#basic rick

As bad as I feel for Uli, nothing could possibly be more validating of your decision to leave your husband than his estranged family turning up and them all immediately killing each other.

What do you think would’ve happened if Mort had successfully run away and if he had found the Rick of his dimension? I don’t think that was actually his plan because his diary mentions ‘Z’, but it would be interesting to see. Good/basic/MIT/sober Rick immediately accepts Morty, but a lot of that is probably because Morty confirms his old theories were true. If Mort had shown up, with no knowledge of any of that, would Rick have accepted him? Would he have tried to let the family know? Would he have agreed not to tell the family but not taken Mort in? Would he still have taken Mort in but eventually their relationship would’ve still gone the same way (with Mort stumbling across/asking about his old stuff)?

Morty you didn’t ruin good/basic/MIT Rick’s life! He did that himself! He chose to treat Uli like shit/neglect her and not apologise or take steps to make it right, he chose to start drinking again.

It’s so sad that good/basic/MIT Rick’s main desire was to help get Morty back to his family considering that he lost his; Diane was omegaed, Beth cut him off before around the time Summer was born (he might not have ever got to meet her), and he never got to meet (or likely even know about) Morty. Of course, we know he was interested in that stuff himself and knowing that it was possible likely reignited that desire, but his main goal was just to help heal a family after he destroyed his own.