the phantom of the space opera.

a blog dedicated to all phantom of the opera parallels in sw: episode vii, specifically between kylo ren/ben solo & rey. for quotes; /tagged/quote. for meta; /tagged/meta. for gif; /tagged/gif

[torturedofmien]

ok but i am still so embarrassed for ppl who think kylo ren is past the point of no return and will never be redeemed

like… my homies, my dudes. if the point was to show he’s bad and is always going to stay bad, why tf would you show ambiguity in him and his turn from the BEGINNING?? 

he doesn’t turn finn in

leia’s vote of confidence in the goodness in him happens; the last time a skywalker professed faith like that in their family, it was REWARDED. not without suffering, but it was STILL rewarded

he seeks counsel with his grandfather, to quell the LIGHT IN HIM

his hesitancy with han on the bridge isn’t just manipulation; this is the first time he’s seeing his own father since he was a CHILD

& WHY INTRODUCE THE IDEA THAT HE’S BEEN SEDUCED BY SNOKE AT ALL???? IF YOU’RE NOT GONNA EXPLORE THAT IN LATER MOVIES????

kylo ren has a multi-movie ARC. if this was a standalone film, i’d believe that this was his final position, a boy turned villain, finally lost to the dark side. 

but he’s not loki and this ain’t thor (2011). kylo ren is STILL a main character and STILL has room to grow. 

[heavensxfire]

Reylo AU: The Phantom of the Opera

In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came, that voice which calls to me, and speaks my name. And do I dream again? For now I find the phantom of the opera is there inside my mind.

[ashstryker]

there u go nonnie!!! i was honestly fangirling a ton drawing this. i love the parallels between the two couples.

[sessshoumaru-deactivated2018090]

monster & scavenger ~ (insp.)

[torturedofmien]

Rey brings her hand from behind her back, still clenched in a fist. She opens it. At the center of her palm–a tiny bundle tied together with twine, the size of a pawn. “Do you like it? I made it my first year here.” 

“It’s meant to be a baby of course. The product of a love story. The most wanted child in the universe. I knew your story. My own mother told it to me.”

[verauko]

So many people compared Reylo to the Phantom and Christine from “The Phantom of the Opera” that this had to be done :) ———————– Please follow me on: http://verauko.deviantart.com http://fb.com/itsVerauko

[cherryfury]

“I’ve past the point of no return.” “Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known?” Phantom of the Space Opera 

Commissioned by Mitsu

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[phantomofthespaceoperas]

guys, can we please talk about those star wars character posters?

i’m not sure if anyone’s mentioned these before, but the character posters disney released months ago are very.... interesting, particularly in their color palette (& content) choices.

finn gets purple hues that fade to black

poe gets a nice little fading green-blue

but rey? rey gets RED. red to black.

please. just guess who else has the exact same color palette. 

you guessed it. everyone’s favorite pissbaby!

though, to temper your excitement, phasma also has the same palette:

but it makes sense because kylo and phasma are both coded as villainous. but rey... is our protagonist. so why the red and black? i personally am subscribing to the theory that it just serves to underline the parallels and similarities between rey, kylo, and their character arcs. (possibly to hint at rey’s ability to harness the dark side! in the forest scene maybe, maybe in the later films!)

what images are inside each character also accentuate that. finn’s image has a picture of both him and rey ( :) ), poe’s has a tie fighter, phasma has her with two troopers flanking her on either side, but both rey and kylo’s predominantly feature them only. isolated in their respective backgrounds: kylo within the first order’s ranks and rey against the lonely backdrop of jakku.

this is just added to the general marketing strategy of poising kylo and rey as parallels, two sides of the same coin at least. like with Google’s whole “Awaken the Force Within” campaign.

episode 8 isn’t even out yet, but even with the promotional material for FORCE AWAKENS, you can see how deliberate the imagery is with these two. there’s a deep, fundamental kinship there, and it’ll only be further illustrated in the upcoming two films.

[monsters-believe-in-love]

I’m so dissapointed… Where are the Reylo!Phantom of the Opera AUs at????

Yet in his eyes all the sadness of the world Those pleading eyes, that both  t h r e a t e n  and  a d o r e

[jedhalexrul]

everyone is constructing these narratives of the force awakens + phantom of the opera and of course rey is christine and kylo is the phantom because of the light and dark imagery, and the fact that both kylo and the phantom are creepy and masked, but think about it

kylo is really the one with connections to both the dark and light sides, ergo, he is christine

and the period when christine trusts the phantom is kylo’s days following snoke or in the knights of ren/first order. we know that snoke called kylo to the dark side from a young age, and christine for many years considered the phantom to be her “angel”

however, the light is where kylo began, and the light is where (i believe) he will eventually be. just like christine marries raoul in the end. he is fascinated by and subversive to evil, but ultimately loves the light (his family/ rey) more, despite being given the option to join darkness completely

therefore: kylo=christine, snoke=phantom, and rey=raoul

[imagine-kylo-ren]

Imagine Kylo Ren singing The Phantom of the Opera to Vader’s mask

[starwarsnonsense]

The top image here is of interest to Reylo shippers because it is concept art (i.e. official artwork created to visualise characters, scenes and settings to aid the filmmakers) showing Kylo Ren embracing Rey from behind, presumably depicting some kind of (attempted) seduction to the dark side. The image was very clearly based on the photo above, which is a shot of Adam Driver and model Daria Werbowy taken from Vogue magazine.

A fuller version of this image is analysed in great depth by Making Star Wars here. Their analysis was based on leaked and patchy information on the plot (what was known as of October 2014), and so the author was obviously interpreting the image without the context of the finished film.

Now we have the film and its depiction of Kylo Ren’s and Rey’s relationship, this concept piece becomes even more interesting. To me, there are three key observations to make here:

1. The dynamic between them was meant to have unsettling sexual undertones early on in the production process (the concept art is quite early, and this demonstrates that the weird dynamic between Kylo and Rey survived many distinct iterations of the film).

2. People really aren’t imagining the Phantom of the Opera parallels. 

3. You won’t find this concept or anything close to it in The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I’m almost certain that that’s because Lucasfilm are actively avoiding releasing any material that could even hint at where things might be going in future films. This kind of image is rather incendiary in that regard, and I’m surprised that it’s kind of faded into the background instead of being seized upon and picked apart.

[clumsydraw-blog]

*Coughs* So this happened

[young-miss-truffles-deactivated]

drawing request: kylo as the phantom and rey as christine daaé ???

I would love to see more of Kylo dressed in fine suits. :3

[skywalkersbluemilk-deactivated2]

Flattering child, you shall know me See why in shadow I hide Look at your face in the mirror I am there inside

(Kylo Ren x Rey // The Phantom Of The Opera AU)

[reylophos-blog]

Tbh it kind of bothers me when people think that because I ship Reylo, that I in turn am expecting some sort of romantic or happy end out of it? Or that the “problematic” parts of it just magically disappear?

And that’s just… Not what I want at all? I mean yeah, that would be nice, but I’m not expecting them to get married and have babies or whatever. Did anyone stop to think that the people who are interested in this ship like it because it pushes boundaries and has that dangerous appeal to it? This kind of ship isn’t new people. Believe it or not, this stuff existed way before “Twilight fangirls” as you like to dub us. Beauty and the Beast, Hades and Persephone, Phantom of the Opera… Anyone?

In reality I’m all here for them just feeling emotions for each other– good OR bad. Their interactions were some of the most intense moments in the film and IM SO HERE FOR THAT. The energy that passes through them during their confrontations is electric and fascinating to me.

I’ve actually thought about it and I’d totally be down for a Phantom of the Opera-esque dynamic in the future, where the villain is so helplessly fixated on this woman of light, but all she feels for him is mild temptation and mostly pity. His love for her becomes the most human thing about him, but he eventually lets her go because he knows he can’t hold onto her forever and she just doesn’t love him.

If you think about it, TFA already has elements that mirror The Phantom of the Opera. You got the dark and dangerous villain that is captivating and alluring, the heroine of light, and the hero of light that cares for her and loves her too. You also have the villain wearing a mask, the villain abducting the heroine, the villain and hero face-off…. And not to mention that Kylo just got half his face scarred at the end of the movie… Yup, I’m ready for this space opera to begin.

So to summarize, while I’d be down for some sort of mutual happy ending, I’m also completely into a tragic drama type story too. Either is fine with me. I didn’t get into this ship expecting a happy ending or a fully functional healthy relationship. This kind of ship is set up for danger and tragedy and I’m the type of shipper that wants that drama in my fictional entertainment. Sorry?

[moonlitalien]

Phantom of the Opera AU - Reylo

“If I am the phantom, it is because man’s hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.” ― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera