missbliss12: missbliss12: Through a Mirror, Darkly. I wanted to experiment with Rey and Ben seeing

missbliss12:

missbliss12:

Through a Mirror, Darkly.

I wanted to experiment with Rey and Ben seeing but not seeing each other in dreams as small children. Here, Ben is presented not just as an embodiment of the galaxy’s darkness, but as Rey’s darkness specifically. Does her resentment and desolation about her absent parents get funneled through him? Does Ben’s love and understanding find their way to Rey? Rey also shows her darkness,something that differentiates her from being a pure martyr with flat virtuousness.

I also love the Force Bond staging in TLJ, so this comic echoes that format with panels split down the middle. In this way, it is equally Ben and Rey’s point of view.

Thinking about this again because of the childhood soulmate bond in The Rise of Kylo Ren…

I saw this comic back when it was first making the rounds and it floored me. It solidified my love for these characters and their story. For some reason when your more recent comics were blowing me over I didn’t make the connection that this one (that I hadn’t seen in a while) was one of yours too. 

Imagine my surprise when I got your book and was reading through it and got to the first page of this beautiful comic. I about screamed because of course this one was also yours! Of course these comics were all from the same person!

If anyone who needs convincing to order Miss Bliss’ book happens to see this, then please - order the book! We need to support the art and storytelling that we want to see in the world! (It’s also just such a rad book!)

It’s probably also worth mentioning that if you’re a Ben Solo/Kylo Ren fan then you should buy those TROKR comics as well! Support the characters you want to see in the world too!!!