Given Starlord is of celestial origin, why did he start to disintegrate when holding an infinity stone in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1?
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Peter's half human as well as Celestial.
Note that the Collector's servant girl essentially exploded almost immediately on grabbing the Power stone and Peter lasted a fair bit longer, long enough for the others to assist in a kind of power-sharing group (much like the Collector described to them).
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1This is also connected to/foreshadowed by the reason he was able to stay alive in Space for so long as well, earlier in the movie.– DariMMay 20, 2018 at 2:51