#i did find a pretty cool pentagram neon sign though. really tempted to get it ngl

[valentinoappreciator]

wants to decorate my home with clearly satanic decorations and objects

is also scared of potential repercussions / neighbors raising (heh) hell

[originaljediinjeans]

MCU Rewatch: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2″ (2017)

The best thing I can say without passing judgment is that the whole situation with Meredith Quill and Ego is really sad.

This film did so much for both Gamora and Nebula’s characters and their relationship. It actually did a lot more to set up for Infinity War at the time it came out than any other Phase 3 film before or after, even Thor: Ragnarok. And that in spite of the fact that James Gunn isn’t a huge fan of Thanos, so I’ve heard. Thanos is an influential character in the film without actually even being in it, just because of what he did to his adopted daughters and how they are dealing with it.

Mantis is the perfect addition to the Guardians of the Galaxy. Mantis is a precious cinnamon roll and must be protected at all costs.

Quill converted the other Guardians to music, I’m so proud.

But that’s probably because oldies music makes anything you do 1000% percent cooler including murder

A more accurate title for this film would be, “Journey to the Center of the Ego.”

Baby Groot may be cute but he is 50% more angst and murder than old Groot

Rocket and Yondu’s relationship in this film is so underrated. Rocket and Yondu GET EACH OTHER and it’s incredible to watch their scenes together. “I KNOW WHO YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU’RE ME.”

I know Rocket would want to kill me if I tried but I still want to hug Rocket.

Seriously, what is it with GOTG and “cute” characters that are actually sadists?

I think Peter Quill is still very much the 9-10 year old kid that Yondu abducted, just with more swearing and sex

“He may have been your father, but he weren’t your daddy” has to be one of the most profound things a character in the MCU has ever said. 

One of the reasons that this isn’t one of my favorite Marvel films is because the swearing, crude humor, and sexual references are really intense throughout the whole film. I saw this film on opening night with my mother and I was so embarrassed for her. Gosh, the Guardians are probably 10x worse with it off-camera.

Another thing I realized tonight is that the climax/battle against Ego at the end is so much more intense than the same sequence in Vol. 1. Ego is a freaking scary dude. Like, his spaceship and display pods are really clean and creepy looking, his full powers are all kinds of intense. Not to mention the giant brain at the core--I am terrified of brains.

Basically, GOTG Vol. 2 is a horror movie masquerading as a space comedy

Dream Cosplay: painting myself metallic gold to be one of the Sovereign, if not Ayesha herself

Like, I want to BE Ayesha because she’s got a great wardrobe, ladies-in-waiting, and a carpet rolled out for her wherever she goes. 

Did Groot every actually buckle up when Quill told him to?

Team Kraglin. Forever.

Another reason I dislike this film: intense depictions of murder. I’m willing to admit that the twats who mutinied against Yondu deserved it for throwing their opponents into space to die. But that doesn’t make me any less uncomfortable watching the arrow scene. 

The entire mutiny arc is really upsetting to watch. They literally hazed baby Groot.

It’s funny, though, how in a movie littered with retro pop culture references the arrow’s trail kind of lights up like a neon sign

Yondu wasn’t really that great of a “dad” to Quill. He was abusive and cruel and made sure PQ got a good education in debauchery. But in giving his life for Peter, he took the chance to be the father figure that Peter deserved--the dad that anyone deserves. Yondu knew he had made a mistake--he knew he’d been immoral his whole life--but for this one thing, for this one person, he was determined to make things right

Bless Yondu for making Mary Poppins cool again.

My adopted brother recently reconnected with his birth parents. My family and I feel incredibly blessed that they both turned out to be good people. Believe me, I understand the tension of PQ finally meeting his biological father. 

PQ has just basically had to put up with toxic people his entire life and it’s saddening to think about, but that’s why the Guardians are the best thing to ever happen to him

We don’t have as much detail about Nebula’s backstory as we do for Gamora’s. But I have the feeling she was also taken away from a murdered biological family. The line “I only wanted a sister” speaks volumes. Like Quill and Yondu, Nebula and Gamora were forced together into terrible circumstances, but they still bonded, and they bonded enough to want a relationship better than the one they had. Dysfunctional families are still family, and this theme carries over to the Guardians’ arc in Infinity War. 

GOTG vol 2, highlights the importance of adoptive family, but it also emphasizes the fact that the family you don’t choose is still a part of you--and it doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

So in the audience with the Sovereign, Ayesha suggests to Quill that she would be interested in having sex with him and he responds that he would be more than happy to take her up on that. Then at the end, the leader of the Sovereign fighter fleet--Ayesha herself?--announces to the Guardians that they will be made an example of in order to make a point to the universe: “Don’t screw with the Sovereign”. If you take the term “screw” as a euphemism for intercourse, that line is a response to Ayesha and Quill’s “flirting”--he said he wanted to “screw” her but she’s telling him no (after she already said yes????)

So the fact that Yondu sold children to Ego is coming out JUST NOW? When did Sylvester Stallone find out about this?

Nebula needs to consider a career as a pirate/ravager. She’s so good at it.

There’s got to be a good story behind why Yondu decided to keep Quill. Maybe after he was abducted Peter ran and hid in a cubby somewhere on Yondu’s ship and that impressed him. Maybe that made Yondu realize that he couldn’t deliver a scared kid to a monster like Ego. Not this one. It needed to stop.

I like how Peter tries to be romantic with Gamora but she doesn’t get all his references. 

One think I kind of dislike about Vol. 2 but not as much as some of my other points listed here is that PQ is kind of a damsel in distress. He falls for Ego’s trap hook, line, and sinker, and then he has to do the whole tentacle suspension. 

One thing I noticed was that in the scene where Ego details the Expansion, Peter is standing in a patterned circular space in the middle of the main hall. In the storybook Dove Isabeau, the stepmother witch lures the heroine into her chamber and has her stand on a pentagram design in the center of the room, and with her in that position the witch casts her spell to turn Isabeau into a dragon. Interesting similarity.

“Hey, remember that Ayesha chick?” “Yeah--oh hell!”

Do all celestials want to destroy the universe and rebuild it in their image? 

I get how Ego is a metaphor for colonialism, but there’s also the fact that he’s the toxic parent that tires to make their child be something they don’t want to be

Gosh, Ego’s Expansion gloop is horrifying. Especially on Earth. Is there a way to get rid of that stuff? Does it fade away or will it have to be removed? Like how are the stand-alone movie villains so scary and how is Thanos so bland in comparison? 

Notice there was a shot or two of this happening on Xandar.

They gave us the whole scene with Rocket explaining the bomb to Groot and asking Quill for tape when there was an entire freaking battle going on outside like what? That was pretty clever.

That part where Groot got squeezed by Ego I was like “Noooo my son!”

Quill tapping into his celestial powers to fight Ego back as an equal was pretty impressive. 

The scene with Rocket versus the Ravagers is a riot. Rocket is like a petty troll ninja--which is really a perfect description of a stereotypical sassy raccoon. 

Also Nebula’s entrance in that scene is kind of hilarious. 

“DING!” 

Drax is a pretty sincere person, and he finds humor in everything. But he’s just off the wall sometimes. He’s dramatic. He hates music and dancing and if you’re paying attention when he tells the story of how he met his wife that’s actually just a thing they had in common, so Drax isn’t representative of his entire race.  Drax is...just Drax.

When we first see Mantis with Ego, we see she is scared. She knows what’s about to go down. But bless her heart she really makes the best of a new situation and befriends Drax--who is just as clueless as she is. 

Ego admitting to PQ that he killed Meredith? Quill had the right reaction, man.

Ego even confesses that he was tempted to stay with Meredith, but he chose himself and his “mission” over her and their son. Really, he is the worst.

“If he ends up being evil, we’ll just kill him.” Easier said than done.