God damn it this one is gonna break me. if they kill rocket Marvel loses me forever Im pretty sure.
If it is the natural continuation of a character arc, then I am fine with any outcome. (Like, I didn't like watching Gamora die in Infinity War, but it felt pretty true to me.)
What I hate is when a character is killed amid shit writing, where the death makes no sense or wasn't even necessary or coherent.
But i do think Quill and Nebula is a good ship. StarNebula <3
I will just offer a "gross" barf for Nebula's sake.
Damn, I hope Gamora isn't a total asshole in this film. I am happy Nebula is getting a lot to do. She's had a hell of an arc so far, she's kind of a Charlie Brown of her life -- she's always been second wheel in everything she has tried despite being pretty skilled. It was good to see her articulate her anger to Gamora in GOTG2, seeing the connection between her and Gamora in Infinity War, her intensity with Stark playing table football, her sadness with Rhodey when she gets the infinity stone out of the trap leaving her metal hand smoldering ("I wasn't always this way," she says, slightly chagrinned), and then her ability to accept 2014 Gamora's help ("Eventually we become close. We become friends. We become sisters.")
She's basically gone from being a traumatized highly intense paranoid loser to someone more balanced, someone who can experience her emotions and understand them versus reacting to them, knowing there are people who she can trust and who care about her, and her them now. I'm glad they left her alive in Endgame along with Rocket as the reps for the Guardians during the time heist. It's so teary sad when she quietly gets out of the ship when Captain Marvel gets Tony back to earth and just sits next to Rocket and they hold hands. Karen Gillan just plays this role with such nuance. I remember her back in Endgame with both Nebula's on the screen at once... so sad. "Gamora: You can change. Nebula 2014: He won't let me.")
This is one of those cases where they took the comic book version that was kind of meh / generic and made her into something really cool and unique.
Did I read this trailer right -- that she has a mesh arm now that can reshape itself? I couldn't tell whether that brief shot of the blade was carried or molded from her arm. EDIT: I just frame incremented through, pretty sure it is! Yay for really doubling-down on what being a cyborg can mean!
Also, Drax and Adam Warlock going head to head, wow.