DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series)

Guest Starring John Noble (2018)

Maisie Richardson-Sellers: Amaya Jiwe

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Quotes 

• Nate Heywood : Really Wally? You're gonna do this?

  Wally West : It's not like that, Nate.

  Amaya Jiwe : I know why you're here.

  Amaya Jiwe : No, no, you really don't.

  Wally West : Short version: Nora's on the ship, tripping on Mallus juice. Damien Darhk gave us the Water Totem after they saved Barack Obama. And, uh, we are here to help you create the anachronisms so we can release Mallus, and then we can kill him.

  Ray Palmer : Oh, and I met John Noble.

• Amaya Jiwe : This is me.

  Nate Heywood : Of course. You really don't remember, do you?

  Amaya Jiwe : How is this possible?

  Nate Heywood : We were part of a bitchin' team that traveled through time together; I mean, the 1942 you.

  Amaya Jiwe : Why are you here, time traveler?

  Nate Heywood : To keep my promise to you, by making sure your daughter Esi gets the Spirit totem tonight.

  Amaya Jiwe : She didn't even show up to her own ceremony. Her head is always somewhere else. She doesn't know what she wants.

  Nate Heywood : Yeah, you had a hard time figuring that out, too, when you were her age. But, look, if Esi believed you were truly in her corner, she wouldn't doubt herself. She would accept the totem and be unstoppable, just like you.

• Amaya Jiwe : [finding Nate and Wally in Zambesi]  What are you doing here?

  Nate Heywood : What are you doing here?

  Amaya Jiwe : Preventing the genocide of my people tomorrow.

  Wally West : We know. We're here to stop you.

  [seeing her look] 

  Wally West : Peacefully.

• Nate Heywood : Look, Amaya, I know you're upset about what happened to Kuasa, and all I can say is I am... I'm truly sorry.

  Amaya Jiwe : I don't blame you for my granddaughter's death, Nathaniel. I blame the warlords who draw closer by the minute. And I intend to stop them, so stay out of my way.

• Amaya Jiwe : For thousands of years, the Anansi totem has been in my family. And tonight, it is my great joy to pass this totem down to my own daughter.

  [applause] 

  Amaya Jiwe : Make way for the new protector of Zambesi, Esi.

  [Kuasa enters instead] 

  Amaya Jiwe : Kuasa, where is Esi, child?

  Young Kuasa : I'm sorry, Nana Baa, but mother isn't coming.

  Amaya Jiwe : My daughter has chosen to reject her destiny and her duty. I am sorry. We have come here for nothing.

• Nate Heywood : What just happened?

  Amaya Jiwe : My daughter rejected the totem.

  Wally West : You sound more excited than I thought you'd be.

  Amaya Jiwe : Esi never bonded with the totem. This is why the warlords were able to destroy my village.

  Nate Heywood : You think you can convince Esi to be a totem bearer.

  Amaya Jiwe : She'll protect the village tomorrow. She'll protect Kuasa. Everything will change.

  Wally West : That's the problem. I saw what happened with Barry Allen when he went back and stopped his mother's murder, a little thing called Flashpoint. We can't change history. I'm sorry. Tell her, Nate.

  [seeing Nate is reluctant] 

  Wally West : Nate?

  Nate Heywood : I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but screw history for once.

• Nate Heywood : Okay, so you go talk to your daughter, and I'll go talk to you. The older you.

  Amaya Jiwe : Hmm. You always had a way with her.

  Nate Heywood : [to Wally]  Come on.

  Wally West : Wait, we doing what?

• Esi Jiwe : For as long as I can remember, the Anansi totem has been my destiny. But now, I'm not sure I want it. You wouldn't understand.

  Amaya Jiwe : Try me.

  Esi Jiwe : My mother is the great Amaya Jiwe. She's protected our village her entire life. She never doubted, never wavered.

  Amaya Jiwe : That's not true. Every totem bearer starts their journey with doubt. Even your mother.

  Esi Jiwe : I will never live up to her legacy.

  Amaya Jiwe : You have her strength, and the strength of all others who've come before her. But there is danger coming, and your people need to stand up for them.

• Nate Heywood : [getting caught trying to steal Amaya's totem]  Ow! Oh, Amaya, wait. It's me. You know, I didn't think this would do it for me, but it actually kind of does.

  Amaya Jiwe : Who are you?

  Nate Heywood : Oh. It's me, Nate.

  Amaya Jiwe : Who?

  Nate Heywood : Nate. I know it's been a while, but we used to travel through time together. You know, do other things...

  Amaya Jiwe : If this is some kind of joke...

  Nate Heywood : It's not a joke. I have pictures of us on my phone.

• Amaya Jiwe : Esi's embraced her destiny. Tomorrow when the maraduers come, she'll be ready.

  Nate Heywood : And if she's not, we'll be right there to fight alongside her.

  Amaya Jiwe : You don't have to stay, Nathaniel. I know that what I did was selfish.

  Nate Heywood : You couldn't be selfish if you tried. Now, you see that boomin' granny over there? She doesn't remember me, or the Legends. You know why that is?

  Amaya Jiwe : I must have erased my memory.

  Nate Heywood : And why would you do that?

  Amaya Jiwe : Because if I chose to come back here, after everything we've been through, then erasing you would be the only way that I could be the protector my people deserve. Otherwise, I'd always be split in two. And part of me would be in love with you.

• Amaya Jiwe : So you're working with Damien Darhk?

  Sara Lance : Please don't rub it in.

  Amaya Jiwe : And you're letting him wield the Death totem.

  Damien Darhk : In order to do justice for someone I love. Sure you can understand that.

  Amaya Jiwe : Thankfully, that is our only similarity.

• Ray Palmer : Actually, water is really powerful. It-it's crucial to life on Earth. And did you know that we are made up of 60% water? If...

  Amaya Jiwe : All right, I think we get it. Take a totem.

  Ray Palmer : Oh, I-I wasnt making a pitch for one.

  Sara Lance : Just take the totem!

• Amaya Jiwe : This place has been sacred to my people since the dawn of time. The totems will be strongest here.

  Nate Heywood : Well, they'd better be, 'cause mine's not turning on.

• Amaya Jiwe : [Nate saves her older self and Esi from Grodd]  Nathaniel. I-I didn't take you for a totem bearer.

  Nate Heywood : That makes two of us.