ok so i just saw tfa again and there were two girls sitting in front of me who couldn’t have been more than five or six and they were VERY curious about the movie and asked their dad a LOT of questions about what was going on… like this constant peppering of little voices going “who is he?” and “why is she doing that?” which i normally would have been annoyed by but it was very cute
ANYWAY during rey’s introduction, she’s wearing a mask, right? and i hear the little girl go, “who’s he?” and the dad goes, “SHE is rey.” and this, i’m gonna cry, this little girl gasps with delight and whispers, “that’s a GIRL?” and the dad goes, “uh huh” and all of a sudden this little girl is like bouncing up and down in her seat asking question after question – “what’s she doing? what’s a scavenger? what’s she scavenging for? why is she doing that?” and then finally rey takes off her mask and the little girl gasps again amd goes, “that IS a girl!” and like every single time rey was onscreen from that point on this girl was just absolutely riveted… i just watched a little girl discover her first hero i’m literally bawling
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