Guardians of the Galaxy: Drax

[sasha_feather]

Post about Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy (image)

Transcript:
I took my little brother (who falls on the autism spectrum) to see Guardians of the Galaxy and after this scene he lit up like a Christmas tree and screamed "He's like me! He can't do metaphors!" And for the rest of the film, my brother stared at Drax in a state of rapture:

(images of Rocket and Drax)
Rocket: Metaphors are gonna go over his head.
Drax: Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast. I will catch them.

So for the last 6 days I have heard my brother repeatedly quote all of the Drax lines from the movie verbatim (of one his talents), begin studying vocabulary test words, and tell everyone he knows that people with autism can also be superheroes.

Now I'm not saying that Drax the Destroyer is, or was ever intended to be, austistic. All I am saying is that it warmed my heart for my brother to have an opportunity to identify himself with a character known for his strength, badassness, and honor. And that is pretty damn awesome.

So while I adored Guardians of the Galaxy as a great fun loving film with cool characters, I can do nothing but thank Marvel Studios and Dave Bautista for finally bringing a superhero to the screen that my little brother can relate to.

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Comments

[kaberett]

:-)

[recessional]

I saw this post a while ago and it has actually increased my appreciation and affection for Drax tenfold by changing my perspective.

(I had previously fixated/perseverated on annoyance about his fridged-family storyline.)

Which is nice. I like liking characters more!

[sasha_feather]

Agreed! I found a lot of little things about the movie annoying (particularly Rocket's ableism) so I was pleased to see this perspective.