here it is, specifically the dialogue ending in the recent tweet.
I remember the days back when my tumblr experience was mostly about lurking in the Mad Max fandom. No one were concerned with the possibility of Maxiosa becoming canon and everyone generally seemed to agree that they were happy that Max and Furiosa’s on screen interaction grew into a deeply platonic partnership filled with mutual respect instead of a half baked romance. And all the wonderful fic and art still kept on coming. But of course Mad Max is a different franchise and there’s not the kind of outpouring of new information every other week like with Star Wars. But just take a moment to imagine a fandom where the ship you love isn’t dependent on whether or not it happens in the films. I think we’ve become so caught up in proving to the rest of the fandom we’re not delusional, we’ve forgotten that Reylo isn’t about other people, but about us and our own wish to create, discuss meta and share funny head canons.
Fisher completed her part in Episode VIII late last summer, when principal photography on the film wrapped. “She was having a blast,” said Kennedy. “The minute she finished, she grabbed me and said, ‘I’d better be at the forefront of IX!’ Because Harrison was front and center on VII, and Mark is front and center on VIII. She thought IX would be her movie. And it would have been.”
I’m not crying you’re crying
;~;
I’m devastated not knowing what could have been, but then I suppose knowing might have been worse :
At the rate this fandoms going, we’re all going into the theatre December 15 with a full grown beard, wearing a filthy poncho, and a innate desire to end the Jedi.
i feel this on a visceral level
when I first saw what Rian said about the romance I was really really upset but then I read what other people said about them being allies and how it takes time for a romantic relationship to develop and that literally lifted my mood. what I'm absolutely terrified of is what the antis are saying. I've already seen what some of them have said but it's going to get so much worse and they're going to bring that point up in literally everything. I just want to be safe and happy but idk if I can now
Here’s the thing, anon, and I’m going to be as blunt and honest as I can here.
When I was being abused, nothing terrified me more than fucking up. Even if it was minor, even if it was inconsequential, even if it was an honest mistake or just a human one. Because I knew that my abuser would lord it over me every. single. time they felt threatened, any time something good happened to me, any time I was already hurting and down on myself, any time they felt powerless and just needed to kick someone to make themselves feel better.
Antis have the exact same mindset. Think about it: when are they the most vocal and at their nastiest? a) When something comes out that’s good news for the Reylo fandom (shift in balance of power: we’re happy and they’re threatened); b) when something comes out that’s good news for them (need to strike out and hurt less powerful group to maintain euphoric feeling of power and righteousness); c) weekends/evenings/summers/any downtime, particularly for students (primary demographic for antis; we’re dealing with summarily miserable people, and downtime to think and self-reflect can lead to anger/helplessness and the need to project and lash out).
And they will trot out the same fandom missteps over and over and over again, using it to tar the whole fandom with the same brush. They need us to be the bad guys. They need us to be wrong. And they will use every single scrap of ammunition they have to attack and try to reframe the narrative so that we are. They got some pretty good reinforcements today, just like my abusers did when I did something wrong, or when someone else said something justifiably negative about me that they could then twist and weaponize.
I mention this not as a pejorative or to draw a neat parallel between antis and abusers (although there is significant connective tissue). The important part is how I finally stopped them from being able to lord those mistakes over me and kick me in the ribs:
Zero contact. Total inaccessibility. None of my past abusers have any access to me. I know that if they did, they’d resort to those same behaviors, because that’s how they operate.
And antis are the same way. In order to stop them, you have to keep them from getting to you, in any form.
Block liberally and on-sight. Don’t ask questions, just block. I go so far as to block anyone I see liking or reblogging anti posts. Never, ever engage or speak to antis. Restrict who can view your blog if you have to. Disable anon asks. Blacklist anti keywords and remove yourself entirely from the discourse. The bottom line is that antis are mentally abusive and emotionally exhausting to deal with; protect yourself and don’t let them close enough to penetrate your defenses. Because they will, and they will attack with absolutely everything they have.
Remember: you’re dealing with people who want to hurt you. And the only answer to that is to not let them.
the Balance – it’s so much bigger.
Force sensitive Finn may happen in IX
Vanity Fair 2017
I also don’t think Reylo’s romance will be the center of this trilogy BUT that doesn’t mean that they won’t have a subtle romance going on. Their love won’t be obvious - but it will be reciprocated love in the end.(;
(via reylooo)
Hi, just thought I’d throw in my two sense before this shit blows up.
A big, central-to-the-plot romance. For all the fan-fiction fantasies of “Reylo” (an imagined union of Daisy Ridley’s Rey and Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren) or “Stormpilot” (the same, for John Boyega’s ex-stormtrooper Finn and Oscar Isaac’s pilot Poe Dameron), Johnson says that The Last Jedi offers “no one-to-one equivalent of the Han-to-Leia, burning, unrequited love. In our story, that’s not a centerpiece.”
— Vanity Fair (x)
Guys, CALM DOWN…I get it…But calm. This is only the second chapter of the story. One of the biggest complaints about anidala (besides the writing) is that they fell in love in one film. There’s so many different plots points that are going to be operating in The Last Jedi. Rey and Kylo aren’t the only characters in this film. There’s so much more happening. They’re not going to redeem Kylo, have him betray the First Order and fall in love with Rey in the span of two hours. There needs to be more buildup. There needs to be a climax. If LOVE does happen I expect it to be an Episode IX third act thing. Chill fam :)
I am sure we will see Luke’s green lightsaber in TLJ.
Adam Driver about playing Kylo Ren in Vanity Fair (via reylooo)
Calm down people! Let them be Enemies to friends first
Enemies to lovers has a very important middle part. FRIENDS OR ALLIES.
SO Rian Said no hanleia type romance
But TFA - TLJ - 9
ENEMIES - FRIENDS - I DON’T KNOW WHAT.
But don’t freak out just yet.
At this point it won’t make sense to have a “romantic situation”
Rey by Willrios
“STOP SEXUALIZING REY”
hey fuckwit the creators sexualized rey why don’t you go try screaming at them
If these are the same people who are constantly treating Rey like she’s a helpless little girl, that almost makes sense in a twisted way. They’re dead-set on infantilizing her when she’s damn near 20 years old and literally capable of knocking a 6′3″ Dark Sider Behemoth on his ass.
(Sorry not sorry, Rey is a grown-ass woman with awesome lightsaber skills AND bangin’ tits and we love her that way.)
^^^^ THIS
TELL ME MORE, MY SWEET DARLING!! (via these-are-the-first-steps)