History Headscratchers / GuardiansoftheGalaxy

** Or whatever translator takes into account the cultural representations of that planet and translates based on that so wherever Yondu is from is kind of close to Southern-America on his planet. It kind of reminds me of a story I heard about [[TheTerminator The Terminator]] when it was going to be dubbed into German Arnold Schwarzenegger being Austrian asked to do his voice in German. The people in charge, however, said no because they thought he sounded like a farmer. Now obviously to English speakers Arnold Schwarzenegger sounds nothing like a farmer but presumably if you I had some kind of Sci-Fi translator he'd sound like [[https://youtu.be/ScELaXMCVis?t=35 this.]]

** Or whatever translator takes into account the cultural representations of that planet and translates based on that so wherever Yondu is from is kind of close to Southern-America on his planet.
It kind of reminds me of a story I heard about [[TheTerminator The Terminator]] when it was going to be dubbed into German Arnold Schwarzenegger being Austrian asked to do his voice in German. The people in charge, however, said no because they thought he sounded like a farmer. Now obviously to English speakers Arnold Schwarzenegger sounds nothing like a farmer but presumably if you I had some kind of Sci-Fi translator he'd sound like [[https://youtu.be/ScELaXMCVis?t=35 this.]]

** I always thought that because Peter's mother has a southern accent he mentally associated that with parental figure. Yondou is the closet one he had for the past twenty plus years. So his translator implant mentally gives Youndu his father figure one , that he carried throughout the movie.

** Who says that Ronan's army is enough to overthrow the Kree government? Remember that he flees when the Nova Corps are approaching the Kiln, and he feels he needs the Infinity Stone or Thanos's support to destroy Xandar. He's also a fanatic -- his enemy is Xandar, and he's just blinded to any option that doesn't amount to, "Attack Xandar."

** Also, just because we don't see them on-screen in this particular movie doesn't mean there aren't other races of Rocket's approximate stature somewhere in the galaxy.

[[folder: Quill's father]]
* Is it supposed to be Thanos?
** Uh...no. They would have told him straight up if he was the son of the most powerful being in the universe that we know of.
** Pretty sure Thanos has enough clout that he wouldn't need to rely on a bunch of unreliable pirates to retrieve his son.
** Peter's mother also refers to his father as an "angel." Thanos is [[EvilOverlord about as far from an angel as you can get]], which eliminates him as a possibility unless she was lying or he assumed a different form.
** In the comics, Quill's father is not Thanos, he's [[spoiler:J'Son of Spartax, a member of a HumanAlien race who was stranded on Earth for a few months, fell for his mother, then left to become leader of his people. Most likely, they'll go with this guy rather than anyone else.]]
** Alternatively, they could go with Adam Warlock, who is basically Thanos' archnemesis.
** Or Starhawk, who fits most of the described traits and is also a Guardians ( 31st Century edition ) member in the comics.
** Word of God says that the large cocoon seen in the Collector's museum does contain Adam Warlock. This could explain why Quill's father never decided to investigate why the pirates he sent to pick up his son never came back. Since Quill was with the pirates for most of his childhood one would think that he would be an easy person to find, unless you were unable to move.
** I thought they were hinting at him being part Asgardian.
** WordOfGod says that they aren't going to follow the comics when it comes to Quill's father. So it's really anyone's guess as to whose progeny Quill will be.
** His father's a jackass, remember? And one who hires ''space pirates'' to bring him his kid. And very old, possibly of the race who created the Infinity Gems in the first place. Obviously the Collector.
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** Meta explanation: when Jim Starlin created her in the mid-70s, ruthless female heroes who were just as capable as male ones were still pretty rare in Marvel comics, so maybe Starlin wanted to emphasize what a BadAss she was? In-universe, Thanos raised Gamora as a living weapon, so maybe he also came up with the "most dangerous woman" legend and helped to spread it, so that people would fear Gamora even more?

** Yes, but in the example mentioned above he doesn't have any such objects, and yet he survives [[spoiler:Thanos']] attack.

** Meta explanation: when Jim Starlin created her in the mid-70s, ruthless female heroes who were just as capable as male ones were still pretty rare in Marvel comics, so maybe Starlin wanted to emphasize what a BadAss she was? In-universe, Thanos raised Gamora as a living weapon, so maybe he also came up with the "most dangerous women" legend and helped to spread it, so that people would fear Gamora even more?