Brand/Tone: Yes. Canon and AU. Smut, fluff, angst, adventure. I read it all. I write it all. I’m into character and picking out the different aspects of Ben and Rey’s personalities. I’m also drawn to the areas that few other people are playing in.
Cut the Noise: AO3, ongoing modern AU. [Rated E for Exquisite] Updated weekly on Wednesdays. Porn with a plot. Ben and Rey are DJ’s in the NYC EDM scene. Dark Rey and Light Ben dynamics. I’ve pulled in some Legacies characters. Exploring their hurts from the opposite ends of the spectrum.
Struggle Willingly: AO3, one-shot, CanComp. [Rated E for Exquisite] This was a shout out to the ladies at Smut Hutt. A sweet, steamy little emotional romp into a future where Rey and Ben have settled when an unwelcome reminder of the past crops up and they deal with it in the most inappropriate way.
Two WIPs under my hat. Neither are smut. One Canon the other Modern AU. Also explorations of character. More to follow I’m sure as Reylo has stolen my soul.
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1) The first is the most obvious, as it sums up pretty much the whole concept, and is in the overall fic summary:
“Force users, they’re so arrogant. They think this war is all about them.”
2) The next two both come from Chapter 5: Stupidity (Part Two). First comes from the part when Finn is educating Rey on how he can tell Ren is in love with her:
“There’s a short list of things a man wouldn’t do for a woman […] But everything else, Rey, is everything a man would do… the lengths he would go to… what he would endure to keep her safe… and, really, just keep her.”
3) Next is this one, when Lando Calrissian is giving his speech about war (this line gets quoted often throughout the fic and bears overall importance to most of the cast of characters):
“War is risk. But you can’t win a war if you can’t define the line between which risk is acceptable and which one isn’t.“
4) The next two come from Chapter 9: The Children (Part Three). The first is what Kylo Ren says to the boy Ali. No real reason why I like it other than I think it’s something that’s terribly in-character for him to say:
"Are you afraid of the dark, child? No. No, you aren’t. You’re afraid of me.”
5) And then there’s what Hux says at the end. I’d planned this line since the inception of this fic and the invention of the character, Ali. I’d waited months to type the line and it was hugely satisfying. That was the point where the plot really began to move:
“Lord Ren has no idea, but he’s just walked his own death right onto his own ship.”
6) This line from Hux in Chapter Ten: The Fork in the Road (I had to walk away from the fic for a day or so it squicked me out so hard):
“I’m telling you that, should he decide to truly accept you as his apprentice… he will ask you to kill your mother.”
Also, the whole conversation between Rey and Ben near the end of the chapter, after the ship combat… where she asks him to come with them and he tells her they can’t see each other again. That came off nicely I thought. There was some emotional investment there that I think was conveyed exactly the way I’d hoped it would end up.
7) There was so much from Chapter 12: It Will Catch You When You Fall that I adored writing – it was the pinnacle turning moment in this fic, and was nearly 20K words long so there was a lot to love there, LOL But being able to finally spill the beans on Hux’s plan through his long speech to Kylo Ren in that chapter was absolutely glorious.
BUT BY FAR AND AWAY MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE LINE IN THE WHOLE FIC had to come from Chapter 11: Choices, given by the force ghost of Luke Skywalker to Kylo Ren, which was then repeated as a reprise at the end of Chapter 12 at a very crucial and carefully planned moment for Ren’s character. It is still the line that has had the most impact for me as an author, looking back on my own work. Every time I re-read it, no lie, I tear up a bit. It’s this one:
“Don’t doubt yourself. The way I did. Trust in your decision. Trust in your beliefs. Trust in your abilities. Trust in what you know you are, and forget what others want you to be. And above all, trust in the Force. Let it guide you, let it help you. It will catch you when you fall.”
BONUS: Spoilers, lol, but in this next chapter I hope to be releasing next week, Chapter 16, Hux tells an old Mandalorian fable about a Rancor and a Kowakian Monkey Lizard in order to make a very important, very succinct point and I’m really happy with how it all got drawn together at the end. It flowed nicely and is generally quite fun to read. I’m proud of that passage.
Thank you sooooo much for the tag! This one was super fun!!! There are so many folks I’d love to tag (that I’m sure have also already been tagged, lol). But this go-around I’m going to choose the absolutely magnificent @pandoraspocksao3, the superb @pacificwanderer, and I’m also going to toss a tag at @colliderofhadron because I found you on @reylowritersrollcall and your fic, Sons of the First Order, looks interesting and I have it on my to-read list =D Reading stuff like this really gets you into the process and the mindset of other authors, and a glimpse at where some of this really cool content comes from!
Please explain this to me… Everyone sees this scene as a joke, but there’s something more …
The way Snoke treats Kylo and Hux shows that these two young men are just minions according to his own vision. Hux is thrown like a toy in front of all his subordinates with the only intention to humiliate him. Later ,he does the same thing with Kylo in front of the praetorian guards….
Kylo is used to this abuse that’s why he dodges the
lightsaber
unnecessarily. It’s a
learned
reflex .
“Even you, master of the Knights of Ren, have never faced such a test”.
“We shall see. We shall see” Snoke says, challenging Kylo to kill his own father and when this act does not submerge him completely in the darkness he humiliates him again, when HE was the one who encouraged him to do it in the first place ,with the empty promise of a possible absolute power …
How’s your wound?he ask pretending concern. Seconds later, seconds..he will say
“take that ridiculous thing off”,
he will call Ben weak, a mistake, a failure and will remind him of his father’s recent death causing him a terrible emotional breakdown.
Divide and you will reign. Snoke encourages unhealthy competition between the general and his apprentice
as some kind of twisted father figure .Eventually they could unite against him so,in order to prevent this he needs them to hate each other.
But it gets worse…Why not to tell Kylo about the force bond plan?. That information would have given Kylo a big strategic advantage over Rey.That way he would know what is happening and she wouldn’t …
But since Snoke doesn’t give a damn about Ben he creates this moment where neither of them understands what the hell is going on…
But this plays against him because the connection becomes more and more intimate and more human everytime.
Once Kylo brings Rey, Snoke humiliates him AGAIN mentioning his emotional weakness.
“It was I who bridged your minds.I stoked Ren’s conflicted soul.I knew he was not strong enough to hide it from you”.
In other words: I used my toy again as I felt like it …WHAT THE HELL
The funny thing is that Kylo has many reasons to kill Snoke: power, revenge, feeling betrayed but the only valid reason he finds to do it is Rey..and that is amazing …
Brand/Tone: Reylo, with the occasional hint of galactic politics (based on the farce that is the current political arena). I love writing Hux because he’s so much fun. I’m interested in weaving the mental health/background issues of Star Wars characters into stories, because virtually everyone’s damaged – Ben, Rey, Hux, Leia, a galaxy of orphaned children and countless victims of war…
I’m also a beta editor and I’ve been fortunate enough to suggest additions to a vast array of different tropes, some of which have been substantial contributions. I love it all! There are some seriously talented writers out there…
Works: Just one so far…because I spend a lot of time editing.
Sons of the First Order: Hux overthrows Kylo and puts him on trial, but not everything goes to plan. In the space of 24 hours, both mens’ lives are turned upside down. The First Order descends into chaos and the Resistance owes it to an unlikely, and unwitting, helper. Written mostly from Kylo and Hux’s POV, the story focuses on their lives, loves and alliances as their hatred for each other reaches new levels.
Brand tone: Psychologically based characters, some smut, some oc’s, some with D/s flavor, hurt/comfort is a favorite theme, happy endings. Rating: M or E
Works:
Mutual Interest– completed one shot – dubious consent – Rated M
When Kylo Ren recaptures Rey after the Battle of Crait, he puts her on his interrogation table again, and everything they’ve wanted to say to each other finally comes out.
This psychological portrait of Kylo Ren takes place after the Battle of Crait.
When he and Rey had connected during their Force bond sessions, he realized that his life of loneliness and need could be over… *if* he has the strength to do what he knows he needs to.
This psychological portrait of Rey occurs after the Battle of Crait. She’s thinking about what she’s been through since meeting Kylo Ren. He made her rethink almost everything she thought she knew.
She’s faced her past and let go of the fantasy of reuniting with her parents. Now she’s ready for the future, but it seems like Kylo is the one who can’t let go. If he doesn’t change, they can’t be together. But he’s got to want to do it for himself.
Vespaer's Dark Side 