more rambles about the “you chose me” lines bc they’ve taken over my brain
okay so i imagine morty’s “you did choose me” is probably, in morty’s head, referencing rick literally choosing to stake out the prime dimension and then just keeping morty with him beyond that, but when rick says “yeah” he’s probably thinking about him recently choosing morty to emotionally invest in and commit to which we saw him do at the end of fear no mort when he didn’t jump in the hole.
OR MAYBE if we assume morty’s fear of rick not choosing him is gone. then he wouldn’t be nervous about whatever rick would say in response to a straight statement “im your family and you chose me.” just like he wasn’t concerned over rick not answering his “am i irreplaceable” question. if rick had been more dismissive or mean, morty would’ve just been like “okay. whatever.”
because the fear hole said his fear was “relying on rick” so maybe morty’s new thought process is just well i don’t want him to leave but him leaving is no longer something im scared of. even if he does leave, ill be okay. and that’s also let him be more active and confident during adventures.