LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU! YOU WANNA MESS WITH A ABUSE SURVIVOR? YOU WANNA GO UP IN THE RIG WITH ME LIKE THAT? FINE! FIRST, SIT YOUR LITTLE BUTT DOWN AND IF YOU ALREADY ARE, KEEP YOUR ASS ON BEFORE I OWN IT ON MY MANTLE.
SO, I’M GONNA TELL YOU WHY YOUR COMMENT PISSES ME OFF ON HOW MUCH YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR WORDS ENTITLE TO THE LIKES OF THE BITCH YOU MIGHT TAKE ME FOR ON A CIVIL CHAT LIKE WILD TIGERS. AND HONEY, BE COMFORTABLE SITTING.
FORGET THAT THEY MIGHT BE RELATED-WHICH ALSO, NEWS FLASH, SHOULD BE REVOLTING ENOUGH TO PAIR THEM UP BUT HEY! FOR SOME REASON THE INTERNET IS FULL OF SICKOS LIKE THAT AND THEY’RE GETTING AWAY WITH IT WITH SUPPORT FROM LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF-THOUGH STAR WARS WRITING AND SPECIAL EFFECTS COVERING IT, IT’S AN ABUSIVE AND TOXIC RELATIONSHIP. WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP AM I TALKING ABOUT? COULD BE PLATONIC, ROMANTIC, OR SEXUAL. EITHER WAY, THEY EXIST AND NONE OF THEM FIT WITH REYLO.
WANT TO BE AN ADULT ABOUT THIS? LIKE YOU WANTED WITH YOUR ONE DECLARATION AGAINST WHAT I SAID? THEN BE AND ADULT AND LISTEN.
KYLO REN IS A THIRTY-SOMETHING WHITE SUPREME SOCIOPATH GETTING AWAY WITH MURDERING AND TORTURING MILLIONS OF BEINGS AND ATTACKING A SINGLE YOUNG WOMAN HE HAS AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION WITH.
WHERE DID HE GET DARTH VADER’S HELMET AND ASHES? ON ENDOR AFTER HE PROBABLY SLAUGHTERED ALL OF THE EWOKS NEARBY BECAUSE OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE EMPIRE’S FALL AND TO GET SAID STUFF LIKE THE VADER FANBOY HE IS! FANBOYS AND FANGIRLS ARE SCARY WHEN THEY GO TOO FAR WITH THEIR OBSESSIONS LIKE CAMP IN LINE FOR DAYS BEFORE THE MOVIE’S RELASE IN THEATERS, STALK THEIR INTEREST IN AND OUT OF THE INTERNET BEFORE BECOMING VIOLENT WHEN THEY ARE REJECTED, OR TELL OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON’T AGREE WITH THEIR VIEWS AWFUL THINGS AND TO KILL THEMSELVES THROUGH CYBER-BULLYING, WHICH DOES HAPPEN AND IT’S TERRIBLE AND ANGERING!
WHAT DID BEN SOLO DO AS A TEENAGER? KILLED HUNDREDS OF JEDI, PADAWAN CHILDREN INCLUDED, FROM HIS UNCLE’S TEMPLE JUST SO HE COULD BE INITIATED INTO HIS DARK CLUB WITH SPACE NAZIS. HE’LL KEEP KILLING AND TORTURING BEINGS AND RACES THROUGHOUT THE GALAXY WITH HIS STAR KILLER UNTIL HE FALLS COMPLETELY INTO THE DARK SIDE, AND AGAIN, HE’S THIRY-SOMETHING AND HE’S BEEN DOING THIS AS A TEENAGER! JUST LIKE HIS GRANDADDY VADER! NOT ANAKIN, DARTH VADER!
OH YEAH, HE’S THIRTY OR SOMETHING BUT WITH HIS TANTRUMS, ATTITUDE, AND COMPLETE LACK OF SELF-CONTROL, HE’S ONLY A FUCKING SOCIOPATHIC BRAT IN MY BOOK. IT’S JUST THE SAME OF GIVING A LITTLE WHITE BOY THE POWER OF A TYRANT TO OPPRESS OTHERS. AND LEIA STILL WANTS HER SON BACK. OH LEIA…LEIA LEIA LEIA YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH. YOUR SON CANNOT BE SAVED, PLEASE STOP SAYING THAT HE CAN BE. HE’S DEAD. AND HE CAN’T BE FORGIVEN FOR WHAT HE’S DONE. YOU HEAR THIS WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE ABUSER: THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILD, THAT THEIR LIFE IS FOREVER DESTROYED WITH SCHOOL AND WORK, THAT IF THEY CRY ONCE IN COURT THEY ARE FORGIVEN WITH NO CHARGES HELD AGAINST THEM. IT’S THE VIEWS LIKE THAT THAT OVERSHADOWS THE PERSON THEY ABUSED AND ATTACKED INTO ANONYMITY AND SCRUTINY FOREVER HUMILIATED, ANGRY, AND SCARRED THAT THEY’RE ABUSER TOOK SOMETHING OF THEIRS AND WALKS FREE FROM IT WITH A SLAP ON THEIR HAND AND SOMEONE GOING “NOW DON’T DO IT AGAIN!” BUT WILL.
‘BUT KYLO IS A COMPLEX CHARACTER! HE DID THIS AND THAT BECAUSE HE’S STRUGGLING WITH THE LIGHT AND DARK SIDE! AND HE’S SO HOT OMG ARE YOU A LESBIAN OR SOMETHING?’
BOO-WHOOO! BOOOOOOOO-FUCKING-WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I’VE SEEN CHARACTERS LIKE THIS BEFORE AND HE’S ONLY ANOTHER ANTAGONIST CONFLICTED ABOUT HIS ALLEGIANCES THAT’S GONNA BORE ME TO DEATH WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE MOST BASIC STEPS. EVER HEARD OF “COOL MOTIVE, STILL MURDER” ME? I’M ASSUMING YOU DO: YOUR TUMBLR IS FULL OF COMPLETE SENTENCES OF CLARITY, GRAMMAR, AND MATURITY I THOUGHT YOU WANTED ME TO BE PART OF YOUR BLOG, YOU ARE SO CAUGHT UP WITH THE TIMES. BEING THE FULL MATURE PERSON YOU ARE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAYING IN THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO HEAR ME.
FORGIVE AND FORGET? NO!!! RESENT AND REMEMBER! SOUNDS UNHEALTHY AND DRAMATIC OF ME BUT I’M NOT DONE YET!
LET ME EXPLAIN A FEW THINGS ABOUT REY TOO! REY IS MY RAY OF SUNSHINE WHOSE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH BEFORE SHE LEFT JAKKU! REY IS 19 YEARS OLD, WAS ABANDONED BY HER FAMILY AS A CHILD THAT MANIFESTED INTO SEPARATION ANXIETY WITH FINN, HAN, BB-8, AND CHEWIE LATER IN LIFE AS THEY ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CARES ABOUT HER WELL BEING SO FOR THE FIRST TIME SHE CRIES ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SHE NEVER HAD THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE. AND REY HAD TO BECOME A RESOURCEFUL FIGHTER AND A SCAVENGER ON A DESERT WASTELAND PLANET TO BATTLE OFF THE LIARS, THE THIEVES, THE CHEATS, THE BEASTS, THE BAD, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE MURDERERS, AND THE RAPISTS IN ORDER TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY. YOU DON’T SEE WHAT SHE’S GONE THROUGH, BUT IT SURE IS HINTED AT SO TAKE A GUESS! REY HAS GONE THROUGH SO MUCH SO SOON AND SHE HASN’T EVEN FACED THE BIGGEST MONSTER SHE EVER MET: KYLO BEN SOLO REN.
THIRTY-SOMETHING SPACE-NAZI BOY TRACKS AND HUNTS HER DOWN FOR A DROID SHE’S PROTECTING.
THIRTY-SOMETHING SPACE-NAZI BOY KIDNAPS HER FOR NO APPARENT REASON BUT AN EXCUSE THAT SHE SAW AN INCOMPLETE MAP TO LUKE.
THIRTY-SOMETHING SPACE-NAZI BOY JUST RESTRAINS HER DOWN, SITS NEXT TO HER AND STARES AT HER BEFORE SHE WAKES UP, ALONE, IN A LOCKED ROOM.
THIRY-SOMETHING SPACE-NAZI BOY PROBES HER MIND WITHOUT HER CONSENT AND MENTALLY STRIPS HER DOWN BODY AND SOUL WITH HIS EYES, UP CLOSE AND IN HER PERSONAL SPACE.
THIRY-SOMETHING SPACE-NAZI BOY IS DOING THIS TO A NINETEEN YEAR OLD GIRL, TALKING WITH SOFT AND GENTLE WORDS AT HER TO GET HER TO COOPERATE AND STAY CALM WHILE SHE IS IN OBVIOUS PAIN AND DISTRESS AS HE GOES INTO HER MIND AND TAKES WHATEVER HE WANTS FROM HER.
LATER, THIRY-SOMETHING SPACE-NAZI BOY TRIES TO KILL HER NEW FOUND FRIENDS AFTER STALKING THEM LIKE A WILD ANIMAL AFTER KILLING HIS FATHER, FIGHTS HER WITH GLOWY MAGIC STICKS, AND HAS THE GULL TO TELL HER IN HER FACE HE WANTS HER TO BECOME HIS STUDENT, TO JOIN HIM ON THE DARK SIDE, TO LOSE TO HIM.
IS YOUR ATTENTION SPAN ON GRADUATE LEVEL?
ARE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE YET?
DO YOU GIVE A FUCK LIKE THE FUCKS YOU WANT THESE TWO TO HAVE?
WELL YOU SHOULD BE! I JUST DESCRIBED AN ACCOUNT OF A VICTIM OF RAPE AND DOMESTIC ABUSE!!!
KYLO IS EVIL. REY HATES HIM. SHE IS NOT GOING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM, THE MAN WHO NOT ONLY MENTAL AND PHYSICALLY TORTURED HER BUT MENTALLY, TORTURED, AND KILLED MILLIONS OF LIVES OF HUMANS AND ALIENS NOT APART OF THE WAR. REY IS TOO STRONG FOR THAT. SAYING REY WILL MAYBE NOT HATE HIM AND REDEEM HIM AND LOVE HIM AFTER KNOWING EACH OTHER FOR A DAY DOESN’T MAKE SENSE WITH STAR WARS CANON AND REALITY.
AND THIS ISN’T EVEN ABOUT ‘LET PEOPLE SHIP WHAT THEY WANT THING AND BACK OFF’ THING. I AM SO SICK OF SHIPPING THAT IS HARMFUL AND HURTFUL TO SOME PEOPLE, BOTH FICTIONAL AND REAL.
HELLO? HELLO? I HOPE OUR LINE HASN’T TURNED TO STATIC. WE’RE HAVING SUCH A GOOD CHAT RIGHT NOW AND I’M AFRAID OUR RECEPTION MIGHT BE INTERRUPTED IN A BAD SPOT. SINCE YOU WERE SO KIND TO READ MY LITTLE RANT I MADE ABOUT A SHIP I DON’T LIKE AND LEAVE A COMMENT LIKE THAT, I ASSUMED YOU WANTED TO BE PROFESSIONAL AND A GROWN UP ABOUT IT SHARING OUR OPINIONS, SO IF YOU ARE STILL READING THIS ARE YOU CONVINCING ME THAT YOU ARE ADULT ABOUT THIS? PLEASE, IT’S TOO RUDE TO TURN AWAY FROM A CONVERSATION YOU STARTED WITH.
NORMALLY IF I FIND A NOTP OF MINE I’LL BE CONFUSED, STARE AT IT FOR A MINUTE, MAYBE ADMIRE THE ART STYLE THE ARTIST USED, BUT ULTIMATELY I’LL SHAKE MY HEAD, SHRUGH, PRESS THE BACKSPACE, AND STAY QUIET ABOUT IT. I MIGHT NOT SEE WHY SOME PEOPLE SHIP THESE CHARACTERS, BUT HEY, IF IT’S NOT HARMFUL, IT JUST DOESN’T APPEAL TO MY VIEWS AND OPINIONS. I MOVE ON. BUT CANNOT MOVE ON FROM THIS SO EASILY NOW.
IT’S THE SAME REASON I DON’T SUPPORT SHIPS LIKE ERIK/CHRISTINE/RAOUL FROM PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, RHYS/HANDSOME JACK FROM THE BORDERLANDS SERIES, JASPER/LAPIS LAZUL FROM STEVEN UNIVERSE, OR LOKI FROM MARVEL WITH ANYONE LIKE THOR, DARCY, TONY, WHOEVER IS PICKED FROM THE WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE.
THEY’RE BUILT ON REVENGE, MANIPULATION, ANGER, DISTRUST, FEAR, AND HATE, WHERE ONE OR THE OTHER IS PURPOSELY USING THE OTHER FOR THEIR OWN GAIN, AND THAT CHARACTER WILL LOSE THEMSELVES SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY AS THEIR ABUSER SHOWERS THEM IN DECLARATIONS OF LOVE AND ADORATION TO KEEP THEM DOWN ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN’T LEAVE THEM. HON? I’VE. BEEN. THERE. BEFORE. I KNOW THIS NOW. I’M OUT AND I’M SMARTER, TOUGHER, AND WISER ABOUT THAT, BUT I STILL HAVE MY WEAKNESSES TOO! AND GOD FORBID, I AM SO SORRY TO EVERYONE WHO HAS WORSE STORIES AND SCARS THEY ARE OR NOT SHARING ABOUT FROM THEIR EVENT, AND IT HURTS ME SO MUCH WHEN THEY DON’T GET THE JUSTICE AND PEACE AND WHOLE, FULFILLING LIVES THEY SO UTTERLY DESERVE AFTER THAT. MANY HAVE ISSUES THAT CAN’T BE RESOLVED LIKE THE TRUST I HAVE PUTTING IN OTHER PEOPLE LIKE YOU!
TELLING ME OR ANY SURVIVOR THAT REY AND KYLO SHOULD BE PAIRED UP AND JUST “GET OVER IT, IT’S MY SHIP AND I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT” IS LIKE SAYING THAT YOU SUPPORT THE IDEA OF THAT US SURVIVORS SHOULD GET TOGETHER WITH OUR ATTACKERS IF WE JUST “GET OVER IT,” BECAUSE WE LOOK GOOD TOGETHER AND THAT THEY CAN BE ATONED AND LET OFF THEIR ACTIONS WITH OUR HELP. *inhales* OH. MY. GOD. YOU ARE NOT GONNA SAY THAT TO ME OR OTHER ABUSE VICTIMS! THAT IS INSULTING, DISRESPECTFUL, AND DISGUSTING. HAVING CHARACTERS ENTER A RELATIONSHIP UNDER ABUSIVE CONTEXT IS STILL, IN FACT, ROMANTICIZING AND WOOBIFICATION WHICH CLEARY YOU ARE NOT ABOVE ON.
SHAME. ON. YOU!!!
BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY DO IT VIOLATE EVERYTHING I JUST SAID ABOUT KYLO, REY, OTP’S, RESPECTING OTHERS AND THEIR OPINIONS, AND REAL LIFE YOU DON’T SEEM TO BE A PART OF, BRINGING IT UP MIGHT RESURFACE SOME HORRIBLE AND AWFUL MEMORIES TO SURVIVORS ABOUT THEIR ORDEAL AND COULD SEND THEM INTO A PTSD TRIGGER. I CAUGHT A BIT A FAN-FICTION ON MY DASH BEFORE ABOUT A PAIR LIKE THIS AND I HAD A FLASHBACK TO PEOPLE FROM MY PAST HURTING ME EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, AND PHYSICALLY, AND THAT SHORT MINUTE OF READING HELL BECAME MY HOUR OF HELL AS I CLOSED THE TAB OFF MY SCREEN AND HAD A PANIC ATTACK BEFORE BLOCKING THAT BLOGGER FOR GOOD. A. PANIC. ATTACK. BECAUSE SOMEONE HAVING SOMEONE LIKE KYLO HARM SOMEONE LIKE REY IN THE NAME OF ADORATION AND AFFECTION IS THE SAME AS MY PAST RELATIONSHIP PULLING ON MY HAIR, SLAPPING ME IN MY FACE, AND GIVE ME PRESENTS THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS AN APOLOGY AFTER THEY SPIT SALIVA IN MY FACE CALLING ME “A NOTHING.”
“YOU’RE A SPOILED BITCH AND I’LL KICK YOU OUT OF MY HOME IF YOU DON’T DO THIS WITH ME!” LATER, ON A VOICEMAIL. “HI (MY NAME), I MISS YOU AND I’M SO PROUD OF THE THINGS YOU DO! WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CHINESE TONIGHT?”
SO YEAH, THAT’S WHY I DON’T WANT REYLO FANART ON MY DASH.
NOW AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE…
…YOU WANNA STAND UP AND FIGHT AN ABUSE SURVIVOR ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS? I’M TELLING YOU ME AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOYS AND GIRLS AND AGENDERS FELL DOWN INTO THE ABYSS OF DARKNESS ONCE FROM LITERAL MONSTERS BUT WE CAN RISE FROM THE BOTTOM OF HELL WITH OUR PICKAXES AND BLEEDING HANDS FOR THIS BECAUSE IT NEVER ENDS!
DO YOU REALLY WANNA FIGHT ME ON THAT?