lesbianjubilee: kispesan: PHYLA-VELL READING LISTPhyla-Vell is a sword wielding space lesbian and fo
lesbianjubilee: kispesan: PHYLA-VELL READING LISTPhyla-Vell is a sword wielding space lesbian and founding member of Earth 616′s Guardians of the Galaxy. (There was a Guardians of the Galaxy series in the 90′s, thus the vol 2 instead of 1, but it was in a different reality.) Phyla’s pretty damn awesome, and remains one of my favourite characters. CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL 5 (2002) #15-25When Genis-Vell (AKA Captain Marvel at the time) intends to preemptively stop a war he foresees with his cosmic awareness by… starting a war, Phyla-Vell is sent by their mother Elysius to take him down and assume his role. (This is when she first meets Heather and they almost instantly hit it off.)ANNIHILATION (2006)Thanos kidnaps Heather, and this leads to Phyla teaming up with Nova, Star-Lord, Drax and other space heroes to rescue her love and defeat Annihilus. In doing so, she ends up being the new Quasar, gaining the Quantum Bands.ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST (+PROLOGUE & QUASAR MINIS) (2007)The Phalanx + Ultron = super bad news for like, everything. This is the first event where Phyla is actually a largely featured character and ends up playing a very important role, and if you don’t want to read chronologically but rather really jump into things, I suggest starting with the prologue, then Quasar mini, then main Annihilation event.SPOILER WARNING: Heather ends up turning into a dragon in the Quasar mini, then dying in the main event. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 (2008)After fighting and defeating the Phalanx and Ultron and the Nova Corps gone to shit, Star-Lord realizes it might be a good idea to put together a crew to… guard the galaxy. Phyla joins the team as Quasar, but SPOILER WARNING: ends up becoming the new Avatar of Death in order to bring Heather back, and renames herself Martyr. (Wendell Vaughn resumes the role of Quasar.)But yeah, she dies. And it fucking sucks especially because her death is so ridiculous and feels shoe-horned just to make a dramatic reveal more dramatic. And honestly, Heather’s reaction is mine @ the writers:But please, go enjoy her for what she’s in! It is an absolute travesty she is not more well-known. it’s worth mentioning that phyla and moondragon are alive again! well, technically it’s alternate reality versions of them who are now in 616, but still. they came into the 616 during the infinity wars event and they’re currently in guardians of the galaxy (2019). and they’re still a couple :) -- source link
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