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OOC INFO;
Player Name: Rose
Contact Info: mothering 
Current Character: n/a

IC INFO;
Character Name: Gamora
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe! Most of her character development takes place in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.
Canon Information: marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe & https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Gamora 

Canon Point:  Avengers: Infinity War; just as she's tossed to her death.
Age: 29 years old in Zehoberei years.
God Houses:

Heimdall would be Gamora’s pick and easily the one that suits her best. In Gamora’s life she has been both sides of the coin that Heimdall represents: the person who is loyal to themselves (while imprisoned by Thanos) and the one who would give their life for what they believe in (see: her entire motivation in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 1).

Frigg would be the second choice. We see in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Avengers: Infinity War how deeply she treasures her found family and her arc in the second Guardians movie is coming to terms with how she failed as Nebula’s sister while they still lived with their abuser. She obviously knew the absence of love during her time with Thanos.

I'll refrain from the third since the other choices would be pretty weak in my opinion. 

Personality:

The first thing to note about Gamora is how determined she is. Regardless of what cause she serves, she does so with every fiber of her being. We see this even when she is a child. She may have been small, Gamora still fought as best she could against the soldiers separating her from her mother. It is that fighting spirit that caught Thanos’ attention to begin with. We see it as Nebula recounts her childhood with Gamora to the Ravagers. Gamora at this point is so determined to survive that she will even let a girl she views as a sister be ripped apart to guarantee it. We see in deleted scenes that she even goes after Thanos’ enemies and brings back their heads with a smile because this ensures her survival. Her life then depends on convincing her abuser that she is as loyal as can be. She can’t fail.

This brings us to another trait of Gamora’s: she is very clever. We see it in her introduction. She effortlessly plays Ronan in order to guarantee she will be the one to get the orb. Before this she obviously spends years convincing Thanos she is loyal to him. We see even in Endgame that her alternate self will bow to him to avoid being touched. Everything she does is a carefully thought out act to keep herself alive a little bit longer. We see it again when she meets Peter. Clearly he has a thing for pretty girls. She lets him chat her up until it is time to steal the orb and move on to secure her freedom.

The struggle for ownership of the orb reveals something else about her: Gamora cares. As ruthless as she can be to guarantee her own survival, she has a limit. When she finds out that a planet full of people will be slaughtered by Ronan, her conscious cannot allow it. She shifts from keeping herself alive to keeping the orbs out of the hands of those who would use it for evil at all costs. She is willing to die to ensure it happens. Her desperation is what drives much of the narrative of the first Guardians movie. That is her hill to die on.

We see this care evolve in the next movie. Gamora is still a warrior but she also allows herself to become a mother to Groot. She comforts, protects, and supports the sapling throughout the film. She continues on as the voice of reason. This role also goes to show the level of restraint Gamora has a person. She never allows the team to do more than they have to. Just because Rocket can blow up a moon, it doesn’t mean that he should. She shows restraint herself by allowing prisoners to hurt her in the first movie and only using deadly force when absolutely necessary.

This can be a double-edged sword. As a survivor, Gamora finds herself guarded against even the people she loves most. She obviously loves Peter. He correctly calls her out on refusing to act on her feelings. She’s scared of intimacy. While she obviously makes enough progress to be a good maternal figure to Groot, she struggles to accept Peter’s feelings for her despite returning them. She hides the fact that she can dance and enjoys it out of fear of essentially being a person. Gamora is comfortable as a warrior. She still struggles with personhood. She can’t even admit she does love Peter until it comes time to ask him to murder her.

This leads to another trait of Gamora’s: she is very secretive. She is willing to do whatever it takes to protect those secrets. We see in Infinity War that she’s known the location of one of the stones the entire time. She never allows Thanos or anyone else discover this fact as long as she can help it. Up until the very last second, Gamora denies knowing it. She even coaxes Peter, a person she knows to be sensitive, loyal, and loving, to murder her in cold blood in order to keep that knowledge secret. There is only one thing that makes her go against what she believes to be right and that is her sister. By this point, she has grown enough as a person to admit she does love Peter at the worst possible moment, but also allows herself to selfishly protect her sister at the expense of the galaxy. Gamora goes from survivor, to a guardian and mother, and finally she becomes a true sister. She doesn’t stop protecting the galaxy. We see before her death that she is willing to kill herself to protect half of all life in the galaxy. We finally see she won’t sacrifice Nebula for her cause anymore.

In closing, Gamora is a fierce warrior. She will defend whatever she deems important at the time. Her journey is about going from that being her parents, herself, the galaxy, her found family, and finally her sister. We also see she can be cruel at times when serving these causes. She lets Nebula suffer to protect herself. She makes Peter go against his very nature to protect the galaxy from Thanos. She is also loving too. She raises baby Groot with kindness despite growing up in an abusive environment. She protects the family she makes within the guardians with everything she has. She learns to protect and make amends with the sister she once allowed to suffer to save herself. She is also very guarded. Gamora has her secrets. Some may change the fate of the galaxy while others are as simple as enjoying dancing with the man she loves. Who Gamora is based on the capacity to grow and change as the situation calls for. That is what makes her such a fascinating character.

Writing Sample: Gamora at the last tdm