Discussion post: Holidays in space

[sholio]

Let's talk about holidays! There's no actual canon for this (that I can remember; someone please refresh my memory if they do talk about it at some point) so it's pretty much down to speculation and headcanon.

What kind of holidays do you suppose they celebrate in the Cosmic MCU?

Did Peter try to make the Ravagers do Christmas with him one year, with predictably terrible results? Do all of Drax's holidays involve stabbing large hunks of meat, while Rocket makes up fake holidays that no one is quite ready to call him out on? Do Groots have holidays and if so, what do they involve?

What sort of holidays might the Kree have - big bombastic public-affairs kinds of things? After Carol remembers her real origins, does she teach her own traditions to the Skrulls? (Possibly leading to Peter running into a Skrull Halloween haunted house or Christmas village 20 years later and being like "what the actual fuck, this is weird".)

What are Asgard holidays like? Do they still try to keep their traditions alive after the planet blows up? Thor seems like the type who would like to teach his friends about his holiday traditions and want to learn about theirs.

Comments

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

I've not read the titles from comics, and based on my semi-recent viewing of GotG 1&2, we're on our own. Ravagers seem to be 'good' at blinky lights and shiny, though they tend to save it for self-care and funerary practices or advertising.

Draw did say something about the ritual telling of his conception, so, not all holidays are only stabbing large hunks of meat.

From the comics, the Kree and Skrulls have been pivoted, but yeah, I'd think Cinematic Kree would hew Military Parade/massed ballet mechanique.

I could see Carol exchanging information with Skrulls and the Skrulls hidden in Earth orbit having picked up things from that time. Peter very well could run into things that mash up multiple traditions, possibly without regard to whose practices. (Think Advent Calendar meets haunted house mechanics. Or shapeshifting with flying paint fights.

[sholio]

Ravagers seem to be 'good' at blinky lights and shiny, though they tend to save it for self-care and funerary practices or advertising.

Oh, that's a good point! They'd probably love any holiday that involves lots of flash and sparkle. In fact, since they have an entire ritual for deaths, they probably have some holidays of their own, most likely involving a lot of explosions, fireworks and drinking.

Think Advent Calendar meets haunted house mechanics. Or shapeshifting with flying paint fights.

Hahaha. YES. That. Exactly.

And oh, good catch on Drax's story about ritual conception stories!

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Assuredly if they listened to Peter's description of a Christmas tree, it ended up as a waterfall ground firework, but cone shaped.

[lynnenne]

while Rocket makes up fake holidays that no one is quite ready to call him out on?

Hahahahaha, I love this idea.

[sholio]

Rocket is absolutely going to milk this for all it's worth. Especially if it involves his teammates doing embarrassing things and/or giving him money, while they're all like, "I think this is bullshit but I'm not 100% sure, dammit."

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Some of them probably manage to almost be akin to the Grievances Aired ala Senfeld.


(proper names auto wrong doesn't know and are ubiquitous don't get fixed. I'm only responsible for ones more 'obscure' or confounding.)

[slippy]

Xandar totally had an amazing holiday to celebrate not blowing up, probably with a lot of Guardians merch and doing long-distance interviews with them. NOT live ones, after the first time.

And then the wider Xandar Empire had mourning days for after Thanos came by and messed the planet up anyway. :(

[sholio]

They TOTALLY have "the day we didn't die" holiday celebrations. Peter buys all the merch.

And then the wider Xandar Empire had mourning days for after Thanos came by and messed the planet up anyway. :(

nooooooooo ;____; but probably

[slippy]

Peter has his own action figure - multiple ones! A dream come true!

I'm still lowkey sad about Xandar.

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

(Have you seen the Monopoly Chance Card parody for Deny Canon?)

[kore]

And we didn't even see it! I mean, granted, it would have been heartbreaking, but "oh yeah Xandar bit it offscreen" really added to the bad taste that movie left in my mouth. On top of "we need to massacre the Asgardians before the credits to show how bad Thanos is." For the great big climax of ten years dozens of movies &c &c a lot of it was remarkably feelbad.

[kore]

And then the wider Xandar Empire had mourning days for after Thanos came by and messed the planet up anyway. :(

Lalala did not happen lalalala

(also the Asgardians are JUST FINE)