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God I can’t wait for the novelization! We are going to get even more Reylo!! When do you think the leaks will start for the novel?

I honestly can’t breathe when I think about how we’ll get insight into their scenes and the ending especially. 

I can’t say when leaks will happen because with TFA novelization it was released like a day after the movie, and I went into that movie completely blind of anything bu the teaser trailer.

However, I’ve seen some people mention that there were leaks from the novel before hand – from review copies and the like – but I think that’s mostly because it was NEW and people wanted the plot revealed.

With TLJ, that’s not really the case as people will have already seen it, so I find it hard to believe we’ll get any real leaks.

We may, however, get some reviews or snippets in articles maybe a few weeks before. Although press and marketing for something like this is usually not that big. If they time it with the DVD release, though, we might get some.

Wouldn’t Ben have felt Rey’s pain when she was being tortured?

Are you saying he didn’t? The guy has a very high pain tolerance, and took a bolt of force lightning to his body and seemed relatively unphased by it in the early part of the movie.

I’m not saying it’s certain one way or the other, but to me that doesn’t exclude the possibility. The way he was looking at her as she was being raised up and tortured – he seemed to be trying to control himself. And I won’t discount that he may have been feeling her pain, but it’s something that he knows all too well – and how to deal with it.

Side note – very side note – I think it’s also very interesting that they showed the last praetorian guard for each of them held them in very much the same way.

if one of them died what would happen if the other survived? how much would Rey be affected by Ben’s death?

Well the theory behind Force Bonds (which is what they have) is that if one dies, the other cannot survive – it’s almost like their soul is ripped in half since they share consciousness across the Force. So if one is snuffed out, they die.

Of course, that’s based on Legends-type of Force Bond and they might not necessarily write it that way – they already gave us a stronger Force Bond than in legends actually, in that they can physically see and touch each other (they couldn’t in Legends stuff, it was more telepathy and sharing of minds).

So I tend to think that if one is severely wounded, that the other would share in the experience and pain to a certain extent. Rey didn’t seem affected by the blaster shot to Kylo, but it was early on in the bond – it’s definitely something that develops strength over time, as we’ve seen.

I think that…if Ben dies, she’ll spend the rest of her days feeling sundered emotionally and physically – because of the bond she shares (both Force-made and emotionally).

And I’m sure there will be fanfic that explore the exact emotions, and when I feel especially angsty I might write one myself because I’ve already killed them once.

I was reading your metas and found out about revan and bastila.. And now I’m fond of them too! But alas the game came out in the early 00’s and there’s almost no content now :/

Knights of the Old Republic is a single-player RPG game and you can absolutely still play it! You can get it on Steam as a PC game for like $10.

And then follow it up with KOTORII

If you like the story and want to experience it, I would highly recommend it. It’s so good. So, so good. You’ll have to adjust again to the graphics and stuff (since it’s like 14 years old) but it’s worth it =)

What happens if one of the two dies? I think it’s possible

Do you mean like, to the Force? Nothing will really happen, but if the Force feels the universe is unbalanced (like if Kylo stays too dark without any counterweight) then it might try to course correct again.

I don’t think it’s likely that one of them dies, though. Kylo and Rey are going to live their best lives being the balanced couple that they are, once he saves himself and she reads the Jedi texts.

if ben will return to the light how will there be balance? this will not happen, it will remain in the dark

This is the flawed thinking that got everyone in trouble in the first place.

TRUE balance is achieved within one’s self – see the image of the Prime Jedi, the obvious yin/yang of Star Wars imagery. You can even go back to the inspiration of Star Wars – particularly the Force and Jedi themselves. Very similar to monks and philosophies of the Eastern world. They value balance within oneself, as it mimics the natural world.

The ‘dark’ side of the Force is alluring and a deep pool of water, easy to get swept away in it – but it’s necessary to acknowledge your darkness and balance it. Wildfires happen in nature as a cleansing, but wildfires are destructive right? So aren’t they ‘dark’ or the ‘violent’ side of the world/Force? People have that inside themselves as well, but you can’t be all destruction or else you’re not balanced.

People can’t be all ‘Light’ either – because without failure, without destruction – and yes even without suffering – you can’t grow and learn. You’ll forever stagnate – and that’s what Yoda was telling Luke. That to fail is to learn, and that’s balance.

The Force is just an energy field that thrives on balance, and when people abuse it (all light or all dark) it throws the universe off balance and into disharmony.

So to say that the Force wants ONE full-dark and ONE full-light user is folly. It values balance – Kylo may always be a little bit more dark than light and Rey vice versa, but that’s just how life is. What really matters is the actions and choices they make.

This is a crazy leap, but go with me here. Watch the Fifth Element scene here:

So the dude goes on this monologue about how it’s totally cool that he wants to destroy the universe and stuff, because that’s just how life goes. And on some level he’s right – destruction is natural and healthy for the overall progress and good of the world…but what he’s doing is by definition UNNATURAL. Similar to the Sith, he’s using the dark side of the force for selfish and unnatural reasons, thereby corrupting himself.

The theory he’s talking about is not necessarily wrong,  sdlkfjdslk dsfsd but it is a warped view of the world and his place in it. Hubris at its finest. That’s kind of what the Sith were in the end. They were unnatural, so no Kylo won’t remain 100% dark because that’s not true balance the way the Force sees it.

Balance within one’s self is the true goal of any Jedi 😉

Hi! Have you read the poem “Longing” by Matthew Arnold? Sounds like something Kylo would’ve written … the first four lines go like this: “Come to me in my dreams and then / By day, I shall be well again! / For then the night will more than pay / The hopeless longing of the day.”

I’ve never read it, no!  But it’s now on my inspiration notebook for writing, because WOW it is very Kylo. Our boy is an angst bucket who would totally write Rey letters. He’s a big softy for Rey and I think even if comes back ‘redeemed’ he’ll be a snarly tooth to everyone but her.

It’s so fitting for the end of the movie when he’s kneeling alone, surrounded by darkness with a ray of light around him. He longs for her, knows he messed up, and hopes for her to visit him again =) Thanks for sharing, this is…excellent.

Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For so the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.

Come, as thou cam’st a thousand times,
A messenger from radiant climes,
And smile on thy new world, and be
As kind to others as to me!

Or, as thou never cam’st in sooth,
Come now, and let me dream it truth,
And part my hair, and kiss my brow,
And say, My love why sufferest thou?

Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For so the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.

Matthew Arnold

Hi! I’ve never seen Girls but I see a lot of hate for it. I really want to watch more of Adam’s stuff but I guess Girls isn’t good…?

I mean it did have a long run on HBO (like 6 seasons I think?) so it was apparently at least good enough for them. However, it’s not a show that was particularly appealing to me (and I’m the target audience – mid-late 20s female) so I never watched.

It also has the unfortunate association of being created and written by Lena Dunham, who also stars in it and whom I absolutely cannot stand. I won’t go into it as I don’t want to stir up drama, but let’s just say I’m not a fan.

I’m happy it was as successful as it was, for the jobs it brought a lot of people – cast and crew, and the light it shed on Adam’s skills, but ultimately I can’t watch it for a lot of reasons and the allure of watching more of Adam’s acting can’t overcome them.

However as I said, lots of people seemed to enjoy it for various reasons, so if you read up on the synopsis and you’re interested then I would give it a go! As I said, it did last awhile =)

If you’re looking for more Adam stuff, I would recommend any movie he’s made over that show. Everything he’s been in has been a great movie with a great performance by him in particular.

I’ve heard that Adam plays a real douchebag in Girls? I’m terrified of watching it haha

I haven’t watched the show, but from what I understand is he’s kind of a jerk yes – however most people agree that his performance is the highlight of an otherwise unbearable show. 

Take that as you will! I think a lot of his scenes are on YouTube so you could always check those out if you’re interested a little. I stay far away for multiple reasons, but that’s a personal thing!