Welcome one. Welcome all. I have brought all of you here today to say that YOU WERE LIED AND DECEIVED BY THE FORCES OF HOLLYWOOD AND UNCHECKED CAPITALISM. 'How?' You ask. And yes. I shall answer. It is simple:
The ending of the Rise of Skywalker was wrong
Wait. Excuse me. WHAT THE FUCK?
You read correctly, dear friends. Someone fucked with the editing of Rise of Skywalker and it changed the entire ending of the movie. It changed the characterization of three key characters and it's clear this was against the creator's wishes. I'll be breaking this down into a few key sections. What were the changes, Why I believe these changes were made (and made last minute), and do I consider this ending more or less canon then the theatrical ending. So. JOIN ME ON THIS ADVENTURE FRIEND
The plot changes/editing change
It's fairly simple. They changed Leia's role in the plot, this changed the entire direction of the last few minutes of the movie. Let me break the timeline down
โ Deathstar fight on the ocean still happens, Ben is distracted by Leia reaching out to him. She either still enters her "disappointment son" coma here, or perhaps simply just reaches out to him.
โ From here, the plot continues as normal. Ben and Rey both get to the sith rave separately.
โ Rey Dies
โ Ben Revives her and dies.
โ Leia chooses THIS MOMENT to die and give her life to her son
โ Ben is revived. He and Rey kiss.
โ Move to conclusion
WHAT EVIDENCE DO I HAVE THESE CHANGES WERE MADE (and at the last moment)
Take in note, my evidence is circumstantial, but circumstantial evidence still counts as proof
โ Leia's final role in the movie is insanely unclear. She also takes 12 hours to actually die or something. Again. Confusing
โ Ben's final words, as of this moment, are "OW". Adam Driver said he was nervous about his final dialogue in the movie to the point he stressed about it on the flight over. And. Man. IDK about you but OW seems a little unstressful to say
โ There was no Force Ghost Ben, a decision that is baffling story wise. It would take any competent VFX team hardly any effort to throw a ghostly adam driver next to Leia and Luke. And this would be advantageous to add to the plot if Ben was going to die, give that final bit of closure to the Skywalker fam.
โ Rey's near LACK of emotion over his death. Go watch her realize she has to leave Ben behind in TLJ and tell me that the difference isn't noticeable. It's completely against her character.
โ The weird beats of Leia going into her disappointment son coma and the other strange beats of Ben's death. Especially the fact that you only see him disappear in like. one shot.
โ None of the cast thought he was going to die
โ Wow I wonder why Adam Driver is adamant about never wanting to do star wars at this point?
โ Wow, why does disney keep resetting the character poll of who is the most anticipated character of this movie????
โ The prophecy about Ben's death is completely unnecessary at this point. If it was brought up during TFA, it's understandable to put that thread there. Instead it's in the last movie when his death seems to be a foregone conclusion???
โ So Rey's fine for Luke and Leia even tho she's palpatines kid, but Luke and Leia don't seem all that bothered by Ben's death??????
โ This was supposed to be Leia's film and complete her arc. And while I understand that there was a lack of footage to use for her, it's odd that she ended up not playing much of a role beyond "Distract Ben so he gets stabbed ig"
โ Every single hole in characterization for Luke, Leia, and Rey, every strange beat that didn't really make sense in Ben and Rey's fight on the ocean and during their ??? Mutual deaths???? and the some how rushed and dragged on ending can be solved by a simple solution. Occam's razor, Ben was never meant to die permanently.
โ The fact that there was no final dialogue for Ben after his talk with his father suggests he had something significant to say after his resurrection
โ The fact that they didn't have a cut of Rey absolutely LOSING HER MIND over losing to, what amounts to, the other half of her soul suggests that she was never supposed to lose him permanently
โ The fact that there is no Ben Ghost means that they didn't have the time to slip that in before pushing it out to theaters
โ The way the final scenes with Rey are shot and edited are, again, weird, off balance. It seems like it ends WAY TOO QUICKLY and far too on the nose.
โ no but really guys. His final words are "OW"
โ As for WHO changed it, because of the fact that this is clearly an edit job done at the last minute? I'm putting my money on a CEO that is above Kathleen Kennedy and JJ Abrhrams. I think their hands are tied ATM. This is the ending that had been planned for, this is the ending they wanted, otherwise there would not be such big holes that felt weird and dishonest to the characters. And, like, Kylo Ren/Ben Solo was JJ's child, he wouldn't have done him dirty like this.\
THEATRICAL ENDING/TRUE ENDING
I'm sure opinions would be divided on which ending is canon depending on the person. The theatrical ending will be what's considered canon in the universe of star wars at large. For myself, I find it hard to deny the creators and filmmakers the right to present the story they wanted to tell. So, in that way, both endings are true for me. Though, I am biased-- both as someone who is an artist myself and someone who adores Kylo Ren's/Ben Solo's character-- I like the story the film team were trying to tell over the agenda that whoever pushed for these changes had. Personally, I believe it pushes Star Wars as a universe forward into new territory rather than keep it stagnant in the same old same old that it's always been. Plus. this maintains the integrity of Luke, Leia, and Rey's characters, Ben was never forgotten, far too gone, or unloved. Leia gave him one final gift, a second chance.
That said, I'm not pushing this ending on anyone. I won't be playing it by default. I would rather ask permission or have someone else bring it up.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vaderstan) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
literaldumpsterfire2020-01-04 09:58 am
no subject
'He's in good hands,' Now it's easier to see what was going on with out the dark trying to tear at his twin.'--Well, he will be.'
not vague or cryptic at allWithin the Force a second could last an eternity, but even then Luke can sense his sister's exhaustion and-- they can't linger. If she wants to pull this off. Weeks after the ink had dried on the page, she needed to recover. His sister was strong, but he won't let her take on more than she can bear. Not anymore.
'Keep on the look out, kid,' There's an inkling of a smile on his face, one that reflects the farm boy more than the Jedi Master. 'We'll check-in soon.' ]
rey: I did ALL THAT and no Ben????
GREAT.
Rey is once again left sitting in the middle of Force-forsaken nowhere after having a frustrating conversation with Luke Skywalker's Force ghost and she doesn't even have any ships to set on fire.
She's also pretty exhausted, having not prepared for any of that in any way. She makes a mental note to send Lando a message in the morning, and hopefully by then she will have figured out what to make it say beyond a series of curse words and question marks.
For now, she's just going to pick up Leia's lightsaber (and Luke's, too, since she's too wary of all that just happened to bury them again like none of that had ever happened) and wrap them back up carefully before heading back inside the former Lars residence.
She's not sure she'll be getting much sleep, but in the end sheer mental and physical exhaustion win out and she's in a deep and dreamless place until sometime the next day.]
look this is the last jedi lesson: Be as unhelpful and cryptic as posible.
Anyway. I realized. I'm writing this. Thus
[ Turns out resurrection after the said resurrected has been dead for a few weeks is kinda hard. You have to really bend a lot of rules and laws of physics and magic. A Sith ritual is so much easier, the easiest path out that brings back a fraction of what was lost. But Leia is, as she always has been, a perfectionist. And if there was a single being in the galaxy who could pull this off, it was Leia.
Leia who has to wander into the river of the dead, Leia who has to find her son's soul lost in purgatory, Leia who has to yank and shove and keep a hold on that last bit of life she had clung on to so hard for all these weeks. Luke can only help her at the end, help her direct him, help her as she reshapes him, and hold her as she finally lets him go.
'He's going to be okay,' a murmur which may reach Rey's ears and dreams.
Rey will wake up feeling much warmer than she had been when she had slipped into her slumber the day before. Perhaps a window was left open, it's the first instinct to check that. Nope. Not it.
BB-8 is being obnoxious though. There is a lot of alarmed beeping and chirping going on.
And you know, really. Rey could probably sleep through that because that is not unusual for the droid. He gets alarmed at many things. And by many things I mean when he wanders into the blasphemous pit of polyamory that Finn, Poe, and Rose are. Rey is his last safe haven.
But it'll be harder to sleep when she realizes her bed is moving and breathing.
Much harder still when you realize that the thing which is moving and breathing is supposed to be dead and gone. Like. Probably expected to see a blue force ghost hugging his mom and smiling. But this is like. Next level shit. It's so next level he has clothes on.
(Imagine luke trying to convince Leia to not waste time on giving him clothes and Leia screeching she's not doing that to Rey or her son. SHE DOES NOT WANT HIM WANDERING IN A DESERT NAKED. WE KNOW THE SKYWALKERS HATE SAND OKAY. Luke just thinks this shit is hilarious because that's the type of person he is.)But his heart beats strong and even in his chest, his lips are slightly parted with the soft puffs of breath, and it's... weirdly just. Normal.
Whenever Rey ends her inevitable few long seconds of confusion panic and then understanding aggravation-- she'll hear a voice.
'Wake him up.'
Rey's the last step, after all.
'Take care of him for me.' ]
I DIED but also have some self-indulgent fluff.
At some point, however, the rational part of her brain kicks in and she freezes, tensing instinctually because why is someone in her bed and why is she mostly-if-not-entirely on top of them and oh holy fuck I've definitely lost my mind, that's it, this is the way to the Dark Side, I've been on the desert planet too long, time to call Lando and GTFO of here.
And then there's the entire rest of her spirit which calms itself upon hearing the soft whispered command and having woken entirely to find Ben Solo still here, somehow, and looking peaceful in a way that almost turns her right back around to thinking it's a dream.
Her brain isn't quite ready to comprehend. But the Force knows, and she allows it to guide her.
She's wanted to do this for far, far longer than she'll ever allow herself to fully admit.
She allows herself just a moment to simply take in the sight of him; to tentatively brush her fingertips over his hair which is as soft as she's always imagined.
And then, improbably -- a kiss, because this is a Disney fairytale even if things are bound to go horribly awry again later -- a gentle meeting of her lips upon his, as the Force sings through the Dyad that is once again fully realized.]
Wake up, Ben. Come back to me.
no subject
A dream? A memory? It was hard to tell, had he been a child or as he was now?
That's when he's pulled from it. Like a sudden tunneling and clarity to his vision, adjusting suddenly to the light after wandering out from some dark corner.
His eyes flutter open
He's a true disney princess nowas he squints up at-- ]Rey?
[ He has, at least, two questions right now. Probably more. But less questions then if he had no clothes on so just picture Leia now screaming at luke "I FUCKING TOLD YOU." ]
no subject
[She smiles down at him with a look of soft wonder and -- honestly, she's kind of a mess right now, all things considered. This is not neatly put-together vision of badass Jedi competence Rey.
This is Rey the filthy sand gremlin, which admittedly isn't really how she would have wanted him to see her. Her hair's a mess and she's probably been sleeping in the same thing she wore yesterday and there's sand under her fingernails and honestly she looks like she hasn't slept in a week despite having just woken up.
But, you know. It's a step up from either one of them being dead.]
Are you... how do you feel?
no subject
On one hand, the blankets are nice and the mattress is soft. On the other? You're kinda embarrassed you were caught in the act. Oh and ofc you get mad at your parents for doing this to you. So really. This is just a very Ben Solo moment here.
He's looking around the room and this-- this isn't a dark cave among dead sith. ]
Tired. [ He thinks. He knows he should be more tired and sore. The last few things that happened to him were literally being flung off a cliff after having to fight off his own men and getting part of his life force sucked from him.
But there's the advantage if you just literally ghost your space wife. Your mom is concerned enough to make sure you aren't beat half to hell when you come back. ] Hungry.
[ ah. she forgot to fill his stomach whoops.
He flexes his hands as if to see that they're there and nearly moves to sit up, but Rey is just right on top of him. Oh well. This is fine. ]
What happened?
[ The unspoken sub question to that question is "Where the fuck are we tho???" Rey I cannot understate how confused this poor boy is right now.
-- It doesn't help when BB-8 comes CHARGING AT THEM BOTH WITH TASER OUT AND READY. DO NOT WORRY GOD MOTHER, HE WILL NOT LET KYLO REN HURT YOU. UNSURE HOW HE APPEARED. BUT HE DOES NOT CARE. Thank god he couldn't get to a signal boosting antenna, because, you know he. is on immediate snitch-to-Poe mode if Kylo Ren some how showed up. ]
no subject
Unfortunately for Ben, the explanation is going to have to wait, because there's BB-8 making a clear and present threat of himself and Rey, in her current state of overprotective hypervigilance, comes within seconds of Force-throwing the little droid across the room. She won't be telling Poe what a near thing that was.
Instead she finds she's launched herself off the bed to put herself directly between the angry droid and Ben Solo, and has both hands out in a gesture that is somehow both defensive and placating, she hopes.]
BB-8, stop. It's fine. He's not a threat.
[The droid seems to hesitate, but still seems on the verge of using that taser on one or possibly now both of them, since Rey has clearly been compromised.]
I promise. Can you give us a minute?
[She needs at least a minute to get her heart to stop pounding in her chest because what she really didn't need was the life startled half out of her by a small angry droid first thing in the morning while trying to explain her space husband's return from the dead.]
no subject
Once Rey moves, Ben does manage to prop himself up and sit up properly. The droids wariness and willingness to attack him doesn't phase Ben at all. He's used to reactions like that, he doesn't take it personally. But his cursory glance around lets him make note of his surroundings and this... this is definitely Rey's room. Or at least where she's choosing to bunk for now. He can see her staff, various clothes and shoes all tossed around haphazardly and... Yeah okay cool. Coolcoolcool. He's gonna trust that Rey is going to make any of this make sense.
BB-8, for his part, is practically squawking in disbelief. But, these are Rey's orders so he'll remain obedient for the moment. Slowly rolling out of the room, BB makes sure to keep his optics on Rey and Ben until he's completely out of sight. ]
no subject
Right. Explanations. There is... no good way to begin. She suddenly doesn't even know where to be. As much as she would like to return to her former state of touching Ben, she's kind of spooked right now and the stress of the last few days (weeks) is catching up to her. And there's always the risk that BB-8's going to change his mind and stage an intervention. Which she probably needs, because there's no way this is actually happening? What do mental breakdowns feel like? Probably this.]
So. You were dead.
[This is off to a great start.]
Leia brought you back. I don't know how, exactly -- something had gone wrong in the Force and she was caught. You both were, maybe? I don't-- I helped her yesterday, her and Luke, and they said you'd be fine but I didn't know that meant you'd be here--
[Honestly Rey seems like she's having some sort of delayed panic reaction to yesterday and possibly all of it. All she can think is you weren't in the Force and I left you in between and underneath every word and suddenly it's entirely too hard to breathe or keep talking.]
no subject
So, he is accepting the water. He's drinking from the water. These small physical actions are keeping him level at the moment when he accepts that he is... was? Dead. All in all it isn't a surprise, he knew what he was forfeiting. His life for Rey's, an easy transaction in his mind. You know.
Save for the fact that he's not dead right now.
Excuse him as her words start to sink in and it takes him a millisecond longer to realize "Oh. OH nO REY."
He's not really on top of his game today, I think we can forgive him.
Soon he's pushing himself to his feet. ... Wobbly feet. Like a new born gazelle, his body is remembering what it's like to be alive as well. And perhaps his stumble into her isn't entirely graceful, she's going to have to support some of his weight as his legs Get Their Shit Together, but he's able to wrap his arms around her shoulders and pull her to him.
He honestly recognizes the panic going through her, for him? Just a few minutes earlier he'd been pulling himself across the ground to stumble upon Rey's corpse. In that moment he'd been so lost and alone, no one around to comfort him or guide him. He did the only thing he could think of doing.
It's here he realizes that he may have been dead longer than just a few hours....
He'll have to pick apart the truth with her later. But hearing her reference Leia has given him a pretty clear image of what happened already. ]
I'm here.
in which Rey is unhelpful
She'd be crying tears of stress and overwhelm right now if she could, but there's some part of her that just... can't. She's been on autopilot for weeks now, just carrying herself along from day to day as she had on Jakku because that was how you survived. She couldn't fall apart back on Ajan Kloss because there were eyes on her constantly, looking to her to be the symbol of hope they thought they'd lost. And there'd been no point in emotions here, no more than there had been on Jakku. The desert didn't care.
So she's still feeling a bit distant from herself right now, and that will probably catch up with her a bit later. Once she figures out what all this means and what, practically, there is to do.
Step two will be figuring out what to tell Lando, and it's possible this turn of events will just add MORE cursing to her message instead of less.
For now she's going to take a moment and just. Breathe. Which is admittedly a little harder to do with her face buried in Ben Solo's chest, but she doesn't mind. He's warm and solid and real and she's not letting go just yet.]
in which ben is doing his best.
Cool. Swallowing that. None of that is helpful right now. Rey needs some sense of stability because clearly some Shit has gone down. He can cry about things later.
Instead he takes a controlled and measured breath in and then releases it, letting the bond yawn open so he can bear some of her burden. As the silence blankets them both he'll start sorting and tidying up her hair. It's a mess. She's a mess. This entire thing is a mess.
BB-8 is making a ruckus outside and ruining this nice sweet moment. He sounds like he wants to play chicken with Rey, daring her to call his bluff. ] Would it help if I-- dispatched that droid for you?
[ He says that loud enough for BB-8 to hear and lord that droid is going to short circuit itself with the conniption he is having.
Oh also just so we're clear. Ben is not 100% positive that the kiss actually happened
The first one not the disney princess one he was out for that one. Like. He's about 85% sure right now since Rey's got her face shoved into his tits and is cool with touching him and they kept making Eyes at one another.He just doesn't really wanna push his luck rn and this seems to be the wrong time to be like "Hey so. Did you actually make the terrible life choice of kissing me????" ]
no subject
What? No!
[She pulls away from Ben enough to shout over her shoulder at BB-8.]
I told you to stop it! Do anything else. Go send a message to Lando; tell him... [She hesitates; she's not sure she entirely trusts anyone with this message right now.] Tell him I'll check back in later on a secure channel and that he should be alone and sitting down when I do.
[That much taken care of, and with Ben taking some of her anxiety away, she's able to gather herself enough to try again with Ben.]
I'm fine. It's fine. [She's convincing nobody, probably.] Are you... all right?
[It's the dumbest thing in the world to ask because she's faiiiirrrrly certain neither one of them is all right, but he was just dead and that has to be a little bit challenging to deal with.]
no subject
Cool. coolcoolcool. Everything is fine. Except nothing is. And he really wishes his mother was still around because he has a feeling she could handle this awful situation with some level of discretion and tact. ]
How long has it been?
[ He's doing the obnoxious Kylo Ren thing where he ignores rey's questions when she knows the answers to them and is just dodging the real issues. And if Rey doesn't answer fast enough BB-8 is going to give Ben the answer down to the second. ]
no subject
And now here she was, suddenly able to feel everything again, unsure how much was her and how much was Ben and how much was just a normal human reaction to the absurdity of all that had transpired.
Right. Time. Rey does have to pull away from him fully then because it's just hard to think with him so close. Like thinking underwater. She takes over the rearranging of her own hair into its characteristic buns and frowns a little before giving her answer.
Two weeks, I think...?
[BB-8 interjects that it's been 16 days, four hours, three minutes and fifty-seven seconds, which Rey doesn't actually feel is a helpful addition because honestly who cares how long it's been when the thing you're talking about is how Ben. was. dead. It could have been five minutes or forever and Rey is pretty sure she'd still feel the same way.]
no subject
But he has some vague idea of what Rey's feeling. And by vague I mean he went through the exact same thing for a few long impossible minutes and death had been a better option then losing that connection.
These thoughts process along the lines of his face and his eyes flick around the room, digesting what she said... and now understanding the state of things a bit more. The space away from Rey allows him an uninhibited look as his stance shifts with wherever his attention is directed.
Okay, every question he has and existential crisis can wait for the real shit he needs answered right now. ]
Are you okay?
space wife has suffered critical error, pls reboot
oh, yeah. I guess that's going to be Rey. Sorry, Ben.
It's not so much that she finds the question funny as she sort of finds the whole situation horrifyingly absurd.
And that's how she ends up sitting directly down on the sandy floor, stricken by hysterical giggles that start to cross over into huge gulping half-sobs as she struggles not to hyperventillate.
Honestly, Ben, she very much would like to keep it together for you right now, but she used up all her coping skills yesterday when she indirectly helped your mother haul you bodily back from the dead.]
BEN HAS BEEN ALIVE FOR LIKE TEN MINUTES AND HES ALREADY OVERWHELMED
Why is my mind going to the fact that the used to use vibrators to treat hysteria? Maybe because it may HELP in this case.
Ahem.
Ben just kinda looks at BB-8 and there's a silent agreement. He can tattle to Poe later he's gonna send Lando a message saying "Hey so some shit happened. I think u should come by in person to deal with this". So... rolling back out quietly to do that.
Ben... Ben's just. Okay, give him a few solid seconds here as he has to kinda shake out some "i was just dead" kinks in his limbs. He's not really in any condition to exert too much effort. But Rey isn't too much effort.
You're being gathered up in his arms. It's like when u first met! Just reverse the roles because Rey you are kidnapping Ben from DEATH. But she's small enough that there isn't much strain and he's just going to redirect his entire body to his final destination. In this case, the bed. We're goin back to bed. We quit this day already.
All the while, he'll rub at her back murmuring that it's okay...you know. Even if it's not okay and just trying to calm her.
He won't press her for more information atm. Seems like a bad time to ask. ]
no subject
Eventually, though, she does allow the sound of his voice and the soothing motion of his hands on her back to calm her enough that she can lift her head to look at him.]
I'm sorry.
[She's not sure she's fallen this completely apart... ever. Not since she was a small child, and those memories are tucked so far back into the recesses of memory that she doesn't have them for frame of reference.
This isn't how she wants to react. She's sure he has more questions, and at present she's the only one equipped to answer them. She's calmer now, so she'll make an attempt to explain in a minute. Probably. She may even release him before she does that, because otherwise this conversation is going to be really weird???]
no subject
oH! Hey Rey's talking again. He almost thought she'd just passed out. Wouldn't blame her in the slightest, he's still trying to comprehend that he was dead for two weeks. ]
Don't be. [ Of everyone in this fucking galaxy he has the least amount of wiggle room to bitch about anyone's emotional outbursts.
Also excuse him. He's gonna wipe at her tears-- he's nearly hesitant to do it. But it's nothing about her and everything to do with Snoke. He tries to not let that bleed through ] It was a dumb question.
[ Oh my god using terrible humor to try and alleviate a tense situation he really is Han's son.
Actually. Speaking of being his father's son and making dumb impulsive decisions. He'd intended to lean down and press his mouth to her hair or cheek because he is aggressively unsure which boundaries are okay to cross right now. But, you know. Her mouth is right there and might as well confirm this tabloid click bait rumor right now.
He's not pushy, but it isn't just a peck either. It's gentle and firm and wholly affectionate. He owed her since she was the one who just dived in first last time okay? ]
no subject
She's still half-smiling when he presses his lips to hers, and there's no hesitation when she returns the kiss with as much affection and acceptance as he's showing her. She hasn't yet remembered how to even slightly shut down the bond between them again, so it's possible he can feel just how overwhelmingly safe and right this feels to her.
It's possible she'll be entirely content to just keep kissing Ben Solo for a while. Like. That's pretty much the level on which she feels capable of operating. Kissing: yes. Explaining how she kind of lost her mind for two weeks straight and ran away to the desert and slowly went feral? Not so much.]
no subject
And really, Rey's seen him at his most angry and feral so. We all make mistakes. I know ten people who killed their own father because they got indoctrinated into a cult.
But kissing is good. Physicality is good. Helps with the whole feeling out of place thing and being anchored here with her thing. And it's just Really great that she's kissing him back. He does, eventually, pull away. They are both about one lost shirt away from some really bad decisions on "jumping into codependency with a BIG SPLASH" and he's kind of aware of that. Kinda. But he'd still like to not feel entirely useless. ]
Is there anything I can do?
[ Trying to step around dangerous topics. ]
no subject
Ben's question, however... she considers. She's honestly not sure. He'd already done the most important thing, and that was really mostly Leia's doing.
At some point she's stopped clinging to him quite so tightly, but now she just presses her palm flat against his chest, feeling his heartbeat strong and solid beneath it.]
Just be real.
[She remembers the horrible incomprehension that she felt watching him fade away in front of her last time. She's not entirely convinced that this isn't some complete break with reality or a dream she's about to wake up from. The only thing acting to combat that possibility is the sense of everything having shifted into better clarity, as though she'd been experiencing life through a glass pane for weeks and suddenly been able to step through.]
no subject
I can try to do that.
[ He's honestly still convinced this is a hallucination as well. Wouldn't even be mad. A+++ Delusion right here.
Rey's curled up in such a way that she can't clock the entrance to her room, so she won't see BB-8 poking his head in quietly. Man, Ben and BB-8's relationship is gonna be some serious trauma bonding. Because the droid is looking at him with Rey and just happy Rey is not a sobbing heaping mess anymore because. Like. He's noticed Rey hasn't been doing too hot and was just figuring it was some complicated feelings regarding the end of her role in the war. But it involved complicated feelings towards Kylo Ren and he's near short-circuited. And looking at BB-8 a Little bewildered Ben is realizing.... Holy shit Rey had no one to talk to about this. Like. BB-8 WAS REALLY MAD TO SEE HIM WHICH, again, he doesn't take personally. But that also means Rey didn't even attempt to speak about what happened to BB-8. Which means no one else knew.
It makes sense, of course. He's not insulted that she didn't go around talking about her tryst with Asshole #1. But it's... worrying.
How they manage to communicate with out noise and only gesture and expression I'll leave up to your imagination. But it is the first of what is likely to be a ton of surreal moments in their new lives. But Ben manages to convey he's got Rey. She should just stay here with him lest they risk another melt down. Also. Bring food. And more water. And BB-8's just 'okay roger that. Also I called the dude. Not My dude. But the other dude. Didn't tell him what was goin on but said it was a Pretty big deal so. I'll keep u updated on the timeline.'
Trauma bonding.
God. At least it wasn't C3P0.
But cool. Time to try and coax Rey into staying calm and distracting her from. Everything.
Also he's put the pieces together. The Sand. The moisture farm. The resentment of sand which has seeped into the ground. ]
So. Tatooine?
[ Said in the tone of "BRUH YOU CAME FROM JAKKU I THOUGHT YOUD BE OVER THE DESERT THING" ]
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
this wasn't the tag i expected to write and yet here we are
picture Rey with a series of ellipses and question marks above her head
Confused but slightly aroused. a story by Rey of Jakku
it would be more than slightly but the poor girl needs a nap
shhhshhhshhhhhhhhhhhh i totally editted the subject line
(no subject)
you know whats not helping this existential crisis? Me having the song from inception playing in the
cockblocked by your existential crisis, a tragedy by Ben Solo
cockblocked by the subject line letter limit a ballad by Naima. Also have this short fanfic
pls do not shoot the idiot child, Jannah
I LEGIT JUST FORGOT THAT JANNAH HAS SEEN KYLO IN THE FLESH THO
Rey could you dial it back from 11 pls like maybe to 9.5 or so? Just asking.
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
someone's gotta have placed a bet on how long it would take them to say it
He has wanted to say it but was kinda afraid he was gonna break rey more if he did.
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
BENJAMIN CHEWBACCA SOLO I STG
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
off-topic but not rly: I'm listening to Frozen 2 and specific songs are a big mood here.
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
jesus god they're never gonna fuck but i love it bc slow burn is my jaaaaaam
BEN JUST WANTS TO GET SOME UNINTERRUPTED SLEEP FIRST OKAY
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
in which Rey is a vicious tease.
in which ben solo has no understand of how normal humans act
Rey: *just quietly implodes*
(no subject)
writes an entire speech
better than any of Hux's speeches tbh
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
makes everything worse or better idfk
Bruh its both
(no subject)
(no subject)
coping skills: n o p e.
coping skills: laughs in star wars
(no subject)
(no subject)
this sure didn't get any better!!!!
ITS ALL FINE. DONT WORRY. NOTHING TO SEE HERE AS REYS LIFE CASUALLY LIGHTS ON FIRE.
does he kiss his mother with that mou -- whoops nvm
excuse me wtf I never said I was gonna bring out the porgs.
look it's either dick or porgs i don't make the rules
okay porgs were first on his ideas list, then booze, then finding something for her to fix
all A++ ideas tbh, good thinking Ben
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
lord I spent 24 hours dealing with sick children pls send help enjoy Disney!
What if I just send more children.
(no subject)
(no subject)
writes this high on Nyquil thanks kids for the plague
Rings bell and screams BRING OUT UR DEEEEEEEEEEAD
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
isn't the desire to fuck han solo just part of the galaxy's collective consciousness?
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
current soundtrack: desire by meg myers. you're welcome.
LMFAO I'm tagging u at an airport gate sO UR WELCOME TOO
ofc now I've just got Lin Manuel Miranda singing you're welcome in my brain gj self
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
these icons ruin everything lmfao
you misspelled "enhance the entire experience exponentially"
(no subject)
remember the good old days when it was just Rey on the verge of a panic attack?
honestly we're all impressed he's kept it together this long
They are a relay race of keeping it together. It's a balance.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...