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flowercrownsnstuff · 7 years ago

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I think this is the reason I can’t bring myself to absolutely love the new series the way I want, and particularly TLJ. The writing and acting clearly codes/plays the first order and Kylo as neo-nazis to the original trilogy’s Nazis, while the *ahem* direction wants you to view the baddies as a sympathetic, redeemable organization. That kind of conflict is just fundamentally incompatible with everything that the first order is tied to irl.

Kylo Ren really is a great example for how sci fi/fantasy writers should tailor their worlds to fit the times, so it could resonate with the actual audience reading them. There would be no point in making a Hitler villain anymore, because we’re not afraid of Hitler, we’re afraid of the 25-year-old malcontented white boy who fondles Hitler memorabilia while sulking in his room.

#i think that’s also the problem i have with the reylo shipping #like have ur trash ships #we’ve all got them!#ship the baddie with the goodies #but like there is already so much in our wolrd trying to make these alt-righters sympathetic in media #framing them as just misguided or smth #meanwhile they’re backing people who claim that genocide of an entire people is justifiable if you just think about it right #and that even if you dont read this much into it and just want a trashy ship or whatever #it concerns me how much people dont seem to view it as such #like if ur self aware I think that fivtion is definitely the best place to explore these kinds or relationships and themes #but with reylo more than any other dark ship or whataver i’ve ever seen #people and especially really young girls on this site seem to view it as a sort of Goals type of thing #where you Save a total piece of shit through???#idk just letting him hurt you and take up all of his childhoof rage out on you??#and i think that’s also the kind of stuff i hate is so prevalent in mainstream fiction and ya fiction already #that it sucks also seeing people glomp onto it here as some kind of desirable fantasy relationship #like ive been around enough people in trash relationships in my life to know #that YES #people are so saturated wih media glorifying these shitty relationships as romantic that they just think they’re normal #and i just dont grt the sense of self awareness in a lot of the cases of reylo shippers and it makes me feel so gross #anyways this got away from me #please for the love of god just be self aware about this shit ppl

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