morgaine was gamora's sister in guardians of the galaxy.
morgaine was gamora's sister in guardians of the galaxy.
who is gamora's sister in guardians of the galaxy?
morgaine
karen gillan portrays nebula in the marvel cinematic universe as one of the children raised by thanos alongside her adopted sister gamora. over time, nebula developed an obsessive need to best gamora in combat. every time she lost a sparring match, thanos subjected nebula to torturous mutilation, replacing parts of her body with cybernetic enhancements for further improvement. this imbued nebula with a deep hatred toward thanos, as well as a resentment towards gamora for never trying to treat her as a sister. she eventually redeems herself, becoming an ally of the guardians of the galaxy and later a full-fledged avenger.
nebula (comics)
in the films, thanos meets gamora while he is murdering half the population of her homeworld. he adopts her and raises her to be an assassin. part of her training is to fight nebula, a foster sister adopted by thanos who holds a mutual rivalry with her. as an adult, gamora plans to rebel against thanos when he sends her to aid ronan the accuser, a kree fanatic who wants to destroy the planet xandar. she is caught and imprisoned by xandarian police. in prison, she joins the other guardians of the galaxy (star-lord, drax, rocket raccoon, and groot) in an escape and they save xandar from ronan. because of her heroic actions, gamora is cleared of her previous crimes. when nebula also rebels against thanos, the two sisters reconcile. meanwhile, star-lord and gamora begin to develop a mutual romantic attraction. thanos later abducts and emotionally manipulates gamora into revealing the location of the soul stone. he confides that he truly saw her as a daughter, and it is in his sacrifice of her life that he is able to retrieve the stone. because gamora died before thanos used the infinity gauntlet to erase half the population of the universe, gamora remains dead even after the avengers reverse thanos' action. however, the younger version of gamora still allied with thanos travels to the present day and is eventually convinced by the present day version of nebula to fight alongside the avengers against thanos. quill is astonished and relieved at her apparent return, but her younger self has no memory of their previous adventures and relationship with him. when tony stark successfully defeats thanos by using the infinity stones against him, the past version of gamora survived, but slipped away from the battlefield. as the guardians of the galaxy prepare to leave earth, star-lord is shown to be attempting to find gamora, hoping that she may still be alive and out there somewhere.
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