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A First Order technician stumbles across security footage of a mysterious girl and Supreme Leader Kylo Ren after the murder of Snoke. His decision to share the incriminating footage with Kylo Ren sets off a series of events that spark the undeniable desire and passion between Kylo and the girl.
I posted about this story a few months ago and it is now complete, and it’s WONDERFUL. I loved the original characters that the writer brought in as supporting casts to show Kylo Ren’s journey to redemption. In particular, the stormtroopers and the Knights of Ren (who were kick-ass, loyal and funny!). I loved the political backdrop, the slow burn, and the climactic showdown at the end. sigh! If this fic was Episode IX, I would have died and gone to heaven. Beautiful!!
I can’t fucking believe that the first time we saw Kylo he looked like this:
…and the last time we saw Kylo, or Ben more accurately, was when he looked like this:
I’m crying blood
The journey from
GALACTIC EDGELORD
to
bitter, broken cookie
Just looking at these 2 gifs juxtaposed it’s quite simple to see the development Lucasfilm is going for with this dude’s arc and predict how he’ll basically end up in IX.
He looks like he just bit into a chocolate chip cookie only to realize it has raisins but hes too sensitive to complain.
@akylodarkly83 I laughed at this beautiful analogy WAY too long before I finally succumbed to a single tear.
So therealkrkrause is now AKyloDarkly83 because I’m completely Reylo trash now. I may create a second Tumblr for my other account but for now this is my primary.
So therealkrkrause is now AKyloDarkly83 because I’m completely Reylo trash now. I may create a second Tumblr for my other account but for now this is my primary.
This holiday season, I’m hoping to write and post 25 daily Reylo ficlets based on this list of uncommon words, which was itself inspired by a wonderful blog known as @other-worldly. And to make things more interesting, I’m hoping all y’all will jump in and help me out with this by sending in prompts!
Here’s how it works: pick a word from the list below (you can find their meanings in the article I linked to), and send me an ask of the word, the setting (whether you want it to be canon-compliant, canon-divergent, modern AU, etc.), and a one-sentence concept/idea if you feel like it. If you’d like to give me free rein and just send in the word on its own, that’s okay too!
Since I’m planning to keep this up for 25 days I’ll eventually work my way through the whole list, but I figure this is a fun opportunity for collaboration and to see what kind of ideas you guys can throw at me.
What is Secret Santa?: It is an arrangement by which a people in fandom exchange Christmas presents anonymously, each signed-up member of the group being assigned another member for whom to provide a gift, typically a creation (a fanfic, a gifset, a graphic, etc.)
We want to make it open to anyone who wants to get involved. Thus, if you’re not a fandom creator (a fanfic writer, an artist, a gif-maker, an edit maker, a vidder, or a fanmix creator, etc.), you still can participate in the Reylo Secret Santa by gifting a Christmas Letter to the person you’re assigned — a personal message of positivity and appreciation to put a smile on someone’s face. 🎄
Reylo community as a whole is full of lovely, wonderful people, and although this is probably a little late in getting started, we hope many of you will join us in spreading some positivity and Christmas cheer this year!
Shortly after the deadline, we’ll message you with the details of your giftee. Please keep your ask box open for our admin team.
Once you have been paired up with someone send them ANONYMOUS asks up until the day you provide them with your gift. Get to know your giftee: ask them questions, query what they would like to see in their gift — do they have any favourite Christmas activities/food etc…? It will help you narrow down what your giftee will enjoy in their present.
Remember your messages to your giftee MUST be anonymous as you don’t want to reveal yourself before the big day.
Please remember have your ask box turned on to accept ANONYMOUS messages so your Secret Santa can reach you. If for whatever reason you cannot do that, please contact us with an alternative so we can accommodate you and inform your Secret Santa of how to contact you.
Your creations can feature other characters, but the content must be Reylo and Kylo Ren (Ben Solo)/Rey character focused.
If you do not have time please do not apply. You must be committed to posting a gift for your giftee.
How do I ensure my gift will be seen?
We will reblog all gifts to this blog, so you must tag ‘reylo secret santa’ in the first five tags of your post so we can see them.
You must also tag all your ask replies with ‘reylo secret santa’ so we can keep track of them. If we think any of the asks are funny or creative we will reblog them.
Please @ your giftee once your gift is complete and send them a message letting them know.
We also have an AO3 collection. AO3 has a really great tutorial on how to post to a collection! Check it out for in-depth instructions. The easiest way to join is to go straight to the Reylo Secret Santa collection on AO3, and click the Post to Collection button. That will take you to a screen to upload your fic as normal! That button fills out the specific collection for you, so you know your work is going to the right place. Your fic will still show up under your works, and you will be listed as the author of your part of the collection.
What is the deadline for gift submission? When is the masterlist release date?
Gift posting will begin December 24th and will end December 31st so you can post your gift between this time.
We will post our masterlist on New Years Day to help with the holiday blues!
NOTES:
Please feel free to reblog this post to give us a signal boost.
If we miss your post for any reason please let us know and we will reblog this for you.
There is no limit on how many gift you give your giftee.
If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to ask us. Happy Holidays!
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