guardians of the galaxy

While lockdowns and (for some of us) unemployment have given us ample opportunity to indulge in Marvel movies and television, we still find ourselves wishing we had a time stone to blast us into the future and into a movie theater to watch Scarlett Johannson in November's Black Widow. There's much to look forward to in the MCU - especially Black Panther 2 and Disney+'s Loki - but we'll have to settle for these Marvel memes while we wait. 

It feels like a million years since we last enjoyed a quality Marvel movie. And there's no telling when movie theaters will be reopening thanks to the pesky coronavirus pandemic. To get our fix of superhero goodness, we often turn to memes. And we've put together a crap ton of 'em for you.

We just had to see one more Marvel Cinematic Universe meme before the release of Avengers: Endgame this Friday. This particular image macro features Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy, earnestly declaring the lengths of his humility. Memers are obviously using that to illustrate our more pathetic attempts at kindness or just going completely edgy with it. We look forward to seeing more of these around.

We're back at ya with a big ol' batch of Marvel goodness. Just like our earlier homage to Marvel, this gallery is stacked with silly fandom shitposts from Twitter, Tumblr and beyond. Strap yourselves in: it's going to be a very stupid but very fun ride.

While we know there's an entire Thanos Did Nothing Wrong movement, we can't help but feel that the big purple villain deserves very little sympathy. This meme works with this theme. After Thanos is overpowered (briefly) by the Guardians of the Galaxy, Mantis cries out that he is in anguish, and that he mourns. Drax asks her what such a monster could mourn, and memers are now filling in the blanks. You can expect a lot of very specific anime and gaming memes to come out of this one, but we're hoping for some more seriously righteous shitposts.

Avengers: Infinity War may have scarred us for life, but laughing at the massacre may be our only option at this point.

SPOILER ALERT! 

After the insane whirlwind of the latest Marvel installment, most fans are seriously shook and possibly in need of therapy. Here's an assortment of Twitter reactions that anyone who has seen the film will relate to.

Beloved filmmaker Kevin Smith suffered a massive heart attack last night following a stand-up special, and took to Twitter to express his gratitude and relief. The news shocked celebrities and fans alike, most notably Chris Pratt. The sitcom-turned-action star sent Smith his prayers following the near-death experience - but didn't receive the response one would expect. 

There's been a huge amount of backlash regarding our nation's use of "thoughts and prayers" in dire situations - especially ones that could have been avoided. Several Twitter users took this opportunity to liken Pratt's "prayers" with those uttered following tragedies such as school shootings. Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn was having none of this - and quickly came to Pratt's defense with a smart and poignant Twitter thread.