#gotg 3 spoilers

[oppienheimer]

It really is good to have friends.

[sassytheturtle]

GOTG 3 SPOILERS

Can’t stop thinking about this

Floor and Teefs were begging Rocket to leave. But, he was too distraught and consumed by grief over Lylla to listen. Floor and Teefs died because of that. And that’s something Rocket has blamed himself over for a very long time.

[usaigi]

Gamora not ending up with Peter subvert our “soul-mate” expectations. In another life, Peter and Gamora were soulmates. They grew and made each other better and their love was sincere. But that Gamora is gone.

2014!Gamora isn’t Peter’s Gamora. Just because she could find happiness with him doesn’t mean she should. She found love and happiness with other people and we can’t hold it against her.

[heartman]

@ the people complaining about Adam Warlock in GOTG 3

[toaverse]

Run fast for your mother

Run fast for your father

Run for your children

For your sisters and brothers

[thepunkmuppet]

THIS POST CONTAINS GOTG3 SPOILERS, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

so it was only through this movie that I realised how incredible nebula and rocket’s relationship really is, or rather could be if they had more screen time.

they have the exact same backstory. horrific and violent experiments were performed on them both by galactic assholes with god complexes, and obviously they have both been recovering and running from that their entire lives.

but also, their personalities are just super similar - closed off, rude, no-nonsense, angry, etc. and that means that they can relate to each other in the same way as each other. what I mean is, they have spent their lives suffering in silence, and are not the type of characters to have long heart to hearts and open up to those around them. but that’s okay, because they can suffer in silence together. they can wallow in their pain together. no words required, just pure understanding.

and the fact that they were the only main guardians left during the blip?? are we just going to overlook how close they would have gotten?? a close knit family unit reduced to two people?? literally the only people each other had left?? LIKE???

UGH and the fact that she gets him bucky’s arm for christmas. it was on a different planet. she had never celebrated or even heard of christmas before. but it was THAT important to her to give it to him?? and the looks on their faces!!?!? YES

and just that scene where nebula hears his voice again and just sobs. and mantis (a literal empath) looks at her and says to rocket, “we love you and we appreciate you and we are so happy you’re okay because you are our best friend.” because nebula, just like rocket, isn’t the kind of person who would feel able to say that herself. but actions and reactions speak more than words, and those tears spoke VOLUMES of the value nebula places in her friendship with rocket and it just makes me so feral

[fannyspammy]

No because the family bond between the guardians is insane. Like we been known since vol 1 but vol 3 just SOLIDIFIED that bitch. Pure love all around. I love the avengers but they could NEVER.

[velvet4510]

I love Adam Warlock’s character arc. He was born prematurely for the sole purpose of killing. He doesn’t know any better. His mother says “kill the Guardians,” so he will kill the Guardians. But then when he hurts people he says “I don’t like how this makes me feel.” He discovers his own nature. He doesn’t LIKE killing. He evolves beyond his creator’s expectations, not unlike Rocket. When he finds out the lives of his mother and people are on the line, THAT spurs him to keep fighting. To save them. Then he fails. Everything he had to live for is gone. Then the people he was targeting save him. They give him a second chance. And he decides to save one of them in return. He finds himself. He’s not a killer. He’s a savior. He’s a Guardian of the Galaxy at heart.

And to think he doesn’t get so much as a thank you for saving Peter. Give this guy some respect. Even a silent head nod exchange of “thanks” and “you’re welcome” between him and any of the Guardians during the group hug scene would’ve sufficed.

He didn’t have to save Peter. But he did.

[the-strawberryfarmer]

“I’m not letting him go”

:’)

[simpforthebaron]

it’s been said before obviously but it bears repeating, gotg specifically featuring music from the 60s/70s/80s/90s and then purposely choosing a song from the 2000s as the last song of the trilogy as a symbol of the gang moving on from their past traumas and healing is a cinematic masterpiece

[tamtamho]

[spoiler] About Rocket's body

Just watched GOTG 1's interview and here's what Gunn said about Rocket's design:

"What if they broke his sternum and streched it out? Because raccoon doesn't really have a chest (like human's)"

And it makes me think about what HE did to Raccoon's bone structure.

Raccoon shoulders are curved to their chest so they can walk quadrupedally, but rocket walking on his two legs require his shoulders to be straightened out (hence the metals). They need to change his C-shaped spine into S-shape like humans, change the length of his arms... and deconstruct his pelvis entirely. Like. Entirely.

Because there's no way that raccoon pelvis can make him walk like a human. Also look at that body. My man looks like a gymnast with narrow waist and everything. While regular raccoons are just. A ball of floof.

Not to mention the brain surgeries he needs to go through.

With him able to lift big ass firearms with tiny hands, they must've replace his bones or muscles into something stronger.

Whatever HE did, feels less like trying to make "something perfect" and more like a child assembling and reassembling his toys because he can.

[paradoxpig]

No one talking about how Nebula had to cover her mouth to keep from audibly crying out when she heard Rocket’s voice through the communicator. She was so relieved to hear her brother pulled through. She cared for him so much that we got to see the most stoic character break and show some raw emotion.

[sassytheturtle]

GOTG 3 SPOILERS

It’s so important to me how they included Dog Days in Volume 3.

The soundtrack across all the movies has always been super nostalgic older songs. This was reflective of the Guardians themselves. They were all stuck thinking about their older days. About their pasts. They all had something that they couldn’t let go of and couldn’t move on from. It trapped all of them in pain.

But Dog Days is a pivotal moment. It’s a modern song. Across the movies, each of the Guardians have been healing from their pasts and learning how to move on and live their lives. They’ve accepted what has happened to them, but they now understand that it does not define them. They can finally stop letting other people and events have control over their lives. This is their own story. No one else’s. And they get to decide how that story goes and what they want their life to be.

The soundtracks are reflective of this. They go up by a decade each movie.

Everyone going their separate ways in the end to pursue their own lives was the final step in that process.

Furthermore, the fact that Rocket is the one to put on the song means even more. He’s arguably the one most hurt and affected by his past. He couldn’t let go like the others could. He refused to open up about it to anyone, believing he deserved to stay trapped in that pain. But this movie is all about him learning how to move on and live again. He doesn’t have to forget about what happened, but he doesn’t have to continually punish himself for it. Him playing this song shows that the last of the Guardians are finally ready to embrace change.

He’s done running. They all are.

The way everyone in the theater gasped when I saw it and that song came on proves how pivotal of a moment that is.

The dog days are finally over.

[sophieseals]

I don’t wanna hear the words floor or teeths EVER AGAIN

[re-reclass]

MCU climaxes have gotten really same-y so it can be hard to get invested but James Gunn figured out the secret. If you show your villain abusing or experimenting on children and animals for 2 hours, I’ll gladly watch an extended scene of all the heroes kicking the shit out of him. Hell, I’ll even root for Chris Pratt.

[stevenrogered]

Understanding Groot is less about mastering a new language and more about forging a connection with the character that goes beyond words. It wasn't until we formed that deep connection with him that we were finally able to understand him saying "I love you, guys" to his family at the end of the trilogy's emotional final installment. (x)