#lylla

[rocketguardian]

lylla..

[raccoonfallsharder]

If someone were to date Rocket, I can't help but wonder if they'd worry about being compared to Lyla. What would he do if he had both his humie and Lyla in his life? Would he give up one for the other?

fair question, nonnie baby! ♡ you’ve made me go down a bit of a rabbithole and opened my eyes to some new possibilities so thank you for that!! i suspect this isn’t quite what you were looking for but i hope you can enjoy it anyway.

so first of all, this isn’t really something i have to grapple with very often because tbh, i do not read mcu-lylla as a love-interest. (it actually took a lot of mental-energy for me to envision her as the monster’s bride in cicatrix). to me, she seems distinctly oldest-sister-coded — almost maternal, really. and in the comics, i lean pretty heavily into the canon (SPOILERS!):

rocket often doesn’t recall his past life, which apparently happens fairly often because

he submitted to a memory-wipe to protect halfworld, which means

he already left lylla, and

she then ended up marrying blackjack anyway. lylla ain’t sitting around waiting for her prince charming to remember her — and good for her. i hear rabbit refractory periods are short as hell. get it, girl.

it’s a mad mad mad mad world, annihilators vol 3, 2012. excerpt below.

but IF lylla was still in the picture and IF she was a romantic interest, i don’t think rocket would set her aside. my guy is loyal.

that said…

raccoons aren’t naturally monogamous. they’re actually really promiscuous (which i’m pretty sure is part of the joke with him having five thousand exes in the comics). that doesn’t mean he’s a cheater, of course. like anyone, rocket makes choices, and he’s in control of his own behavior. i think he considers trust a pretty sacred thing, and while he would absolutely break up with someone if the relationship had come to a natural conclusion, i don’t think he’d lie to them or try to deceive them while sleeping around. (i also don’t think he minds being monogamous — it’s just not something he tends toward without a reason).

so why is this relevant? well, not all otter-species are monogamous either. some only partner for a season. north american river otters, in particular, are known to be one-and-done partners, much like raccoons — and i’m pretty sure that’s lylla’s species.

which all leads me to the conclusion that a romantic lylla-and-rocket pair are a very loving, adoring, nonmonogamous pair, and they’re more than happy to form a lil polycule (opened or closed, depending on everyones’ needs) if you’re okay with it.

if you were trying to get me to have to pick between you and lylla, i’m not sorry (ꈍᴗꈍ) ur girl reads way too many why-choose novels to fall into that trap. like honestly i don’t feel much by way of attraction for lylla, but the potential for mean!rocket x reader x nice!lylla where lylla and rocket are already in an established power-couple is… ahh… hmm. yeah. worth thinking about i guess ahem

anyway thank you for giving me that particular daydream to ponder over ( ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)*.ﾟ please drink some water and may all your moments be good moments today ♡

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[tlmtwelve]

MCU November Day 26: Lylla

[ashmeowi]

Lylla and Rocket 🦝🦦

[galaxywitch99]

Drawing every guardians of the galaxy character day: 16

[rpnightlife]

Lylla on the beach

[superamatista]

I spent entire years attempting to write for a minor character from a comic book and failing because I didn't know what to do with her, then she gets brought back in 2 videogames and later a major motion picture and in all 3 she dies to further a main character's storyline.

I'm talking about Lylla the otter, Rocket Raccoon's friend from Marvel comics and movies.

Conclusion: Never trust big studios. They will always disappoint.

[onkelscrut]