The Life of Yondu Udonta
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During the golden age of piracy, one team of adventurers stood out from all others. There was a young orphan raised from infancy by an infamous pirate captain; there were two fearsome sisters who ran rival ships; there was a buccaneer seeking only to avenge his family; there was a beautiful mermaid and a loyal first mate; and there was an angry tree creature and a guy who could turn into a raccoon. Obviously.
Together they are…the Guardians of the Seven Seas. They love crime, the open ocean, a good sea shanty, and each other.
Watching the ending scene of GotG again, I suddenly realized – when Peter touched the Infinity Stone and all hell broke loose, with that dark energy flowing and whirling over the whole place and Peter screaming on the ground….
Yondu was there.
He and the Ravagers showed up right next to the Guardians after the fight and the Stone had been sealed again, which means they had already been very close to the place. After his crash and rather quick slaughter of Ronan’s men, Yondu most likely got picked up by one the M-ships and flew back to the city.
He was right there, outside of the Infinity Stone’s pillar of fog-energy-thing, when Peter was still alone in there, screaming and being basically ripped apart by that energy.
How must Yondu have felt, realizing that Peter was in there, in the middle of thing that had blown the collector’s shop to bits on Knowhere, in the middle of that energy that could rip apart a planet? How must he have felt, hearing Peter scream in agony?
I actually wonder if he didn’t try to run into it, too, but was held back. If the Guardians, who haven’t known Peter for that long, were ready to run into the Infinity Stone’s domain and help carry that burden – what about Peter’s father-figure?
I wonder if he got there just as the “we’re the guardians of the galaxy, bitch” bit was going down, and felt pride and relief and terror all at once – the terror because here was Peter proving once and for all that he really was the son of a god. Ego would absolutely tear the galaxy down to get his hands on him, after word of the kid who held an Infinity Stone got out…
Peter: If you are an alien how comes you sound like you’re from the south?
Yondu: Lots of planets have a south!
[via singoallala]
