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I wanted to make a pinned post to put my Rocket comics in one place, so they could be easier to find! I've linked them here and grouped them in order. Please heed the trigger warnings for each!

I made these comics in order to make sense of my PTSD. The kindness I have received from these means the world to me. I don't know where I would be now if I hadn't made them. Thank you for reading <3

Main Rocket Comics:

1 Rocket and Groot's Friendship

2 Rocket's Dreams and Nightmares

3 Rocket's Trauma and Acceptance

4 Rocket and Quill's Long Distance Call

5 Rocket's Battle With PTSD

6 Rocket and Quill's Heart to Heart

7 Rocket's Night Terror

8 Rocket's Comfort

9 Rocket's Healing

10 Rocket’s Happiness

11 Rocket and Nebula’s Friendship

12 Rocket and Nebula during The Snap

GOTG Eidos Game Comics:

1 Halfworld Comic

2 Lylla Comic

Silly Extras:

1 The Guardians Meet Taylor Swift

Tarot Cards:

1 Rocket Themed Major Arcana Tarot Cards

Original Rocket Songs

1 Rocket Ship

Guys idk if you’re all privy to the newly discovered thriving celebrity raccoon from Seattle named Jimothy with short spine syndrome but he is precious to me and I had to draw Rocket and him meeting lmao ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ if you haven’t been blessed with videos of him u have to look him up ok he’s magical LOL

I wanted to draw one of my fav scenes from vol 1– when they’re being processed in the Kyln, and Quill sees the scars on Rocket’s back for the first time.

I’ve always loved this scene— I think it provides so many interesting insights in to how they see each other and go on to treat each other.

When Quill sees Rocket’s scars for the first time, it’s when they’re both shoved in the shower room together without their clothes on. He sees him, and it dawns on him in that moment why Rocket has seemed to act like such an asshole so far— he’s being boisterous and rude in an attempt to make his deep, traumatic insecurities less obvious. And Quill fully sees through his defensive display in that in this moment, and is like, oh, something actually really really bad happened to this guy, and that’s starting to explain a whole lot.

(Now, what exactly happened to Rocket, we of course know that he keeps that to himself for many many years. In fact, vol 3 takes place 12 YEARS after the events of vol 1. Which is crazy to think about)

But yeah, in this scene, when Rocket is forced into this situation where he has to bare his body to people he’s just met, which is undoubtedly scary and uncomfortable, I’ve always really loved how respectful Quill tried to be, by not visually lingering or commenting on his scars. He noticed that Rocket was uncomfortable, so he said nothing, and kept it moving along.

Here’s another Rockety song I’ve written! I’m super proud of this one. I’ve been having so much fun getting better at producing and recording. 🦝

THE CURE… THE KEY! Is about acting tougher than you are, and pushing down the soft part of yourself to survive. But at the end of the day, the soft parts of you are really the most important.

Thank you guys so much again for the kind words on my last Rockety song I uploaded! I’ve got plenty more. He inspires me to make art in so many different mediums.

He’s my muse!❤️

I’ve uploaded the song to my soundcloud as well. My username on there is appleshift.

I hope you enjoy :)

The full lyrics are here under the cut!👇

I have been OBSESSEDDDD with Adéla and I’ve seen her live twice now which I’m so happy about!! Literally cried happy tears both times so I wanted to draw her hanging out with my fav boy Rocket bc why notttttt I love being an artist with free will

TW vomit emetophobia alcohol death

I wanted to make a comic set during the snap, during the 5 years that Nebula and Rocket were alone together— I think it’s such an interesting and unexplored time for both of them emotionally.

It’s also inspired by my own substance ahem overindulgence🤔 and how my loved ones still love me anyway and urge me to be better☝️

Art lets me exorcise my demons and that’s my favorite part about it 🦝

These are my guardians Miis from my Tomodachi Life island! I love them so much I’ve been having so much fun🦝 Has anyone else made any? I’d love to see😄

Also I want to show you all this bc it makes me smile: I got this beautiful raccoon from a thrift store that was selling on Etsy— he’s from 1991 and his head, hands and shoes are ceramic :D he’s got no tail also! I named him Raccoon Gentleman and he’s my bestie

I also drew him as an object in my game for my miis to enjoy him as well hahaha

AND Another thing I forgot to show you all— I went to a convention last year and bought a custom rocket balloon animal from a balloon artist and I LOVE HIM! And he still sits proudly on my shelf despite deflating almost entirely LOL so this is what he looked like before and what he looks like now💀

So I had to draw him for my Miis too of course lmaooooo

And last but not least: my beloved emotional support Rocket plushie🫶 he had to be included in my game as well of course!!

Anywho sorry for the long post hehe I just felt like sharing my sillies

Hey guys!! I made an acoustic Rocket song and I guess I’m finally getting around to sharing it haha! I made a lyric video here so you can listen and enjoy. It’s also on my SoundCloud as well! My username on there is appleshift 🦝

Lemme know what you think yayy!!

The full lyrics are below the cut👇 I’ll include the baritone ukulele chords too bc why not

This is lowkey long but I’m feeling chatty and thinky so have this my friends. Plus a sketch of Rocket bc why not LOL

But yeah basically, I don’t know, I just feel so unusual. I know I’m not that strange in the grand scheme of things. But my autism manifests for me in very isolating ways sometimes,

I genuinely struggle to think of things to think about and talk about that aren’t Rocket, I frequently annoy my family and friends by repeating stories and thoughts about Rocket over and over. But I can’t help it, it’s how I function in regards to him😭

I’ve absorbed practically every scrap of Rocket media out there on this physical earth, and I’m like, what nowww??? I just keep retreating my steps because I feel I have no where else to go lol. I’m running out of ideas!!! Not running out of passion, but ideas!! I could draw him every day for the rest of my life but my loves idk what other poses to put him in ctfu. But it’s funny because sometimes I’ll be feeling this way and I’ll just take a week’s break and get a blast of ideas in a dream or whatever.

But I’ve seen each guardians movie hundreds of times, truly, and I’ve been going on guardians fasts where I try to keep myself from watching the movies for as long as possible so they can be fresh when I return but it’s no use, lowkey no matter how long I stay away I have each line and shot and camera angle memorized down to a t, I know what shot is coming 10 shots before it happens, I know the when and where and how and why of every single scene in this entire franchise😭😭😭😭😭😭 my autism knows no bounds I’m telling you. I’ve read the books, the comics, the interviews— listened to the podcasts, seen the convention presentations, and deleted scenes. I have a folder of over 15,000 Rocket screenshots😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 I made my brother go into the settings and remove certain channels from the 5.1 audio track of vol 3 so I can hear rockets voice isolated with no backing music or sound effects. I’ve watched Rocket’s scenes across all movies in all available different dubbed languages just to get a different vibe. I make Rocket video edits all the time but I don’t post them anywhere. I write little scenes of Rocket and the guardians in my notes app, just vignettes of him existing. But sometimes I’ll overdose on Rocket thoughts and my brain will feel sopping wet, and I’ll try to force myself to think about something different for a while (with great difficulty) and all I’m thinking while thinking about other things is, hm, how can I make this about Rocket in some way? (And I always find a way)

I’m not going to go into great detail about this also but I’ve dealt with some FUCKED shit in my life and a while ago multiple things compounded and I started dealing with night terrors again, I’d wake myself up by screaming and crying Rocket’s name in my sleep, as if he could hear me and come save me. Wtff!!!

Later on I had dreams of meeting Rocket at a party where I’d go up to him and tell him my story and he would give me a hug, and other times I have dreams of going to the theater to watch GOTG vol 4 lol.

Idk what the point of this is either LOL I just feel like sharing my thoughts I guess.

People seem to think sometimes that special interests are all fun and games all of the time but that could not be farther from the truth— I have driven myself to genuine anguish from not being able to switch the channels in my brain at will. Like, Rocket is my default thought. He’s the last thing I think about before I go to sleep, and he’s the first thing I think about when I wake up. It’s not necessarily a good thing or a bad thing, it can be both, it’s just a truth about my brain chemistry that I sometimes have to genuinely work around lol. I’ve been this way my entire life. Before it was Rocket, it was Taylor Swift.

“The other half” of my brain as I would refer to it, is taken up by my deep encyclopedic passionate knowledge of pop music. In my free time, when I’m not drawing Rocket lmaooo, I write and produce and record pop albums and do photoshoots by myself and with my friends and I have an entire musical identity, I just haven’t posted it anywhere because I’m afraid it’ll make it scary somehow. I actually make a lot of songs ABOUT Rocket too that sort of combine these two halves of my brain. I could maybe end up posting these sometime if anyone would be interested in that.

So I guess what I’ll say at the end of this long winded post is, does anyone have any Rocket drawing requests lol? Any specific outfits or settings or moods you guys imagine him in? I’ve been meaning to ask you guys. It’s fun to gain inspiration in different areas.

Everyone sees Rocket a little differently, and I find it so interesting. Everyone sort of grows with and around their own version of him, and it’s very sweet to me.

Please let me know,

What is your Rocket doing rn?

Thank you for reading lol

TW gore blood trauma abuse ptsd body horror

Drawing Rocket wearing dresses makes me so happy! He feels beautiful🌟

Enjoy! :D

Having a good laugh!! Always good for the soul!

I just realized I never posted this here! Three years ago I made a little gif of Rocket trying on different kinds of glasses!😄❤️

TW abuse , trauma talk

In vol 3, when Rocket hears the High Evolutionary’s voice through the comms and starts hyperventilating in a panic, I was crying so much in the theater, because I know what that exact feeling feels like.

Before my abuser died, they would harass me on social media a lot, and it was a really hard time. When my best friend learned of this, she grabbed the phone and cussed them out like crazy— I’d never seen her so angry. So when Quill grabbed the comm to scream back at the HE to protect Rocket in that moment, I just couldn’t stop sobbing.

It felt like my exact situation and story had been put to screen. To have your best friend stand between you and the one person you’re most afraid of just to protect you, fearlessly. It meant the world.

When I watch vol 3 with my best friend, she always squeezes my hand during that part. I love her. I love Rocket, I love that he survived and I love that I survived too.

There’s a million other ways that I could ramble about forever in which Rocket’s story moves me, but that part in particular always gets me.

I think it’s so beautiful that Guardians tackles such intense themes and topics with such care and love— it’s given me the strength to further artistically explore my feelings about what I’ve been through.

Rocket will never have to be hurt by his abuser again, and it makes me extremely happy to know that neither will I.