Reylo discussion

[sabotabby]

Hey lovely folks! This is a genuine "asking for a friend" research question. Said friend posted about this tweet. Our responses were both "damn, good for them" but also neither of us understand the appeal of Reylo. Obviously there is and people are into it, and absolutely no judgment or squee-harshing at all—this is absolute curiosity.

I'm not in SW fandom at all, though I've seen most of the movies, and am only aware that there is some fandom drama around the issue. So if you ship it or a ship with similar dynamics and feel comfortable talking about it—what's the appeal? What about it does it for you?

Comments

[sabotabby]

Hmm. Sociologically, I'm interested in the tension of "I can fix him" vs. "I can make her worse."

[to_do_list]

For sure; I think although popular, it remains a relatively narrow sub-niche. I only mentioned it because you expressed a general curiousity :)

And to clarify, sociologically, I think the tension is similar to the thrill of horror movies with an underlying theme of "I can get through this". As in, the "worse" has a very strong element of getting through it anyway somehow, which, the more I reflect on it, is what most stories of facing adversity have in common. People process what bugs them in reality in a wonderfully wide variety of ways.