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Whenever people call the existence of female characters "woke" I just remember when I was a kid and I goddamn wished there were more female characters. Jedi, transformers, any 'boy' property I liked I wished there were more girls. I promise you, little girls don't see Rey and think "oh wow look at the feminist girlboss propaganda what a mary sue", little girls look at Rey and go "holy shit she's so cool"

#also I thought the star wars prequels fucking *ruled* as a kid which is why I will go to bat for them despite their flaws #i hate to admit but jar jar binks was one of my favorites and as an 8 year old I wished he had more screen time in AotC and RotS #and like. I for sure won't vouch for the quality of the sequel trilogy I think they suck ass #but I think Rey's 'mary sue' status isn't *close* to as big a structural problem as people say #maybe I'm biased though because she has a similar backstory to my own mary sue star wars OC as a kid #so I know I would have absolutely *loved* her

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