#mantis/nebula

[kamwashere]

i’m still waiting for people to pick up what nebula/mantis was putting on in gotg vol 3 actually

[quillsmora]

no proof, one touch (but you felt enough)

@bugborgweek2023 day 2: touch

rated G, guardians of the galaxy (mcu), mantis/nebula

It’s a feeling Mantis has only become acquainted with since joining the Guardians, one she had first felt in her brother when he looked at Gamora. Nebula feels love, not just the platonic, familial love Mantis has sensed in every other Guardian, but romantic love.

It's only when she meets Nebula’s gaze does Mantis realize who it’s for.

or: mantis accidentally uses her powers on nebula. turns out their feelings towards each other aren't quite as different as they once thought.

word count: 1,624

additional tags: bugborg week 2023, feelings realization, first kiss, love confessions, miscommunication

[dovelywind]

ꕥ| Peter Quill, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Drax, Nebula, Mantis, Kraglin, & Cosmo — GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3

“…me and my friends are going to go flying together into the forever and beautiful sky…”

[that--funny--feeling]

Gunn said the first movie was about the mother, the second about the father and the third about the self. And if I think about it, all characters finally come to terms to who they really are or want to be:

[SPOILERS]

• Mantis goes her own way, after following what Ego wanted and then what the Guardians wanted for all these years;

• Drax, that called himself the 'destroyer', finds his place as a 'father', even after his daughter's death;

• Groot: now that he is an adult again, it's pretty clear to us that he's phisically and mentally different from the GOTG1!Groot. He respects and supports everyone's choices in his family and makes us part of it too at the end (→ now we understand him too);

• Nebula, now free from Thanos, is now a leader and helps kids in need like she was as a child, following what she and Gamora talked about at the end of vol 2;

• Gamora learns why her 2018!self found a family between the Guardians, but feels she's different and chooses another path in the end;

• Rocket "ain't no one like me but me" accepts he's not alone in the world anymore and deserves to keep on living. Also, he calls himself "racoon" for the first time without it being a offense for him;

• Peter, always away from his planet, faces his fears and comes back to the Earth, where he lost his mother, and meets his granddad.

I don't like all the choices Gunn made in this movie (about Gamora's arc for example), but GOTG3 made me cry and laught and cry again and I'm happy we finally got to see the ending of this beautiful trilogy.

[mydairpercabeth]

GOTG3 SPOILERS

Nebula got to rescue children from an evil experiments and give them the home she would have wanted

[sersi]

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014 - 2023)

[toaverse]

Run fast for your mother

Run fast for your father

Run for your children

For your sisters and brothers

[alpacoartwork]

Watched Vol 3 and I’m going to need some therapy.

[thepersassiest]

everyone saying that gotg3 is the best thing marvel has put out since endgame is honestly extremely disrespectful.

gotg3 is so much better than endgame

[tamtamho]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: GOTG have the smoothest, most planned, movie series with a satisfying ending.

[SPOILERS]

It shows that:

- the main male lead and female lead doesn't have to end up together

- endings doesn't have to be tragic or sad to be remarkable

- heroes deserve to be saved too

- people change, and that's okay

- keep the character arc constant throughout different movies

- give villain's minions some character and thoughts. When High Revolutionary's subordinate went against him? And that Ura girl? Amazing.

- some villains can have no sob backstory and justification of what they done and still be a good villain (story-wise), and audience don't need to empathize. It's ok if they just want to cheer heroes as they kick the villain's ass

- You can make good jokes WITHOUT undermining the emotional aspect. Go ahead, joke, but know where to stop. I feel that's what new MCU movies lacked lately.

[zomobozo]

gotg vol. 3 having rocket give that primal scream of anguish in the middle when he loses his first family and then ending with rocket giving a primal scream of joy when he’s dancing with his second family? that’s the good shit right there 👌

[kamwashere]

The ship name for nebula x mantis is bugborg ps i loved their bickering in gotg3 and how nebula calls her mant :)

WAIT BUGBORG IS SO CUTE 🥺🥺🥺🥺 im obsessed

[itsjuliak5]

“The sky is beautiful and I’m flying with my friends.”

“I love you guys,” *Dog Days Are Over by Florence and the Machine starts playing*

[womenofmcu]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 (2023) dir. James Gunn

[lily1718]

When James Gunn said once more with feeling. He actually meant every single emotion in the spectrum. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

[heatherlucky29]

Guardians 1: The guardians learning to love

Guardians 2: The guardians learning to accept love

Guardians 3: The guardians learning self-love through the love they have for each other