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The Best Of: Gamora #5
1. "I used to imagine death would wipe my slate clean. But now I realize I want to live... If only to inscribe a new story upon it."
2. L'Wit being both a kinder person than most deserve and sassing Gamora within a few pages. I love it so much.
3. "I looked at these refugees--and the for the first time, let myself really see them. Their faces felt familiar to me, somehow. The pain and loss I saw etched upon them. All orphans and survivors like me. With no planet to call home. They had nothing but each other. And the more I looked, the more I realized: that was a lot.
4. L'Wit wondering about who gave her the means to escape and thanking them for having faith in her and promising to be worthy of it.
5. "Don't forget, cousin. You're a murderer. We're made of the same stuff." "No, we aren't. Gamora rejecting the rest of her family and siding with L'Wit and the refugees because her relatives are not the type of people she wants to be loyal to. She's realizing that she can be a better person than she is currently. I love seeing the evolution of Gamora's character. It's been really awesome in this series.
6. "One day, I'll find my true family. They're out there somewhere--I can feel it." "Gamora-- Don't! We're your family!!" "No. You're just my relatives."
7. Even old cynics can get hope again in this series. "Quite a feeling, isn't it? I though I'd lost it forever." "Space travel?" "Hope."
8. The Gamora/Nebula confrontation. This is one of my favorite relationships in the MCU, and it is just as fascinating in comic book form. They are sisters, but there is just so much hatred and damage there that is hard to repair. Gamora's whole speech made me want to cry, and I really wanted Nebula to accept her offer even when I knew she would not.
9. There are so many heartbreaking admissions Gamora makes in this issue, and if I listed off every single one we'd be here all day. Instead, I'll just say that Perlman is skilled at exposing the vulnerable side of Gamora's character while letting her still be a formidable, strong character. Perlman writes actually well-rounded, real woman (slash space aliens), and it is amazing.
10. This final exchange between Gamora and L'Wit: "So--now that you have the whole universe to explore where will you go?" "A place that's good. If anything like that exists out there." "L'Wit? If you can't find one--make one." "I hope one day you'll join us there." "I hope one day I'll deserve to."
1. "I used to imagine death would wipe my slate clean. But now I realize I want to live... If only to inscribe a new story upon it."
2. L'Wit being both a kinder person than most deserve and sassing Gamora within a few pages. I love it so much.
3. "I looked at these refugees--and the for the first time, let myself really see them. Their faces felt familiar to me, somehow. The pain and loss I saw etched upon them. All orphans and survivors like me. With no planet to call home. They had nothing but each other. And the more I looked, the more I realized: that was a lot.
4. L'Wit wondering about who gave her the means to escape and thanking them for having faith in her and promising to be worthy of it.
5. "Don't forget, cousin. You're a murderer. We're made of the same stuff." "No, we aren't.
6. "One day, I'll find my true family. They're out there somewhere--I can feel it." "Gamora-- Don't! We're your family!!" "No. You're just my relatives."
7. Even old cynics can get hope again in this series. "Quite a feeling, isn't it? I though I'd lost it forever." "Space travel?" "Hope."
8. The Gamora/Nebula confrontation. This is one of my favorite relationships in the MCU, and it is just as fascinating in comic book form. They are sisters, but there is just so much hatred and damage there that is hard to repair. Gamora's whole speech made me want to cry, and I really wanted Nebula to accept her offer even when I knew she would not.
9. There are so many heartbreaking admissions Gamora makes in this issue, and if I listed off every single one we'd be here all day. Instead, I'll just say that Perlman is skilled at exposing the vulnerable side of Gamora's character while letting her still be a formidable, strong character. Perlman writes actually well-rounded, real woman (slash space aliens), and it is amazing.
10. This final exchange between Gamora and L'Wit: "So--now that you have the whole universe to explore where will you go?" "A place that's good. If anything like that exists out there." "L'Wit? If you can't find one--make one." "I hope one day you'll join us there." "I hope one day I'll deserve to."
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