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[ksart]

(´ ᴗ｀✿) some icons i made based off little avatars i saw in the goodbye volcano high demo

[ksart-things]

... two halves of our protagonist. @lordsofthesithpodcast drawing for you guys, as always!

[chiraaachira]

If Bums tears were poetry...

Poem: It’s Over from the book Unexpressed feelings by Khadija Rupa. 

[lunar-intoxication]

Now did you see me, I killed a man They all stayed down, but he chose to stand

first digital panel re-draw! our bummie really avoided some serious head trauma here.

painted & animated in photoshop. I had to look up a tutorial for the glitch effects but I think it came out pretty alright!

[kookie-star]

“Get warm, little bro... It’s cold here...”

Yay more cute brotherly love for my babies!!! <3

Yay more Marpy! c//:

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[myriicae]

Boy I know this is like shouting in a dark empty room but I honestly miss being an active presence online. I miss being 14 and (almost) careless, coming back to school and spending my free time on tumblr, even being a part of a fandom. Now that I am an adult I still enjoy media but... It's really not the same as when I was a teenager? Which is obvious, but I feel a wave of nostalgia washing over me and nowadays I only find true comfort in things that I liked when I was younger. I don't want to be "that guy" but the heavy discourse that people create around everything (mainly on Twitter) ruined my engagement in fandom spaces and that is why I can't let myself be much online, but that's also because of uni and life stuff.

And I can't bring myself to cancel this account. It's like a time capsule that contains parts of me, my past and current interests, some ramblings, and I don't want to let it all go. Not yet.

[lordsofthesithpodcast-blog]

Dear friends,

If you weren’t able to attend our romance panel at Star Wars Celebration Chicago, you can listen to the audio and watch our slides here! In the now infamous "shipping panel" at Celebration we talked about Star Wars romances and the tradition of shipping in geek culture, as well as our experiences in the Reylo fandom. 

Super thanks to @Wtforceshow for recording our audio!

One of the best things about the Reylo fandom is how generous everyone is in  sharing their knowledge and their amazing talent. We were so proud to feature fanworks from the amazing Reylo community during our presentation. Many thanks to @kylorenvevo, @arbutus-blossoms, @ksart-things and @clairen45 for letting us feature their work! 

Stay tuned for our Podcast Stage live episode coming soon!

[intothespiderbottom]

Inspired by this post

It was funny in text, this is just kinda sad... 

[ksart]

Isendra ⚔️

this was an interesting request.  Isendra’s owner wanted a small painting done of her, using a mixture of pixel-shaded techniques and the regular approach i normally take to paintings.  it was quite fun to do

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[ksart-things]

Sorry. I just... Sorry:D Can’t wait any longer.

[chiraaachira]

[lunar-intoxication]

Yeah, I’ll be good I’ll be good For all of the times That I never could

leave this boy alone !!!!!

transparent :D

[kookie-star]

Keny’s pfp 2018

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[typhoeus971]

from ksart-things

[reyloromance]

Could you suggest any good reylo blogs? I love yours btw! <3 Thank you!

Thank you! Yea of course. I am truly sorry if I miss a blog out, I know there are SO many amazing reylo blogs out there, I can’t possibly name every single one out there. I encourage all of you to add some of your fave reylo blogs onto this post too, Reylo fam!This is in NO particular order as well. x

@reylo@reylo-trash-compactor@bellesolo@ohtze@elithien@jediwhinetrick@ladylionhart@reyloismine@reyloart@reylofic@gwendy85@trashwilldo@ksart-things@fuck-yeah-reylo@lilithsaur@the-reylo-void@knights-of-reylo@reylo-comic-anthology@thereminsonata@reyloinc@reylo-trashh@jade-belle-2187@reyloanthology@reylosource@pixelrey @kayurka@howlisher@reylohues @reysofren@reysxben@reyloeverafter@reylologist@luminouskylo@cobwebbing@reylooo @andthebalance@underrated-reylo@shwtlee4reylo@reylostrikesback@roguewn@shwtlee4reylo@greyjedireylo@reylovoid@reylofest@iridescentrey@reyloday@starwarsnonsense@cartoonjessie@bonkai-diaries@obiwanisbae@reyloisblessed@reylocharms@jakkreys@reyloedit@bensolorey 

[lordsofthesithpodcast-blog]

The premise of this series is that the three leads of the Sequel Trilogy, Rey/Ben Solo/Finn all share the same core conflict: childhood abandonment. This conflict has played out in different ways in each case because of differences in temperament/personality, environment and subsequent life story.

In today's episode we discuss the psychology of Rey's characterization, particularly focusing on how her trauma has impacted her story arc and her key relationships, especially with Ben Solo. 

We overview object relations theory to understand how Rey’s abandonment has helped shape her unconscious belief of being flawed/defective and therefore likely to be abandoned again in the future. Because of the emotional deprivation she has suffered Rey desperately craves affection, but her fear of abandonment has led her to at various times repress (unconsciously done) or suppress (consciously done) the desire to form deep connections.

We talk about the concept of splitting as a normal phenomenon in childhood development and also as a maladaptive coping strategy that is often present in Rey’s approach to people and situations, and in her view of herself.

According to object relations theory, children find the idea of “being bad” intolerable, and therefore that aspect of themselves is split off and repressed in the unconscious. We believe that Rey’s inability to see herself as a whole person with flaws and with virtues impacts her ability to see others with any sort of nuance and to be comfortable with ambiguity. We believe that her worldview is dominated by splitting in part because of the age at which her abandonment occurred. 

Rey rejects “monster” Kylo Ren but reaches out to her idealized Ben Solo   only to reject him again when he fails to meet her expectations. This again is in part due to her use of splitting as a defense against her own imperfections which she unconsciously fears will lead to abandonment.

Rey’s unconscious fear of rejection and resistant attachment comes across as some of the avoidant and even self-sabotaging behaviors she demonstrates in TFA and TLJ. 

With her parental abandonment as an internalized unconscious template for how relationships are meant to work, her dynamic with Luke Skywalker takes on another layer of depth. 

We discuss the defenses underlying her attack of Luke, namely displacement of the anger she feels towards her parents and identification with Ben Solo, who was also rejected by Luke. 

We discuss the multiple layers underlying Rey’s decision to remain on Jakku in the role of scavenger, and go over the concept of learned helplessness and the unconscious defense known as regression to underscore how Rey is essentially approaching her problem from the perspective of the five-year-old who was abandoned in Jakku.

In our overview of Rey’s use of defense mechanisms we also discuss acting out, denial and reaction formation. These defenses have played out in her dynamic with Kylo Ren, and we discuss key instances in which we observe this both in Episode VII and VIII.

Why Reylo Works:

Because of their unique situational insight into each other and their ability to connect through the Force, we believe that Reylo is built to cut to the heart of the conflict at the core of these two people and it can serve as a catalyst for  self-actualization and healing.

In Rey’s case being seen for who she is, flaws and all, and being accepted as such is as much nourishment as her missing portions. As important as her other relationships are, there is no one who can see her and understand her the way that Ben Solo can. 

Importantly, she can offer the same to him, and this will help him as much as it will help her; in many ways Rey is disavowing the Kylo Ren aspect of Ben in much the same way she is disavowing the imperfect aspects of herself. Up until recently, her sense of “imperfect Rey” also included her Force ability, the nameless “thing” within her that she could not understand, the thing she is drawn to but also fears. Kylo Ren has already helped her connect to the  Force and even gain mastery of it through his stealth mentoring of her.  

We believe that achieving a more integrated view of him and accepting him for who he is will further help her to view herself in a more integrated way as well. It goes without saying that acceptance does not remove accountability, Padme.

Lastly we discuss Rey Nobody and why it works, a bit about Rey’s sexual awakening as an important aspect of the story being told in the ST, the fan response to Rey’s character and some of the actual flaws in Rey’s character design, namely the lack of externalized action in her heroine’s journey.

Disclaimer: this episode is long and it contains dank memes. u_u

Our featured artist is @ksart-things <3.