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[destiniesfic]

I was re-reading some chapters this evening and I realized in chapter 10 Kylo brings up the possibility of a pregnancy with Rey and seems saddened with her reply. I always headcannon Kylo as either the type to literally never havethought about parenthood or someone who is terrified by the idea given his own daddy issues. Besides just searching for a way to call off Rey's execution, was this something thinking he was thinking about? Is this something you are going to explore in future chapters?

What great questions! Some of the TS readers had the impression that Kylo was eager to knock Rey up, but I promise you, 1000%, he was not thinking whatsoever about the possibility of pregnancy despite all of the unprotected sex they were having. He was thinking more about completely covering her body with his body at. all. times.

(It should be noted that Rey wasn’t thinking about that possibility either, until Leia took her aside and asked her to get birth control. It probably would have occurred to her before him, but only after they’d already had sex. Someone please help these space virgins.)

Regarding parenthood in general, I think you’re right in that he probably wouldn’t have considered it up to this point, although presumably he will at someday realize that his little empire needs an heir or designated successor to continue after he’s gone. Parenthood with Rey, though? Different story. Fathering a child with Rey would be an idea that’s really appealing to him on an abstract level, at least in TS, not because they’d create a super-strong Force baby or anything, but because there would be something in the universe that is made of them both, something tangible that inextricably links their souls in a way Rey can’t deny. And that would be something he’d want. I don’t know that he’d consider the practicalities of raising a child right away, but man, the concept.

So in chapter 10, he was mostly sad not to be able to delay Rey’s execution. Now that it had entered his mind, he also disappointed that the very abstract possibility (again, he’s not thinking about actually raising a kid or how his life would change) of creating a human life with her had no chance of being realized, but it wasn’t his main focus. The idea may come up again later, in TS or a potential sequel, but good luck sitting these two down and making them talk about the future. ;)

[destiniesfic]

For TS, question 2. I'm actually curious about your writing process in general. When did you first get the idea for TS? Do you imagine a scene from a story and then build a plot around that? Or do you first outline a story and then think of scenes? How do you outline (if you do at all)? Do you use a special website or program to do so? Sorry if you have already answered these questions before.

2. What scene of Tactical Surrender did you first put down?

I went into the long version of the story of how TS came to be here!

To answer your question specifically, the setup came to me first, but Kylo and Rey’s first encounter was the scene I really saw very clearly in my head, and the story was built around it. The only thing that gave me the idea for TS was TLJ, and my burning desire to have Rey and Kylo Ren encounter each other again.

I’m usually very very bad at outlines — TS is an outlier in that I’ve been able to put an outline down and largely stick to it and remain interested in writing the story. I just outline by writing down the things that need to happen in each chapter, basically. And no special tools here, just Google Docs.

My writing process feels very haphazard a lot of the time. I’m sorry I don’t have a more polished response! But this has worked out okay so far, I guess. ;)

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[destiniesfic]

Girl, you are trying to kill me. I was just thinking about Tactical Surrender Reylo babies and then you go and write "think of what we could create together" and talking about combining their knowledge. Neither of them have any idea what they are really talking about. I need this story to end with a sweet, little baby(ies). lol. I really enjoyed this chapter as I'm sure you can tell. Also, what are the chances Rey wears one of Padme's old dresses to the gala? Is that to sappy?

Ha! Well, on the Padme dresses front, I saw a panel go by from what I think was an issue of the Poe Dameron comic where they got deposited in space? It was very upsetting. But even so, I think Rey has a few inches on Padme, so it might be an awkward fit.

However, everybody knows Naboo is the place to get formal gowns, and maybe some of those pre-Imperial fashions are coming back in style, so even if Rey doesn’t wear a Padme dress she might be wearing something Padme-like...