#inb4 we find a kid with yellow theming for Gavin to become a mentor to

[surpriseroundtellyourfriends]

(ValorPUNK E44: You Can Never Go Home spoilers)

MICHELLE'S MENTOR

So, fun fact: I was trying not to spam my reacts in chat this time, because I was feeling self-conscious about how much I talk. I got through almost the entire beach scene without expressing any of the many, MANY emotions I was feeling.

The thing that made me break my vow of silence, open discord, and run over to my group DMs was hearing the name "Jayce Rogers."

To which I simply responded,

"NO FUCK WHAT?!?!?!?!??!??!"

I'm still in shock, gang.

Michelle Kim was a hot-tempered kid who went to Valor Academy, had the Protégé playbook, and Jayce Fucking Rogers was her mentor. They fought a lot. She was reckless with her powers until the accident with Gavin's parents, at which point the trauma made her 180 in personality and become the control freak (hah) that she remained until her death.

It seems like Jayce didn't even keep in touch with her. Gavin says he'll have to tell him what happened.

I... don't know how to properly express my emotions, so I'm just kind of. Restating the facts. What else can I do?

Jayce Rogers grew up, graduated Valor Academy, and moved in with (and probably married) Ethan Valez. He became the sort of Doctor Strange side-character who occasionally saved the world from threats singlehandedly and never mentioned them again. And at some point in all of that, he became a mentor to a hot-tempered girl named Michelle Kim— a girl who, without his presence, would undoubtedly also have the Nova playbook.

They fought. A lot. Jayce probably complained about her to Ethan all the time. Did Suheyla know? Does Suheyla know, right now, that someone's going to have to tell Jayce?

You don't become a mentor without reason. Even if all Jayce wanted to do was help her control her powers, he stepped up to the plate and did that, despite all his dislike of kids. There's an entire story we never saw there.

Green, Purple, Blue.

My heart hurts.