loki alive on a ship (half a ship?) out there with Heimdall and the other Asgardians? Is Thor going to find him and them?

What even is going on?

I went into this movie clinging to a fragile hope and penny wishes, but now I feel a twisting coil of heat inside that makes me feel a touch ill. The rest of me is cold, and in shock, and full of rage.

Endgame was spectacular. A cinematic masterpiece, in my opinion. But it held no real consolation. It didn't balm my soul. It tore back its cover and exposed it to a frigid wind. I couldn't watch it again anytime soon. I just want... consolation.

And it's so, so, so stupid how I'm this dependant on a fictional character. That his wellbeing and happiness have, quite literally, shaped my own on numerous occasions in the past. But this is how it is. I now have to deal with the further consequences of it, and the drawn out anticipation for answers I'm beginning to believe I may not like or even want.

I think Marvel and the Russos are cowards who're scared of how popular Loki is with fans. Way back in 2014 people talked like Loki was going to lose fans to all the new characters that were coming into the MCU. And maybe he has lost a few. But not like they talked about, no. People still care so much about this character (yay! I'm not the only obsessive nerd!) and we want him treated well. We want him to get the same respect every other character is afforded. Even Thanos got respect and he's literally the worst (worse than Hela, even), so what makes our Trickster Prince less worthy?

I'm serious. Is it the cow helmet?

Anyway, that's my raw emotional rant coming off of Endgame. Here's to the long, long...long waits for Guardians 3 and the Loki TV series, which will have answers...just very distant ones.

I guess I'll start my Norse adaption of Phantom now, then. I've got nothing else to do now.

[kiainspace]

This post contains AVENGERS ENDGAME SPOILERS - you have been warned!

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Ok sooo, I read this discussion under a post in fb, a post about GotGv3. It's about Gamora.

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Ok "Present " Gamora, as she was sacrificed by Thanos, can't come back. And it's understandable.

But we saw "Past" Gamora enter the present time with Nebula and help her, she meet Peter and ok, reaction based on the fact that she doesn't know him as he think. Totally reasonable.

We saw him later scanning for her. So my doubt is

- When Tony snapped, destroying all the Thanos ensamble, she got "vaporized" too?

Or IDK Tony probably had to "think" something for aiming the snap... Like "byebye to all the bad people Thanos brought ecc" and Gamora, helping Nebula, shifted on the good side?

IDK after reading some comments about it I can't think about anything else HELP ME

(sorry for my not perf English, noty first language)

[fellowshipofteamfreewillassemble]

And from what I’ve heard, I think James Gunn has actually confirmed Guardians takes place after IW, so that wouldn’t happen, but still. Russo’s, I’m watching you

So after reading an interview with the Russo’s

(Even though I’m not believing anything they say at the moment)

In response to people saying that people aren’t really dead because “sequels” they responded with “remember not everything in the MCU is a linear timeline” insinuating that the sequels could take place before IW, and I just… 😱😭

Like I said, I’m not believing much of what the Russo’s say atm, but can you imagine? What if GotGV3 takes place right before IW, and they end it with the Guardians deciding to respond to the Asguardian distress signal?

My heart would not be able to handle it.

Nope

We aren’t believing the Russo’s right now. Nothing they say can be trusted.

[ijustreallylikecaptainamericaok]

K.E.V.I.N. I SWEAR TO GOD! IF YOU TAKE SCOTT AND ROCKET AWAY FROM ME...

[sanicmaster]

The look of concern on Lylla's face as she goes to comfort the trembling, pain-riddled little baby Rocket...