Usually life takes more than it gives

But not today. Today it's giving us something. It's giving us a chance to give a sh**.

[noonelikegunn]

Watching this young girl comparing TV Mantis character to the actress on the phone (the little girl knows Pom is an actress) and just coming to the realization that the actress of her favourite character hearted her video is so sweet. 💖

And we can indeed thank James Gunn for this special moment since he’s the one who retweeted their video. It’s lovely to see fellow fans be positively impacted by Gunn’s work. 🥰 And they’re so young!!

[madmadmilk]

I’m rewatching Guardians of the Galaxy rn and akdjflaks everything is a LOT sadder after IW and Endgame, my GOD. The part where Ronan is told that Gamora is captured there’s a second where we see Nebula’s face calls with concern. And her “sassy” response to Thanos calling Gamora his favorite daughter masks her insecurity... uwehheaahhh then Gamora being forced to remain composed throughout everything???? ... babies... no my heart

[noonelikegunn]

These are good points. Though I also think James Gunn set up this relationship well just within GotG1 and GotG2, no IW or EG needed.

[q8sstuff]

Honestly, the Guardians of the Galaxy movies are so underrated. I mean, they've got everything. Well-rounded, complex characters? Check. Found family? Check. Heart and soul? Check. It's disappointing that they're so often dismissed as irrelevant or comedic drivel when they have so much to offer. If you look past the jokes and unfamiliar setting, there's a lot of depth going on, and it's frustrating that so many people fail to realize that.

[frodo-baggins]

not to go all cringe on main but fictional characters have genuinely helped me through some of the worst shit in my life n i’ll forever be grateful to fiction for giving me comfort when i’ve needed it most

[noonelikegunn]

After not posting since last summer, Gunn posts this to his Instagram! Seriously, I don’t remember when I felt this happy! So, so glad he’s back!

[noonelikegunn]

GUYS!!!

[noonelikegunn]

@ericadawn16

Re: James Gunn, his firing just feels like an absolute betrayal both to him and his fans.

Re: Lin-Manuel Miranda, thanks for the recommendation - sounds worth checking out!

[noonelikegunn]

Feelin’ it today, like I feel it many days. I miss James Gunn. Miss his posts on Instagram. He always made me feel more connected to GotG and his posts were often funny or uplifting.

[thecupcakefox-blog]

Sorry about that. I’m back.

[noonelikegunn]

This blog will be deleted soon

[sparklegemstone]

Sassy James Gunn is my favorite.

[marypoppinswasmyfatherbitches]

New, fun game!

Read all of James Gunn’s passive aggressive explanations in Rocket’s voice. ;)

[perilinpeace]

James Gunn singlehandedly restored my faith in films and is a Person I Trust with stuff I like. And he seems to be a genuinely Good Dude. I would like to give him a hug.

[thecupcakefox-blog]

Basically I’m about to unfollow everyone. 🙃 Some stress has caused me to fear all social interactions and so I’m unfollowing. If we’re friends and I unfollowed you, it was an accident, I’m sorry! Lemme know or I’ll find you at some point to re-follow you.

[grootiez]

James Gunn's Guardians 3 Script Will Be Used, Confirms Sean Gunn

Marvel will use Gunn's script on Guardians 3.

We have hope, Guardians Fandom.

@trashpandaorigins @madness-on-the-milano @mattchewystuff @thejollymilano @janetgenea @rocket-ringtail-raccoon @vic394 @rr4901 @pineapple-crow @canuckscot @captain—rabbit @woozletania @whoop-whoop-grocket

[rocket-ringtail-raccoon]

Good. Now bring him back lol

[noonelikegunn]

^ Agreed.

[lor-chan]

Drew that a while ago.

[write-like-an-american]

OH HEY look

[youwouldneverbreakthechain]

The story of Gunn’s A-Blazin’ Mix

So it turns out making a mix tape in the year 2018 is a job of work. The first time I discarded this idea it was because I had no way to deliver a gift into the hands of James Gunn; the second time, it was because who the hell has a tape deck anymore?

Turns out, @taaroko does, and we both wanted to go to FanX anyway, so the game was back on. I spent Wednesday driving out to meet her with a pack of blank tapes and a tentative track list. We spent Thursday morning replacing her tape deck with a functioning one, and Thursday evening formatting and printing out her original art for the cover, buying the songs from Amazon and downloading them onto her computer, obtaining a blank CD, and burning the mix onto it. 

We had to make some snap decisions - I thought I had written down too many songs, but they weren’t enough to fill up the tape, and there’s only so much you want to spend on Amazon music you don’t even necessarily like that much. I’ll post the final version to 8tracks once I get all the pieces together, but I feel like all of us collectively came up with a good mix.

In addition to the cover art, we printed out a mini page with a couple of my B&W sketches in the corners, and wrote Gunn a brief letter letting him know how inspiring his movies are and how we don’t want him to be silenced. Signed by the fans: “We Are Groot.” And then we did our actual recording and BOOM, the thing gained existence!

Friday morning we got into the line to meet Dave Bautista as fast as we could. They had each line marked out in a serpentine pattern, so for a while we were hanging out right in front of him, but it moved slooowww. Sometimes not at all, and it was hard to tell when he was going on a break or even when the signing session was over. Later we heard that there were technical difficulties with his photo ops, and the delay bled over to signings, and we also heard that he’s exceptionally chatty with fans (which kind of made me forgive everything, because it’s cute).

When his first session ended, we were given a voucher so we could come back after lunch to regain our place in line for the second session, but we did that and the voucher really didn’t do anything and there was another hour or so of waiting in a line that didn’t move. We had a whole con to go to. We gave up.

So that’s how I didn’t meet Dave Bautista and didn’t give him the mix tape for James Gunn. 

…AH HA HA WE GAVE IT TO MICHAEL ROOKER INSTEAD! 

Yeah I thought it would be fun to psych you out while I was writing this, but the truth is it was pretty early on in the Bautista line when we realized that Rooker’s line was practically empty. (Not totally sure on the why of this, but part of it seems to be that he goes to more cons and had been at this one last year too.) The guy in front of us held our place, and we skipped out and rushed over and, people, I am not accustomed to talking to celebrities, let alone asking favors of them, and I was nervous as hell, but fortunately, Rooker is one crazy nice dude. 

Taaroko and I both stammered out an explanation of what we had done as we showed him the tape. “We’re big fans,” I said, “and we’re big James Gunn fans, and we made him this, but we have no way to get it to him…?” 

“So you want me to give it to James?”

We nodded meekly. “We just want him to know that we support him, and we miss him,” I said. Taaroko explained a little bit about all the effort we had put into making the tape. My heart was racing.

“That’s sweet! I don’t usually pass things on, but I’ll do it.”

HEART EYES. We thanked him profusely and he gave each of us a high five before we retreated back to the Bautista line. 

I don’t honestly expect to ever hear about whether the tape did make it into Gunn’s hands or how he feels about it if it did, but I do believe Rooker is a man of his word and that he at least understood and appreciated our intentions. It was a wonderful moment that I’ll remember forever. 

[noonelikegunn]

This article sums up everything nicely. Hopefully we get some final decisions, soon.

[noonelikegunn]

Send Feedback to Disney - Email Alternative!

Someone told me they had a “phone thing.” And, as someone with social anxiety, that makes total sense!

Below the cut is a template for an email that you can either customise or send as is - just remember to change “A concerned citizen and fan” to your name at the bottom.

Send email to: [email protected]

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