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Reylo (2015 - ∞)

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Reblog if Kylo Ren is your favorite Disney Prince

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Reblog this if you are literally suprised when people find you attractive.

Very surprised

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Star Wars Labyrinth Crossover

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HELLO ALL , I’M TIRED OF HAVING A DASH FULL OF NEGATIVITY AND DRAMA / ANTIS / ETC . CAN YOU REBLOG THIS POST IF YOU CAN SAY THE THINGS BELOW . THAT WAY WE CAN ALL FIND AND FOLLOW EACH OTHER. It’s very hard to know who you can follow (as i know none of want to follow people who hate us / talk badly about us) and this helps!

don’t post anti-reylo or anti-ship things in general.

if you liked / are fine with the last jedi movie / plot.

are fine with a ben-demption

are fine with rey being a nobody / not a s/kywalker

don’t believe people who play first order / sith / kor are naz* sympathizers

don’t support drama / call outs / or believe any roleplayer is better than another one

are open to having fun plots and making the community fun and safe for everyone.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) | dir. JJ Abrams

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Wedding harmony~

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:(

Earlier today, I was thinking about Game of Thrones.

Now all I can do is cry while I watch 800+ years of history burn to the ground.

Notre Dame even survived the Occupation in WWII.

This is an awful start to Holy Week.

- ENFP Mod

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Kylo’s Helmet meta

Here are some thoughts on Kylo’s “new” helmet, shown in the Episode IX teaser trailer.

If you do not wish the read the whole meta, skip the first three paragraphs, and go right to the point.

In The Force Awakens, Kylo is first shown wearing his helmet. He hides behind the expressionless, creepy mask, desperately trying to convey a lack of emotions (something we now know is far from how things really are). He tries to put the mask between the world, which I can only suppose he finds cruel (based on what we can read about his childhood and youth in the novels (the being sent off to the Academy abandonment problem, the traumatic reveal of his heritage), as well as on the Luke with a lightsaber flashbacks, and the way he is (mal)treated by Snoke in The Last Jedi), and his very vulnerable self.

After being criticized that he is a “child in a mask” in TLJ, I believe that Kylo tries to sort of put himself out there in the world, out of shame and spite, as the man that he “trully” is. We get to see more of “Ben”, especially in those sweet moments where he feels for and is protective of Rey, or when he chooses not to fire at Leia. On the other hand, we get to see that “Ben” has a lot of growing up to do, as his emotional outbursts and bad rejection issues suggest. I believe that this is understandable if we bear in mind that he went through Jedi training where he was supposed to suppress his emotions, and then lived what seems to be a very isolated life, in which he was being manipulated and tortured.

One of the problems is, as we hear in TFA, that Kylo/Ben finds “Ben” weak and foolish, as he told Han, and believes that the “strength” lies in “Kylo”. Ben tried his best to identify with the “Kylo” persona, which, ironically, kept making him weaker.

Now, back to what I like about the new mask, and what I believe it is trying to convey.

I am pretty sure that there will be a reason why that fluffy creature is fixing Kylo/Ben’s mask (as in, it was urgent, and that was the only person who could do it at the time). That sort of wielding where the cracks are filled with that red material is probably be the only technology available at that time and place.

I am aware that marketing/merchandise, and well, simply - costume design, are a part of that decision.

However, I also do believe that there is a symbolic layer to it.

The way I see it, in Episode IX, Rise of the Skywalker, we will have Ben “bleeding” - hence the red - into the Kylo persona, and the two will merge. We will be able to see Ben even when the mask is on.

By uniting the two, properly integrating his Jungian shadow, Kylo/Ben will become a complete person. I believe that this will lead to Kylo/Ben not having emotional meltdowns anymore (not having his “violence” as a separate entity overriding every now and then), and that he will finally be able to gain control over himself, and not have his “shadow” whims rule over him.

I do believe that it is virtuous is to be capable of violence, but to choose not to exert it just to prove something to yourself or others (TFA Kylo, killing Lor San Tekka being a possible example of misusing that capability), but rather to protect what is good, if necessary. What I am hoping to see in Episode IX is not simply “harmless” Ben, but Ben’s compassion and love seeping/”bleeding” into the Kylo “mask”. The design also makes the mask seem more organic, as opposed to a cold block of metal.

Finally, it seems to me that in Episode IX, the helmet/mask is actually being used for physical protection, as helmets are supposed to be used (and that that’s why it is being urgently wielded), and not as a mental/emotional barrier between Ben and his surroundings. 

As always, thoughts, comments and discussions are welcome! :)

Disclaimer: I do not own the image used, nor any part of Star Wars, entertainment purposes only.

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No waaaaay it’s real XD I checked

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me as soon as i heard palpatines laugh:

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2019 is ready to murder me.

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I’M A STAR WARS BLOG ONCE AGAIN THE TIME IS HERE

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MASSIVE FOLLOW TRAIN

In light of the new trailer, I need new reylos to follow! Reblog is if you’re a reylo

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“I was grateful to Rian Johnson for so many things he did,” says J.J. Abrams. “The greatest for me was casting Kelly Marie.”

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Just imagine Kylo Ren randomly popping up in Rey’s daily life and try to convince her to be his padawan.

It’s my headcanon now.

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and I am with you again! :,) this moment is taken from Pride and Prejudice~