Imagine Being One of the Younger Members in Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy x Reader (platonic)
Imagine takes place post gotgv2
I know I said I would only write for Gamora and Mantis, but this post is an exception. I'm open to write for the rest of the GOTG crew if it's just platonic. Let me know your thoughts! As always, have a lovely day/night‼️
Peter:
Peter often ruffles your hair if you pass him or if you did a good job on a mission. He will use your shoulder or head as an armrest, mostly to piss you off (man is 6’2, so it’s likely). He will let up if you’re actually upset by his actions, though.
He appreciates that you’re a fellow Terran because you understand certain customs of Earth. He’ll come to you, eager for a high-five. Despite the action being minuscule, he appreciates the recognition. You’re only the few people who understand his cultural references,
Gamora:
After a restless night, you can find Gamora in the kitchen sometimes. No words are shared as she fixes you a cup of hot chocolate. You know she will listen if you want to talk about your troubles. But she never pushes you for answers and instead you both sit in comfortable silence.
She is quick to intervene if Peter, Drax, or Rocket are teasing you relentlessly. They shut their mouths fast from Gamora’s piercing glare. She will pull you aside later to make sure you’re okay because the guys can be childish idiots.
Groot:
You stole Groot’s Gameboy once and hid it from him. He went absolutely berserk and tied you up with his vines. He didn’t release you before you told him where you hid his precious game. Suffice to say, you didn’t touch Groot’s Gameboy again.
You teamed up with Groot to prank Peter. You distracted Peter away from his beer. While he was conversing with you, Groot deposited several packets of salt into his open bottle. Groot sent you a thumb up once he finished the job. You watched gleefully as Peter sipped his drink. Both you and Groot laughed as Peter spat his alcohol out with disgust.
Rocket:
You like to accompany Rocket sometimes when he’s making new contraptions. He’ll humor you when you ask him about the materials he’s using and what he’s making. He made you a small gadget catered to your interests, which he left in your bedroom. When you approach Rocket to express your thanks, he’s quick to shrug your appreciation off.
Similar to Groot, Rocket will rope you into his schemes. However, Rocket’s pranks are more ruthless than Groot’s. The two of you drew on Peter’s face with a permanent marker, which he struggled to remove. On top of that, you and Rocket replaced Peter’s shampoo with bright pink hair dye. The raccoon was quick to rat you out with him, which you weren’t surprised by. Thankfully, Peter was easier on you than with Rocket, but you weren’t off without punishment.
Mantis:
You like to play with Mantis’ hair by making a ponytail braid or a half-updo. She loves the new styles and asks if you know other ways to style her hair. You’ll scavenge around for scrunches or other hair ties so she can experiment with her appearance with your help.
She is eager to play new games if you’re willing to teach her. You taught her to play games like Go Fish and Uno. You quickly found out if you play Uno, it’s better to keep Drax and Rocket from participating. They rage quit so bad that they split a table in half, which Peter was incredibly upset about. Fortunately, it’s better to play with Mantis, Gamora, Peter and Groot, which is a good player count, to make the game more fun.
I know Adam’s youthful behaviour is because he was prematurely removed from his cocoon but I just rewatched Vol. 2 & the Sovereign’s fleet is basically a higher stakes video game so at least some of it has to just be in his DNA
rewatching gotg2 as I work on the corresponding chapters of window
a few thoughts
ego’s SUCH a fuckin dick.
Quill: But my mother…you said you loved my mother.
Ego: And that I did. My river lily who knew all the words to every song that came over the radio. I returned to Earth to see her three times. And I knew if I returned a fourth…i’d never leave. The Expansion…the reason for my very existence, would be over. So, I did what I had to do. But...it broke my heart to put that tumor in her head...
you are a god sir??? you’ve been around for millennia on millennia and you couldn’t wait what, a max of seventy years for meredith to die of natural causes?? you coulda had your cake and eaten it too, you enormous planet-sized dumbass
also
Rocket Raccoon: Keep that transmitter nearby, so I can find you. We’re in an old piece of construction equipment Yondu once used…to slice open the Bank of A‘askavaria.
i can only assume it was during this bank heist that pete fucked the A'askavariian mentioned in volume 1 (maybe this has already been talked about by people but it's a new thing for me!)
also i’ve mentioned before that drax’s nurturing instincts impacted the plot of this volume in a big way thanks to the bond he developed with mantis, born explicitly out of him seeing his daughter in her. it was this bond that convinced mantis to tell him about ego’s plan. BUT ALSO it is how he convinced mantis to try to put ego to sleep, buying the guardians valuable time. AND MORE. love drax so much
also i didn’t realize it but we get another “yeah” moment from rocket in the middle of this fight on ego. that fuckin voice
and the lingering closing shot on rocket and his tears - the fact that he is the only focus of this film’s final shot - it wrecks me every time
So I’m watching guardians of the galaxy 3 finally and Quills in character trauma dumping working as an exposition dump for the audience is so silly to me
Also someone comment on this around Christmas time so I can remember to get my dad a Groot funko pop and plushy and something to stand in his car.
Why does nobody talk about how GOTG2 has 2 of the saddest MCU scenes and one of them is like 5 seconds long.
1. Yondu’s death. Man spent his last seconds consoling Quill and Quill’s screams into space? HEARTBREAKING.
And 2. The scene where ego grabs the guardians and we see Groot in the little tunnel and we see him get closed in and it just zooms in on his face and he’s crying real tears and it’s real baby crying sounds ohhhh my god.
