#reylo article

“Each trilogy has had its central love story—Anakin and Padme, Han and Leia—and both so far have ended in tragedy. Those opposed to Rey and Kylo’s union might tell you Star Wars isn’t about romantic love. I would argue the opposite: That it’s all about love, in its many iterations. Romantic love is part of that, and it doesn’t make characters like Rey lesser if she’s drawn to a soulmate, or if she looks for love in the arms of a man. Redemption arcs in fantasy are almost never rooted in a woman’s desires. But female desire isn’t a weakness. In this case, it could be the most powerful thing in the universe.”

New reylo article. Don’t agree with.... well... a lot of the way they put it, but there we go. There’s also a poll at the bottom of it. 

Some highlights:

As The Last Jedi attempts to show, Rey and Kylo Ren are not so different. Both are obsessed with the past, though, in different ways; Rey is trying to find hers while Kylo is attempting to escape his. Both of them are willing to go to extremes to achieve their goals. While Rey is willing to open herself up to the dark side in the cave on Ahch-To to find answers, Kylo is attempting to literally kill the past by murdering his parents and his mentor, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). At the end of their climactic tag-team against Snoke and the Praetorian Guard, Kylo suggests cutting all connections to the past and forging a new path together, an idea that clearly has some sway over Rey. in addition, Kylo and Rey were all too eager to believe their Snoke-induced visions of the future. They each wanted to believe that the other could be turned.

The two are also extremely powerful Force users who share a kindred spirit. Rey is seeking several things in The Last Jedi, but one of them is guidance. She has no idea what to do with a power she has felt inside of her for her entire life... or even what it is. She turns to Luke, but he can't give her what she needs. Kylo, on the other hand, is more than willing to show her the ways of the Force. There's certainly an argument to be made that his possible motives are selfish, but he seems to feel a genuine bond to Rey. More than that, Kylo is lonely. This dude is broken, and when he finds someone who has struggled like him, he attempts to form a connection in a way no one ever did for him.