usethehorseluke:

You know, I could totally get that from just seeing TFA…because, well, I don’t think we knew if this was a villain-origin story, or, a villain-redemption story. But honestly, I personally think TLJ makes it very clear which direction they’re going, and the direction they were intending the entire time.

But I understand, sometimes I wonder if I’ve been in the ‘reylo’ bubble for too long…but from just watching TLJ, even with, and actually, especially with the ending of TLJ—it’s more clear than ever that there is extreme conflict within Kylo/Ben, and that means his character still has so much growth to do in EPIX. He’s the ‘big bad’ now? He won’t be by the end of EPIX. And I don’t mean that in “he will be defeated”, I mean it as he literally will not be the big bad of the story, someone else will have to be.

So, yes, you’ve basically just been comforted by a reylo/bendemptionist again, but I urge you to watch TLJ and keep it in mind; they wouldn’t be showing us everything we now know about Ben, about his past, and about his connection to Rey—without a reason. And, that he simply cannot be in the same spot of his character arc through the end, he must grow, and this all points to good things for redemption & reylo, anon.

I really think the best advice when confronted with ‘outside’ opinions that make you doubt yourself is to just go back and watch the movies. Like, it’s pretty clear the way the story is headed – just like it was pretty clear where they were going after TFA. We were told for years we were completely delusional and in the end, we got the essence right.

It may not happen the way we think, or predict, or whatever – but the tone and the ending will be one of hope and redemption because not only is that what Star Wars is (and what they have reiterated TIME and time again in all of their materials and shows and movies) – but what the story is showing us with TFA and TLJ.