HowRealizzzit?

Okay, so, as much as I enjoy the jokes about Kylo Ren being an emo teenager, I have kind of a big problem with them.

Kylo Ren is actually an incredible character with real potential. As a writer, I absolutely adore that and want people to realize that.

More importantly, he’s a genuinely emotional male character. Already, in one movie, he’s cried, raged, hid his emotions, shown his need for acceptance. His heart is on his sleeve a lot more than he himself would probably admit. And people are making that into a joke. He’s emo, he’s a whiny teenager, etcetera etcetera.

Just don’t. Make fun of Kylo Ren’s asshattery all you want, but leave Driver’s looks out of it. He seems like a thoughtful, awkward guy who has expressed hating seeing or hearing himself in interviews and his performances. He’s a former Marine. He runs a non-profit organization. He did a great job acting wise with Kylo.

“I’m like a sight gag, I have this really big face…I don’t totally get it. I mean, when I read for Girls (2012) I was, like, the script says ‘Handsome Carpenter,’ so someone else is going to get the part. They’ll have someone handsome, not me. I mean, I’m not in any danger of getting leading-man parts”- Adam Driver