Okay, so I know we all think we know exactly what should have happened or how it could’ve been better. But as of now I actually really liked TROS.
Now, I think the reason I am so cool with it is that while I’m heartbroken my baby boy is dead, especially after bendemption, I think Rey’s reaction wasn’t all bad.
She just spent the entire battle with Palpetine removing herself from hatred and anger and connecting with all thr Jedi’s of a thousand generations.
When Ben disappears, his body fading to become one with the force as per Jedi standards, I think if anything, it would be comforting.
He will always be with her, and any lingering doubts she could’ve possible had are gone. He has been redeemed, and become the Jedi he was meant to be. And now he will live on within her and she will never be alone.
There were things I loved and things I really didn’t like about TROS, but my favorite part is watching the Reylo fandom openly become the very thing it has claimed they stood against. So many of you going after JJ, a real fucking person who CREATED the reylo y’all claim to love more than anything that it’s causing you to harass and demean a real person over fictional characters when you railed against the antis and fanboys for doing it to Rian when TLJ came out.
I’m not even surprised you all are doing this after the way you treated @corariley and myself. Honestly, thank you for harassing me out of the fandom last year because it forced me to live in the real world and in doing so I met my soulmate, finished my schooling, went to counseling for my mental heath issues, and have a great new job. I am honestly grateful because I could be loosing it like so many of you to the point where I can’t distinguish fiction from reality.
To my friends who are upset and handling this with poise, your feelings are valid and I support you. To the rest of you who are handling it like monsters, karma is a bitch and you honestly don’t deserve anymore Reylo for hurting real people over fictional characters. Y’all are fucked and I wouldn’t be surprised that even if they wanted to retcon Ben’s death to make more movies sometime in the future (which after this whole TLJ retconned movie, I could see happening), I doubt that JJ and other Lucasfilm creators would do so because of how fucking awful you’re being. You’re just like the fanboys who bullied George Lucas so bad that he sold his franchise to Disney. The ones that harassed Hayden to the point of him quitting acting.
The excuse of, “Reylo is my life…it saved me” is bullshit…obviously Reylo didn’t help you with your mental illness if you believe you are justified to harass living people over imaginary characters. There’s nothing wrong with loving reylo and being upset, but hurting LIVING people is not okay. I’m not surprised though after witnessing the behavior here for the last four years. Also, before anyone starts calling out my past behavior…I know it was shitty and I admit it, but at the same time it was most of the time in response to people being elitist fandom assholes and I have moved on from it, whether you have I honestly don’t care. I have nothing to lose at this point because I do not care about my reputation in the fandom. The difference between us is that I’ve at least grown as a person in the four years since TFA has come out whereas so many of you are addicted to tumblr and Reylo to the point where you cannot understand that real people take presidence over fictional characters.
You’ve become the very thing you were meant to destroy. Good luck being known as the rabid fan girls who told JJ to die over a fictional character, this Reylo refuses to be associated with your shameful behavior.
I love you SinTwin™️, and I’m so proud of the growth you have made. Everyone is entitled to their feelings, and people have every right to be upset with TROS…but wow, some of the behavior is really cringy. For years now, I’ve wondered if some people didn’t really understand the difference between fiction and reality and now I know the answer.
It’s almost sad, really. Imagine how much better our World would be if we all put that much energy into changing what we don’t like. We would all have better relationships, better families, better Governments, a better Earth. This is a wild thought but perhaps instead of acting like petulant children-unleashing such vitriol at the creators (who honestly don’t care), maybe you should channel that energy into doing something useful?
At the end of the day, it’s just fiction. And if you’re THAT upset over not getting a HEA (when we got everything else that we wanted) then please seek out a therapist and learn a different coping mechanism. There is more to life than this. I promise you.
Thank you, @corariley! I am so proud of everything you have accomplished as well and through all the trials you’ve faced the last four years you have persisted.
I agree, there is more to life and I hope our fellow reylos can see that.
Yeah, TROS might have been a shitshow but like, we won?
*Ben was redeemed
*Reylo is Canon
*Holy Kriff we got a KISS
Ok, so we didn’t get a HEA but it wasn’t a complete waste. After shipping these two characters for four years, I’m satisfied because I’m finding comfort in the things we did get. Remember, lovelies-we have fanfiction. I know the writers of this Community will make it right for all of you that are truly gutted. ❤️❤️❤️
That’s true - if they had done it without Redeemed Ben and the kiss, it would have been so much worse!! I read on twitter that the film was originally shot with Ben and Rey together at the end, but the filmmakers decided to change that for some ridiculous reason. Apparently you can tell because the ending scene is rushed like it was patched together from different shots, and that’s why Rey doesn’t mourn Ben at all. I hope they release the deleted scenes and tell us what was really supposed to happen!! If they don’t, I’ll just accept The Force Arranges a Marriage/Honeymoon as the true ending <3<3<3
@reylokisses it wouldn’t surprise me if there was an alternate ending…they did the same thing with Rogue One. Ugh…at least there’s fanfiction!
*Still mourning*
*Still depressed*
*Still desperate*
*Reading this little post full of love and sweet vengeance by @corariley*
There were things I loved and things I really didn’t like about TROS, but my favorite part is watching the Reylo fandom openly become the very thing it has claimed they stood against. So many of you going after JJ, a real fucking person who CREATED the reylo y’all claim to love more than anything that it’s causing you to harass and demean a real person over fictional characters when you railed against the antis and fanboys for doing it to Rian when TLJ came out.
I’m not even surprised you all are doing this after the way you treated @corariley and myself. Honestly, thank you for harassing me out of the fandom last year because it forced me to live in the real world and in doing so I met my soulmate, finished my schooling, went to counseling for my mental heath issues, and have a great new job. I am honestly grateful because I could be loosing it like so many of you to the point where I can’t distinguish fiction from reality.
To my friends who are upset and handling this with poise, your feelings are valid and I support you. To the rest of you who are handling it like monsters, karma is a bitch and you honestly don’t deserve anymore Reylo for hurting real people over fictional characters. Y’all are fucked and I wouldn’t be surprised that even if they wanted to retcon Ben’s death to make more movies sometime in the future (which after this whole TLJ retconned movie, I could see happening), I doubt that JJ and other Lucasfilm creators would do so because of how fucking awful you’re being. You’re just like the fanboys who bullied George Lucas so bad that he sold his franchise to Disney. The ones that harassed Hayden to the point of him quitting acting.
The excuse of, “Reylo is my life…it saved me” is bullshit…obviously Reylo didn’t help you with your mental illness if you believe you are justified to harass living people over imaginary characters. There’s nothing wrong with loving reylo and being upset, but hurting LIVING people is not okay. I’m not surprised though after witnessing the behavior here for the last four years. Also, before anyone starts calling out my past behavior…I know it was shitty and I admit it, but at the same time it was most of the time in response to people being elitist fandom assholes and I have moved on from it, whether you have I honestly don’t care. I have nothing to lose at this point because I do not care about my reputation in the fandom. The difference between us is that I’ve at least grown as a person in the four years since TFA has come out whereas so many of you are addicted to tumblr and Reylo to the point where you cannot understand that real people take presidence over fictional characters.
You’ve become the very thing you were meant to destroy. Good luck being known as the rabid fan girls who told JJ to die over a fictional character, this Reylo refuses to be associated with your shameful behavior.
Say what you want about tros, but watching Oscar Isaac halfheartedly perform heterosexuality and then conversely put his entire soul into all of his interactions with John Boyega is meta humor at its finest.
