Details: Seascape, Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1890

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Rey's parents are terrible but TROS makes them seem like heroes.

The "Rey Palpatine" BS is stupid enough on its own but I hate HATE what this movie is trying to do with her parents. No matter the reason selling you kid is not something that should be shown in a positive light. TROS does just that. Rey being unfazed by the fact that she was sold as a kid is disturbing, the fact that she seems to be thankful to her parents for it is a beyond damaging messege to send.

"they sold you to protect you" might be one of the most toxic lines I have ever heard in a film. It justifies the actions of rey's perents when they LITTERLY TOOK MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR THIER DAUGHTER. JJ redconned half of TLJ but he decided to not change the rey being sold plot line. He only added a new reason, now they did not sell her for drinking money, now they profited on her because they wanted to protect her. Excuse me, what the actual fuck??

Her parents literally subjected thier daughter to a lifetime of abuse and hunger, to child laber, to all the dangers of living alone on Jakku and took money for it. That's not a statement of parental love, that's just fucked up.

JJ could easily write that they left her on Jakku, that's all they could do before Palpatine cough them. But no, better make them find a slave owner and sell her.

And don't even get me started on the whole Unkar Platt being a "mean-spirited guardian" BS.

A mean-spirited guardian is that one uncle you have that keeps on making rude comments about you, and you kind of hate him but ultimately you know that when a push comes to shove he would go to hell and back for you.

Unkar Platt bough her, and made her work for him. She spend her whole life scavenging ship ruins in order to get food. In TFA we see that Unakr would gladly let her die of hunger if she didn't bring him new parts.

He's a slaver, he enforces child labour, he wouldn't care if rey lived or died.

REY'S PARENTS AND UNKAR PLATT ARE TERRIBLE PEOPLE, TROS TRIES TO TURN THEM INTO HEROS.

Rey is not some heir to royalty. She's Cinderella. She's Aladdin. She's the street rat that comes from nothing and MARRIES royalty, because it doesn't matter if she's a peasant. She's as good as royal by her deeds and heart. That's part of why Rey Nobody is so resonant, why it is filled with myth and fairy tale.

-Per PolarPhantom from Discord

“Historically, whenever women [especially young women] are interested in a form of media, we like to tell them it is bad for them and that they are bad for liking it — unless the media goes mainstream, in which case it becomes no longer feminine and hence okay. Novels are dangerous and cause insanity, until they become classics worthy of being studied in college. Beatlemania is the province of ‘the dull, the idle, the failures,’ until the Beatles become a band that everyone loves. Women are so attacked for loving the media they love that it is a radical act for a woman to love something unashamedly. And transformative fandom is the most radical act of all, because it reverses that ‘lady thing to respectable thing’ process. It takes a piece of media that may not have been designed for women and makes it for women.”

— Constance Grady, Why we’re terrified of fanfiction (via fluffycakesistainted)

Some rando: This character should not have the chance to become a better person

Me: Why

Same person: Because they are a bad person!

Me: But what if that character was allowed to become a better person so that they are no longer a bad person?

Same person: You’re an abuse apologist

Castle Ashby

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tros did kylo dirty but I’d be lying if I said that he didn’t look hot while getting character assassinated

I think I realized what bothers me the most about the shows end... That it could have been the exact same ending if the whole transending thing didn't happen. For example, if you showed someone that two parties where ready to fight but someome jumped in and put some sense in them and they stop fighting and then you jump at the very last scene at the beach you can easily say that "Well now that there is no more war, they can live their life in peace" AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT THE TRANSENDING!! GOD, REALIZING THAT MADE ME ANGY AGAIN!

We started watching the show for a group of people. The delinquents. And personaly I only cared about them (but their story included other parties too so I didn't mind them). I didn't care about the human race. I didn't give a shit if they were good or bad or idk! I just wanted my people to survive. So the whole transending thing was bulshit in my eyes. Plus if I hate anything in stories, it's aliens. These creatures/light could only be aliens so I was so dissappointed. Man, it's been less than a week and I feel like the ending never really happened. It didn't touch me at all.