Guardians of the Galaxy #12

[superboyprime]

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[locuatico]

"You speak wisely, Thompson... now let me ignore the very fair point you just did and declare we are going to help Danvers because... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... anyways, we are helping Danvers"
Okay. it was actually explained a bit more than that, but come on "She deserves his respect"?

[aperturedreams]

And then in the main series, also written by Bendis, Flash is super defensive of Danvers' side...

[shadowpsykie]

the guardians would NEVER side with Danvers....

[deepspaceartist]

Riri is actually there in her home made suit.

But two Iron people shouldn't surprise Ben. War Machine's been around for a long time, and his death is very recent.

[karthak]

The Guardians being stranded on Earth is totally asinine, and precisely what I'd expect from Bendis. No spacecraft available? I can think of a ton of examples from just the past few years where Earthers travelled to other star systems with faster-than-light craft.

[beyondthefringe]

Yeah. It's not like Earth is entirely devoid of interstellar-capable spacecraft, people capable of building spacecraft, people capable of calling for a ride, and/or other aliens with a spacecraft. Hell, Captain Marvel currently runs Alpha Flight, which is overseen by an intergalactic consortium, and surely she could find her friends a new ship given that they were there on her behalf. Even just a loaner or the equivalent of space Uber to get them back to Knowhere.

They should be stuck for a week, tops. They've all taken longer vacations on Earth during the downtime in their own series.

[q99]

And before Alpha Flight, she spent an arc flying around in a spaceship!

Though granted, they may not be as good as the Guardian's old one.

[locuatico]

Bendis actually tried to explain this in his TUmblr Page, basically that a spaceship is not something the heroes of earth can let you borrow that easily, which of course still leaves unanswered that Earth still has means to communicate with interstellar-capable species and ask THEM for a lift.

[q99]

And even if it's not easy, this is a team of allied heroes and space trips will happen sooner or later.

[thehood]

Hell, even Peter Parker has a spacecraft these days. Not a big one, but still.

[dr_archeville]

So they're going with the "these red marks are things I made to remind me of my past" thing that was in a deleted scene from the Guardians of the Galaxy movie for comics!Drax (even though comics!Drax's markings are much simpler)?

[katefan]

I think ideally the team would be fractured, with Angela wanting to support Carol because of her authoritarian stance, The Thing wanting to stay out of the fight due to the first Civil War mess and what it did to his family, and the rest taking Tony's side due to their rebellious nature. Just my opinion.

[locuatico]

I am not so sure Angela would be completely on board, though. Her philosophy is equal exchange. A crime that did not happen would mean an undeserved punishment.

[katefan]

That's a valid point in regards to Angela.

I guess the point is that when it comes to major threats it is better to err on the side of caution (i.e. suiting up to go after Thanos), but when it comes to friends/allies it's best to give them the benefit of the doubt. So while I agree that Carol was right to lead an attack against Thanos, I don't think she has been right at any other time.

What I find especially sad is it appears when all this is over she's going to be seen as a hero. :/

[deepspaceartist]

Carol was right to go after Thanos, but she was wrong to only bring who she did. Thanos is not a 'whoever happens to be at the base' level threat, he's a 'get every heavy hitter you can ASAP' level threat. If Carol had called in the various Avenger and X-men teams, there a good chance they could have taken him without major casualties.

[arilou_skiff]

Pretty sure Drax would jump on at "We could Predict Thanos", and I don't see Gamora being very invested one way or the other.

[angelophile]

"The other red button."

Hate this so much. Computer genius Kitty Pryde turned into comedy idiot for lols. Whatever.

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

That's the the lengths Bendis will go for one more pointless bit of dialogue

[mastermahan]

And she seems annoyed that some of the X-Men would side against authority. I'd call Skrull, but really, it's just Bendis.

[scorntx]

What's all the more staggering is that she's one of his favourite characters.

One would think that'd mean he'd make an effort to actually, oooh, say, write her being in-character more often.

I'm starting to wonder if Bendis has ever even read an issue of X-Men he didn't write...

[burkeonthesly]

Why would he read something he didn't write?

[doctor_spanky]

Those Rocket Raccoon expressions are perfect

[matrix_dragon]

It's been a while since I followed Guardians, but shouldn't it be Drax getting the need to murder upon hearing that Thanos is in the same solar system, not Gamora?

Also, really, if the Guardians were stuck on Earth for a while (which makes no sense, but okay), Alpha Flight would be offering them a job as consultants, at the very least.