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I thought that was what it was. I assume it’s a crib sheet for his lines, but it may be part of the plot, idk :)

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Indeed :) I think people taking his words in the comic at face value are missing out on half the joy of it. It’s not like Hux doesn’t know exactly what he’s saying, but guessing at what he thinks about it is a source of great entertainment. 

He’s the one who brings up the second Death Star and volunteers that the Empire was unimaginative in building it. What’s he thinking there? Does he really think the Empire was unimaginative and arrogant, or is he just saying so because that’s what he thinks will make him sound trustworthy? 

Does he enjoy the opportunity to speak Kylo’s old name with impunity even though it was forbidden in the FO? Does he enjoy rubbing it in that Kylo’s mother must be worried about him?

He’s really having a laugh with this, and I think it’s wonderful :)

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Yes I think Baba Yaga is a crone :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crone

Since I’m getting old now, I’m looking for appropriate role models. And if I could shoot lightning out of my fingertips, I totally would :)

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Yes, that really annoys me. I’m absolutely for loving villains, as you know, but what’s the point if you’re not going to acknowledge them for who they really are? A lot of “Ben” fans in particular really don’t seem to want the guy who physically abuses his subordinates and keeps the shrunken head of his idol and the ashes of his enemies in his bedroom to commune with. They don’t want the guy who ordered a strategically unnecessary massacre on Jakku. They want a romantic dark prince, and they’ll twist his character in every way they need to to get him. They’ll call Hux petty for baiting Kylo (even though it is at least fucking brave of Hux to keep poking the guy who can kill him with a thought), but won’t call Kylo a petty bully even though he picks on Hux in exactly the same way, when the man can’t defend himself.

Personally, I find Kylo scarier than Hux, because I find Kylo’s unpredictable violence scary. Being in a room with Kylo would be like being in a room with a rabid wolf - you can’t predict it. You’re probably going to be savaged whatever you do.

But yeah, Kylo is Leia’s son and the Skywalker so he must be a noble and sensitive character deep down, who only needs the love of a good woman to be redeemed….

And yeah. Finnrey is right there on screen. It’s right there, folks! At least acknowledge that the movie has set it up as a serious possibility, please!

I don’t think the assumption that Rey and Kylo are going to end up together has to be down to racism. I do think that the lack of an equally strong Finnrey community and official encouragement is suspicious. I would expect TPTB to be going all “Team Edward or Team Jacob?” about it - whipping up fandom enthusiasm for both pairings. Maybe it’s just that I’m not hanging out in the Finnrey community that I don’t see any of that? Or maybe it’s a case of unconscious prejudices at play. But I do think it’s dodgy that there isn’t an equivalent focus on Finn. OT fandom was very split down the Leia/Luke and Leia/Han lines, so it seems strange that Rey/Kylo is SO MUCH bigger than Rey/Finn, in the absence of other factors. 

In each individual case it’s always so debatable, and each person’s response to media is different, and yet the pattern keeps repeating in a way that’s hard to deny.

But I would also say that people who are seeing a Rey-redeems-Kylo-through-her-love-and-moral-example story are also seeing a pattern that has been embedded in stories ever since stories began. I can’t deny that’s a powerful story type - I would love for someone to come along who would redeem Hux through their love and moral example. If I was a Kylo fan, I would absolutely want that story for Kylo, and be gleeful that it looked like I was going to get it.

I think there is good reason to see Rey/Kylo as a pairing that the canon supports. The convention has always been that where there is a love triangle between a nice bloke who would be safe to love, and a wild, exciting dark bloke who would be dangerous, the heroine always chooses the dangerous one. 

I don’t like that and I never have (choose a selfish jerk at your peril. You may have just ended up saddling yourself to a selfish jerk for the rest of your life.) But I absolutely admit that that pattern is at play here, and that a lot of people are recognizing and reacting to it with pleasure because that’s the kind of thing they enjoy. 

And tbh, I suspect they’re right about that being where the canon is going. I don’t like it, but then I don’t need to like it. I’m a fanfic writer/reader, and I exist in the places where the canon writers will never go.

But yeah, I wish the world was fair and that people didn’t hate my favourite character even though I’ve chosen to love the character that people are meant to hate. I knew what I was doing when I got myself into this mess. I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again. I only have myself to blame :)