Saw this post about straight dudes feeling emasculated at the thought of taking their wife’s last name, and it gave me a sudden craving for fantasy media where some dude is called Leopold THE DESTROYER or some shit and there are all these rumors going around about how he got his moniker, all these made up stories about how he must have razed a village to the ground or slayed 12 dragons or some shit and it turns out he just took his wife’s last name.
“What was your name before?”
“Meadowalker.”
“…”
“I miss it sometimes y’know, but eh,” he smiles wistfully as he looks over to where his wife is sharpening her sword. “What can you do when you marry for love.”
unexpected Guardians of the Galaxy headcanon: Drax the Destroyer actually took the last name of his (now dead) wife
he just assumes everybody knows this
Given the various things Drax has said in canon about his wife and his people in general (e.g. his bafflement at one of the other characters – Peter? – using “old woman” as an insult), this is 100% canonically plausible and I love it. :D
EXTENDED UNEXPECTED GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HEADCANON:
Drax’s original name was Drax the Considerate