Was kylo redeemed with his sacrifice to rey? Do you think that negates all his past actions ? Regardless of the motive or cause ?
You can tell the frustration during the interview, that he himself has been thinking about it so much, that he delved into what made him Kylo Ren but also human, that HE knows the backstory.
A backstory that was almost completely absent from TROS, if you count Palpatine “ I was every voice you ever heard in your head” inferring manipulation and lies. The story omits completely his childhood, the feelings of betrayal he felt as his own parents feared him, the way they sent him away and the ultimate failure from his own uncle is not once mentioned, it omits that he never massacred his Jedi friends ( comic) that he never destroyed the temple, that he felt so alone, traumatised and ashamed that he went to the only welcoming place : Snoke / aka Palpatine
He was a victim, with a feeling of helplessness and depression so strong that seeking the dark side by killing his dad was really a form suicide.
Han Solo tried to bring him home in TFA and failed, but once Rey admitted that she loved Ben Solo, he went back to the moment he killed his father, the moment that tormented him with his guilt. He replayed the scene, and this time He really heard and understood what his father was telling him, he welcomed it.
His father’s love, his mother’s love were unconditional and he could go home at ANY time…. they always loved him. At this moment Kylo literally TURNS around, he turns and THROWS aways his lightsaber, and later off screen the top layers of the Kylo Ren persona, to reveal only BEN SOLO, damaged and all. He freed himself.
I think, the Han Solo scene shows that Kylo/ Ben had to forgive himself first, before moving on, he was held back by guilt and resentment and thought he had done too awful a thing that it was impossible to come back.
Finally Ben SOLO came for REY. It was not Kylo anymore.
Ben Solo never had anything to be redeemed for, he was a victim.
But even then, he made the ultimate sacrifice, selfless, without thinking twice about it, he gave Ben Solo’s life to Rey, out of pure LOVE. He is more than redeemed, he’s a hero in that scene.
The movie does not do him justice, by telling us what’s happening to him. We can only read the subtext, he’s either one with Rey, making her Skywalker, or one with the Force, but they only wanted to have the legacy Force ghost in the end, as new parental figures, or he is somewhere yet unknown. The story is cruel because it does not really bring closure to his fate.
BUT Ben solo is a hero.
The beginning of everything (Gladiator Optimus AU)
The Real Story.
A gentle reinterpretation of the end of The Rise of Skywalker.
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jeremiah’s totally foolproof, 100% guaranteed to work plan to woo bruce and prove his love to him:
create a church to get followers
use followers to dig a tunnel to bruce’s house
let selina literally stab him (a lot) to fake his death
have a plastic surgeon alter the faces of two people to look like bruce’s dead parents
kidnap bruce’s butler
blow up bruce’s house???
recreate the night bruce’s parents died
dress up as zorro to recreate the film bruce and his parents saw on the night they died
attempt to / kill bruce’s fake recreation parents
????
profit!!!
and thats how the movie actually ends, everyone. thanks for reading ❤️
I had a strange feeling of deja vu during the whole freakin' game! It's literally a genderbender version of reylo Jesus fuckin' Christ!!!
Btw, am I the only one who believes Trilla is still alive just wounded?
We are proud to present the pieces that officially comprise Amid Secrets and Monsters: the 2019 Reylo Fanfiction Anthology.
Angels:
Angels Among Us by @biekewieke (Biekewieke)
Asmodeus:
Where No Thing Gleams by @maq-moon (maq_moon)
Aswang:
place the moon at my eyes (and her whiteness shall devour) by @kylorenvevo (diasterisms)
Cursed creature:
Old Blood by @lion-hearted-wolf (NatMatryoshka)
Cursed forests:
the parts that make us whole by @tiaraofsapphires (tiara_of_sapphires)
Curses:
The Dark Prince by @ceciliasheplin (ceciliasheplin)
A Time Without Name by @deedreamer (deedreamer)
Bad Feelings, Good Omen by @rakefired (rakefire)
Dark artifact:
The Dark Crystal by @erney007 (erney007)
Demons:
Belphegor’s Prime by @nerdherderette (PalenDrome)
Devil:
Dew of the Sea by @godhelpmeimareylo (Enidzsasz)
Dybbuk:
Truth and Death by @shmisolo (crossingwinter)
Eldritch horror:
At the Moon of Madness by @inthegrayworld (inthegrayworld)
real life sucks losers dry by @leofgyth (QueenOfCarrotFlowers)
Eldritch location:
The Hungry Sands Beneath Jakku by @personalphilosophie (personalphilosophie)
Exorcism:
THE LAST EDGE by @codeblackspace (codeblackmoira)
Fae:
A Faerie Crown by @evilgrrl (evilgrrl)
Ghost planet:
linger in the doorway (of my field of paper flowers) by @mnemehoshiko (bittersnake)
Ghosts:
Within These Walls by @reylo-solo (ssalemghostss)
the shadows are whispering (again) by @thewayofthetrashcompactor (thewayofthetrashcompactor)
Follow Me by @transpogrrl (Zabeta)
Grim Reaper:
The Other Promise by @kuresoto (kuresoto)
Haunted murderer:
Dust Devil by @Orevet (Orevet)
Haunted object:
An Unscripted Sorrow by @lilia-ula (lilia_ula)
Haunting:
Chandrila Manor by @halfwaythroughit (halfwaythrough)
So Much Thin Glass by @nuanceismyjam (walkingsaladshooter)
Immortality:
meet me in the aether by @saint-heretical (SaintHeretical)
Incubus:
Your Love is Poison by @avidvampirehunter (avidvampirehunter)
Beloved by @misscoppelia (MissCoppelia)
Jane Eyre:
you transfix me quite by @politicalmamaduck (politicalmamaduck)
Krabat:
His Raven Heart by @apisa-b (apisa_b)
The Lake House:
Tenant of the Heart, a Lake House AU by @bettertoflee (bettertoflee)
La Llorona:
La Llorona by @commandercrouton (commandercrouton)
Mediums
The Skeptic and the Medium by @shelikespretties (Vivien)
Melusine:
Come take my hand, kiss my lips, taste the promise I hold by @hellomelusine (Melusine11)
Nightmare:
Falling in Slow Motion by @arcnlumi (Orichan)
Portals:
The Light Off Glass by @aionimica (aionimica)
sometimes i dream (the sounds all stay the same) by @orkindofamazing (verilee)
Possession:
Don’t Cry Mercy by @below-the-starry-clusters-bright (below_the_starry_clusters_bright)
Psychological horror:
Phantasm by @forcebondedreylo (iamladyloki)
Rebecca:
destruction makes the world burn brighter by @cosmicforces (dearly)
Reincarnation:
Always You by @my-jedi-life (MyJediLife)
Chrysalis by @persimonne (persimonne)
Sea monster:
Don’t Fear The Reaper by @tmwillson3 (tmwillson3)
Selkie:
Under Your Skin by @greyrey-lo (greyrey-lo)
Soul stealing:
The Weight of a Soul by @ceallaigheirinn (Ceallaigh)
Unicorns:
In a Lilac Wood by @spottytonguedog (Crysania)
Vampires:
Killing Loneliness by @mrandmrssolo (rissanox)
Werewolves:
It Never Troubles the Wolf by @cobwebbing (cuddlesome)
Just Press Play by @reylocalligraphy (reylocalligraphy)
Milk and Honey for the Wolves by @thekesselrun (La_Catrina)
Witch’s familiar:
Malleus Maleficarum by @monsterleadmehome (monsterleadmehome)
Witches:
In the Leaving by @starcrossreylo (kylosren)
Zombies:
What’s in your Head? by @sand-its-everywhere (SpaceWaffleHouseTM)
As a very special gift to the Reylo fandom, our e-book sampler featuring excerpts of all 54 pieces and their mystery moodboards is available for viewing and download here.
#post-TROS mood