![]() How many times have we had lessons like that taught to us by our parents?Īnother very fatherly bit was aboard Orgocorp when Mantis influences a security guard to fall in love with Drax. She needed help but didn't call, so he taught her to. After Nebula's angry outburst (and let's keep in mind her father never loved her and was a genocidal maniac), his attitude almost seems like a father telling a daughter to do things her way and call if she needs help. She had an outburst and yelled at him and Mantis, stating their supposed "incompetence." We understand Nebula was upset and frustrated, and Mantis protected him and wiped his memory about that, but it almost feels like she didn't, because Drax didn't step up to help even when he knew he could. 3 even sounds like a lesson in disguise for Nebula, if we think about it. The whole scene in the dungeon with the kids in Vol. 2, he becomes a surrogate father for Mantis. In the first Guardians, he consoles Rocket ( Bradley Cooper) after Groot's ( Vin Diesel) sacrifice. That's what set him on his permanent rampage against the two warlords. No need to say who was left on the surviving side. His planet, Kylos, was subject to Thanos' usual modus operandi: randomly dividing the population into two sides, slaughtering one, and allowing the other to survive. Remember that? In the first Guardians of the Galaxy, that was his defining trait: an angry and bitter man who lost everything to Thanos ( Josh Brolin) and Ronan the Accuser ( Lee Pace) - and by "everything" we mean his wife Ovette and daughter Kamaria. That's what Drax does, reminding everyone that he was once a dad to a little girl. Kids don't understand urgency as we do, but they can be made to act on it if talked to with proper care. ![]() Nebula would never get through to the kids and captivity speaking with urgency, but, when Drax steps in and performs little bits like a monkey (despite actually mimicking a robot, but go figure), he has their attention. Kids and adults don't speak the same language, that's why raising a child can be so difficult at times. Everything, from the language they speak to the language they understand - which are not the same thing, mind you. When he talks to the kids aboard the High Evolutionary's ship, he nails it. ![]() Why didn't he say so earlier? "Because you didn't ask," he replies, a lesson in disguise for Nebula. Only later Drax takes the lead and reveals he knew how to talk to the kids all along, to everyone's surprise. When he, Nebula ( Karen Gillan), and Mantis ( Pom Klementieff) finally enter the High Evolutionary's ( Chukwudi Iwuji) ship, they find themselves in a dungeon full of kids, who are trying to tell the three Guardians how to free them, but they don't speak the same language. 3 is out, the new movie does bring another layer of development to Drax and reminds us of why he is the way he is. Looking at him, we see, well, the Destroyer, a skilled warrior and merciless killer who's never easily defeated, but it's always fun seeing how warm and fun he is underneath all that brawn.Īlthough Dave Bautista has already confirmed his plans of retiring from the MCU now that Vol. Over the years, we all learned to love and appreciate the Guardians' big goofball and his attitude, and the new movie showed this "fatherly" side of his character that many of us had forgotten even existed. 3 sure has a lot of heartwarming moments, but seeing Drax ( Dave Bautista) become the dad of dozens of orphaned children is definitely at the top. Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. ![]()
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