halcyonhowl replied to your post “The funny thing is, what is quite possibly my favorite Lup quote, the...”
Also @sadistickitten, who asked as well
Also also @everqueen12 because Kat I am literally typing this as you asked dammit.
Okay, so also from the robot scene in Cycle 17, but I think it gets overshadowed by its placement in the middle of one of Lup’s speeches and by some of the other lines in the scene:
“This is the point where we get to decide who we are.”
Because, yes. That’s it. Life is active, doing the right thing is active, you have to decide to do it and then you’ve got to do it. This quote resonates with me in much the same way that “choose joy” does.
But I will say, as much as that was the point where they got to decide who they were and were going to be, it was also one of many points where they decided who they were: Magnus saving the cubs, Merle staying and praying in his church, Magnus trying to keep the soccer kids safe, Taako trying to get his students to hide, Magnus taking Fisher with them, Merle dying over and over again while befriending that sanctimonious bastard, Taako unquestioningly giving Lup her best day and supporting her despite his own fear...
Life is a constant series of points of deciding who you are going to be in that day or even in that moment. We as humans are generally not bound by a single decision; we are a constellation of who we were, are, and decide to be.
And it’s not easy. Of course it’s not easy. And I know full well that with time and circumstance, it can be near impossible. I don’t have an answer to that and can’t speak to the lived experiences of others.
But, for me, personally, I want to keep going, keep fighting, keep trying, keep getting back up, keep doing good recklessly when I can help, keep choosing joy when I find it the most difficult, keep not going fucking anywhere when I need to stand firm, keep deciding just who I am and who I’m going to be.
But a reminder always helps.