u/reditisverytrash

So this was supposed to be "the big making up" moment between Peter and MJ and... it's passable... i guess.

First of, Peter is still spineless. MJ did him dirty for years now and he apologizes to her? Peter is a man with high morals and, well, "friendly neighborhood Spider-Man" but he should not eat shot when he should basically just telling MJ to her face that yes, she DID hurt him, she DID ruin his life, she DID fuck him badly and so much more, but nothing. The most we got was Goblin Peter being mean to her, Ben Rilley rejecting her and her saying her own coworkers called her a Skank. That's all we got. Not to mention that MJ still has tge audacity to tell Peter "you made a mistake trusting Norman" says the girl who dated the son of the Villain.

Then we basically get it solidified that Baul knew of the different time mechanics between the two places they were in, but he never told MJ about it, which makes him even more of an asshole. She says that she didn't know the different time shenanigans and that after 2 years, she thought Peter died. But when she returned with Baul, she never blames Baul for not telling her and even after the kids were gone, she stuck by him despite hiding the information from her. Ok???

And then we have the most marvel editorial speech of "Friendships are what matters the most". It absolutely feels like editorial was breathing down Ewing's neck when he wrote that scene to really make it clear that FRIENDSHIP IS WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON, NOT A RELATIONSHIP.

It hurt reading this...

This panel is from X-Men unlimited infinity comic (2021) #121

TTG had a Guardians of the Galaxy game where the plot was basically "we found a McGuffin thar brings people back not just alive, but in their fully healthy state aswell" and Hala and the Kree wants it and the Guardians try to stop them.

But at the end of Episode 5, you are given the choice that you can bring *one* person back to life and out of the 5 Guardians (Groot doesn't need anyone to return).

If you turned Nebula good in Episode 3 & 4, she will die helping the Guardians and you can revive her for Gamora, of whom wants to see her sister again, but this time, they can be genuine sisters who support each other without Thanos.

For Rocket, you can bring Lylla back, his love interest of whom he promised to free her from their captors and finally see the world, the skies and everything. But in their escape, Lylla gets wounded and dies right as they reach ghe outsides. She only saw a glimpse of the freedom Rocket promised and you can give them tge chance again.

Drax wants to see his Daughter again, Kamaria. After killing Thanos, Drax struggled to find a purpose in his life and was ready to sacrifice himself in Episode 4 because he was done and ready. But with Kamaria back, he can finally be a proud father again, training and raising his daughter.

Lastly, you can wish Peter Quill's mother back to life. You are playing him and technically spend the most time with her. She was desperately trying to fight her cancer off, wanting to spend her last days with her Son loving life instead of strapped inside a hospital bed. She dies when Peter was very young and it's a wound that never healed. And with that, you can bring her back to life and give his mother the chance to go out as she always wanted.

With all that said, we can all agree that Drax is the obvious answer here right?

We all know it, the typical trope of a person that's usually known to be a good guy with a good moral compas loses themselves when an outside force like manipulation, dark influence, someone taking over their body, warped reality or simply something bringing out the worst inside them. And usually in such stories, the objective becomes to snap the person back to their former self, to save them from themselves or the outside force.

But at what point do you go "there's no more saving them"? Like, where do you draw the line where keeping the character alive is now morally the worse choice? When has someone gone so far the deep end, that you just can't forgive them anymore or that you know that they can't forgive themselves if they ever regain control?