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It might just be me seeing things where there are none because I want to, but...I came out of TROS with the distinct feeling that groundwork was laid to bring Ben Solo back. Now, whether it ever actually happens on film is one thing, but fanfic writers should be able to have a field day with all the hints that were sprinkled throughout the movie.

From the constant discussions of Force-healing and life force transference to Leia’s decision not to train any longer because of forseeing her son’s death and, of course, the whole thing with her death...I just feel like we were left a breadcrumb trail of possibility. That feeling grew exponentially harder to ignore when Ben very conspicuously WASN’T shown as a force ghost at the end.

Again, could well be just me. But my instincts with JJ Abrams’ particular brand of storytelling have proven pretty spot on over the years, so who knows?

In the meantime, bring on the fanfic! I wanna see what the Reylo writers can do with the rest of the story. Not to fix it, because I appear to be one of the few who doesn’t feel like there’s anything that needs fixing. But to continue it.

Because no story really ends. Not so long as there are fans out there with the creativity and passion to keep it alive.

#reylo #tros spoilers #tros speculation

I literally cannot express enough how much I LOVED the scene with Ben & his memory of Han. To watch Ben play out the scene from Starkiller the way he wished it had gone was just heartwrenchingly beautiful. You could almost feel the weight lift from his shoulders the second that lightsaber left his hand.

We got to witness the re-birth of Ben Solo, right then and there. It wasn’t grand and it wasn’t over the top...but it felt so much more REAL because of it. He made the choice that he knew he should have made all that time ago. It wasn’t a split second, heat of the moment decision born of battle and necessity. It was quiet and it was considered and it felt so much more important because of that.

#reylo #tros spoilers #i loved the movie #too much negativity

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I finally finished this Reylo fanart.

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I AM CRYING

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Like.

You know, antis.

Instead of continuing to shit-talk a franchise you clearly hate and sending death threats to a director you don’t agree with and continually verbally abusing and gaslighting shippers…

You could just.

You know.

Leave.

You could leave, and stop living in hatred and making yourselves more and more miserable by engaging with something you emphatically hate, and find something you like instead.

Just a thought.

Because this isn’t gonna get any better for you. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Sorry for the quality, headphones recommended! This is an excerpt from The Last Jedi novelization audiobook, the part in which Rey, after leaving Kylo following their fight with the guards, muses over how she’ll wait for him to turn. Notice anything? YAS BITCh, that’s Across the Stars (Anakin and Padme’s love theme) literally playing in the background!! It’s all there I shit you not, prime reylo content

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Surprising connection to Kylo Ren causes Rey to doubt Luke and his vision for the Jedi

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“Perhaps that was the very meaning of hope. It seemed false until it happened. And if she wanted to save Ben, she would need to stop Kylo Ren.”

R.I.P. Me, y’all better engrave this on my tombstone.

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And then his eyes softened.

And then this Reylo reader spontaneously fucking combusted.

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The Badass Reylo team

↪️ Throne Room Scene

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Leia: You can’t just get in an x-wing and blow everything up Poe!

Poe:

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The Little Boy With the Big Eyes and the Soft Black Hair

I stayed up until 3am last night reading the TLJ novelization and the lack of sleep and all the feels have left me crazy emotional. And I don’t know how to process all of this. Especially all the young Ben Solo stuff.

Why are they doing this to us? At this point, it seems DELIBERATE.

Out of ALL the passages in the First Shot novel (which is about Han and Lando, not Han and Leia), which passage do they chose as a sneak peek on the Star Wars website? Baby Ben.

And not just any mundane, non-relevant passage, but a passage about his restlessness and Han’s sincere desire to comfort the boy, whom he obviously adored, and how Han knew Ben was an old soul by the way he looked at him with those big, yet ancient eyes.

And then the Unca Wanwo thing…

And then the TLJ novel comes out and they bombard us with MORE baby Ben flashbacks and how Leia loved him from the moment she felt his heart beat inside of her (as a mother this actually made me weep when I read it) and how he PROMISED he was going to be just like his daddy when he grew up and how after the darkness started to take him in adolecence, he felt so afraid and alone…

*sigh*

So here’s what they’ve done to me.

They have made me fall deeply in love with a character from the time before he was even born, then made me watch from afar as he grew - giving me details about his little hands and his little feet and his big pretty, soulful eyes and his soft black hair and the sweet way he talked, and how he cried, but was soothed when his daddy held him.

Then made me watch helpless as they insinuated the horror of the manipulation by his abuser when he still so innocent and young, and in turn, was sent away by the two people he actually needed the most.

Then made me watch as his own uncle, his teacher and mentor, contemplated ending his life, and showed me the shock and confusion and sudden realization of betrayal in those same big brown eyes.

Then made me watch as he turned fully to the dark side, desperately trying to find a sense of belonging or some meaning to his life - desperately trying to make someone — ANYONE pleased or proud of him.

Then made me watch as he found a connection with someone. Finally. FINALLY! Someone who might be able to stop the ache of loneliness and abandonment and betrayal that he has suffered for so long.

Then made we watch as she had to leave him because he didn’t know what to say, and he screwed it up because he’s never had anyone show him how to act or what to say when you care about someone that deeply.

Please.

Please tell me there will be redemption and peace for this tortured and broken boy in the arms of the girl who loves him despite his flaws.

Please tell me she’ll wait.

Please tell me he will find balance and belonging and the love and companionship he desperately craves.

They can’t take him away from us, right?

Not after all this.

My heart would break beyond repair…