/// I headcanon that often when Rocket interacts with people he is projecting a persona, that tough, gritty, sarcastic, kinda mean guy you hear that is him more or less acting up. He hides under a shell of this version of himself that he wants people to see so they don't get too close because he is so vulnerable. He is angry, depressed and hurt under all of what he shows and I think the first time you really see him shed that facade is when they are on Yondu's ship discussing the plan to stop Ronan. You hear Rocket say, "but Quill, stopping Ronan... it's impossible. You're asking us to die."
His voice is soft, it's serious, it's raw. He wants to compromise with Quill here, he's wanting to be a team player but he's expressing he's scared and that even if he does care, he doesn't foresee a way to do what is being asked.
This is Rocket unfiltered.
No jokes, nothing cruel, no theatrics, not acting tough.
These moments are rare overall, mostly come through when he's at his lowest points but I want to highlight he's a multi faceted character that is more than just an asshole.
Other times we've gotten to see Rocket unfiltered is when Groot was about to die "Why are you doing this?!", with Yondu (several moments), talking to Thor in the pod, his moment of silence with Nebula, during their last meeting in vol 3, and the clip of Rocket leading the new Guardians. ///
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Peter: Hey Rocket, would you slap your best friend in the face for a million units?
Rocket: I'd punch you in the face for free.
Peter, on the verge of tears: I’m your best friend?!
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I just realized why Rocket gets so pissed at Drax for nearly getting them all killed for revenge in volume 1
He blames himself for not taking Floor and Teefs and just running after Lylla got shot.
"That's no excuse to get everyone else dead along the way" he says, recalling that when he took revenge for one friend it led to two more dying.
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I've just finished watching GOTG3 🥲 MY ROCKET BBY
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ꕥ| Peter Quill, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Drax, Nebula, Mantis, Kraglin, & Cosmo — GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
“…me and my friends are going to go flying together into the forever and beautiful sky…”
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okay so GOTG Vol 3 is great all round but my new favourite canonical piece of MCU information is that rocket the raccoon, a literal genius who can build anything from anything and escape any prison he’s put in, who would get viscerally angry at people who called him a raccoon. didn’t get angry because he thought he was more than a simple animal he genuinely did not fucking know he was a goddamn raccoon.
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A found family can really be a human, an alien with autism, another alien with autism, another other alien with autism, a raccoon with bpd, a tree that also an iPad kid, an a time travel variant of a girl you used to know.
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