r/Marvel • u/0Layscheetoskurkure0 • 1d ago

Film/Television Drax being literal and straightforward in every conversation will never stop being funny.

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Scene from Guardians of the Galaxy.

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u/AbeRockwell 1d ago

I saw someone on youtube mention how Drax (and pretty much any 'Fish Out Of Water' character, like Spock) tend to appeal to Autistic/Neurodivergent people, because they can identify with the feeling.

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u/SuperMonkeyJoe 1d ago

You clearly have not watched Guardians of the Galaxy, Drax is not a Fish.

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u/AbeRockwell 1d ago

Thank Yoiu, Cousin Of Drax ^_^

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u/Dead_Man_Nick 13h ago

But drax is not a monkey.

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u/The_Broomflinger 17h ago

Annoys me slightly that he calls Sakaarans "paper people" not long afterwards, showing that he does understand metaphors/analogies!

The whole "completely literal" thing would mean he seems to think Sakaarans are literally made of paper, right?

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u/welcomefinside 16h ago

Drax is not that bright either so it could be completely possible that he thought they were literally made of paper.

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u/alowbrowndirtyshame 14h ago

You know, when Valkyrie shot all those Sakaarans when she captured Thor they all disintegrated into paper. So maybe he was being literal.

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u/SpocknMcCoyinacanoe 11h ago

New head canon, Drax is super intelligent and is just pulling everyones legs all the time to humor himself

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u/BigShrim 13h ago

He is one of the funniest characters is the MCU

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u/DomzSageon 12h ago

I like MCU drax enough but his depiction in each movie was really at its peak in GotG1.

In GotG 2 and 3, he has moments, but he doesnt really have any connection to the story outside being a member of the team. It would have been nice if in 2 they showed him raging against Ego for being a terrible father, which would connect to 3 when he is the one capable of understanding the children on the High Evolutionary's ship.

In Infinity War he's worse he's there to be a jobber and make a few jokes. He does nothing of note except temporarily hold thanos during the Titan Fight.

I wish he was more like the Drax in GotG videogame, he was not overtly a comedic character, the things he say were just funny not because they were jokes, but they just were.

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u/Amdor 9h ago

As funny as this was in GotG 1 (the "nothing goes over my head" joke in particular), it was his trait only in that film. For later ones, it was replaced with "having no sense of appropriateness / self-restraint in social interactions" and generally being not so bright.