Starmora

Starmora is the het ship between Peter Quill and Gamora from the Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom.

Guardians of the Galaxy
Gamora met Quill on Xandar when she was looking for the Orb. She waited for Quill to finish his meeting with the Broker. After he got out of the shop, Gamora asked him what happened. Quill complained that the Broker backed out of a deal on him, claiming to hate a man without integrity. He introduced himself afterwards, and Gamora told him he had the bearing of a man of honor. When Quill became completely distracted with bragging about himself and throwing the orb up and down in his hand, Gamora suddenly grabbed the Orb and ran away.

Gamora and Quill fought, being engaged in a brief hand-to-hand combat on the ground, which was being intervened by Rocket and Groot. After both of them being engaged in another fight, eventually, Quill managed to put his Jet Boot Attachments on Gamora. This led to her being hoisted up in the air. Groot and Rocket caught Quill in a bag but then Gamora attacked Groot with her sword. She opened the bag but Quill shot his gun and caused her to be pushed away. Suddenly, the Nova Corps appeared and arrested them for endangerment to life and the destruction of property.

Following the arrest, Gamora and Quill alongside Rocket and Groot were imprisoned in The Kyln, High Security Prison. Quill tried to ask Gamora about the orb, however Gamora refused to tell him. Gamora admitted that she was not retrieving the orb for Ronan because she was betraying him and she already had an agreement to sell it to a third party.

Drax planned to kill Gamora due to her links to Ronan, but Quill stopped him, claiming that killing Gamora wouldn't be the best way. Drax was confused because he learned of Quill as the man Gamora attempted to kill. Quill shrugged it off, saying that Gamora was hardly the first woman to try and do that to him. Quill assured Drax that Gamora was indeed betraying Ronan. Later on, Quill explained that he stopped Drax from killing Gamora because she knew where to sell the Orb.

After they completed their escape from The Kyln and headed to Knowhere, Quill tried to persuade Gamora to trust him a little bit. Gamora asked Quill how much he trusted her, to which he replied that he would trust her a lot more if she told him what the Orb was. However, Gamora claimed not to know about it due to her distrust of them.

On Knowhere, while waiting for to meet the Collector, Gamora and Quill had a conversation. Quill claimed to have specialty on negotiation tactics, naming Gamora's tactics as 'stab, stab, those are my terms'. Gamora smiled at the comment, stating that her father did not stress on diplomacy. Quill questioning whether the father she mentioned was Thanos prompted Gamora to tell him about the story of her past with Thanos, but she cut it off by asking Quill instead about the Walkman. Quill, in turn, answered by telling his story with his mother.

Interested with the Walkman, Gamora asked Quill about what he usually did with it. Quill answered that the Walkman was something to be listened to, adding that she could also dance with it. Gamora dismissed the idea of dancing due to the fact that she was a warrior and an assassin. Quill further told her about a 'legend' called "Footloose" on Earth about teaching a city to dance, then he put the Walkman headphones onto Gamora's head. Gamora listened to the music and remarked that the melody was pleasant. Peter held her hand and leaned in to kiss her, but Gamora put a knife to his throat, claiming that she was not 'some starry-eyed waif' to succumb to his 'pelvic sorcery'.

They eventually got the chance to demonstrate the Orb to the Collector. However, before the group received the payment, Carina attempted to grab the Stone and caused a massive explosion. Eventually, Gamora decided to return the Orb to Xandar instead but Ronan and Nebula arrived and she became engaged in a fight with Nebula. Nebula blew up Gamora's ship, leaving her floating in space and took the Orb. After Quill watched Gamora's body floating in the atmosphere, he decided to save her. He called Yondu and told him his location, then he left the pod. He held Gamora's body and took off his mask. Although Rocket reminded Quill that he would die immediately, Peter proceeded to put his mask onto Gamora's head, allowing her to breathe.

Yondu's ship arrived and took them, then Gamora regained her consciousness. When Gamora asked Quill what happened, Quill elaborated all the details. He told her that he had seen her out there and he did not know what came over him, but he could not let her die, that he found something inside of himself which he bragged as 'something incredibly heroic'. Gamora sighed at his bragging and asked about the Orb instead, to which Quill replied that Nebula got the Orb. On Yondu's ship, Yondu beat Peter for betraying him and stealing his money. Gamora, witnessing this, told him to stop and tried to convince him to get the Orb back from Xandar to prevent the murder of billions of people. Yondu remarked that Gamora had been filling Quill's head with 'sentiment'. Eventually, Yondu agreed to help them, then Gamora and Quill reunited with Rocket, Groot, and Drax. When Quill and Rocket got into an argument about stopping Ronan due to the high possibility of getting killed, Gamora told Quill that she has lived most of her life surrounded by her enemies, and she would be grateful to die among her friends.

They joined in Battle of Xandar and when Quill shot dozens of Sakaarans with the guns of the ship, Gamora told him that they were just like Kevin Bacon. Confronting Ronan, Quill challenged him to a dance-off. He even tried to get Gamora to join the dance, but she refused. After the Infinity Stone was freed thanks to Rocket and Drax destroying Ronan's Cosmi-Rod, Quill grabbed the stone and it began to destroy him. Gamora came to Quill's aid and ask him to take her hand, which made Quill hallucinate about his dying mother. Gamora asked once again, snapping him out of his hallucination. Quill took her hand with tears in his eyes, causing Gamora to be affected by the energy of the Power Stone.

After defeating Ronan, Yondu asked Quill to give the Orb. Quill gave him a container containing a Troll doll, which fooled Yondu. When Quill remarked that Yondu would be so irritated when he found out, Gamora mentioned that Yondu was going to kill him. Quill responded by saying that Yondu was the only family he had, but Gamora disagreed, implying that the Guardians of the Galaxy was his family too. They continued their journey as Guardians of the Galaxy, with Gamora telling him they'll follow his lead and calling him Star-Lord.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
After the Guardians of the Galaxy became well known, they were hired by the Sovereign to defend Anulax Batteries. During the battle, Quill and Gamora got into a little argument where Quill was questioning her choice to use guns, remarking her thing was swords. Following the battle, they were thanked by the High Priestess Ayesha, whom Quill flirted with by discussing natural reproduction. Noticing that Gamora stared at him, Quill quickly changed his answer, but she interrupted him to remind the High Priestess of the payment they promised. After Rocket insulted the Sovereign people and the Guardians escaped from Sovereign, Quill complained about the High Priestess bringing up about his father. Gamora replied by saying she understood of Quill's sensitivity about it, which Quill denied. Quill then apologized for 'seeming to flirt' with the High Priestess, claiming that he was not. Gamora stated her nonchalance about the topic but Quill told her that he felt that she cared. Drax told Quill that Gamora was not his match due to her reluctance to dance and conversely, his love of dancing. However, Quill seemed to ignore Drax's remark.

Quill and the guardians reunited with Ego, his father, and they discussed Quill's history near a campfire the group set up. Gamora immediately looked to Quill's direction after Ego left, with Quill expressing his skepticism. They took a walk and mentioned about the story of David Hasselhoff he once told her when he was drunk. Gamora admitted that she loved the story, although Quill, in contrast, hated it. With her hopes of discovering whether Ego was Quill's 'Hasselhoff', Gamora persuaded Quill to go to Ego's planet, planning to kill him if he turned out to be evil.

On Ego's ship, Drax and Quill had a conversation about Mantis' antennas and, subsequently, her ability to emphatize. To demonstrate this, Mantis touched Quill's hand and revealed his love toward Gamora, which was labeled by Drax as Quill's 'deepest, darkest secret'. Gamora was startled and Peter tried to deny it and hide his embarrassment, stealing glances at Gamora. Mantis walked over to Gamora to touch her, but Gamora grabbed her wrist and threatened to break her jaw if she did it.

Gamora had her suspicions of Ego when she found Mantis withholding what she wanted to say to Drax, possibly about Ego, after she interrupted her. Later, Quill tried to get Gamora in a dance, which she initially refused. Quill again told her about stories related to Earth, this time about Sam Cooke. Gamora eventually agreed to dance and seemed to enjoy it with a smile apparent on her face. Quill brought up about Drax's initial claims that Gamora was not a dancer, and she threatened to kill him if he ever disclosed the dance. Quill tried to make Gamora admit about her feelings, naming it as an 'unspoken thing', but she denied, which led him to again mention another Earth reference, the Cheers TV Show. He kept insisting about his claims, which led Gamora to let go of the dance and change the topic about Ego's planet. They got into an argument, with Quill feeling it was unfair of Gamora to discard his joy despite of her being the one who prompted him to come. Quill pointed out that he finally found his family, with Gamora disappointedly saying she thought that he already had. Gamora's remark left a guilt present on Quill's face.

When Quill was being attacked by Ego, Gamora alongisde the other guardians came to his rescue. Gamora helped Peter up, reminding him of what she had warned him about, to his irritation. She added that she came back after all, and Quill cited the 'unspoken thing' as the reason, which she denied. Following the attacks of the Omnicrafts sent by Sovereign, Gamora was terribly concerned about where Quill was, saying that she was not going to leave without him. They managed to kill Ego and Quill escaped him in the cost of Yondu's life. After Yondu's funeral, Gamora looked up at Quill and he looked back down at her curiously, asking about the matter. Gamora hinted her reciprocation of his feelings, saying it was "some unspoken thing". They looked at each other, then Gamora wrapped her arms around Quill's waist and he around her shoulders.

Avengers: Infinity War
The Statesman, the Asgardian ship sent a distress signal which was answered by the Guardians. Gamora got in a minor argument with Quill, with her being concerned about helping people and the latter gushing over their possible reward, although he tried to assure Gamora that it was merely to please Rocket. They arrived at the Statesman and brought Thor who was the only survivor. The team was fascinated with Thor, including Gamora, much to Quill's dismay. Quill was especially uncomfortable with Gamora touching Thor's muscles, which he commanded her to stop.

After Thor woke up and discovered about Gamora being Thanos' daughter, he walked in front of her, seemingly to threaten her. Quill managed to calm him down by assuring him that Gamora shared his hatred for Thanos. Thor sympathized with Gamora and comforted her, placing his hand on Gamora's shoulder, which irritated Quill. In response to Thor's words of sympathy, Quill tried to make a point that he too understood Gamora's feelings and even hinted his 'superiority' by commenting that having to kill a father was harder than to kill a sister and that he, unlike Thor, didn't lose his eye. Quill's displeasure with Thor also prompted him to imitate the latter.

On the way to Knowhere, Gamora asked Quill to promise to kill her if she got captured by Thanos. She told him that she knew of something Thanos did not know, but refused to tell Quill to keep him away from danger. When Quill took Gamora's request lightly, she covered his mouth with her hand, stressing that she was serious. When Gamora asked him to swear to him on his mother, he ultimately agreed. The two embraced each other and kissed, but being interrupted by Drax who had been watching them.

At Knowhere, Thanos grabbed Gamora and planned to take her after her failed attempt to kill him. Quill confronted Thanos, threatening to kill him unless he let Gamora go. He still managed to throw insults at Thanos, also dismissing Thanos' utterance of him being Gamora's boyfriend, naming himself as 'Titan-killing long term booty call'. However, he was taken aback when Gamora reminded him of his promise. Though he moved his aim to Gamora, he was reluctant to kill her. Thanos mocked Gamora's expectation of Quill and shoved Gamora toward Quill's gun, commanding him to kill her. Gamora and Quill confessed their love for each other, and he finally pulled the trigger. But instead, a stream of bubbles came out due to Thanos changing it using the Reality Stone. Thanos remarked his impression with Quill and he teleported with Gamora.

When Quill met Tony, Peter, and Dr. Strange, he asked them about Gamora's wherabouts, falsely believing them to be working for Thanos. Eventually, Quill revealed that he was not with Thanos and was there to kill him, also adding that Thanos 'took his girl'.

With the Guardians teaming up with Tony, Peter, and Dr. Strange, they arranged a plan and then attempted to battle Thanos on Titan. After series of attacks toward Thanos, Mantis managed to hold him. Quill approached the half-conscious Thanos and demanded him the location of Gamora. Mantis revealed about Thanos' anguish and mourning as a response, which made Nebula conclude that Thanos was mourning Gamora's sacrifice on Vormir. Quill was in denial and demanded Thanos to tell him he did not do what Nebula said, but ths made Thanos to sorrowfully confirm it instead. Quill teared up and began attacking Thanos in the face, which broke Mantis' control over Thanos.

Avengers: Endgame
The 2014 version of Gamora managed to go on time travel with Thanos to the present time and encountered Quill. Quill was astonished to see her as he thought that Gamora had died, not aware that she was not the Gamora he knew. He touched her hair, telling her that he thought he had lost her; but Gamora grabbed his hand off her hair and kicked him twice while warning him not to touch her, making him fall as she wiped her face with disgust. Gamora expressed her disbelief that Quill was the one she would end up with. Nebula responded by telling her that her choice had been Quill or a tree.

In the end of the movie, Quill was searching for Gamora on a screen before closing it as Thor walks in.

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Starmora is the main ship of Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Fans like the dynamic due to the conflicting personalities of the duo. They also have some similarities as both have lost their families. Gamora had lived her life as an assassin with notable trust issues with people, that's why it became a defining moment when Quill gained her trust and, eventually, love. Quill, on the other side, was a player. Gamora, keeping Quill at arm's length, allowed the relationship to grow unhurriedly. Although his flirtations with Gamora was shallow, Quill's feelings subsequently developed and deepened for her. While Quill taught Gamora to enjoy more things in life, Gamora taught Quill to grow up. Fans are very touched by the way Quill was willing to sacrifice Gamora for the greater good. Though most fans are unhappy with how Quill ruined the plan to kill Thanos due to being enraged upon learning Gamora's death, some defended him, calling it rational when taking his losses, and his initial will to sacrifice Gamora, into account.

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