#tros fix-it fanfic

[panchibust]

[io-lu-art]

Look at me, after years and years and years I finally pushed myself to make an AO3 account. I uploaded my TROS: fix-it story I posted on Tumblr over there as well, storyboard included. I also went over it again and rewrote the bad writing of my 17 year old self to hopefully make it a better reading experience. (Tumblr version is also updated with the rewrite.)

To anyone who's interested, here's the link.

I have big plans for that account. Big meaning the Post-TLJ fanscript I am working on which ignores everything that happened after ep 8 and will be illustrated. So yeah, stay tuned!

I might change my username to something similar to Tumblr. We'll see.

[vedavan]

"What if two fated souls divided by tragedy could defy the will of an entire universe, because of one single promise?"

✨"i'll be the light and lead you home" by Vedavan ✨

✨ Modern AU/Canonverse crossover. Soulmates, reincarnation, reuniting the dyad, TRoS fix-it

✨M, 6/6, 13k

This story was a true labor of love, my attempt to take all that pain and tragedy from TRoS and give it some context that might make a little sense. It now remains one of my favorite things I've ever written and sits very close to my heart. 💖 I hope by sharing it with you all it brings you some healing and catharsis, too.

***Now with a post-TRoS companion piece, "And The World Was Gone". Details in Chapter 6.***

Read on AO3 here

Gorgeous moodies by @sofondabooks

[strawberrybyers]

adam driver admitting that kylo ren’s redemption arc wasn’t originally planned made me upset all over again of how bad TROS actually was. it definitely was trying to be a culmination of nostalgia rather than continuing an amazing storyline that was introduced in TFA. tbh, i really loved TLJ, so that wasn’t much of a problem for me, but then again i haven’t watched it since it came out in 2017. but TROS?? like i remember watching it and thinking “where is this all leading to?”. i was already on edge because i had watched game of thrones and marvel fuck me over not too long before, so i was like can this other major franchise manage to not piss off everyone for the 3rd time this year??? and yet it did 💀 right now, i can’t even pinpoint exactly every single issue i had with TROS, i just know it wasn’t what i expected. main thing that i do know for sure is that i hated how finn was pushed to the side like he was a minor character from the jump. in TFA, he was the MAIN character for me. i expected that to be carried throughout the trilogy and it wasn’t. also, just remembered that rey buried anakin’s lightsaber in sand even though it is literally CANON that he HATES sand 😭 and don’t come for me but i actually liked the dynamic between kylo and rey but it was just not executed well in TROS. and they killed off kylo in the end?? ugh idk everything was just WRONG

[allgirlsareprincesses]

Hey,

Do you have any recommendations for TROS rewrites/fix-its?

My favorites are You'll Be The One To Turn by @postedbygaslight (Complete) and The Tether by @classeyspanks (In-progress). Technically they were both written before TROS, so not sure if they count as fix-its as much as post-TLJ canon-divergent. There are others but IMO these are the best-written and most in-character, so easy for me to imagine them as the real ending! Planning on getting bound copies of both some day!

[beatrixacs]

EPISODE IX: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER FIX-IT REWRITE

EPISODE IX: Victory of the Dyad (rated E)

Chapter 19/19 - The Epilogue (1.6k words)

Several years into the future...

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27684908/chapters/110286579

Fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13772868/19/Episode-IX-Victory-of-the-Dyad

TROS shattered hearts of many and especially Reylos. Since then, I’ve been dutifully working on a rewrite of the movie, taking some of the scenes and pieces of dialogue I liked or found meaningful, reversing them into what they logically should be or played with them some more to enhance their significance. I’ve also taken some of its plot and transformed it into something that hopefully makes much more sense and it’s way more satisfying than the movie itself.

So, Palpatine is indeed back but how? And what is his game? What Rey and Ben have been up to between TLJ and TROS? What are their individual struggles and how are they going to deal with them? What is the state of the First Order and the Resistance? All answers will be gradually provided in the story as it unfolds.

If TROS can be considered as a revenge to TLJ, then this story is my revenge to TROS and you are welcomed to join the ride. Centerpiece of the story is Reylo. Other characters and their actions will appear and will be mentioned but not all will be described in chapters.

[io-lu-art]

I'm currently working on a fanfiction that I started in 2018, so right after TLJ. Unfortunately life is pretty much in the way, and so has been my unfinished TROS fix-it attempt (you can find that one on tumblr) that I have been obsessing about at the time because- well we all know why.

I haven't published any of the TLJ Aftermath story yet, but here is a sneak peek of some story beats I'm drawing for it :)

Actually, I think I will take this opportunity to ramble a bit about my feelings on the whole reylo situation and... idk, everything? Like, what it takes to invest so much time into creating art for something you love. This wasn't planned, lol, but maybe some people can relate to it.

When I decided to have a go on TROS fix-it I was in a place of pure emotion, having freshly seen the movie, having freshly experienced the death of my favourite character. I wanted him to have a redemption and be happy, and hadn't question the execution of how that was achieved in the writing and plot of tros at all. I was what... 16 at the time? The only one major thing that had bothered me back then was Ben Solo's death and every other plot point related to that, so I set my fix-it story to pick up from the point he falls into the pit. 2020 came, so I suddenly had a lot of time to work on this beast while doing my homework. After one and a half years of working on it I had to abandon the project because I was graduating high school. It was sad, but at least I had the feeling I had brought it to some end (Ben reuniting with Chewie) and that it gave me some satisfaction of accomplishing something that big on my own. The entire fix-it only played with the idea of 'what if Ben Solo didn't die when healing Rey' and 'how would the characters react to it'.

Now, why am I telling all of this? I had hoped that after writing this fix-it it would help me overcome my negative feelings I have with tros, and it did, to a certain extent. It certainly helped me heal my broken heart. I took a loooong break from the fandom, both because I had to and needed to, (engaging with any canon tros content was still very painful. today I can just laugh about it.) but, no. matter. what. I. did. my brain was reminding me of the unresolved reylo problem within me. Turns out, that over the years, being very interested in storytelling and watching a lot of movie analysis content actually made me realise how many problems there are in tros, up to the point that, if I could go back in time, I would tell my younger self not to bother with rewriting the ending, when the entire movie just didn't work. (what a surprise, i know..) It's not like I didn't notice the entire film had issues, I just couldn't explain and exactly pin down what those issues are. Now I can, and here I am, picking up my fanfiction from 2018 and trying to make it work, not just as a reylo story with little to no plot, but almost as a whole movie. Because. I. cannOt. hElp. mysELf.

Because I've been so absent in the fandom over the past few years I missed a lot of fix-it and reylo content. And I am sort of reluctant to go fully back into it now, at least not until I finished this fanfiction. I don't want to accidentally steal any idea from anyone just because I couldn't remember who came up with it in the first place. I wanna do my own research with wookieepedia and movie analysis and find my own way of creating this fan project. I don't wanna make the same mistake of going in full-emotion without reflecting on if what I am writing actually makes or whether it's in character. I wanna understand each character's wants, needs, and struggles, and how they can fit into a cohesive story. And this simply needs a lot of time. Time I can hardly find with all my uni projects going on, but time I enjoy spending on it more and more each day I get a new revelation on how to solve certain problems. (is that even grammatically correct? lol) Will I cringe over it in 20 years the way I now cringe whenever I take a look at my tros fix-it? probably. Will I still do it? Hell yeah. Do I know how much it will take me to finish? Nope, but regarding the fact that technically it's already been in the making for 5 years now, I honestly don't expect any less from the future. Will I ever abandon the project and move on with my life? Idk, and I dearly hope that will never happen.

(Side note: It's funny to me how so many fans, from what I've heard and noticed on the internet, have the same idea for tros of starting a stormtrooper rebellion lead by Finn, or however you wanna call it. Like, imagine, DLF, actually taking his backstory into consideration.)

So where did this ramble end up? Take it as an update from a friendly neighbourhood reylo stan who will most likely disappear again after posting this :) take care y'all >~<

I’ve recently come back to tumblr after a long hiatus post TROS and pretty much half the people I was following for Reylo and Star Wars haven’t updated in like 2-4 years.

So if you like Star Wars or Reylo can you reblog/like this so I get more people to follow who are still in the fandom :)

[lemongingerart]

Chapter 3 - Taris (II)

Fic summary: The second arc of my Armitage Hux x OC fanfic, “chocolate cookies and tarine tea”, in which both need to deal with the mess they got into (and with each other, eh eh eh). Involves cookies that won't be eaten and tea that will get spilled. Same goes for certain feelings... they are going to be hungry ant thirsty 😏

You can find the link to AO3 and other chapters on Tumblr in the pinned message on my dash, both for the first and second arc 😊

Rating: Explicit. This is going to be very NSFW. So, Minors, do NOT read or interact. 18+. Family, friends and colleagues, please don’t read this. :’-)

Tags & warnings: TRoS fix-it (kind of), Hux!lives, Hux doesn’t like Kylo, Not a Redemption Arc, maybe a little bit, shameless fem!OC insert (there are cliches but entertaining ones imo), slow emotional burn, medium sexual burn, Enemies to Enemies With Benefits to Lovers, Hux is still a villain don't forget, Virgin Characters, masturbation against the door, pinv, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Awkward Sexual Situations, Past Child Abuse, dubious first kiss, Dom/sub Undertones, Mental Breakdown, Unprotected Sex, wet Hux, that deserves a tag/warning on its own, Minor Character Death

I will add tags as we proceed in the story, please let me know if I forgot one!

Taglist: @mylifeisactuallyamess, @morby and anyone who’d like to join 🥰

A/N:    I realized that both Taris chapters are short... too short to read on their own.That's why I decided to review and publish the second part, so at least we get some general ginger 😊

"I need you, remember?”.

Did I really say that out loud? 

Armitage shivered from disdain, hating himself for sounding so desperate. He wasn’t, and by any means this was not the signal he wanted to give the headstrong girl. Who knows what that overexcited mind of hers was thinking now. If she even begins to think she has power over me and tries to stab me in the back… 

Only now, he started to realise there was some truth behind these poorly chosen words. He was completely dependent on Miko to make his risky plan succeed. He felt vulnerable, having to place his faith in her hands. He was supposed to be guiding her with his tactics, hopefully coercing her into doing the right thing and making sure the mission ended successfully. But right now, with the connection cut off, she was out there all by herself and he felt lost, the lack of control eating away the last piece of trust he harboured for a positive outcome. Stars, he hadn’t been feeling confident enough with the plan and her possible lack of abilities in the first place, and this was the consequence. A new level of distress, right on top of his other concerns.

It was already about half an hour ago, when the direct line with her earpiece commlink had fallen away. She had signed him that she was just about to enter the designated building by then, so no doubt the place was shielding off all type of communication.

That left Hux without any means to know what was going on, and he felt empty and way too nervous to his liking. 

Hux started checking the perimeter sensors now, making sure no one was spotting his shuttle with the naked eye. They could mess with clearance codes, but anyone who took visual confirmation of the shuttle would know that they weren't exactly a cargo vessel. Something that should automatically sound the proximity alarm, but you can never be too certain, he sourly thought, aware of how the stress was eating him and making him do irrelevant things.

He sat down in the cockpit’s seat again and brought his hands together, the fingers locking when he rested his forehead on them. He didn’t know what to think, he wasn’t used to just… waiting. How long was she going to take? Every minute that passed made him wonder if things weren't going to work out as planned, or even worse, she was selling him out. Maybe something happened to her, out there in the streets, and he could be waiting here for nothing.

He tried to think about something else, but the only other thing apart from Miko he could focus on, was his anger and spite towards Ren. 

Ren… Resentment was all that he had left. That, and the knowledge that the unguided projectile with a lightsaber and the other officers had always tried to put him aside. That they were out there, wrecking the First Order. But they underestimated him. He would prove that he has what it takes to lead the Order. They will see.

The proximity alarm bleeped, and he only noticed by now that Miko’s location sensor had become active again. He made a mental note that he shouldn’t dwell too much on Ren and the misery he brought to his life and the Order. The self declared lord of the Dark Side shouldn't be plaguing his mind, now or ever, he wasn't worth the attention. 

He swiftly stood up, ready to check on the girl; he was dying to know what happened and if she in fact obtained the coördinates to the Resistance’s base. 

Actually, that feisty girl has proven to be an adequate distraction from these dark thoughts, he realised once again while watching the sensors bleep and pressing the command to lower the ramp. Seems like he should appreciate her company after all. If only not to overthink his sightless situation and drown in his depressing theories. 

Miko was coming into view of the cockpit’s transparisteel viewport, and Hux paused his movement. 

What is she up to now?  He wondered, started seething, when looking at the small cargo container floating behind her.

[uniquebug142]

One of the best fanfics I've ever read!

You'll Be the One to Turn (119373 words) by postedbygaslight Chapters: 46/46 Fandom: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Kylo Ren/Rey, Finn/Rose Tico Characters: Rey (Star Wars), Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Kylo Ren, Armitage Hux, Finn (Star Wars), Rose Tico, Leia Organa, Poe Dameron, Maz Kanata Additional Tags: Post-Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Please Keep Reading After Chapter 43, Sad with a Happy Ending, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Not A Fix-It, Written Way Before TROS Summary: This work arose from two mirrored one-shots I wrote on Tumblr, one from Rey's perspective, and one from Kylo/Ben's. Then I started getting feedback, and now it's become a full-fledged fic. Several months have passed since the Battle of Crait, and Rey of Jakku and Supreme Leader Kylo Ren have continued to haunt each other, appearing at random to each other throughout their days and nights. But the connection is unstable, and longing and loneliness start to overwhelm other concerns.

[a-force-dyad-in-space]

A Fanfic Update

Hey guys, I thought I should give you an update about what's going on Ongoing-WIPs-wise just in case you've had some worries.

The short of it is that the writing juices haven't flowed well for a while now and I'm trying to get them back but it is a struggle. I've worked a bit on this fic or other but haven't made significant progress in a few months. I absolutely hope that will change soon but I unfortunately can't force it. It doesn't help that I'm going through some stuff IRL right now that I have to take care of (I am unfortunately an adult who has to do adulting and pay bills and shit 🥲). I try not to be too stressed out about it, but the more time passes the more the anxiety sets in. Wish me luck. 💪🏻

Anyway, here's a fic-by-fic overview, split up by fandom.

THE UNTAMED

The Angsty SongXue Fic — I'll be honest, I've written a little bit since I last updated you guys but I still haven't finished the buffer chapter (at this point I'm thinking about posting chapter 51 even though 52 isn't done yet), so nothing really new here. I really want to get back into a writing flow but so far it hasn't really worked. I am still working on it, though, so don't worry, I'm not going to drop it.

The It Follows AU — I'm ashamed to say I didn't even realize I posted that fic almost two years ago and I still haven't written the second half. I'm so sorry it's taking so long! I definitely still want to finish it! I might rewatch the It Follows movie before I do that, though.

The Observer Series — Oh yeah, remember that smutfic series I started a few years ago of which I've only posted part 1 so far? Yeah, I still need to work on that. I did write chapter 1 of part 2 a while ago, so it's not like it's forgotten, I just need to get my ass up and write the rest of part 2 before I can post it. 🙈

The Color Rush AU — Okay, technically I haven't posted that one yet but I did share a snippet along with a gifset a few years ago, so you guys know it exists. I haven't worked on it in a long time, though, and I don't know yet when I will find the spoons to continue writing it but I'm still intrigued by the premise and want to give it a go. Thank you for your patience!

The Somewhat Sweet, Somewhat Angsty XuanXian Fic — Again, haven't posted that one yet but I've been posting about it, so you guys know it exists. Nothing new on this front. I did want to rewrite the whole thing because I wasn't really happy with the way I wrote it thus far, so I'll probably go back to it at some point and do that, I just don't know when yet.

WORD OF HONOR

The Xie'er Deserves the World Fic — Listen, guys, I love this fic so much, I just haven't worked on it in a while. I'll probably re-read what I've written so far and go on from there, I've just been struggling with the latest chapter ever since I started writing it years ago. It's not dropped, though, I will get back to it! Pinky swear!

SAILOR MOON

I've mentioned here and there that I'm working on part 1 of an epic that is based on a doujinshi I started when I was 13 or 14. Unlike my other WIPs, this one really is 100% self-indulgent to the point where I don't even care whether people will read/like it once I post it when it's completely done. I'll just put it out there to make my teenage self happy because this story has been simmering in my head for over 20 years, and so that my IRL friends can read it if they want to. So, this one will be a long way out, but it exists. I'm only really mentioning it because I've mentioned it a couple of times before and because it's the fic that's been on my mind the most lately.

STAR WARS

You didn't think I forgot about TROBS, did you????? I did work on several beginnings of a draft during NaNoWriMo last year and I'm getting more and more of a clear picture of how I want it to go. For those unfamiliar, TROBS (or The Rise of Ben Skywalker, though I already changed the name of the fic again) is my attempt at an Episode IX fix-it fic that essentially replaces TROS. This one has been simmering in my head since early 2020 and I really want to get it out of there and onto the page for catharsis. I've even held off on reading any other TROS fix-its because of it, even though I've heard there are some really amazing ones out there (and I can't wait to read them once I've gotten my own out of my damn head). I really need to finally finish that beast. Wish me luck. 🥲

UNPOSTED WIPs

I still have so many notes for other fics (mostly for The Untamed) that I want to write at some point. Will I be able to get them all on the page? I honestly don't know, but I'll see where they take.

Anyway, that's all!

[narcopharmacist]

As fillers for my days when I don't read the current fic I'm still into right now entitled Between Dreams & Temptations by tasogareban (because I have been busy with studying and school shit that I think of reading fanfic a distraction, + my anxiety won't let me read because reading fanfics is a ME time), I watched video essays about Reylo, and about the last episode of thr sequel I have yet to watch (because I have not finished the aforementioned fanfic, and this fic is set after between TFA and TLJ so I don't want to cloud my mind with TROS, knowing how it ends already).

The first Reylo video essay I watched was entitled Reylo Theory Explained to the Haters | Why Rey and Kylo Ren Together Makes Sense by The Den of Nerds. It was an OK take, and he said he took his content inspiration from a 3 part series by Vincent Vendetta, so I went ahead and watched those as well. I liked Vincent Vendetta's videos more, and these videos were released after the first movie, episode 8, The Force Awakens. When I read the comments I think people were just speculating / predicting about Reylo happening in the next movie. It was a really good watch. I can't believe Star Wars official posters/merch hinted so much Reylo 😭

Links!

Reylo Explained Part 1 - Vincent Vendetta

Reylo Explained Part 2

Reylo Explained Part 3

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Last night, I watched what I thought was a video talking about Reylo in TROS, but she talked about TROS in general.

Video title: Oh no! The Rise of Skywalker was real bad :( by Jenny Nicholson

This was hilarious 😂 And I recently just contemplated about whether watching TROS would be even worth my time. The way she talked about it the story felt like it's going to be just a wild goose chase (with the map and Palpatine). It sounds like the movie's premise is really bad.

The comments on the video are so funny tho!

Who are you?

I'm Rey.

Rey who?

Reydio GAGA

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I already know what happens to Reylo, well, most especially Ben, so I feel like if I watch TROS I'll just have to take it with a grain of fucking salt, and just watch it for the Reylo bond scenes and the kiss.

I've already bookmarked fix-it fics post-TROS for Reylo 😭😭🥴

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Currently I'm watching Reylo: A Complicated History by Joe Brennan. This was released in 2021, so quite fresh from the last movie of the sequel.

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I am also going crazy about Adam Driver edits on Tiktok like I cannot stop thinking about Ben Solo like 😮‍💨

This was the edit that started it all for me. Hearing Kali Uchis reminded me of the song she had with Tyler the Creator, and now that song is something I dedicate to Reylo 😭

Song: See You Again by Tyler the Creator

Kali's part:

Can I get a kiss?

And can you make it last forever?

I said I'm 'bout to go to war (Uh-huh)

And I don't know if I'ma see you again

Can I get a kiss? (Can I?)

And can you make it last forever? (Can you?)

I said I'm 'bout to go to war (I'm 'bout to)

And I don't know if I'ma see you again

[vedavan]

💙 "And The World Was Gone"💙

One shot, rated M (for mature themes dealing with grief and loss)

Summary:

Several months after Exegol, Rey finds herself waiting once again. But this time, it's for Ben.

But she's not worried. He did make her a promise, after all.

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This is an angsty companion piece to my reincarnation/soulmate TRoS fix-it fic, "I'll be the light and lead you home". I strongly recommend reading that story first (linked as Part 1 of this series) to understand why this is really a happily ever after, albeit a bittersweet one. However, it can be read as an angsty post-TRoS standalone, if you so choose.

Please mind tags.

Link to AO3 here

[marinersubmariner]

Reyyyyyy

TL;DR I can’t believe Star Wars made me sad about getting new Star Wars

Even though I’m no different from everybody else wanting Star Wars to break free of the endless prequels/callbacks/rehashed time periods that it’s mired in, the truly unfortunate thing about TROS is that it was so painful and left me perpetually trying to repair and reconcile it in my imagination with a litany of demented headcanons that now anything moving beyond that time period is... also going to be painful. Continuation will only make it more real and irreversible. They’re not going to focus on the things that have become so important to me to fix, because the official story is something that they can’t and won’t acknowledge as being broken. There is a fundamental, irreparable disconnect in what, to them, is the canon and what, to me, is a mistake.

I wish I could say they can’t hurt me anymore, but they can. They can hurt me even worse now because I’m still bleeding out in a ditch from the last time.

I really do try to focus on things I like (and there is a lot of silly and bad Star Wars that I like!) and not get bogged down by bitterness and negativity, so it really bums me out that it’s so hard to feel excited about this. Over the past few years it has been increasingly depressing to dwell on a special interest without new content as fandom activity diminishes by the day. Nothing compares to the excitement of not knowing what will happen next, seeing a new trailer, anticipating New Stuff. But on the other hand the dormancy feels... safe? Relaxed? I mean, there’s no time pressure of current events or new things on the way, I know all the material I have to work with, and beyond that I can just make up whatever shit I want! I may be sad but I’m free! WELL NOT ANYMORE.

As with all overused buzzwords I really hate fandom’s use of the word “feral” these days, but annoyingly that’s the best word for this type of thing. I used to be a domesticated canon fan, but canon ended and I was released into the wild and forced to fend for myself, and now if canon ever tries to adopt me again I’m going to be hissing and biting and clawing and refusing to eat whatever they try to feed me because I developed my own way to survive. :(

I think a big part of why some people hated TLJ so much is that they were committed to the headcanons they invented after TFA and they had a very specific idea of what they wanted to happen. Being super invested in your own fanfic ideas kills your ability to let other people tell the story. And while of course everyone has thoughts about where a story might go, I wasn’t so invested after TFA that there were things I NEEDED to see. By the time TLJ rolled around I only abstractly cared about what happened next and my interest was entirely as a gen fan. So I loved TLJ! Just being along for the ride is so fun! It’s chill! Head empty!

Even pre-TROS, while my investment skyrocketed after TLJ and I had a specific wishlist, I didn’t have an unreasonable wishlist (I THOUGHT). I didn’t game it out with detailed theories or reading fanfic or anything, it just seemed like there were pretty obvious things they needed to do to wrap things up in a satisfying way. So the disappointment came into play, but more in the sense of “uh this does not align with some very basic expectations that had been set by the previous 8 movies.”

After TROS is where it got ugly, and I suddenly CARED about SHIPPING because they made me like it and ruined it AT THE SAME TIME so my need to fix it became so strong that there’s now a whole separate fanon ecosystem that has taken up residence in my brain. They left us high and dry with an inert ending and no hope, the door slammed shut on any interesting new path for the future. Of course fans are gonna try to circumvent that any way they can.

So now that they’ve confirmed new post-sequel material is coming... haha I’m in danger. It’s so scary. I’m sweating. I’m panicking. They’re never gonna do what I want because what I want is crazy. I am guaranteed disappointment from every angle, on all fronts, no matter which way it comes from it is coming for me. Even if they DID do exactly what I want (they won’t), that would still be disappointing because reality never lives up to expectations. It’s a no-win scenario.

I can’t be a breezy gen fan anymore. I have an agenda. The fun is over. I’m too attached to the infinite possibilities of my imaginary scenarios and I don’t want them to be obliterated by grim reality. I’m gonna lose it. I’ve already lost it. TROS + pandemic times broke me so completely that there’s no going back. I’m done for.

Even setting aside [DEAD CHARACTER] factors, the most basic metric is that it’s going to be hard for me to accept any new story with Rey when I still can’t hear or read “Rey Skywalker” without cringing out of my body. There’s no way around it, they’re not gonna undo it, they really saddled us with that embarrassment for the rest of time, tainting everything that follows. All future story has to be built on an unstable foundation because there are things in TROS that truly can’t be undone (“we knew you were a Palpatine the whole time lol”). And I’m especially wary now that the franchise seems pretty dedicated to getting worse as it expands. TROS felt like such a betrayal, and so much of the live-action tv output since then has been mediocre to bad, I’ve lost the trust I had in 2019.

I have so many issues with just the suggestion of Rey alone rebuilding the Jedi, because the thing I actually wanted out of the sequels was Rey, Finn, and Ben as the founders of a new Jedi Order—which, you know, obviously didn’t happen. Of course we don’t know anything at this point (like if this movie will even really get made at all) so there’s no way of knowing if other characters will return (Rose Rose Rose Rose), but even throwing it out there as “yeah just Rey by herself! only Rey! alone, like she was always meant to be!” is maddening. I will be shocked if John Boyega ever comes back to play Finn since he seems pretty definitively done with it, and even on the off chance that Ben gets acknowledged he’ll still be dead, and it all makes me so sad that there was such an enormous opportunity of having this next generation established in their own trilogy actually become a team and usher in a new era together and instead it’s just. Rey, alone.

And the fact that NOW they’re like “oh right maybe we should’ve done something with the whole Jedi thing when we were wrapping up the saga”… oh my god. Yeah no shit!!!!!

I guess I still have a while longer to desperately cling to my deluded hope that they’ll do something good that I want. There’s a bunch of dyad cosmic weirdness just sitting there undefined and unexplored, FOR EXAMPLE, and if nothing else I have gotten soooo good at clowning. I’m going to clown until it’s absolutely not possible to clown anymore, and even then I’ll probably still clown.

For now I have to try and ensconce myself in the tiniest bubble of my positivity that I love Rey! And I’m so excited to see her! And for her to get NEW OUTFITS and NEW HAIRSTYLES!!! And USE HER OWN LIGHTSABER!!!!

(and she bangs a ghost.)

haha who said that

[sarcasticleaderrey]

It's been a long hiatus but these two still live in my head. Another chapter on the way!

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Poe Dameron/Finn Additional Tags: Post-Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Fix-It, Force Bond (Star Wars), Canon Universe, Slow Burn, Not Canon Compliant - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Rey’s Parents Abandoned Rey (Star Wars), Rey Needs A Hug (Star Wars), Devoted Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Dark Summary:

After Crait, Rey of Jakku fights valiantly to keep Ben Solo out of her mind. Kylo Ren waits ever so patiently for her to fail. Because there are truths they both need to own, a destiny they must share and a growing darkness they can only face together.

[burningblake]

I avoided the latest sw trilogy for the last 6 years first because I couldn't accept han's death and then because I knew I'd ship reylo and I can't handle character deaths and sad endings. Now because of shadow and bone, I thought, it's okay, I can handle a story similar to darklina.

Least to say I clowned myself.

Because as sad as Aleksander's death was, the fact that Alina didn't love him back, the fact that he didn't lose anything by dying, somehow made that death bearable, although still painful.

But Ben Solo? He had just been redeemed. He could finally be with the love of his life. He was part of two that were one by nature and he could finally enjoy that connection without the lure of the dark side. And Rey loved him back as well. She had never met the real Ben but she held on for him as though she knew him from the beginning, and finally he returned to her. And for him to just.... die after all this?

I've been sad for days.

I know that if Ben lived he would have to face the consequences of his actions, like the hate from the people he wronged, but I don't think they'd execute him? I think that many people forget that it wasn't just Rey who held on for the light in him, but also Leia and Han. Like I don't think everyone would have been directly hostile towards him if he survived. As much as they hated him for what he did, their respect for Leia and Rey would lead to them giving him a chance. But alas they would need an extra movie to show how he worked towards gaining everyone's trust again. And I understand that this is why they opted for the easier resolution, but still it's so unfair?

If you know any good TROS fix-it fanfics please send them my way. I've noticed that modern AUs are more popular with this fandom but I haven't yet reached the phase where I want to read any other kind of fanfics than those who fix that awful ending :/

[beatrixacs]

EPISODE IX: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER FIX-IT REWRITE

EPISODE IX: Victory of the Dyad (rated E)

Chapter 18/19 - Promises Made, Promises Kept (7.5k words)

Ben lives up to the promise he made to his mother, his grandfather and mainly, to Rey.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27684908/chapters/108878253

Fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13772868/18/Episode-IX-Victory-of-the-Dyad

TROS shattered hearts of many and especially Reylos. Since then, I’ve been dutifully working on a rewrite of the movie, taking some of the scenes and pieces of dialogue I liked or found meaningful, reversing them into what they logically should be or played with them some more to enhance their significance. I’ve also taken some of its plot and transformed it into something that hopefully makes much more sense and it’s way more satisfying than the movie itself.

So, Palpatine is indeed back but how? And what is his game? What Rey and Ben have been up to between TLJ and TROS? What are their individual struggles and how are they going to deal with them? What is the state of the First Order and the Resistance? All answers will be gradually provided in the story as it unfolds.

If TROS can be considered as a revenge to TLJ, then this story is my revenge to TROS and you are welcomed to join the ride. Centerpiece of the story is Reylo. Other characters and their actions will appear and will be mentioned but not all will be described in chapters.