Things My Children Say

I have a 9 year old and a 4 year old. It's loud.

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It's been a month and my 9YO still hates the ending of TROS. While the reylo aspect wasn't a draw for her, she loved the character of Kylo/Ben. She's sad that no one acknowledged Ben's death - especially Rey. "How come she never said anything about him? I don't get it."

You and me both, kid.

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My review of TROS

🤪🤔🤨??!?😬🤪??!?😡🤬💥???!💖❤️❤️❤️🤡🤡🤡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😡😡🤬🤬😡🤬!!!

Emojis are somewhat in order.

My 9YO was most upset that Ben died and no one talked about him. Not even Rey.

I don't even know what I watched. It was all over the place and disjointed. My favourite part was Han speaking with Ben.

I'm a Reylo so it's a given that I'll like the Rey and Ben interactions. Anyone else get the feeling we were supposed to see more of redeemed Ben Solo?

I dunno. It seemed like the characters just didn't have much heart. I'm going to go rewatch The Last Jedi to try and wash my brain out.

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To get away a bit from the chaos on my feeds that TROS has caused, I went and watched Looper by Rian Johnson.

Loved the concept and the character study. I can see why the higher ups chose him for TLJ. While I do understand why some fans hated it, I think he gave Star Wars a much needed kick in the butt.

Knives Out is next on my list.

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So I've been a very quiet Reylo since TLJ. I've lurked on Tumblr and Twitter and read tons of fanfic. While I'm devastated by Ben's death I think making Rey a Palpatine upset me more.

One of the things I absolutely loved from TLJ was the message that anyone could be a hero, you didn't need to come from some dynasty of power.

Kylo/Ben was in awe, not of her lineage, but the power she wielded that made her his equal. Now they threw that out and made Rey this?

Thanks, I hate it.

[senianuma]

So I went and spoiled myself for TROS. If the leaks are true I'm going to have one upset 9 year old on my hands.

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My 8YO likes to make stories. The Last Jedi inspired her latest one. I think she was limited for options on hair colour and styles.

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So the 8YO and I are almost through The Last Jedi. We just finished the part where Kylo asks Rey to join him in ruling the galaxy. She’d been pretty quiet about them up to now so I asked her, “Why do you think he’d ask her that?”

She started making heart shapes with her hands and a kissy face. “Because he looooves her!” (Keep in mind that 8YO is very anti-romance and well...8) She followed that up with, “But I don’t think Rey should join him. That’d be bad.”

Is my 8YO awesome or what?

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We finished up The Force Awakens tonight. My 8 year old wants to know why Kylo keeps staring at Rey.

She also wishes the Force was a real thing.

We are moving onto The Last Jedi tomorrow.

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My 8 year old daughter finally agreed to watch Star Wars. I started her with The Force Awakens because she likes movies with a girl/woman as the focus. (We've now gone through Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel)

When she saw Kylo carrying Rey onto his ship she remarked, "Why isn't he dragging her? Why would he carry her like that?" She doesn't get the potential romance aspect but even she caught that it was weird when I didn't the first time.

She also wondered how Kylo piled all that fluffy hair under his helmet without it showing.

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Why is Captain Marvel getting so much hate even before the movie has been released? I'm bewildered.

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Beachbody

A former classmate of mine is into this. Really into it. She tried to get me to be into it after reconnecting randomly (some 10+ years later) which is a classic MLM strategy. Looking at her social media feeds now after realizing which MLM she’s in kind of makes me sad. It’s post after post of how great she feels and how wonderful her life is. Is it really that great and wonderful?

I live what I feel is a pretty good life but I don’t post about it 20 times a day. Everyone would unfriend me. Don’t do MLMs. 

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Oscars

Do people still watch? Why aren't the Nobel ceremonies televised? I'd watch that. Those awards mean something. I don't care who was thought to be a good actor/actress. But the people contributing to society? I'd like to know about that.

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"I peed on my leg. It's hot now!" - the 3 year old. Said in a very gleeful tone.

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"Finally, a girl captain!" - my 8 year old daughter after passing by a poster for Captain Marvel.

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Man, I'm so glad I wasn't on Tumblr during the wait between TFA and TLJ. Everyone looks to be losing their minds right now.

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My daughter had her first swim meet today and damn if she didn't do an amazing job. My husband and I are both terrible swimmers so we're not sure where she came from.

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My parents are Korean but I don't speak it and can barely read it. My toddler requested a Korean short story at bedtime. I stumbled through a few sentences before he stopped me and said, "Dad is GOOD at this!"