M'yrnn J'onzz quotes from Supergirl

M'yrnn

[worn out from singing Karaoke] Karao-ke is not for the weak. It requires either great courage or a complete lack of shame. But I like it.

Winn

Hey. Hi, Mister J. You, uh, looking for something?

M'yrnn J'onzz

I would like to find the baraak.

Winn

Ooo. Ooo, you know I've been brushing up on my Martian. Baraak... "library". [sees by M'yrnn's look he's wrong] No,... "bathroom".

M'yrnn

To relieve myself.

Winn

You-you don't know where it is? You... haven't you been here for, like.... three weeks?

M'yrnn

And four days. Precisely.

Winn

.... Yeah, it's down the hall, uh, around the corner, third door to your left. [looks around] We really... really should put up signs.

M'yrnn

May I go?

Winn

.... Yeah.

M'yrnn

Thank you !! [turns and hurries off]

M'yrnn

This, uh, brown water is a popular beverage on Earth?

J'onn

In the mornings, mostly.

M'yrnn

[takes a sip] Mmm. Yes. I understand the appeal of k'off eee.

J'onn

It's pronounced "coffee". It's only a short walk from the D.E.O. You can come down here any time. [checks his phone]

M'yrnn

[indicating two men playing chess] What is that? A duel of intellect?

J'onn

That is chess. Ancient game of strategy with infinite outcomes.

M'yrnn

Aah. Much like Ok ra'tok. We should play Ok ra'tok sometime.

J'onn

Don't really have a lot of time for games. You should come down here. Learn chess. [looks at his smart watch]

M'yrnn

If you wish to return to the D.E.O., let us go.

J'onn

Oh no, Father, no, it's okay. It's okay. We can stay out. You've been a prisoner for 300 years. You shouldn't feel like a prisoner here.

M'yrnn

I know I am not a prisoner of the D.E.O., my son. You are. You've glanced at your smart devices forty-three times since we arrived. Your body is here, but your mind is trapped in your work. You live there. Your only friends are there. You have nothing outside of it.

J'onn

You've been here three weeks, I've been here 300 years. I think I know a little more about how to engage with this world than you do.

M'yrnn

[nods] Thank you for showing me the way here. I will return if I require more brown water.

J'onn

Father-

M'yrnn

You have completed your mission, and now I would like to return to my room. [walks off, leaving J'onn standing in the park]

M'yrnn

What are these empty rooms for?

J'onn

It's... not much, but um... it's an apartment, to live in. I never thought I'd see you again, Father. Not after the invasion. I'd gotten so used to living here on Earth on my own. Work has always made me feel productive, useful. But you're so right. I have isolated myself in my work. When I was a child, you taught me to always see the beauty in life. I've lost sight of that over the years.

M'yrnn

Nothing is ever lost for good. It may not be Mars, but there is much beauty to be found on this planet.

J'onn

There is.

M'yrnn

I am here for you now, son.

J'onn

I know. That's why we're here.

M'yrnn

At this apartment?

J'onn

I thought it might be a better fit than the D.E.O., for both of us.

M'yrnn

You shall move here, too?

J'onn

We could make this our... home. If you like.

M'yrnn

I would like that, very much.

M'yrnn

J'onn, I do not know why you introduced me to koff-ee first. This brown water is vastly superior.

J'onn

Yeah, I don't take advantage of hot cocoa enough.

M'yrnn

I enjoy "Krist-mas". [regards a Christmas tree] What a wonderful way to close your year. Paying homage to an evergreen creature. It so reminds me of Life Day.

Winn

Excuse me. Hi. Life Day? As in the Star Wars Holiday Special? It was on CBS? Princess Leia, like, sang a song... you have no idea what I'm talking about. [realizing] Oh my god, you don't... know what Star Wars is. [to J'onn] You probably don't know what Star Wars is.

J'onn

Excuse me? The Empire Strikes Back is the best movie sequel of all time!

Winn

Ah, man, I just love you more and more each day.

M'yrnn

What's a "sequel"?

Alex

You've chosen to live as a black man in America. Which is a harder existence, in and of itself. Why?

J'onn

You know, I was... I was forced to become Hank Henshaw out of desperation, but now I, I choose this face. I like it. And I wouldn't want to live in a world where I need to change the color of my skin to feel safe, to feel seen, to feel like... I'm not a target. I'd rather change the world.

M'yrnn

And whatever my son's fight may be, I choose it as well.

Alex

And I have your backs.

M'yrnn

Now come. Play a match with me. I never tire of beating you.

J'onn

I gotta get back to work. Why don't you bring the game to the D.E.O.? We can play later.

M'yrnn

As soon as I finish my game against Zook (J'onn's childhood imaginary friend).... [looks around, confused] He was right here. Where is he?

J'onn

[concerned] Dad?

M'yrnn

[winks at J'onn, who becomes visibly relieved.] A joke.

J'onn

Not funny, Dad.

M'yrnn

Only because you did not see your face.

M'yrnn

I discovered the most incredible thing today. Did you know if you grind the k'off eee beans with the cocoa beans, you get the most delectable mixture. It makes the flavor sensors of my mouth... smile.

J'onn

[laughing, happy] It's called a mocha, Father.

M'yrnn

Mooh-ka. Hm. I would have thought... "choco k'off eee".

J'onn

"Choco k'off eee". You know, that does kind of have a ring to it.

M'yrnn

We do not have cork trees on Mars.

Ruby

Mars? Wait, you're from Mars?

M'yrnn

Of course.

Ruby

Really? Wait, what's it like there?

M'yrnn

It was, once, a place of great nobility. People lived simply, yet with joy. I long for that place.

Ruby

What happened?

M'yrnn

War. My family was killed. A very long time ago.

Ruby

How did you recover? I mean, after that happened.

M'yrnn

Faith. I believed, if my heart remained pure, H'ronmeer would provide for me. It was difficult, but I was strong. Like you.

Ruby

H'ronmeer's, like, the God on Mars? [M'yrnn chuckles] Did he come through?

M'yrnn

He brought me back my son.

M'yrnn

I came because I wished to see you again, Alex. To say goodbye.

J'onn

[restrained] It's, uh... It's time.

M'yrnn

You have brought me much joy in my time on your Earth, Alex. You and your friends have shown me strange and wonderful things. You know, you have a rare gift for intuiting the feelings of others. You would have made an excellent Green Martian. [Both J'onn and Alex become emotional.] Most of all, you have given me the great gift of witnessing your love for my son. Home is not a place. It is living among those who love and honor you. I can depart this world with peace, because I know my son is home.

Alex

[choking up] It has been a great honor getting to spend time with you, M'yrnn. And now I know where J'onn... gets his dignity... and his enormous heart. [hugs M'yrnn]

M'yrnn

How does it feel, my son, to now know all of the five hundred million moves on the Ok'ra'tohk board?

J'onn

Enlightened, Father.

M'yrnn

Just don't share them with your imaginary friend Zook.

M'yrnn

These are happy memories. They should make you happy.

J'onn

And they do, Father. But they also remind me how much I'm going to miss you. Every memory that passes between us brings us closer to that eventuality.

M'yrnn

By the end of this, you will not feel loss, J'onn. You will feel complete, I promise.

M'yrnn

I'm sorry I couldn't give you the rest.

J'onn

Don't apologize. Don't.

M'yrnn

I had a good life.

J'onn

[emotional] I'm not ready.

M'yrnn

You are. You looked into the flames, and you had no fear.

J'onn

That's because you were with me.

M'yrnn

That will never change, J'onn. Never. Live as H'ronmeer taught, among the people. Promote peace. And... be happy... my son.

J'onn

So what's the answer?

M'yrnn

H'ronmeer save me. This again?

J'onn

I need guidance. Why won't you save me?

M'yrnn

Why should I? I'm not the one who failed as the one task I have. Or was it another Green Martian who erased the mind of the DEO colonel, who reached into Manchester Black's brain to inflict pain upon him, and opened a channel for him to access your mind so he could defile my grave site and steal the Staff of K'hollar, which he could've used to destroy planet Earth?

J'onn

Everything I did, I did in the name of peace.

M'yrnn

You killed him.

J'onn

He was a killer.

M'yrnn

Then so are you.

J'onn

Well, what would you have me do? Sit around and pray all day while the world around me burns like you did on Mars?

M'yrnn

At least I didn't run.

J'onn

I have been trying to make up for that. By protecting this planet.

M'yrnn

Trying and failing.

J'onn

If I'm such a failure, why did you trust me with the Symbols?

M'yrnn

Because you said you could handle it. You insisted...

J'onn

I shouldn't have! I tried to you, Father, but I can't! And you should never have asked me. I'm not a man of peace! And if that means I have to give up the Symbols, and Martian religion has to die, then so be it. At least I will know who I am!

M'yrnn

And who are you?

J'onn

I'M THE MARTIAN MANHUNTER!

J'onn

You tricked me into getting angry.

M'yrnn

You were angry already. Just pushing it down. And you were right to be angry with me, J'onn. I wasn't clear. I said I wished for your to promote peace, but I never intended for you to become me. I meant only that your should help the world in whatever state is true to you. When I found you again, I was so proud of the Martian you had become. I never meant to make you feel you had to change, J'onn. I'm sorry. I failed to impart my unconditional love for you.

J'onn

I'm so sorry I couldn't be the keeper of the Sacred Symbols, Father.

M'yrnn

Hmm. You were able to keep the Symbols alive a little longer. That brought comfort to an old Martian. The important thing is, you know who you are.

J'onn

Maybe there's another way. H'ronmeer gave us the Symbols in the heart of the desert of T'ozz. I could return them there.

M'yrnn

A hard journey. And if you succeed, they will lie dormant until someone worthy comes to claim them.

J'onn

Maybe somebody will.

M'yrnn

Hmm.

J'onn

Thank you, Father, for all your help.

M'yrnn

You know, J'onn, I'm just an extension of your memory of me. Any answers you found, they came from inside you.

J'onn

Yeah, I know. But it was still really good to see you.

M'yrnn

It was good to see you, too... Martian Manhunter.

J'onn

Father, you did the best you could for Mal. It's not your fault.

M'yrnn

He was my boy, my child. He could not control his illness. The test was mine and I failed. I do not deserve to live. And how can I continue to counsel our people, when I myself am nothing?

J'onn

Father, our people need you. I need you.

M'yrnn

Then I have failed everyone.

J'onn

H'ronmeer, forgive me. [wipes his and M'yrnn's minds from the memory of Malefic]