Sweeping the Past from the Present – Guardians of the Galaxy
I don’t even go here.I love this movie, but I’ve only seen it twice. The story idea kept me up until three in the morning a few weeks ago, and I decided to polish up and post it before Vol. 2 comes out. Blame any awfulness on unfamiliarity with the subjects (but still let me know so I can fix it). Enjoy!
It doesn’t take long for Gamora to decide changes need to be
made on the Milano. When she trips
over yet another pile of useless junk on her way to the galley a few rotations after their departure from
Xandar, she decides that the abhorrent state of the ship is just as much a
safety hazard as it is a nuisance. Her need for organization overpowers her
newfound respect for their captain and she puts her foot down. When she informs
Quill of her intentions to purge their noxious base, he snickers and says
something about “spring cleaning” and her turning into a “homebody”. Confused,
she asks what “spring” means, and soon regrets it as she is enduring his
woefully inadequate attempt at explaining the phases of Terra’s orbit and
related cultural practices. The only thing he is able to express in terms she
can relate to is the basic patterns of the four seasons, though she still can’t
understand what cleaning has to do with warmer weather. Peter doesn’t think to
teach her “homebody,” and a tactful Gamora doesn’t question him further.(Even if she did understand what the latter word meant, she
wouldn’t have made the connection between the girl-that-was who loved her
simple family life, and the woman-that-is who recognizes the crew she is a part
of needs a more sanitary place to live.)She wonders why nobody else seems to care about the state of
their habitat, but realizes that Drax has lived in far worse conditions as an
inmate, Rocket is far too preoccupied with his little friend to notice anything
else, and Peter has lived in his own filth for so long he probably doesn’t even
remember what the Milano’s walls are
supposed to look like.
