The Fans Have Spoken, Last Jedi Drops A Massive 68%

[Soundwave]

KLAMarine said:

Simpleton said:
Harry Potter is just as much as a mary sue as Rey. Every character who isn't a villain loves him, everytime he's in danger he wins or escapes, and seems to always pull off the impossible without training. Last time I checked Harry Potter being a mary stu never became a meme. The only argument you can possibly make for him not being one is his rough upbringing... and what could you guess Rey was dumped off on some junky planet with no parents and a horrible lifestyle.

I'm not a hypocrite, I like Harry Potter. I also like TFA and TLJ. Rey isn't a perfectly written character but I can't believe how big of a deal people are suddenly making of this trope that's been in sci-fi and fantasy for a long time as if it's some new thing that's promoting SJW propaganda.

No. Rey was a good fighter both with a staff and a lightsaber, a good mechanic and seemed to know the MF better than Han himself (for f***'s sake), a good pilot, a good shot, a good droid interpreter, and a good force user. All in the first film.

 

Harry was a good broom rider and quidditch player, sort of... He caught the snitch or rather, it landed in his mouth so it was more accidental than a deed of skill. Hermione was more book-smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6oMfkHviqE

Also, Snape hated him.

All that stuff is text book golden child/chosen one archetype stuff, lol. 

Right down to the tee. "Lucky things" just seem to happen to them, and they are resented by others who are basically jealous of them being so great, they are good at most everything. 

My personal theory on Rey is that she is chosen by Anakin to inherit his power as the Chosen One if there absolutely needs to be a spelt out explanation. That would bring a lot of things full circle and it fits within Buddhist/Eastern philosophies that Star Wars very obviously "borrows" from. 

The only lesson these characters typically learn is that they should never doubt themselves because they're always right. It's basically the only thing Neo learns in the Matrix. He is the Compu-Jesus and he was wrong to even doubt that himself, let alone other characters like Cipher and Agent Smith who doubt him, those two are really wrong lol. That's the moral of the story, the only "wrong" thing Neo does in the movie is ever doubt himself, and even then everything works out great for him, lol. His plan to save Morphues, the entire execution of it, is 100% correct, even though no one agrees with him. His choice to stare down Agent Smith and fight him is 100% even though he is specifically told NOT to do this. And when he should die by the "rules" of that Matrix, he basically doesn't, lol, cuz Neo. And love. But mostly Neo. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 02 January 2018