Peter Quill

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**Peter** Jason **Quill**, also known as **Star-Lord** is a character in the Once Upon a Time Xover Fanon Universe and the main protagonist of the 2014 film, *Guardians of the Galaxy*.

Peter is based on the character of the same name from the *Guardians of the Galaxy* comics.

## History

Before First Curse

Peter Quill is born in 1980 in the Land Without Magic to Meredith Quill and Ego the Living Planet. However, Ego is not able to stay during his son's childhood because if he does not return to his planet consecutively, then his Terran form will wither out. Instead, Meredith raises their son on her own.

During First Curse

Peter grows up with a happy childhood. At some point in his life, Meredith brings together her favorite songs she listened ot into a tape called "Awesome Mix Vol. 1" and gives it to Peter as a present. He often listens to music with his mother on a field, where the two could be alone. As a child, he carries around a photo of David Hasslehoff and tells other children that he is his father. When asked for his whereabouts, Peter simply answers that he is either filming for a movie, or that he is on tour with his band in Europe. However, Peter still watches other children having fun with their dad, causing Peter to be more alone than ever.

In Earth's timeline of 1988, Peter's mother is diagnosed with brain cancer. While at the hospital, Peter is listening to a song by 10cc. However, his grandfather beacons for Peter to say one last goodbye. During their last conversation ever, Meredith gives Peter a second volume to the Awesome Mix Tape and has a letter for him. Just as she dies, she tells her son that his father will come back and get Peter, but until then, he will be raised by his grandfather. Meredith, drawing her last breath, urges her son to take her hand. However, Peter refuses to take his mother's hand, but cries out over the loss of his mom as she succumbs to her illness and begins calling her name. Peter rushes out of the hospital, where he is brought up in a Ravager M-Ship. Instead of being given to his father, Peter is kept by Yondu, who raises the boy as his own son.

## Trivia

* Character Notes
* Cultural References

### Etymology

* The name "Peter"derived from the Greek word "petros", which means "stone" .
* Peter adopted the alias "Star-Lord" as an outlaw name.
	+ It is later revaled that "Star-Lord" was a nickname his mom gave him when he was younger.
* Peter's last name, Like Emma's and Jack Sparrow's, is associated with birds, as quills originally come from birds' feathers.

### Character notes

* Peter, along with Emma Swan and Bilbo Baggins, are three main protagonists who have taste for red jackets.
* Peter is thirty-four years old since he was abducted from earth at age eight and the film takes place twenty six years later.
	+ It is further confirmed he is thirty four years old based on the title card saying "Thirty four years later" in *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.*.

### Disney

* Regina, Snow, David, Leroy and Arthur joining hands to form a human chain in order to divide the Fury's is a reference to the 2014 film, Guardians of the Galaxy. In it, Peter Quill struggles to contain the Stone's power, but his friends (Rocket, Drax, and Gamora) connect hands together in order to divide the power of the stone.
* Peter calls Yondu "Mary Poppins", a reference to the character of the same name to the 1964 film.

### Marvel

* Peter owns a NASA Backpack, a reference to Peter's job working in NASA in earlier comics.

### Pop Culture

* Peter mentions to Gamora of their relationship and compares it to that of Sam and DIane from the TV show, *Cheers*.
* Peter mentions David Hasselhoff having a talking car, a reference to the character Michael Knight and his talking car KITT in the show, *Knight Rider*.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/peter
2. ↑ *Guardians of the Galaxy*