Finals week, and the previous dead week, are really rough on the average college psyche. It's stress from papers, projects, and final exams crammed into the span of two weeks. Many search for outlets and ways to deflate their brains for a bit. And one awesome, early Christmas present was the second trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2. And here's why:

1. Baby Groot

*spoilers* After the supposed death of the adult tree-like alien, we were blessed with a very tiny Groot figure at the end of the first movie. And in the upcoming film, he's grown into a toddler and is running around reaking havoc. He's probably no more than a foot tall, but he's still nearly as powerful as fully grown Groot. He screams in adorable rage as he uses his vine-like arms to grab the ankles of a minion and pull him down to the ground.

2. "It's showtime, A-holes!"

What makes the Guardians so great is that they know they suck. Every time there's a heartfelt moment or a chance for epicness, they ruin it because they're "A-holes". And it's so great! They're mostly real, they're selfish, but they do the right thing anyways. It's part of their charm.

3. Intergalactic Space Battles

The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand beyond the reaches of earth, particular with Doctor Strange and the various Thor movies. And the Guardians continue to go beyond the known stars and planets. But with galactic travel and adventure comes epic battles in space with awesome ships. Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, has a pretty awesome, if perhaps questionably clean, spaceship called the Milano. And from the trailer, it looks like we'll get to see some more awesome dog fights on the galactic level.

4. Rocket being Raccoon-Daddy

Due to Groot's toddler-ity, Rocket Raccoon must assume a guardian role.

5. Whatever that awesome Squid-monster is

One nice thing about a big budget film is the special effects. While there's a chance it could look terrible, I can appreciate their efforts. And, who knows, it might actually look pretty cool. Now, just based on principle and my own knowledge of the MCU, I doubt this is the big bad they're going to fight, because that would be too easy and too obvious. It'll probably be our introduction monster to gear us up for the characters to fall into hopelessness and then rally together to fight the real big bad. Should still make for a good opening scene though.

6. Drax Emarrassing Quill

I laughed so hard at this part of the trailer. Drax does not understand social situations at all. And his sudden outburst of laughter, particularly because he's a normally stoic character aside from the outbursts of rage when fighting, is downright hilarious. He's so oblivious to the usual understanding of an awkward situation when someone's secret is revealed and not only laughs loudly but continues to make fun of Quill about said secret. He even points out that Quill must "be so embarrassed!" Drax is awesome.

7. Baby Flippin Groot!

He's just so flipping cute! He's given this massive bomb to protect but he's not allowed to press the button. But due to his limited vocabulary and comprehension skills, particularly for a toddler, he wants to press the darn button! Rocket even all but demands tape to cover up said button so the curious tree creature doesn't accidentally press it. In the subsequent argument the little tyke runs off with the detonator yelling "I...Am...Groot!" in his tiny voice through the caves. Gah! I just love him so much- and I haven't even seen the full film yet.

Needless to say I'm quite excited for this movie to premiere come May of 2017. But thanks to the trailer, I was able to be distracted from distressing finals for a whole two minutes.

Check out the full trailer here: