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I really love Adam Driver in Star Wars and I’ve seen bits and pieces of his other work. But my question is, do you think he’s a person fond of his fans? This is in no way hating I just sometimes see his expressions and feel like he just hates the whole world lol

I think he’s just a person who loves his craft and gets really nervous around crowds of any size, much less people who are fans. And I think he’s talked about before how he really appreciates fans, and the little things you notice about people and how your roles affect them (Specifically star wars) – he’s just more of a people watcher than anything else. And you can’t really people watch if you’re really out there publicly and open – he’s said that before. 

And he’s said a lot about how he just has so much anger inside of him, that’s why he channels a lot of it into his work – and why he founded AITAF, because acting helped that so much and if anyone needs more emotional support it’s our soldiers. People never really get over emotional issues, they just learn to cope with them better.

I don’t want to say he’s morose or cynical – because I feel like it’s far from that, but he DOES make jokes sometimes that kind of make you feel like he gets more sad about stuff than you would ever know. The interview where he’s like ‘I don’t have parties because I think the world is a sad place’ or whatever lol

But ultimately we’re never going to know, because again as he said he deliberately keeps himself private and by defacto mysterious – because he wants to be judged and appreciated by what he creates, rather than who he is as a person. And I love him so much for that.

Hi I saw your reply to my anon haha and yes it hit me too. Think about it. Ben confided in Rey what Luke did, Luke confirms it (sort of) and then not only does Rey take the saber when he’s begging for her hand, Luke suddenly shows up with it? That must have cut his heart deep! Then the cut grew deeper when he realized he judged her wrong and fears he lost her for good now. Even if he did sense her in the MF, his anger is pretty justified imo.

Absolutely – it’s just horrific to think about. It’s a series of misunderstandings and triggers that builds and builds until he comes to the absolutely CRUSHING realization that all of those choices he made – esp. after Rey leaves him – were all for naught, because she’s not with him. I think he realizes it there – after Luke passes, and the triggers have gone and the rage is worked out for now.

Like we talked a lot about how he totally loses it when he wakes up and realizes she’s left him – after rejecting his proposal almost violently. He snaps, and then he sees Luke- which in and of itself is a huge trigger – and then Luke shows up with that VERY SAME LIGHTSABER? Like, Kylo had no chance.

And what kills me now is that Rian CONFIRMED that was Luke’s intention – to literally rile Kylo up and distract him to the point of near-insanity. Heartbreaking.

So yeah, he thinks that Rey threw him away like everyone else – helped his Uncle ‘finish the job’ so to speak – until the moment he sees her. And they just stare at each other, he moves to go to her and she shuts the door. 

Hello there! I need to say I’m in love with your blog and I think I’m kinda addicted to it! But I have a question and I’ve been thinking about it a lot! Maybe someone somewhere answered before but I couldn’t find any information about it. So…How is it possible that Reylo can touch each other hands during Force Skype but when they first saw each other Rey couldn’t shoot him? She pulled the trigger of blaster but she couldn’t hurt him? Thank so much! ~Paula :) xo

Hey! Sorry for the late night reply, I do hope you see this – thanks for the kid words, glad you like it so much!

I briefly mentioned it, but essentially the deal with Force Bonds is that they usually grow in strength. So with the blaster, it was the first manifestation – and it mostly startled him and I think he felt it hit him or go through him. And then as the connection deepened (really only over like 2-3 days) it became so strong that physical stuff was coming over the bond (the water) – and then finally them actually touching.

I hope that helps you understand – the bond grows in strength typically (we’re basing this off of how it worked in the EU, but logic is consistent so it’s probably safe to assume).

For the get to know you thing: What about Reylo, were you first drawn to, and do you think it reflects your own romantic life in any kind of way?

I don’t have a long history of ‘villain ships’, so I wasn’t predisposed to anything going into TFA, but I remember that I was enraptured by Kylo Ren from the beginning – and when he approached Rey on Takodana I was interested. Like, really interested. We had just had that scene with Finn/Rey where I vividly remember rolling my eyes – the swell of the music, her ‘don’t go’ – it felt very cheesy. And then the next thing you know she’s having visions of Kylo, and my mind is running a mile a minute what’s going on, why is he there, is he seeing her? oh god he saw her WOW HE’S COMING TOWARDS HER what is this

And then they meet in the flesh and he just walks towards her, batting away blaster bolts, and then does that little stomp and freeze thing with the lightsaber spin and I was like OK WELL COLOR ME ATTRACTED.

Then she literally faints in his arms and he carries her ACROSS THE BATTLEFIELD. I remember watching the sequence where Han sees him carrying her up the ramp and I’m like oh my god

And then the interrogation scene of course clenched it – because he UNMASKED IN FRONT OF HER? SHE LOOKED AT HIM LIKE THAT? And keep in mind – I had literally NEVER seen adam driver’s face before. I did NOT expect this kind of dude behind the mask and so Rey’s reaction was very much my own, lol.

Anyway, I was just really incredibly intrigued by their dynamic throughout the rest of the movie – I was on a business trip and I saw the movie at midnight on the release day with some coworkers, I had to leave for the airport at 4am so I remember rushing out of the theater and getting into the cab with my bag and pulling up tumblr app on my phone and hesitantly typing in kylo ren x rey like ‘SURELY I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHAT IS THIS’

And that’s how I became a Reylo – the slow tug of their storyline over TFA, the snow fight, the EYESSSS, and this heady feeling of BEING SURE, somehow, that I wasn’t wrong.

For my own romantic life – no it doesn’t reflect it really. I think at most I would say that the things I identify with in Kylo Ren and Rey are things that I carry in my relationships as we all do.

For the getting to know you game: Favorite scene in SW so far? Why is it your favorite scene

…is it too early to say the throne room from the last jedi? Like all of it. Not just the fight part, but Rey’s defiance – Kylo’s murderous look – the hand flick – her catching the lightsaber that he sent to her freaking hand – their fuCKING EYE STARE AS HE SAYS I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO and the entire sequence.

The whole scene was incredible and will go down as my favorite sequence in star wars I think. If I had to pick a second favorite…I honestly think it’d be when Luke & Han rescue Leia in ANH.

Okay silly need but… do you know of any coffeshop AUs or similar?

That’s totally not silly! Coffeeshop AUs are a staple of all fandoms, even ours, for a reason =)

…however, I don’t really read coffeeshop AUs unless I’m in a mood. Usually too fluffy, but here’s one that sticks with me:

Dear Porcupine – PLUS BONUS POINTS OF BEING A SOULMATE FIC

I wish I knew how to break this spell – this is not a fluffy coffee shop au, but rey works in a coffee shop and a lot of it takes place there…? it’s so good so regardless I have to recommend it.

for other recs, @reylofic has this master list of coffee shop aus that will probably serve you way better than my one story lol sorry