i mean, i'm not an expert on space wars or whatever this is, but people generally like to think they made a difference.
[ she thinks of everything she did as quake, all the wrongs she'd tried to right, all the good she'd tried to do in the world. she hadn't thought recognition mattered — but had someone tried to tell her that it was the avengers who came in to fix the world, daisy might have bristled too. ]
if someone tried to thank morningstar for the kids we saved, i'd be pretty annoyed too.
I'd be glad. Morningstar gives them more hope than we can.
[ And so too do the Jedi, to the galaxy. The rebellion is important. The rebellion does the heavy lifting. But hope is important too. Heroes are symbols. Easy to point to, easy to tell stories about. ]
[ maybe that's the problem. because, for daisy, she wants people to feel like they're capable of being the solution. having hope in someone else, hoping that those people will choose to come and save them, just won't get the job done. they have to believe they can save themselves. ]
It's more complicated than that. I grew up hearing stories about the rebellion and the Jedi and the Empire. It was already gone when I was born, you know? And Jyn's just starting the fight. It's history. And the history, the stories, are all about the heroes. I can't help her feel like a hero because I don't know her. All I know is the fragments that got to me. Honestly, I spent a lot of my childhood thinking plenty of it was just folk stories. Legends. None of it feels real out in the rim, where Jakku is.
before i got here, i spent the last god knows how many years trying to help people. it was all under the radar stuff. nobody knew about it, but it was important. what we did mattered. then i got superpowers and started getting flashy, and suddenly people knew all about that version of me. they didn't care that i was reckless or dangerous, all they cared about was the story.
i don't know what jyn did or whether or not she's a hero, but maybe there's more to it than just legends and myths. there were real people in that rebellion, and now you get to meet one of them.
I'm not sorry for telling the truth. And I'm not sorry for thinking the cause and its success is more important than who gets credit for it.
[ These are lines she won't waver on. Rey had been full willing to commit herself as a nameless nobody who gave up everything in her own life and crossed the galaxy just to find the real heroes and put them back in the fight. She didn't need people to know her name. What was her name worth? There are things more important than legacies.
It's fine if Daisy disagrees with that. Even if it stings. ]
I was only letting you know.
[ Not inviting moral judgment on her own stance. ]
i didn't say you needed to be sorry for telling the truth, rey but people like to feel like their lives have meaning, and if you're worried she's mad about what you said, maybe just apologize.
I'm not going to apologize for something I'm not sorry for. And I'm not worried about her being mad.
[ she's worried, of course, that daisy will discard her. even her own parents had. it is not so hard to imagine, especially when she does not know what jyn is to daisy. how she has won a place in daisy's home so quickly when rey never had. ]
well, yeah our names are both on the lease. we broke into the apartment during the dreams, it was a whole thing. it's not like i'm sleeping with her.
[ is that what this is about?? ]
rey, i'm not going to not be your friend just because you pissed off my roommate. i think you should apologize so that it's not awkward, but i don't think it's really that big of a deal either. she literally hasn't said a word to me about it.
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[ she thinks of everything she did as quake, all the wrongs she'd tried to right, all the good she'd tried to do in the world. she hadn't thought recognition mattered — but had someone tried to tell her that it was the avengers who came in to fix the world, daisy might have bristled too. ]
if someone tried to thank morningstar for the kids we saved, i'd be pretty annoyed too.
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Morningstar gives them more hope than we can.
[ And so too do the Jedi, to the galaxy. The rebellion is important. The rebellion does the heavy lifting. But hope is important too. Heroes are symbols. Easy to point to, easy to tell stories about. ]
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[ maybe that's the problem. because, for daisy, she wants people to feel like they're capable of being the solution. having hope in someone else, hoping that those people will choose to come and save them, just won't get the job done. they have to believe they can save themselves. ]
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I grew up hearing stories about the rebellion and the Jedi and the Empire. It was already gone when I was born, you know? And Jyn's just starting the fight. It's history.
And the history, the stories, are all about the heroes.
I can't help her feel like a hero because I don't know her. All I know is the fragments that got to me. Honestly, I spent a lot of my childhood thinking plenty of it was just folk stories. Legends. None of it feels real out in the rim, where Jakku is.
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then i got superpowers and started getting flashy, and suddenly people knew all about that version of me. they didn't care that i was reckless or dangerous, all they cared about was the story.
i don't know what jyn did or whether or not she's a hero, but maybe there's more to it than just legends and myths. there were real people in that rebellion, and now you get to meet one of them.
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wanting credit for what you risk your life doing isn't a bad thing.
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And I'm not sorry for thinking the cause and its success is more important than who gets credit for it.
[ These are lines she won't waver on. Rey had been full willing to commit herself as a nameless nobody who gave up everything in her own life and crossed the galaxy just to find the real heroes and put them back in the fight. She didn't need people to know her name. What was her name worth? There are things more important than legacies.
It's fine if Daisy disagrees with that. Even if it stings. ]
I was only letting you know.
[ Not inviting moral judgment on her own stance. ]
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but people like to feel like their lives have meaning, and if you're worried she's mad about what you said, maybe just apologize.
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And I'm not worried about her being mad.
[ she's worried, of course, that daisy will discard her. even her own parents had. it is not so hard to imagine, especially when she does not know what jyn is to daisy. how she has won a place in daisy's home so quickly when rey never had. ]
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our names are both on the lease. we broke into the apartment during the dreams, it was a whole thing. it's not like i'm sleeping with her.
[ is that what this is about?? ]
rey, i'm not going to not be your friend just because you pissed off my roommate. i think you should apologize so that it's not awkward, but i don't think it's really that big of a deal either. she literally hasn't said a word to me about it.
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[ this is more honest than the first draft of her reply, which was like 'i didn't say!!!! i was afraid of you leaving!!!' ]
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just consider it, okay?
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