![]() Guardians 3 continues to highlight their friendship post- Endgame. ![]() She knew how much he wanted to get that arm it’s rare for her to go out of her way to be thoughtful like this. ![]() In The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Nebula gives Bucky’s ( Sebastian Stan) mechanical arm from Infinity War to Rocket as a gift. After spending five years together as the only survivors from Thanos’ snap, they became each other’s family despite their tough, sardonic demeanor. One of the Guardians she grows close to during Gamora’s absence is Rocket. Though she doesn’t lose contact with 2014 Gamora, Nebula begins to let the others in more and more. The old her has died, and the new Nebula is here to fight for the universe’s survival instead of just her own.Īfter Thanos has been defeated for good, she remains with the Guardians as they travel across the galaxy together. This moment conveys that she’s no longer that version of herself. However, as hard as she tries, with the help of 2014 Gamora, she can’t get through to her so when past Nebula is about to shoot Gamora, present Nebula doesn’t hesitate to kill her past self. Nebula confronts herself, trying to appeal to the person beyond the machine in order to wake her up to reality. Perhaps the most indicative of Nebula’s evolution is when her present self has a literal run-in with her 2014 self, who at the time is unflinchingly loyal to Thanos in order to win his favor. Nebula and Rocket keep in contact with the Avengers on Earth throughout the five years between the Snap and Scott Lang ( Paul Rudd) returning from the Quantum Realm. She leads the remaining Avengers to Thanos’ garden. Nebula’s evolution really comes into perspective during the events of Avengers: Endgame. Nebula begins as a villain out for blood and transforms into a hurt woman starting to reconcile with her sister. Nebula awkwardly accepts her hug but pushes away before she can get emotional from it. When she later leaves Gamora and the Guardians to hunt down her father, Gamora hugs her and tells her that she’ll always be her sister. As much pain as Nebula endured, deep down she cared for her sister and wanted to be cared for in return. Gamora was all Nebula had after Thanos took her from her home. Nebula exclaims that Gamora just wanted to win when all she ever wanted was a sister. Nebula pushes Gamora to yield and admit she’s been beaten. As they fight once more, Nebula finally has Gamora choking in her hands, and yet, she can’t go through with killing Gamora. However, things between the sisters start to take a turn towards the end of Guardians 2. She takes every opportunity to mock Gamora while looking for a way to escape so she can kill Gamora once and for all. After Ayesha ( Elizabeth Debicki) exchanges Nebula for the anulax batteries, Gamora and the Guardians plan to take her to the Nova Corps to face judgment for her participation in the battle on Xandar. Nebula stays on this trajectory throughout most of her time in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Later when the two sisters fight above Xandar and Gamora offers to save her life, Nebula would rather fall to her death than let her sister help her. When Ronan and Nebula confront the Guardians at Knowhere, Nebula blows up Gamora’s ship, leaving her sister to die in the cold void of space. When Gamora betrays Ronan, and by association Thanos, Nebula sees this as her opportunity to take out her sister for the abandonment she felt from her. Though she’s been abused by the Mad Titan, Nebula desperately wants his approval, and she wants to earn it without anyone’s help. Nebula isn’t close to anyone, only looking to fulfill this job in order to win favor with Thanos over Gamora. In Guardians of the Galaxy, she and Gamora are loaned out to Ronan the Accuser ( Lee Pace) after making an alliance with Thanos. She has fierce envy and anger towards Gamora, and by the time we meet her, Nebula is more machine physically and emotionally. When she wanted a sister to rely on, Nebula was left alone to defend herself. She was taken from her home world when she was a child, forced into competition against other children taken by Thanos ( Josh Brolin), and tortured into becoming a perfect fighter for Thanos. When we first meet Nebula in the first Guardians movie, she is many things– angry, violent, and most of all, lonely. ![]()
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