>>106142159>>106151791I will never understand Gunn's sexless, joyless incarnation of Gamora. Seriously, the Drax line "This green whore, she is my friend" feel left over from an earlier draft of the film, for one because it's not literal, and also because in the final cut, Peter has to even teach Gamora how to dance, and she has a strong resistance to even putting up with romance or sexuality. On the one hand, you can argue that being raised as a captured child soldier isn't conducive to romantic development, but on the other, it was Gunn's movie that made Gamora a captive of Thanos who was abused by him and forced to become his weapon after he murdered her family.
Comic Thanos saved comic Gamora from destrucion, gained her trust, manipulated Gamora's own desire for revenge against the UCT, and did everything he could to raise her to be his weapon, yes, but also treat her as nicely as he could to make her loyal. He gave her a Christmas celebrations, for God's sake! It wasn't until she found out his actual plans for the universe that she betrayed him, when she was a full grown woman. If I had to guess the reason for this change, it probably has a lot to do with Gunn's jokey, sex and romance experienced, dancing Star-Lord. He changed Gamora to fit his new version of the hero.
