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Nothing to add here. 100 per cent correct.
My main issue is that Star Wars is a fairytale and fairytales have morals, what is the moral of TROS? That if you’re abused from the womb but still fight with all you have and find the strength to redeem yourself, you deserve to die with only a moment of happiness? That love just isn’t enough? That abusers always win in the end? That it’s okay to be alone as long as you have a cool material possession (the lightsaber) and a name that means you’re important (forget that “anyone can be a hero” stuff, back to aristocratic bs)?
Everything was pointless at the end, the story ended with no hope. Han’s and Leia’s sacrifices only gave their son a moment of happiness before he died. Rey’s entire arc was about finding “the belonging she sought ahead of her” and she found it in Ben, Ben was the one who understood her. Her attachment to him isn’t replaceable by her comparatively superficial relationships with Finn or the resistance or a bunch of old ghosts. What Ben and Rey had was a special bond that hasn’t happened in generations. Rey experienced an intimacy beyond our understanding only to lose it, to be forever haunted by its absence and forever feel lonely because no other bond will ever compare.
Does that sound like a fairytale ending to you? The abuse victim dying the moment he earned a chance at happiness after years of suffering and fighting, and the girl who was alone for so long finding her soulmate only to have him ripped away after one kiss? No. That’s a Greek tragedy. That’s some George R.R. Martin levels of bullshit. That’s never what Star Wars was at its heart and everyone involved should be ashamed that they disgraced the series like this.
Can we as a fandom just all confirm that TROS isn’t canon and never happened? Thanks
If fanfic writers ever needed a charter, this is it.
what are we meant to do after infinity war?
BB-8 is often written as a corgi in Star Wars!modern fanfic... so what would R2, Threepio and D-O be?
I will call REYLO shippers as traitors if they don't change their profile pictures as "Reylo kiss scene" after December 18
Ok so now I have to know, what kind of script did Colin Trevorow write that Disney felt the need to fire him and bring on JJ to make this half-baked, depressing piece of shit