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starmunchandthefunkybunch · 11 months

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James Gunn has to know about Roquill, because if he knows about bugborg (and they only have like 120 fics on AO3 whereas Roquill has 320) he has to know about the ship between rocket and quill, has to! He must!

And I don't know how I feel about that.

#i wonder what he thinks #guardians of the galaxy #rocket raccoon #marvel #peter quill #roquill #star lord #mantis x nebula #bugborg #gamora #groot #drax #gotg #rocky paper quill

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bloobearr · 11 months

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hooked on a feeling 🎶

also on: @bloobwr (twt) & @klariloo (insta)!

#bugborg #mantis #nebula #gotg mantis #gotg nebula #gotg 3 #gotg vol 3 #gotg fanart #fanart #my art #nebula x mantis #mantis x nebula #guardians of the galaxy #been rereading the same 10 bugborg fics #i too would like to contribute to the bugborg community #actually on a bugborg high rn #i didnt forget pom’s beauty mark near her lips

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bugborg · 11 months

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this is literally how mantis and nebula look like in a modern au… they look like the parents who got called in for a meeting with the principal cuz their kid got into a fight (and they believe that their kid did absolutely nothing wrong)

#karen gillan #pom klementieff #need more modern bugborg aus in my life #bugborg #marvel #guardians of the galaxy #mantis x nebula #nebula #lesbian #mantis

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billdenbrough · 1 year

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also for all my starmora posting and texting if u have had to suffer that, the thing that struck me most when leaving gotg 3 was. nebula/mantis. like. obviously starmora was always gonna murder me and it DID and also rocket being the heart of the story was gonna fuck me up and it DID but the thing that absolutely blindsided me with how much it meant to me was nebulantis, especially because of that One Scene on the flying pyramid

but every scene built up to it!! like. starlord’s “she calls me star lord when she’s mad at me” met by mantis’ grumpy little “she’s always mad at everyone”, the way mantis complains to drax about how she can’t know things if nobody tells her after nebula (and gamora, but nebula is the one that makes her mad) yells at her about the spacesuits, the “why do you criticise everything? it’s a different sound” “uh, no it isn’t. [imitates mantis] eurgh, dying, eurgh, dumbass. it’s the same sound!”

and all of that leads to that moment on the ship, when nebula shoves drax and mantis yells at her that she doesn’t have the right to push him, and nebula fires back at her about always supporting weakness. and then mantis says the thing that has haunted me since watching lmao: “fine! i don’t care! i know you have to find fault in everyone else to feel better about yourself – so find fault in me! but you don’t have the right to push him!”

and the way nebula just. stares at her. mantis saying he loves us and makes us laugh, how is that weakness? mantis saying he has sadness but he is the only of you who doesn’t hate himself. so i don’t care if he is stupid. LIKE. it just slams right into me i think bc her entire life, nebula’s value has been determined by her success. she never won against gamora, so she was tortured, pulled apart piece by piece, thanos always saying it was to help her get ‘better’. nebula who fulfils EVERY ROLE in the team—not so much emotional active support but caretaker, pilot, living weapon, ultimate defender, local robot—because that’s what she has to do to be worth keeping around. nebula, whose self-worth issues were built into her from childhood.

and here is mantis saying who cares that someone isn’t the best if they love you, if they make you laugh. who cares about strength when someone matters to you? what is strength to love? what is it?

and then, when rocket’s voice comes through the intercom and nebula stops still, swallows, says “rocket?” in that voice biting back all the emotions she doesn’t usually let herself express, and the camera pans to mantis looking at her. to mantis seeing nebula on the other side of grief, what it looks like for her to finally exhale this held breath she’s had, bc rocket was the only person she had for five years (“i’m family,” gamora says; “so is he,” nebula replies levelly), and he’s going to be okay. it’s this amazing one-two moment of two people who have been ostensibly teammates but really at odds the entire movie look at each other and really see each other, really understand what the other stands for, who they are. god!!!!

and then when drax and nebula form a little shield in front of mantis at the end when they’re all in the pit and mantis steps past them both, despite nebula’s protests. at the very end, when nebula decides to lead the city; this girl who is a weapon, laying down her arms to try give these little girls the childhood she never had. at the very end, when mantis strikes her own path—the girl who always ‘finds weakness in others and supports it’, leading her three companion beasts into the unknown universe, just to find herself.

and that last moment, when mantis says to all of them, “i love you all,” with that half beat before all, and she nods at nebula. it’s just. holy fuck. there were some real masterclasses in relationship dynamics and development in this film, but nebula & mantis were largely an undercurrent beneath the surface, but no less impactful, no less poignant for it. god. god

#nebula gotg #mantis gotg #mantis x nebula #gotg3 #gotg v3 #gotg vol 3 #mcu #i love this movie so much lmao can you tell…#i just! [punches air] fucking ! love ! dynamics !

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grabowskibeepboop · 11 months

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Drax, on the radio-thingy: ayo Quill, the lesbians are fighting again

#mantis x nebula #nebula x mantis #mantis #nebula #bugborg #gotg3

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yourleastfavoriteguyinthechairr · 10 months

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they have my heart

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jess-emurphy · 1 year

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James Gunn acknowledging the Nebula and Mantis ship is all I wanted in life. Also the implication that he knows there's a lot of fanfiction of them means he's at least searched for it.

James Gunn you could have done the funniest thing ever before leaving the MCU but I guess you blew the chance.

#okay now james gunn please confirm youre aware of peacemaker and vigilante thank you!!!#guardians of the galaxy #nebula #mantis #gotg mantis #gotg nebula #bugborg #mantis x nebula

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little-buzz · 1 year

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Slight GOTG V3 spoilers ‼️

I need all the bugborg content 😭🥰 I know people are starting to like Quill/Nebula but,,,

I’m more of a Mantis/Nebula guy. I CRAVE the two funky alien gays 🥹

I’m writing a bugborg fic but I wanna consume the content instead of creating it sometimes yk??

They’re literally grumpy/sunshine at its finest

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miinsie · 7 months

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shes talking about Kevin Bacon

#mantis x nebula #nebula x mantis #my art #gotg fanart #gotg #mantis #nebula #guardians of the galaxy #guardians of the galaxy 2 #guardians of the galaxy 3

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amelia-mariee · 1 year

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i try to not be delusional about ships. i just want the bare minimum here.

like I know that marvel would never make mantis x nebula canon. it is just too much to hope for. all i ask is that they are still together (and i mean that so loosely) at the end of vol. 3, like not on opposite sides of the galaxy. and yes i multi-ship so the same thing goes for kraglin and nebula.

and i genuinely do not know what they’re going to do with quill and gamora. part of me believes that gamora will fall back in love, because, yes she doesn’t have all the same memories as our gamora, but it’s still gamora. then again, the other part of me thinks that the movie is going to go the sadder route with them not falling back in love because quill’s gamora is truly gone and you cannot bring her back. either way, all i ask is that they’re still together in the end, that gamora stays with the team when the movie ends or maybe they’re just still in contact with each other.

#guardians of the galaxy #peter quill #gamora #starmora #mantis #gotg mantis #mantis x nebula #bugborg #kraglin #kraglin obfonteri #kragula #starlord #gotg #guardians of the galaxy vol 3 #gotg3 #gotg 3 #gotg vol 3 #gotgvol3

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kamwashere · 1 year

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i’m still waiting for people to pick up what nebula/mantis was putting on in gotg vol 3 actually

#TELL ME THERE’S A SHIP NAME ALR #CAUSE MY ASS IS SAT #mantis/nebula #mantis x nebula #guardians of the galaxy vol. 3 #gotg #mcu #marvel #spoilers #kamwashere

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fool-for-luv · 11 months

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“What is your ship called?” Mantis asks. Asking any question of Nebula is very hit or miss, she is finding. This one seems to hit.

“Silent Death,” she says in her low, husky voice. “Though Thanos’s death will be anything but silent.”

“Oh. I see.” Mantis says politely.

“Do you?”

“No."

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Nebula doesn’t especially like Mantis. Mantis is mostly ambivalent towards Nebula. But Mantis needs a ride, and Nebula’s got a ship. AKA Mantis and Nebula’s Road Trip of Revenge (and Love!).

Set in the period between GOTG2 and Infinity War. Title and inspiration from Fast Car by Tracy Chapman, and written for BugborgWeek2023 day 5: based on a song.

#bugborgweek2023 #day five: based on a song #bugborg #mantis x nebula #my fics

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bugborgweek2023 · 1 year

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Hello and welcome to BUGBORG WEEK 2023! This is a fan week for Mantis and Nebula from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy franchise that will run from June 12th to June 18th. The prompts for this week are:

Day One - June 12th: Pride

Day Two - June 13th: Touch

Day Three - June 14th: Love Languages

Day Four - June 15th: Travel

Day Five - June 16th: Based on a Song

Day Six - June 17th: AU

Day Seven - June 18th: Free day!

Any fanwork for this event is acceptable: fanfiction, gifs, graphics, video edits, playlists, fan art, and more are all welcome. There are also no restrictions to these creations; for example, your fanfiction can be as long or as short as you want, there is no minimum length requirement for a fan video, etc. The only guidelines we ask you try to follow are to post your creations within the selected dates of the fan week, and to follow the prompt for each day. Many of these prompts were designed to be as vague as possible in the hope that creators could come up with whatever they want with them!

We are so excited to be hosting this event and we hope you'll join us! Feel free to follow us on Twitter, and also send any questions you may have about the event to our Tumblr askbox. An AO3 collection will be created for fics for this fan week and will be shared closer to the date of the event.

Thanks and happy creating!

#bugborg #mantis #nebula #guardians of the galaxy #gotg #marvel #mcu #mcuedit #gotgedit #marveledit #mantis x nebula #nebula x mantis

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bugborg · 11 months

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