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HOLY SHIT, IT WAS THE ORIGINAL ONE

When Vex was transferred onto The Supremacy following the death of Snoke and rise of Kylo Ren, she was almost certain that she was screwed despite her lowly role on the ship. Her position as a administrative assistant was a unique one in that it confined her to the file room of the various ships she was assigned to, where she worked alone. The only thing she really had to do was file away the paper copies of all the files and provide them whenever the digital copies weren’t available, which was a rare occurrence. All she would have as company during the day were the rows upon rows of filing cabinets that filled the room, but that was how Vex preferred it. She was practically invisible to everyone else on the ship and it was this sole thought that offered her solace when she found out that she was being transferred to the ship that housed the Supreme Leader himself. 

Kylo Ren knew of no other being in the universe that was powerful to be more than a prick of something in the force. Not enough to ever have him looking for more. So he never did and neither did Snoke ever mention anything before he’d killed him. So say it was a surprise to him to suddenly feel a light flickering of another force sensitive person so close to him would have been an understatement. The first time he felt it he needed a moment to place the feeling, it having been so long to have ever felt something like this after he’d gotten so used to those he already knew existed.

Vex had been filing away the latest report that was sent down to her when she felt Kylo’s presence approaching. She was fearful, at first, but she brushed it aside when she tole herself that there were numerous reasons as to why the Supreme Leader himself was visiting the archives of the ship. The closer he got to her, the more she tried to convince herself that he wasn’t in search of her specifically and that his visit wasn’t going to be important. At least, she tried to. She was in the back of the room filing the last of the reports when she heard the doors being thrown open, signaling the arrival of the Supreme Leader.

Upon entering the filing room Kylocould tell that he was at the right location right away. The force strong contained in the small confines of this room. How he could have possibly missed it being aboard his ship he doesn’t know. Not bothering to stop and wait for whoever it had been who had called out to him from the back Kylo made his way through the rows and rows of cabinets, trying to spot someone else here besides himself. When a loud crash sounded a bit to his left he immediately turned into that direction, his gaaze falling upon a young girl trying to hurry and gather up all the scattered reports littering the floor around her.

She froze when she heard his voice above her and saw his boots in front of her outstretched hand. Vex slowly looked up to see the Supreme Leader himself, maskless and terrifying. Having never seen him before (save for the pictures that accompanied some of the incident reports), it was quite a shock for her to see a handsome young man standing before her. She gathered up the rest of the scattered reports and put them in the cabinet drawer beside her, replacing it in the cabinet before standing to her feet with her arms clasped behind her back in attention.

Kylo couldn’t remember ever having encountered the young woman in front of him before and it made him feel at a loss. Didn’t Snoke at least could feel her presence when he’d still been alive? He didn’t know and probably would never. Not dwelling further at the feeling of anger that came with the thought that it had taken him this long to recognize another force sensitive person on this ship when he could feel Rey across the Galaxy, he flexed his fingers in an attempt to calm his nerves.

This is Adam Erickson, pastor at the Clackamas United Church of Christ in Milwaukee, Oregon!

Let’s be real, at least half the reason people refuse to see Frodo as the “real hero” of the story is because he actively chooses non-violence and mercy. 

some little hobbit child listening to a story: geez did Frodo even do anything

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