I Think We Need To Start Talking About This Again, Personally

I think we need to start talking about this again, personally

Why the Elevator Scene at the end of Rogue One hits so damn hard

From the very beginning, Jyn and Cassian's dynamic in the film is centered around messages about trust. Every conflict between them, every loss and victory in their relationship, is about trust - breaking it, building it, proving it, giving it. That is made clear from the start. Throughout the movie they are constantly breaking and fighting for that trust. And in the end, trust is exactly what it comes down to on Scarif and in that elevator - they are doing the absolute hardest thing for both of them: trusting one another not just with their lives, but with understanding of their true selves. Think about it: This is Kestrel and Fulcrum. The fugitive and the spy. The one who has been betrayed her whole life and the one who must constantly betray others. Everything says that trusting one another should have been impossible. But it wasn’t.

In that elevator they found the gentleness within themselves to look beyond the individual they project to others, and see one another’s humanity. To love* and respect one another for who they are right there and then, and to be brave enough to stand in silent but open recognition of that the ENTIRE elevator ride down. They find comfort there in each other. In what had, at some point between landing on Scarif and dying there, become a short but beautiful friendship. In barely a five second clip of a scene, decades-old walls within them come crashing down, and they revel in the destruction. There is no trace of mistrust. They are simply there with one another: Lucid. Eyes wide open. Inches apart. Nothing between them anymore but their complete presence and understanding and friendship, against all odds. That is vulnerability. That is trust.

And THAT is what the elevator scene, and the beach scene shortly afterward, is all about for me.

*a note: I wouldn’t say I ship rebelcaptain. At least not in the traditional sense. There wasn’t enough time for them, and that breaks my heart. But with this foundation of trust, of understanding, of respect found at their worst and lowest points? That could prove a solid foundation for a lifelong friendship, and perhaps, one day, what I think could become a really beautiful romantic partnership. Was the elevator scene a visceral, beautiful, soul-to-soul connection? Absolutely. But not in the romantic sense. Not yet.

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Sorry for the long post, also sorry i clearly lost steam on this at the end!!! but i finally took some time off work so i got to draw melshian

She gets into a fight like 2 seconds later