#arthur douglass
james gunn tweeted that he changed drax’s origin story to simplify it for people and to make the story more interesting with aliens instead of a bunch of humans who happen to wind up in space. tbh, I have no problem with any of that! I get it’s a different story telling format and let’s be honest, comics are wild (and I, too, am very tired of space stories with a bunch of humans)
what actually bugs me, what makes me dislike mcu drax, is that he’s nothing like the actual drax. comic drax, particularly in the 2008 comics which is where he got more of a limelight and story, is sarcastic, calculating, and smart. he can hide in the shadows, he knows how to suss out skrulls, and he intensely cares for his daughter, his daughter’s girlfriend, and the human girl he basically adopts. he wants to do right by them, and make amends for his past mistakes. he teaches richard rider about war tactics, he goes toe-to-toe with thanos and kills him himself, and then frees galactus and saves his daughter, leading to an end to the annihilation wave that swept over galaxies
mcu drax is a one note ‘why is gamora’ joke; severely underpowered and played for (bad) comic relief
