>>125816132Morty WAS growing more independent and going on adventures of his own, but he still loves Rick and just wanted to be treated like an equal after having proven his competence countless times already. He wanted to be Rick's partner, not his sidekick. Morty was the one who was looking out for Rick in the Gotron episode and opted the family band together and save his ass. The finale makes sense.
>>125819021Also this. The forgiving part at least. I'm not sure our actual Morty is all that special in the end if he's just some random one whose life Rick drunkenly butt himself into. I guess his only significance is that he's the Morty that Rick happened to grow attached to.
