(Spoilers for GotG 2)
One thing that I really have to point out – I adore how the characters in the movie(s) have close to no hard feelings towards each other over what happened between them in the past. Once the “guilty” one strives to do better and make up for what they did wrong, the others accept it and roll with it, not further prodding and reminding involved.
They understand that everyone can fuck up and make mistakes, or even do bad things, not just mistakes, but that they also deserve a second chance. I mean:
Gamora, Rocket and Groot wanted to steal from or kidnap Peter. It may have been born from practicality, but Peter later still endangers his own life to go save Gamora from Drax and later escapes with them, and he counts on them to work with him even after the fiasco with the Collector.
Gamora almost gets killed by Drax, but she later still accepts and acknowledges Drax as a friend.
Peter was after the price for the Orb, but once he realizes the danger that thing puts the whole galaxy in, he’s still ready to fight Ronan and a whole army.
Drax endangered them all by calling Ronan to Knowhere, but Groot still saved him, and Rocket chewed him out before getting him to help them save Peter and Gamora.
Peter stole from Yondu and the Ravagers, but they still help him fight Ronan, even though it’s “only” for the money they could get from that. (Several of them lose their lives in that battle, too.)
The Guardians are all criminals, but the Novas evoke their criminal records and acknowledge them as heroes instead of pretending that it was all the Nova Corps’ work.
Nebula shoots Yondu’s fin off, leading to his downfall, but he later still warns her that what they are going to do is going to hurt her, and grins when she quips back.
Kraglin indirectly gave the last push to the already upcoming mutiny, but he comes back to help and Yondu accepts him back pretty much readily.
Peter is the reason Yondu sacrifices himself which Kraglin is absolutely broken about, but even in his hurt Kraglin doesn’t say it was Peter’s fault, and instead gives him the Zune and calls him his Captain.
Peter most likely knows what Kraglin’s part in the whole mutiny was, but he doesn’t address it and has Rocket repair the arrow so Kraglin can have it.
It’s just… they could have accused each other, they could have hold grudges, they could still be angry at each other, but it’s not that important to them. Because everyone fucks up once or twice or more, but they try to do better, to make up for it, and that’s all that counts for each of them.
I just love that about these movies. I’m a bit tired of the whole trope where characters have misunderstandings or long-ass grudges for each other even though each has been trying to atone for what they did wrong.