the spark that lights the fire

one of my biggest takeaways from rogue one is that I loved how surly and selfish and initially unlikeable jyn erso was. and I bet if she was a dude, 95% of the fandom would agree with me.

#I mean you know there’d be 5 million posts about how she’s gruff and emotionally walled off#but ‘soft’ deep down lmao#and how she calls everyone ‘my friends’ after saw’s rebels attack them#and says they need to be protected bc saw knows her#even though she’s only known them for like 5 minutes#she leaps in front of k2s0 to protect him from baze as well#and latches onto cassian immediately when he decides to trust her with his blaster#bc just like him she desperately wants to connect with someone and to have someone invest in her that way#is an entirely foreign feeling#but one she desperately needs to feel#although tbh I liked her from the beginning#I like characters that are complicated and have layers#and guess who else was selfish initially#han solo - and we’re never even told why#with jyn we know exactly why#even luke’s entire storyline is focused on protecting those around him rather than fighting for a general cause#he was pretty pissed when he found out he was being trained to kill his father too ( @priscillajeanohare )

#it seems weird to me #that ur all in love w han who was selfish and only decided to fight for himself #i mean with jyn we can see her horror and reasoning since she was a little girl #but ppl are like um yeah dont care #shes got so much more backstory than most of the fem characters we get in sw   #she was complicated as hell #unlikeable at times yeah #developed a hell of a lot #she ended up dYING for the rebellion y'all #she was finally on par with the dude characters we love no matter what #and ppl are bitching lol ok (via @stripperanakin)

Leia is becoming more and more of a role model as years go by.