I’m Korean, and I saw TLJ with my little siblings over winter break. Star Wars is usually my and my little brother’s thing, but my sister, who was eight when TLJ came out, LOVED the movie. She was raving about Rose and Finn for the entire ride home, and the next day she got up way earlier than she usually does on weekends so she could go to Target with our mom. They came back hours later than a normal trip usually takes, because it turns out the Target close to our house didn’t have the Rose

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and Finn dolls she wanted, and they drove 2 hours to another one to get them. Then she played with them all weekend: I had to almost literally pull her out of her room and downstairs for meals. Rose saved Finn from Kylo Ren, Rose and Finn got married, Rose and Finn got lost in a jungle and they fought off tigers. When she went for a haircut a few months later, mom texted me and said she’d almost started crying at the hairdresser because she wanted bangs. So anyone who says Rose is irrelevant, or

that Rose should get pushed aside in IX for the “more important” characters, can eat me. This character ignited my little sister’s creativity and confidence and her eyes still light up whenever we rewatch Rose’s scenes in TLJ. She doesn’t feel insecure about her chubby cheeks anymore. She feels like someone like her can be a hero, a freedom fighter, and be in love with a handsome guy. (And she totally thinks Rose and Finn are going to get married in IX.) Fuck them for trying to undermine that.

I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING

I just wish Kelly could read this, anon. It’s beautiful.