#TROS Thoughts

[ladysansalannister]

I miss Rey Nobody and her husband Ben Solo

[spineless-lobster]

My friend asked me how to pronounce patroclus and the only response I could give was “do whatever your heart tells you”

[jonathanrogersartist]

I didn't stutter.

[the-force-awakens]

Not looking to negotiate. Just thought I'd introduce myself. Name's Poe Dameron. Commander Poe Dameron.

[spectordameron]

what if I started talking about the prequels the way people bitch about the sequels on this hell site

[astranauticus]

shoutout to the experience of watching the new hbomberguy video, a bit like being at a party and having fun until about exactly halfway through when someone shoots you in the stomach

[doctor-mccoys-sanity]

The urge to write a long ass fic about Hux all the way through to TROS (with changes from the films but not his backstory) is so strong

[whywoulditho]

has anyone ever written a no capes DC AU where Jason's pit rages are switched into OCD/intrusive thoughts?? because that's a concept i literally can't get out of my mind. i tried to write a pit rage once and i noticed the way i'm describing it is a literal projection of my intrusive thoughts back when my ocd was that awful. so i thought i might try to write something like an OCD!Jason fic but if anyone's read something like that before please let me know!!

[suddencolds]

getting into a new fandom and finding 0 fics for it on ao3 😭 is it over

[dykeredhood]

I need to go back through my General Hux playlist and curate it a little better, right now there are 2 versions of the Anvil Chorus on there and there are probably a few more Star Wars score tracks I could add

[ladysansalannister]

I had a dream about Reylo last night because I’ve been doing a re-read of The Love Hypothesis and god I miss Reylo so fucking much

[nobodysdaydreams]

As my Star Wars hyperfixation begins to sneakily creep its way back into my life, I’m going to throw my two cents in and say that I’d like to see more about what happens between TLJ and TROS.

Because Star Wars is a story about broken family relationships and one that I think is under explored is Leia and Ben’s.

After TLJ, Leia was still the leader of the resistance. And Kylo became the leader of the first order. Sure, Palpatine returned, but that wasn’t until later.

Which means that the entire year between TLJ and TROS was a mother vs. son battle.

Leia Organa, who already lost the love of her life and just wanted her boy back had to wage a war against him and his armies for a full year.

Benny Kylo “don’t make me shoot my mom” Ren had to wage a war against her. Again, for a full year. He’s not just on the opposite side anymore, he’s leading the war against his own mother.

Did they ever come close to killing each other but decide against it? Were negotiations ever offered? Did Leia ever feel conflicted between fighting for what was right and hurting her son? Did Kylo ever have to tell himself that it didn’t matter how he felt because his mom would never forgive him anyway? Did they ever accidentally force connect again?

I have ideas for this if any wants to hear them, but maybe it’s just me. But in a saga about the Skywalker family drama, this is one piece of it I can’t stop thinking about.

[frankbelloriley]

[jch3ss3cak3]

This

Equals this

And you can't change my mind

[weedle-testaburger]

unpopular opinion but actually i love when heroes refuse to kill their enemies and no one is gonna make me not love it

[supremeprince-bensolo]

As much as I dislike the route they went in tros I do think I wouldn’t have disliked it as much if.

1. They kept Rey as a nobody. Having Palpatine lie and having her not taking the Skywalker name

2. Had Rose be in the group instead of Chewie or the worm thingy at the beginning of the movie (let the new cast have more screen time)

3. Have Ben be with Rey during the final fight instead of being blasted into a hole, and if he had to die (which I won’t get into) have the epilogue be Rey searching for a way to resurrect him instead of burying lightsabers…Finish what Anakin started with triumphing over death.

Completely agree with all of this!

Rey should have been a nobody, and they shouldn’t have even entertained the idea of her being a Palpatine. I would have loved for her at the end of her journey to come to the conclusion that just Rey is enough. I think that would have been so powerful.

Yes yes yes!! Rose should not have stayed back at the base for the entire movie doing... I don’t even know what she doing? Klaud was such a pointless character??? Like... why would they take him on a mission instead of Rose? She should have 100% been involved with the main crew. And yes to letting the new ST characters have more screen time!

Rey and Ben defeating the villain together is what should have happened. It doesn’t make sense for Rey to be able to do it on her own. They told us their dyad is a power like life itself. They are two that are one. They need to be together for great things to happen.

Ben should not have died. That is the main thing that breaks the story. (Also Kylo Ren symbolically died and Ben was reborn... but that’s another story.) Unless, as you said, they were planning to bring him back. Have the ending be Rey hearing Ben call out to her from the WBW or something along those lines. They could have made it feel like an ending of this chapter, but left the door open for the next chapter. Leaving us feeling hopeful.

Finish what Anakin started with triumphing over death.

THIS!!! I love that.