Okay, I may get hated for this, but it is my opinion.
Let’s just get straight to my point :
Peter Quill is overhated.
You may don’t think so, but honestly has everybody just forgotten how awesome he really is? When I went to the cinema back then to watch Guardians of the Galaxy, everybody adored him.
Well, he is funny, sarcastic, pretty hot (thanks to Chris Pratt) and an actual down to earth character!
You may see Black Widow and Hawkeye as down to earth as well, but honestly it’s not like everybody can fight like Black Widow, taking out hundreds with a gun and some tricks up her sleeve, while never really getting a scratch. Hawkeye can literally look the other way and still aim like a pro with his arrow. I don’t think any of you guys can just do that.
Don’t get me wrong here, I really like both of these characters but for me they aren’t down to earth.
So, to get back to my point.
Peter Jason Quill is a guy.
A guy who grew up in Missouri.
His mother died infront of him, because of Ego.
Yondu took him immediately afterwards and he teaches Peter how to fly a spaceship, stealing and how to use some blasters.
He’s just a guy. But what makes him special is that he brings the group together.
Even tho he doesn’t have a titanium suit, hasn’t gotten any super soldier serum and can’t mindcontrol people.
He can fight and he does know how to defend himself and all of the others, but at the end of the day he is just a guy from Missouri, that lost his mom at an early age.
And everybody blames him, that he punched Thanos, leading to the snap.
Are you all just not educated enough or do you just want to hate somebody ? Doctor Strange gave the time stone away.
For a fucking reason. It is supposed to happen.
The only reality that bet Thanos was the one, were Peter Quill got angry at Thanos.
And please, even if they got the Gauntlet completely off, he would have grabbed it within a second and disappear.
It’s nothing new that Peter freaks out after hearing of a death from his loved ones.
1. His mother
He couldn’t take her hand and the moment she died, he screamed the hell out of his lungs.
He ran away and cried.
(and may I add, in this scene it’s told that he literally wanted to save a frog, the other kids smushed and he got a beat up from the other kids when he told them to stop)
2. Ego
As Ego told Peter that he put that brain tumor inside his mother‘s head, he literally gets out of his mindcontrol and blasts his father to hell.
3. Gamora
When Nebula said that Gamora was killed by Thanos for the Soul Stone, he freaked out.
Of course he did.
I would have done the same to be honest.
The only real thing he has left, that he truly loves is gone.
He had a similar reaction with Ego.
So it’s nothing new!!!
Personally, I think that if Peter wasn’t there, Nebula would have done something similar.
But well. I just think that so many people that are fans of the MCU, forget that it’s supposed to happen and just because he freaked out, it doesn’t mean that he is a bad character.
He‘s just emotional and vulnerable.
I really do hope, that Love & Thunder, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and the Holiday Special, reminds everyone that doesn’t like Quill for the events in infinity war finally likes him again.
Plus, he may be a half celestial, or was, but he gave that up, since he thinks it’s better to be like everybody else.
Think about it.
I hope I could kinda change your mind on Quill.
DISCLAIMER : I do not want to attack somebody with this post, my only intention is to get people to like this character again.
If you feel attacked in any way, please let me know. (Sorry for using this many hashtags, I just want this to be heard)
