Reylo Is Love

adamdrivery: join me. p l e a s e.

metsin6 — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:17:14 -0400

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p l e a s e.

helenashin: Kylo Ren : Star Wars 3D FanArt by Helena...

metsin6 — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:48:08 -0400

Kylo Ren : Star Wars 3D FanArt by Helena Shin
Artstation-> https://www.artstation.com/artwork/gzAVe
(Please don’t edit without my permission)
Hi there, Here is my latest 3D work.
I hope you like it !!! Thank you!!!!
Special thanks for god,family…. and you !! yes… you!! (hug)
[Used Tool]
Render : Arnold (Maya)
Modeling,Retopology,Rig : Maya
Texturing XYZ : Mari
Sculpt : Zbrush
Hair guide : Fiber Mesh (Zbrush)
Hair : Xgen
Texture : Mari,Photoshop
Final edit : Photoshop

hoeformagneto: hoeformagneto: r2x2: hoeformagneto: hoeformagneto: r2x2: hoeformagneto: I...

metsin6 — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:08:48 -0400

hoeformagneto:

hoeformagneto:

r2x2:

hoeformagneto:

hoeformagneto:

r2x2:

hoeformagneto:

I literally cannot imagine needing to be right so badly I’d embarrass myself attacking people for liking two Disney characters together when literal dystopia is upon our asses outside, and Disney is a giant paragon of that decay and is actively co-opting our society through media as a whole but honestly go off Karen this is so important, the Work you’re Doing with the Ships

It’s REALLY shitty of you to use real-life atrocities to silence people who disagree with you over a movie.

Regardless of shipping wars, I absolutely HATE these “How dare you have a hobby when Important Political Event is happening?!” posts. Wherever you fall in various fandom wars, do NOT feel guilty about enjoying a hobby even when terrible things are happening in the real world. Do what you can for people who are suffering but don’t stop living your life.

Honestly that’s a p weak argument when the shit I’m talking about is anti shippers lobbing abuse accusations at people for writing fanfic of people they like

I’m not saying you can’t care about both. But I’m allowed to question if what you’re doing is activism when most of how you are acting out is by lashing out, at people minding their business in fandom spaces

But thanks for the scolding, my critical thinking skills are intact despite it

If I didn’t think you could have hobbies and care about this stuff, why would I be posting about it…

Also let’s not pretend that there aren’t really good reasons to criticize Disney if you want to do that, and saying racist or misogynistic shit to fans of reylo or kylo Ren on Tumblr is not an effective way to do that. Notice I didn’t use any Real Life Atrocities to compare it to except the relevant one: Disney owning a lot of the information people have access to. If you’re asking me the political relevance of star wars to a greater political discussion, anti shipping is still a pointless and vindictive form of activism

Criticizing fans and fandom is just as valid as criticizing Disney itself. Maybe even more so. You can have as many gross, racist, abusive fantasies as you like but the moment you make them public, they’re fair game for analysis and criticism.

Classifying fandom content across the board as abusive and ‘gross’ because you don’t like it or you feel it CAN be those things is manipulative, and virtue signalling based on your politics, and it still isn’t an effective form of activism. You are engaging with people who aren’t striving to make political content or a political statement, you’re *attacking* fan creators. Not to mention if you really hate reylo you might want to focus your mudslinging on the movie makers, they push it nearly as hard as the fans and tbh ? You are having zero impact on themes portrayed in star wars by focusing your critique on forcing political structures into fandom works where it isn’t present. It is also s c i e n c e that engaging people with shame, especially while taking them out of context *doesn’t fucking work*.

But okay dude. You said it, the buzzwords. You have retained the approval of people who already agreed with you… Congrats. I’m going to go back to actually enjoying this fandom by blocking people who spend their time in it stroking their egos with fabricated bullshit 🤷

Also to be really clear, anti shipping is not simply critique, or it wouldn’t be a campaign unto itself. You are engaging in emotional warfare w people over hypothetical abuse, and projecting individual abuse narratives onto a story where no abuse is intended, and then saying it’s Important Critical analysis. Nowhere am I advocating people shouldnt critically analyze media. It still doesn’t make fandom infighting that mostly results in baseless ad hominem helpful, productive, or anything but self indulgent honestly

mkl1985: skylersolo: Rey has never looked at any other man the...

metsin6 — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:55:26 -0400

mkl1985:

skylersolo:

Rey has never looked at any other man the way she looks at Ben Solo in this shot. Like she knows something about their future that we don’t.
Like she’s ready to fall in love.

“She looked at him a long moment, her blinded love-she’d traveled light-years to find him, risked her life, lost hard-won time need sorely by the Rebellion, time she couldn’t really afford to throw away on personal quests and private desires…but she loved him.” - Return of the Jedi (novel)

I love how Rian recreated this in The Last Jedi. That scene where Leia is watching Han come out of the sleep from his tomb at Jabba’s. Rey looking up at Ben from her tomb like pod and thinking the exact thing Leia did about Han in this moment. Gives me chills!!

jackrhys: nothing’s fair in love and war

metsin6 — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 18:23:58 -0400

jackrhys:

_{nothing’s fair in love and war}

crimson-fallen-angel: I love TLJ. Many of my friends and family do not like it, or they’re not big...

metsin6 — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 18:14:00 -0400

crimson-fallen-angel:

I love TLJ. Many of my friends and family do not like it, or they’re not big enough fans of Star Wars to care. So, really, I don’t mind if you don’t like the movie. I have problems with it (some of the editing was off, I think it would have been stronger if it took place over the course of a week, Finn’s arc was missing crucial scenes and exchanges, and I wish Phasma was used more and hope she’ll come back) And I’m willing to debate with others about the movie! But I think based on all of the garbage rants I’ve seen of this movie over the past few months, I’ve compiled a list of invalid arguments that will make me turn the video off or skip over the post. Feel free to fight me on any of these, but if a “reviewer” complains about these things into TLJ, it just tells me that they did not walk in expecting to like the movie unless it conformed to their precise expectations:

-Rey Skywalker/Solo theories or whatever

-Snoke’s characterization

-Rey being a “Mary Sue”

-the fact that she doesn’t hate Kylo anymore apparently not making sense

-the idea of Rey being a prop for the male characters

-the fact that she briefly blindsided Luke and fought him for a minute

-Luke being on Ach-To at all

-Luke not fighting anyone else and instead projecting himself to face Kylo

-calling Rose useless or acting like she’s getting in the way of a ship

-even worse, referring to her as “Asian chick” or “Asian b*tch,” which is disgustingly racist and sexist

-complaining about Finn not being revealed to be a force sensitive Jedi

-talking about SJWs

-complaining about Holdo not telling Poe her plan

-denouncing the movie as utter trash because of your in depth military analysis of the chase and Crait battles

-whining that Admiral Ackbar should have had Holdo’s role

-whining that “oooooh Luke wouldn’t murder anyone thanks for ruining him RJ”

-Poe being given flaws

-calling Canto Bight useless filler

-the bombs that Paige dropped (yes I have seen specific complaints about that)

-Rian’s “political agenda”or feminist propaganda

-acting like the jokes killed the movie

-Rey wanting her parents

-Kylo being presented as relatively sympathetic and not just Vader 2.0 (specifically, Kylo breaking the mask, not killing Leia, and actually being vulnerable with Rey)

-“ooooh nothing changes at the end of the movie”

-the fact that Luke criticized the Jedi order and the movie as a whole pushed for the whole “let the past die” theme

-the fact that the force was used in different ways

-the fact that Luke projected himself at the end and disappeared

-the fact that the knights of Ren weren’t key players

-Leia force pulling herself back into the ship (specifically on a conceptual level-I’m not a fan of the cinematography of that scene, but I’m talking about force sensitive Leia on paper)

And finally…

-the fact that Rose saved Finn and kissed him

There are plenty of valid criticisms of TLJ out there, and there are plenty of points that I generally agree with. There are also plenty more points that I don’t agree with, this list just covers shit that was said by straight guys (mostly you tubers) who started out their reviews talking about how they’ve been lifelong Star Wars fans. I don’t even want to get started on the bullshit tumblr has to offer, calling the producers and Rian Nazis because they dared to give Poe flaws or not have a passionate finnrey make out scene.

I just really need to get this off my chest because I’ve only been into Star Wars for a few years now, and I fucking hate how toxic this fan base has been, especially since TLJ came out. And when I actually try to go and listen to the other side, and see if there’s any information to be gleaned, 90% of the criticisms come down to purely subjective nitpicks that people blow way out of proportion.

Guys. It’s a fucking space opera. The Jedi are samurai with laser swords. Half of every movie is spent on a bunch of spaceships going PEW PEW at each other, and three of the nine movies centred around blowing up rhedunant super weapons.

I get that this is like a religion to some people, but you need to put things in perspective. A Star Wars movie that tries to change the status quo is not automatically blasphemous. It’s just a fucking movie.

Feel free to argue with me about this stuff though, can’t wait for the anon hate to start pouring in.

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metsin6 — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 14:24:12 -0400

Childhood—Adolescence—Youth

metsin6 — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 03:24:04 -0400

alikssepia:

This is a translation of my meta “Детство - Отрочество - Юность” originally written in Russian. @saturninefeline helped smooth my English style, for which I am very grateful to her.

Below, you will see text and pictures which are better perceived via tables, and this meta was written with tables in mind. I’m afraid much of its clarity will be lost due to the need to remove the tables for the publication on Tumblr. I encourage you to check the very same meta published on AO3 with all its tables. I promise, it’s worth clicking the external link.

If the middle part of the trilogy is Adolescence, then TFA is Childhood, and the forthcoming EpIX will be Youth. The sequel trilogy, through the eyes of a Reylo, is a story of three encounters of Kylo and Rey whose appearance and behaviour refer to three different psychological ages.

On December 14, 2017, my Reylo friends and I left the cinema theater with and without a present. We wanted to scream “It’s canon!” but our throats wouldn’t make a sound.

Reylos after the movie

What was it? It was as if we’d gotten everything (Force bond, Kylo’s naked torso, touching hands, back to back fighting) but, at the same time, our victory seemed hollow: why did their relationship feel so rushed? Why does she slam the door right in his face? Did Reylo become canon and then immediately die?

Rey’s behavior was terribly strange:

After just a couple of Skype calls with Kylo, she quickly leapt to far-fetched conclusions such as ‘Ben Solo lives’.

She attacked Luke, her aging master, from behind, even turning оn him with a lightsaber.

She refused to listen to him, jumped into the Falcon and went off to “save Ben Solo”.

On the Supremacy, she tried to use her feminine charms — for naught.

Followed Kylo’s lead and fought the Praetorian guards together with him.

After this fight’s romantic overtones, she got disappointed in Kylo and flew away.

Slammed the door of the Falcon, and the door to herself, in Ren’s face.

Kylo did no better:

Secretly chatted with the girl via Skype.

Confused her with his half-naked body.

Touched her (hand).

Handed her over to Snoke at their first “date”.

But quickly changed his mind and threw the whole galaxy to her feet.

… while being casually rude.

Having been rejected, he got angry and promised to destroy her.

Is this the love story we all hoped to see оn-screen? Why such haste, when the story could have developed slowly and smoothly?

As an excuse for the galactic idiots (and the idiot scriptwriter who made them that way), I could оnly recall Rian Johnson’s point which he constantly repeated in many ways in his interviews: this is a coming-of-age story, Rey and Kylo are “two sides of the same coin” going through the difficult period of adolescence.

Is it really, though? Let’s take a look at the adolescent stage of development.

Typical adolescents:

get a sense of being independent entities from their parents/the adults in their lives

try to assert themselves and their wills against important adults

try to assert themselves among their peers

try out their sexuality

take self-reliant, often defiant steps

make hasty and harsh judgments

argue

feel more keenly

get easily fascinated and easily disappointed

“Adolescent” Kylo and Rey:

2. In the film, Kylo and Rey revolt against and detach from their mentors thus becoming “free from adults”. From now оn, it’s up to themselves to decide what lives to live.

(see above)

In this context, Hux is Kylo’s peer and competition for leadership. Kylo claims leadership using the Force. He acts as a bully towards Hux.

The hands scene, in the context of this meta, implies metaphorical adolescence of Kylo and Rey — it’s the age when mutual interest manifests itself in just holding hands. Rey asks Kylo to cover himself — it’s another reminder that, metaphorically, she’s an adolescent girl confused by seeing the guy she likes half-naked — whereas, as we all know (wink, wink), she should enjoy it.

Rey disregards Luke’s admonitions and undertakes a dangerous endeavour to entice Kylo Ren to her side.

Rey’s opinion оf Luke makes a U-turn оnce she hears Ren’s version of what had happened between him and Luke.

After Snoke’s rebuke, Kylo is outraged and is struck with Force Lightning. The brawl between Rey and Luke is an example of confrontation between an adolescent and an adult when the younger person starts the conflict: aggression, accusations and refusal to listen to the other side.

Having realised Kylo won’t turn for her, Rey is in tears. Having realised that Rey has left him again, Kylo is enraged.

Just a few Skype calls in just a couple of days — and Rey already has an invented idealistic image of Ben Solo and is ready to cross half a galaxy to “save his soul”. Daydreams of Prince Charming are quickly dashed. (Compare this to how often girls fall for participants of boys bands.)

Now let’s see how the “adults” of this story behave:

Typical adults or adult abusers*:

are overprotective

forbid

* mock at youngsters’ first awkward attempts to assert themselves

* use forceful methods to re-establish the previous boundaries of the relationship

* underestimate the physical strength of grown-up youngsters

“Fathers” Snoke and Luke

2. Luke storms into Rey’s hut and breaks them up — a typical “busted!” situation.

(see above)

Snoke scoffs at Kylo and calls him immature: “Child in a mask”.

Snoke strikes Kylo with Force Lightning in response to his attempt to argue.

Accustomed to being the dominant оne, Snoke is slain by an unexpected strike which he could have prevented if he had recognized the agency/power of Kylo.

In the summer of 2017, when first оn-set photographs emerged оn the internet, fans suddenly saw Rey’s breasts. A romantic hairdo completed her fresh image which, it seemed, showed her growing into womanhood. In the light of this analysis, it is hard to escape a different conclusion: breasts develop when a girl is оn the point of puberty. In The Force Awakens, Rey’s breasts were markedly flat, her hairdo pointedly childish, form very thin. In TFA, Rey is metaphorically a SMALL GIRL who is growing into adolescence in The Last Jedi.

If the middle part of the trilogy is Adolescence, then TFA is Childhood, and the forthcoming EpIX will be Youth. The sequel trilogy, through the eyes of a Reylo, is a story of three encounters of Kylo and Rey whose appearance and behaviour refer to three different psychological ages. Each age is coded in the actions of the two halves of our protagonist and the way the actors are dressed, carry themselves and play, which we will consider below.

I. CHILDHOOD (The Force Awakens)

II. ADOLESCENCE (The Last Jedi)

III. YOUTH (EpIX — forecast)

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stefani-germanotta:Filming the third Force-bond scene. #/...

metsin6 — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 01:20:09 -0400

stefani-germanotta:

Filming the third Force-bond scene.

#/ ‘let’s get it on’ plays in the background/ (via stefani-germanotta)

I more of a “Careless Whisper” playing in the background myself

There is good in this world

metsin6 — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 01:16:35 -0400

There is good in this world

daxwashere: ambitious-witch: moraldisorderbb: So… Rumor has it that Ben will have shorter hair...

metsin6 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:21:46 -0400

daxwashere:

ambitious-witch:

moraldisorderbb:

So… Rumor has it that Ben will have shorter hair and a beard in epIX.

I don’t know how I feel about that.

Adam looks good so bring it in.

Everyone is probably gonna look a little rough in this movie. War takes a toll on people and it’s obvious JJ Abrams wants to show how that passage of time has affected everyone even physically.

Plus, let’s look at the progression. TFA was baby boi Kylo. TLJ was teen Kylo. This last one is MAN Kylo.

Which is why I am down with bearded!Kylo.

postedbygaslight: roxannepolice: Rey didn’t join Kylo Ben, thus avoiding a toxic relationship of...

metsin6 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:33:27 -0400

postedbygaslight:

roxannepolice:

Rey didn’t join Kylo Ben, thus avoiding a toxic relationship of Twilight/50 Shades of Grey type it would be in his current emotional state

Kylo Ben didn’t follow Rey into resistance, thus avoiding the fate of the Phantom, dragon Tarasque and all other Beasts following their Beauties to pain at mob’s hands resistance would totally give him

Reylo didn’t go for secret marriage, thus avoiding the tragedies of Romeo and Juliet and Anakin and Padme

I can’t believe this ship has manouvered around every major shallow water awaiting BatB and enemies to lovers themes and for some people it’s actually a proof it’s sunk

This is what I’ve been saying. The narrative has been teed up for redemption and HEA almost perfectly. It’s exciting, particularly because the GA isn’t expecting it.

thesovereignempress: sanziene: Incorrect SW quotes Finn been...

metsin6 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:29:22 -0400

thesovereignempress:

sanziene:

Incorrect SW quotes

Finn been knew

How do you think IX will be marketed? Do you think they'll feature some hints of Rey and Kylo's dynamic going into it, or could they lean into the Evil-Kylo-Ren aspect and make him out as the big threat Rey needs to defeat so it's more surprising when he's redeemed?

metsin6 — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:12:44 -0400

@postedbygaslight mentioned what might be happening in terms of IX’s marketing here, and I replied with my thoughts based on how the TLJ promo unfolded. I never would’ve guessed before the last trailer dropped that the direct lead-up marketing for TLJ would be so Reylo-heavy, but it was. And now that it’s been established in TLJ, the big card IX’s promo has to play is the romantic element, the will-they-won’t-they tension (they will) of these two characters who are clearly into each other, as well as cosmically connected, but still have obstacles. Star Wars Twitter is joking about Rey and Kylo being a “ship” and Ben being thirsty, and Rian Johnson straight-up said the hand-touch was a metaphorical, PG stand-in for sex. We’re already way past hedging and hinting. Reylo is a canon Thing, the central Thing. And people are into it. So I’m pretty sure the marketing for IX will lean into it. A lot. For instance, I wouldn’t be shocked if Daisy and Adam did at least one magazine photo spread together, a la Natalie and Hayden for AOTC and ROTS. Because sure, why not? They already did that interview/article for V Magazine, and their characters were edited onto the covers of Rolling Stone and EW together. A true co-photoshoot just seems like the next logical step, even if it’s not as blatantly romantic as Natalie’s and Hayden’s were, in order to keep a bit of the “mystery” alive before the movie actually comes out.

So no, I don’t think they’ll emphasize “Evil Kylo Ren”, because after TFA subverted that, and then TLJ–both the marketing and the movie itself–emphasized more “sad boy Kylo” and his humanity and his dual protagonist status with Rey, that would be too disingenuous. Lucasfilm can be very cagey when it comes to Ben–him being the big walking spoiler/dangling question mark of the trilogy and all–but they don’t outright lie. And despite now being Supreme Leader of the First Order, TLJ does not end with Kylo being firmly and contentedly ensconced in evil. He’s still a conflicted mess, and now heartbroken on top of that. So to posit a guess, maybe his IX promo will include a kind of “heavy is the head that wears the crown” theme. He’s reached this pinnacle that even his “legendary grandfather” never did, but he’s more alone and purposeless than ever. Oh, and Hux totally wants to kill and depose him. It’s not always good to be king, especially when it’s not something you truly wanted, but kind of stumbled into.

reylo-au: @reylo-au presents REYLO AU WEEK 2018 Dates: August...

metsin6 — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:07:53 -0400

reylo-au:

@reylo-au presents REYLO AU WEEK 2018

Dates: August 20-26
What: Reylo Fanworks with an Alternate Universe setting

August 20 - Day 1 - Modern AU
August 21 - Day 2 - Historical AU
August 22 - Day 3 - Canon Divergence AU
August 23 - Day 4 - Fantasy / Fairy Tale / Mythological AU
August 24 - Day 5 - Steampunk / Cyberpunk AU
August 25 - Day 6 - Crossover
August 26 - Day 7 - Free Choice / Favorite Trope

Tag your fanworks with #reylo au week in the first five tags and we’ll reblog them here! You can also submit a link.

FAQ under the cut.

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obiwanisbae: it’s all in the hands eyes ( ͡☉⁄ ⁄ ͜⁄ ͜ʖ̫⁄ ⁄ ͡☉)

metsin6 — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 22:40:22 -0400

obiwanisbae:

it’s all in the ~~hands~~ eyes ( ͡☉⁄ ⁄ ͜⁄ ͜ʖ̫⁄ ⁄ ͡☉)

reylo-art-market: A few artists here and on Twitter are...

metsin6 — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:44:05 -0400

reylo-art-market:

A few artists here and on Twitter are accepting commissions in support of organizations that are helping to end family separation at the U.S. Southern border.

Click the links below to go to their posts! And if you know of any more artists doing the same, please let me know.

bb_kate_art - Twitter

nedi_nerfherder - Twitter

@yamstrange - Twitter | Tumblr

obiwanisbae: chubbyreylo: Nothing is ever going to top the night that the trailer for TLJ dropped...

metsin6 — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:35:08 -0400

obiwanisbae:

chubbyreylo:

Nothing is ever going to top the night that the trailer for TLJ dropped and how every single R.eylo shipper collectively lost their shit when it showed Kylo offering his hand to Rey. I think about that night all of the fucking time. It was even better than watching the actual movie. That trailer was so hyped, I can’t imagine being that excited over anything ever again.

You know what can top that moment? In the first full trailer of EPIX towards the end, Rey is alone on Ahch-To or somewhere else, and all of a sudden, she hears her name being called by Ben. She turns around and sees him in front of her. Then cut towards the movie title.

tellcassiopeia:Half a year later and it’s still not over. It...

metsin6 — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:37:16 -0400

tellcassiopeia:

Half a year later and it’s still not over.

It frustrates me how lack of critical thinking these so-called fans have. When someone like Luke went through a traumatic event stemming from his lapse in judgment that leads to a self-imposed exile, chances are he is not the same person that he was a while back. People go through changes. It’s unrealistic of him to be the same Luke from the OT. I was sad that he died, but I understood why he did what he did. Some people can’t accept their heroes to be flawed and complex and it’s unfortunate that they can’t enjoy his arc because he is no longer “pure” and “flawless”

thekylosource: New: Topps Trading Card of Kylo Ren in Star Wars:...

metsin6 — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 13:25:05 -0400

thekylosource:

New: Topps Trading Card of Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Last Jedi